the department of homeland security's highest priority to ensure the safety and security andthe american people i the department's workforce. we have witness and a lot of assault on our law enforcement community. last night in california, and assessing cowardly shot two contractors as they stood watch over protest. one officer was killed and the other is in critical condition. the fbi, oklahoma police, supported by the department of homeland secured, investigating the attack. let me express my deepest condolences to the family members of these two contractors. any loss in the dhs family impacts all of us, and want the loved ones of these officers to know you have the support of the department behind you. also last night, the brave men and women of the u.s. secret service were assaulted by criminals. urine and rocks, alcohol at our officers, who sustained injuries, including broken bones. acts protesters committed of violence while hiding behind the first amendment right to protest. ice facility was attacked by a criminal who through a molotov cocktail. the facility housed the men and wom

of the department together. i think over the long-term, well beyond my 10 year, this will be an enduring effort of the department on articulating how the department of security and homeland security is vitally tied into what occurs every day in keeping the u.s. economy running and protected. appreciate the opportunity to address that. >> thank you, secretary wolf. this was a priority of yours when you were the undersecretary. you had the foresight to see this early on and i'm glad the department is asserting its important role in this, both from a short term, but also critical infrastructure considerations, and the fact that some hostile countries might be trying to acquire some of these critical sectors. i thought we would jump now to kicks off i think, hurricane season. alabama is no stranger to mother nature rearing her head, including lee county, including off.icked us his home was hit by tornado. he was ok, but there were tragic effects to others in the area. fema, playing the primary role in covid-19 response, which is massive in its scale, it is global, it knows no borders, how are the same agencies going to be cast when dealing with both covid-19 and hurricanes,

the department of homeland security's high land -- highest priority is to ensure the safety and security of the american people and the department workforce. we have witnessed an assault on our law enforcement community. californiain oakland an assassin shot to federal protective service contractors as they stood watch over a protest. one officer was killed. the other is in critical condition. police, the oakland supported by the department of homeland security, are investigating that attack. let me express my deepest condolences to the family members of these two contractors. and a loss in the dhs family impacts all of us and i want the loved ones of these brave officers to know you have the support of the department behind you. also last night the brave men and women of the united states secret service were assaulted by criminals. it's iraq's. rocks.rew -- they threw they threw alcohol. they through urine. threw urine. they did so while hiding behind their first moment right of lawful protest. a protest or through a molotov cocktail in an attempt to burn down the facility, a facility t

of the department together. over the long term, well beyond my tenure here, this will be an enduring effort of the department on articulating how the department and how security and homeland security is vitally tied in to what occurs every day in keep india's economy running and protected. appreciate the opportunity to address that. >> thank you, secretary wolf. i should note this was a priority of yours when you were the undersecretary, policy position. you had the foresight to see this early on and i'm glad the department is asserting its important role in this, both from a short-term but also some of the critical infrastructure considerations and the fact that some hostile countries may be trying to acquire somebody's critical sectors, so thank you for that. i thought we would jump now to next week i think takes off hurricane season, and alabama is no stranger to mother nature wearing her head, including the county, including general burgess. his home was hit by a tornado not to long ago and likely he was okay but there been tragic effect affect others in the area. how do you envision, fema playing the primary role in covid-19 response, which is massive in its scale, g

and the department of homeland security will not rest until these criminals are brought to justice. >> reporter: the oakland police department, the fbi and the department of homeland security have now launched a joint investigation. authorities have not yet released, however, the identities of the shooting victims. we do know, however, that the wounded officer who survived last night is in a hospital in critical condition tonight. as for the suspect or suspects, no additional information from authorities. we're live in oakland tonight, kenny choi, kpix 5. >> kenny, thank you. in less than an hour, protesters are expected to gather outside of the alameda county sheriff's department substation in san leandro. they are calling for justice for george floyd. da lin is there now. and da, what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, juliette, very quiet. just one protester standing in front of this location now. the planned protest is supposed to happen between 6:00 and 7:00, right here in this parking lot of the alameda county sheriff's department substation here in san leandro. now, organizers are

how the department of homeland security is responding this evening. >>> a big swath of the bay area got quite a show in the sky today. i'm tracking the thunderstorms that were just over to east bay in the last hour. and i'll show you what's the latest there. >> all righty, thanks for joining us.

underwood was shot and killed and one of his colleagues was wounded, the department of homeland security calls the shooting an act of domestic terrorism by an assassin. the family of mr. underwood now greeting the loss of his life and what has happened in our country the past few days, patrick underwood 53 years old, clearly a victim of domestic terrorism as he was protecting federal property in oakland california. meanwhile the family of george floyd says they feel relief after former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was charger with an slaughter and death, and they want the three other police officers involved in his arrest held accountable and increasing calls for their arrest two. live in washington with more on that. reporter: the floyd family attorney says they think they have a case for more severe murder charges because they believe x officer derek chauvin showed intent killing george floyd, attorney benjamin says the protest will not stop until the charges are upgraded to first degree murder and the three other officers who stood by and watched are arrested as well. >> t

the committee oversees entire department of homeland security. also oversees how the federal government interacts with states , localities, and the postal service. all of these are key to a robust response to the health crisis. we should hold hearings with all relevant administration officials on topics including the planned fixed supply issues, national testing capacity, and the future of the postal service. we need to keep pressing for a strategy to ramp up production and distribution of a vaccine once we have one, to avoid the unacceptable shortages we have seen with ppe and testing supplies. that is to say nothing of the review that will be needed once we get through this. why the united states of america is being hit harder than every other country on the face of the earth by this pandemic. ledkind of bold review that to the creation of the department of homeland security that we oversee. instead of focusing on those urgent tasks, we are spending on partisan nonsense and conspiracy theories. today fails to help the health and economic well-b

the kind of broad government wide review that led to the creation of department of homeland security that this committee oversees. instead of focusing on the urgent tasks, this committee is spending its time on partisan nonsense and conspiracy theories. today's markup fails to further the health and economic well-being of the american people which should without question, be our focus right now. it also actually risks amplifying russian disinformation efforts to further erode our democracy. we should work together to help our fellow americans through this crisis, not further russian interest. this is a sad day for our committee with a long-standing record of strong and nine enter nonpartisan oversight. it is a privilege to serve with each of you on this committee to help keep the american people safe, secure and free. let's get back to this mission rather than spend one more second on the charade, a charade that would be silly if it was not so insidious. a charade that is beneath this committee and the united states senate. thank you, mr. chair. >> does anybody wish to speak to this,

we are also hearing from the department of homeland security and others that the federal government -- anti-government extremists, anarchists who see these protests as an opportunity to accelerate their objectives which is to incite racial violence, create a race war amongst our country. we are hearing calls for people to target police and police are reacting to any perceived threat aggressively as one might expect them to do we're even hearing reports that foreign governments like russia may have taken to social media and are seeking to inflame the passion surrounding this debate and

now the fbi and the york department of homeland security has come out and said that chinese groups or groups are sortable. —— department of homeland security. in targeting health ca re groups security. in targeting health care groups and medical research laboratories and so on here in an attempt to gain any information they can about vaccines or treatments. this advisory city says this is a significant threat as he puts it to america's temp to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and it warns that companies who are undertaking research in this area to be on the lookout for any attempted operation by outside parties. of course, intellectual property in china a lwa ys intellectual property in china always been quite a sore point for the united states. that is right. the united states has accused for china of cyber espionage for a long time now. the authorities in china have a lwa ys the authorities in china have always denied it, but this latest advisory really ramps up the tensions i think between the tensions i think between the united states and china at a time when president trump ha

a new report by the department of homeland security suggests one of those reasons.s china downplayed the epidemic internationally, the chinese government was busy stockpiling medical supplies for itself. taking them from the rest of the world for itself. in january china increased imports of surgical masks by 278%. they increased imports ofal surgical gowns by 72%, surgical gloves by 32%. in february, chinese medical supply exports drop dramatically. at first the numbers didn't reflect that, people were confused, why?st china delayed the research of trade data to hide what they were doing. then the chinese government begann admitting spoke screens into the media. they used western race guilt as a weapon against the west. china imposed travel restrictions for example, it attacked western governments for any restrictions they thought about placing on china as a racist! the results? manyop thousands of people left wuhan and came to western countries where they started outbreaks in dozens of cities, new york, seattle, milan. at the same time chinese diplomats began tell

to limit debate on the nomination of troy edgar to be chief financial officer for the department of homeland security. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. tonight, for expert witnesses on the coronavirus pandemic, doctor anthony fauci, doctor robert redfield, doctor steven han and [inaudible] testified before the senate health committee on returning to work and school for the witnesses are part of president trump's task force and are self quarantining after three of them were potentially exposed to the virus. you can see their testimony tonight beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch anytime on c-span .org or on the go with a brief c-span radio app. >> we will get an update on efforts in congress for another package of relief or financial relief and what is being done about it between the house and senate, joining us on the phone to walk through that iste the bloomberg reporter who reports on congress paid good money to use her. >> thank you for having me. >> we heard of the starts to this process and as of today where are we in the negotiations between the

us administration is doing and in contrast to that we've got some projections by the department of homeland security and the department of health just very recently and they project up to 3000 casualties per day and 200000 new cases of coronavirus infections per day by the end of june and of course those numbers do speak a different language. so the president also says that now they you ask coronavirus task force will continue indefinitely despite suggesting it was to be dismantled why the u. turn well it costs a lot of confusion here one reason is that trump and his administration are trying to signal a mission accomplished if you will so that they can all focus on we opening the economy if you look at the numbers of course that's not the fully true another reason is that he did not look very good next to his ex experts in his daily coronavirus briefings were talking about anthony fall to the leading expert for its infectious diseases there were a berks who's coordinating the coronavirus affords for the u.s. government and they ended up putting trump trans perspective trumps false claims very often

the fbi and the oakland police supported by the department of homeland security are investigating that attack. >> authorities have not said what happened to the gunman or released the identity of the guard. the fbi has not said if they believe the shooting was directly involved with the george freud protest. >>> the governor released this statement saying this is a moment of pain for our state and nation. were also mourning the tragic loss of a federal security officer. we send our sincere condolences to their families and friends and colleagues. no one should rush. >>> protesters also took to the street yesterday and at times things turned violent and confrontational with police. today the mayor said there would not be a curfew in place but he is urging people to stay home tonight. our reporter has more on today's cleanup efforts. >>> the streets of san jose reopened saturday morning after a night of protest. some business owners discovering broken windows. >> at santa clara, volunteers scrubbed away profanity spray- painted on the side of the elementary school. one wore a shirt that

well that's an interagency report that you're quoting there and that was made by the department of homeland security and the department of health and human services and reportedly there and now is is projects up to $3000.00 casualties per day by the month of june and it also predicts 200000 new kovac $1000.00 cases in the u.s. per day and already until the end of may so that's of course a significant rise from the current rate plus it will certainly mean a significant setback also for president trump and his administration as they're currently trying to reel open the economy trump is at the forefront of doing so although it's the local governors who are in charge but he is really encouraging everyone to go ahead and go back to work and real to the economy so for him it would be no great news at all and also let's not forget that many experts have been warning the trump administration that the u.s. might see some heavy push backs and setbacks as the country is trying to go back to normal out of us out in washington thank you so much and you study estimates that the number of actual covert 1000 cases

national counterintelligence and security center, the nuclear regulatory commission, and the department of homeland security. today we'll confirm the next director of national intelligence john ratcliffe will lead the intelligence community encountering threats from great power, rogue nations, and terrorists and ensuring that work is untainted by political bias. the banking committee has heard from chairman powell and secretary mnuchin on the workings of the cares act and the state of our economy. the homeland security and government affairs committee has reported the nominee to be special inspector general for pandemic recovery programs. a special committee on aging is examining all the ways this crisis has hurt america's seniors. the help committee has discussed with top experts like dr. fauci and admiral giroir how schools, universities and businesses will begin to reopen. senator cornyn and i are working on legal protections that our health care workers deserve and institutions will need if they want to return to anything resembling normal. on the floor we've passed major bills, renewing key internation

regulatory commission, the national counterintelligence and security center, and the department of homeland security. just as the work of the country has been waged on in the face of these challenges, so must our work. the american people are not just counting on health care workers and first responders and farmers and deliverymen and grocery store employees to do their jobs, as important as they are. they're counting on us, too. not only to continue to respond to this pandemic, to stay nimble and adapt, to watch and listen and learn on how we can better, but by also strengthening our national securities, keeping an eye on our national debt and doing it all on a bipartisan basis. so, mr. president, like workers across america, congress needs to show up, especially when it isn't easy or convenient. this pandemic may have temporarily halted the daily functions of many people in this country, but it cannot stop the critical work of the united states congress on behalf of the people we are privileged to represent. mr. president, i yield the floor. vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms.

and department of homeland security have warned institutions and companies developed covert 900 vaccines and treatments to be on alert for potential cyber attacks the trump administration blames china for being the source of the pandemic and exploiting its aftermath china dismisses the allegations as groundless groundless our white house correspondent kimberly helka joins us live so 1st of all kimberly wall can you tell us about these hacking claims. yeah well the concern by the u.s. government and the warning being issued by the f.b.i. as well as a cyber agency inside the department of homeland security is that the more press attention that certain companies or organizations get for their research or their vaccine efforts with regard to krone virus and covert 19 the more vulnerable they become in other words there is this allegation from the u.s. government that china is hacking these companies trying to steal intellectual property data health data as well as other valuable information that could put many therapies even vaccine research so critical right now at risk so the advisement co

the bill requires the department of homeland security to review the files of every illegal immigrant to determine if he or she should be relieved. dere's also a $50 million for environmental justice grants, sells good environmental justice i don't know what it has to do with covid, but sounds good. but in reality, a lot of these funds among other things assist those who are working to stop industries that are very critical to my state. all the energy industries, coal and natural gas. that is exactly the opposite of promoting an economic recovery in the state where i live. but working families continue to struggle, speak up losey's bill offers significant tax relief for rich tax payers in high tax states. coincidentally that is not one r of my states we were in our state on a balanced budget very well. overall the house bill costs more than $3 trillion while doing little to help our economy recover and get her laid off workers back on the job. there is a bipartisan modelr out there for working together in response to this crisis we have done four times as i mentioned. that model certa

and the department of homeland security of one institutions and companies developing covert 19 vaccines and treatments to be on the alert for potential cyber attacks i want to bring in our white house correspondent kimberly hawker what more do we know about this coming. now we know that it's a grave concern of the f.b.i. and a cyber agency inside the department of homeland security warning companies particularly those that have gotten some press attention for some of their vaccine research or other therapies that have been touted in the headlines to be particularly careful the allegations from the f.b.i. is that there are cyber hackers targeting and that these companies need to immediately begin to protect their information that this could compromise in many ways the efforts on the part of the united states to develop a vaccine and also some of the safety with regard to therapy so the urging of the f.b.i. is that cyber patches need to be put in place and also that i knew usual activity needs to be monitored but we should point out you know it's not just this is not a new allegation comi

of housing and urban development and edgar to be the chief financial officer for the department of homeland security. meta president the american people are relying on us right now. we have a responsibility to deliver for them. we will continue to do everything we can to support our nations families and businesses of the country finds its way through the crisis and emerges on the other side. madam president, yield the floor. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with white house briefings, updates from governors in congress, and our daily call in program, "washington journal" hearing your thoughts about the coronavirus crisis. and if you missed any of the live coverage, watch any time on demand at c-spine.org/coronavirus. >> and the u.s. and has gaveled out but earlier today lawmakers confirm the nomination of brian montgomery to be the housing secretary they also confirm detroit ed gerd to be chief financial officer for the financial homeland security office. reauthorizing the foreign intelligence surveillance act known as fica expired on march 15 for

now we have a report from the department of homeland security. that report says that china, quote, intentionally concealed the severity, unquote of the pandemic from the world. to make matters worse, the report further states that while china continued to down play the pandemic, it began to increase imports and decrease exports of medical supplies. so this report from department of homeland security suggests that china was beginning to hoard these medical supplies from the rest of the world. so they knew how bad this was in their own country. secretary pompeo recently stated that there is a significant amount of evidence that this virus came from the laboratory in wuhan, china, contrary to what chinese communist party propagandists have been pushing throughout the world. on april 9, i wrote to the world health organization seeking answers to several questions regarding the organization's handling of covid-19. i wanted to know what the world health organization knew and when they knew it. i asked that my questions be answered no later than may 1. m

by analyzing international trade data, the department of homeland security assessed that the chinese government intentionally concealed the severity of the covid-19 from the world in early january in order to stockpile medical supplies. furthermore, the chinese communist party government tried to hide its actions by denying there were any export restrictions. they even tried to obscure and delay their trade data so they wouldn't get caught. these acts are outrageous. even worse the c.i.a. informs intelligence agencies have found evidence that china threatened the world health organization to stop cooperating on efforts to combat covid-19 if the organization declared a global health emergency early on. so it was declared and hence valuable time lost to fight the virus. this is simply unacceptable behavior. behavior. to fight the virus. this is simply unacceptable behavior. the chinese communist party ought to be held accountable for the countless lives lost around the globe due to the nontransparent aggressive and inhuman behavior. the world health organization is comprised of many hon

fighting terrorism was the very reason for the founding of the department of homeland security. l standier, behind our law enforcement officers here in the department and all over america as they put themselves on the line to protect each and every one of you. thank you very much. we will take a few questions if there are some. >> are there any suspects in custody at that t -- this time? >> dhs is supporting our federal and local law enforcement partners in any and all investigations across the country. i will defer that to fbi, doj and others on that investigation. it is too early to comment, but just know that whether it is ice homeland security investigators or other secret service and others throughout the department, we are heavily involved in those investigations. we are partners not only with the bureau, but with other of our local law enforcement agencies. we will continue to support them in those investigations. reporter: are you seeing an increase in the white nationalists or white supremacist organizations and any chatter on those websites trying to infiltrate these gr

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the department of homeland security department of homeland security act accusing china of concealingseverity of this. in order to hoard medical supplies. let's respond to that allegation first. >> i'm sure that was motivation because china in fact did hoard medical supplies. it restricted exports and it went into other countries and just scooped up ppe. really what we have here is an attempt, i think to hoard. you've got to remember what this means. china took steps that would inevitably lead to the deaths of other people so that he could have more medical equipment. >> bill: do you think that is an accusation or something we can prove? >> is probably something that we can show in the sense that we can show what china in fact did. intention is quite hard unless you have signals intelligence, unless you have a spy on the inside of the chinese central government and the communist party. i think that we can show to people that the facts from which they can infer. >> bill: you can feel the temperature go up by the day. mike pompeo's interview from sunday. he said a lot on abc and moments

. >> today, we are very pleased to be joined by acting secretary of the department of homeland security, chad wolf. secretary wolf, thank you so much for taking time out of your incredibly busy schedule to be with us today. mr. wolf: thank you, suzanne, for having me. i appreciated the opportunity to discuss these important issues with you today. >> you are right about the important issues. the scope of your responsibility is quite daunting. i was thinking about what i knew as a layperson and also preparing to talk to you today, reading about that scope is remarkable. so many facets of our nation's security, from aviation, infrastructure security, to cyber security, immigration and border protection. as a chamber, we think about these issues because they are so linked. economic security and national security are so linked. we know we can't have one without the other. we are always delighted to find someone with your talent and experience to share with us what is really going on in efforts to keep our nation safe and secure. we know these efforts have taken on a huge level of complexity

department in sort of bringing national power to bear on this? challenge that a lies in the health and scientific and economic sears? in america we have the department of homeland security. americanso me that while we have a great deal of trust and by and large a high degree of respect for your military, we have to be careful about turning to the military. i think that hurts us with foreign policy. i think it creates a situation where diplomats, our education systems are on the leading edge of this radical idea that people could govern themselves. i don't think that is good because the military necessarily has to put things into black and white terms and operate. when you think about putting a this, i in charge of have no problem with testing the doing anything underneath health and human services, fema, underneath the department of homeland security. ii nearly halfr running civilian conservation corps camps taking off the streets and sending money's home giving them jobs because of the depression. thedon't want to put military into the decision-making role and on think. that if to give them you give them the responsibility. they would have to have the authority to dire

united states army, the department of interior, they banned their use of these drones citing vulnerability and potential value for other countries. department of homeland securityrote a scathing report that said china specifically goes after local law enforcement. they did so before the coronavirus so that they could get key information transmitted to the chinese government, and then our own department of homeland security wrote that this is precisely the information we are worried that china might sell to terrorists. even before the coronavirus tucker, you have this company reducing their prices for drones by 70%. they drove u.s. manufacturers out of the market and since they coronavirus, they're openly bragging that they have just donated these trojan horse gifts to over 22 states, over a 40 minutes of polities. when i talk to them and my own investigation, they say, it's no big deal, we fly them around the parks and tell people to disperse. we make sure people are social distancing. the information that is being collected ask our nation more vulnerable and i believe the attorney general with the authorities he has should immediately go around the entire flee

that came out of president trump's own department of homeland security, that number. among these essential workers are 41,700 daca recipients in the health care industry. these include doctors, intensive care nurses, paramedics and respiratory therapists. understand this, these are undocumented people in america, brought here as children, grew up here, went to school here, got an education, developed skills and training, and now we need them in this pandemic. 41,700 of them. on september 5, 2017, president trump repealed daca. hundreds of thousands of dreamers faced losing their work permits and being deported from this country to places that many of them barely remember. thank goodness the court stepped in to stop the president's action. but the president decided to appeal the case, and now across the street in the supreme court they're sitting on a case that will disied the fate of -- decide the fate of 800,000 of these daca protectees, many of them, thousands of them health care workers who are doing essential work every day. we can get a decision from the court an

two federal protective service contractors as they stood watch over a protest and the department of homeland security will not rest until these criminals are brought to justice. >> reporter: the oakland police department, the fbi and the department of homeland security have launched a joint investigation. they have not yet released the identities of the security officers. but we do know that the wounded officer that survived last night is in critical condition at a hospital. and as for the suspect or suspects, no additional information from authorities tonight. we're live in oakland, kenny choi, kpix 5. >> governor gavin newsom today released a statement expressing his condolences to the families of both officers. he added, quote, i want to thank all those who helped protect human life last night and today from community members who exercised their right to protest peacefully and encouraged others to do the same. to the law enforcement officer who is faced what were at times challenging conditions. to those who see to exploit californians pain to sew chaos and destruction, you are not welcome. >> wel

federal investigation is underway in oakland after to contract security officers with the department of homeland security. >>were shot last night we have now identified the officer who died, 53 year-old patrick underwood from can all the other security officer was shot is in critical condition tonight as kron 4 sleep to call tells us the shooting happened. while those cards stood watch over a protest. well contractors clear broken glass and board up windows at the federal building in oakland law enforcement searches for the person who gunned down to contract security officers shot protecting the facility friday night as of late we have witnessed an outright assault. >>on our law enforcement community officers were working for the federal protective service of the department of homeland security at around 9 45 at night. that's when the fbi says the gunman pulled up in a vehicle and opened fire when officer died at a news conference saturday homeland security saying the other guard is in critical conditions are with kids who are watching over a demonstration at the time right now it's unclear if the shooti

meantime, a federal investigation is underway after 2 contract security officers with the department of homeland security were shot in oakland last night. >>one of them was killed has been identified as 53 year-old patrick underwood of can all the other security officer is in critical condition tonight to shooting happened while those guards stood watch over a protest in the area kron forcefully juggle reports on what is now being called an act of domestic terrorism. >>a person with ties to the victim says the 2 contract security officers for the federal protective service shot friday night in oakland were standing near this booth outside the federal building at 12th and jefferson streets when a gunman opened fire when officer was killed. and the other is in critical condition. the fbi says a person inside a vehicle opened fire on the officers at around 9 45 at night, acting secretary of the department of homeland security chad wolf addressed the shooting at a news conference saturday. and it says the officers were monitoring a protest when they were shot on the express my deepest condolences to the fami

the military doing anything underneath health and human services, fema, underneath the department of homeland security. before world war ii nearly half of our armies running civilian conservation corps camps taking oung men off the streets and sending money's home giving them jobs because of the depression. it turned out to be in the long run probably better for our nation's military defense in that case. you don't want to put the military into the decision-making role and on think. you have to give them that if you give them the responsibility. they would have to have the authority to direct. it would rightly state that u.s. congress in parts of the cabinet designed to be leading this, if they need to move medicine or protective equipment from florida to washington state or they need to get doctors out to guam or puerto rico or new york city, assuming we didn't have it every year that the military would be eager to fly them, certainly they could do that and logistics. we're greated a logistics. even i am still amazed at what we could do. when you say bring in the medical facilities, they are made to

. >> reporter: a new report from the department of department of homeland security says the chinese government intentionally concealed the severity of covid-19 from the international community in early january while it stockpiled medical supplies such as facemasks, surgical gowns, and gloves. >> there's nobody ever been tough on china like i've been tough on china. report president trump is threatening china with more tariffs, and secretary of state mike pompeo is now backing the president's claim that the virus originated in a chinese lab, even though the u.s. intelligence community has not reached that conclusion. they do say the virus was not man-made. >> i can tell you there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in wuhan. >> reporter: chinese state media is accusing secretary pompeo of spitting poison and says if he has evidence to back up his claim, he should release it. the world health organization says the u.s. has not showed it any evidence that this virus came from a lab in wuhan. norah. >> o'donnell: ben tracy at the white house, thank you. tonight

virus and was not candid about human to human transmission and a new report from the department of homeland security assesses china intentionally concealed the severity of covid-19 from the international community in early january while it stockpiled medical supplies the u.k. and germany are also calling on more transparency from china as many now want to know exactly how this virus started and spread so quickly, lester >> richard engel tonight, thanks. >>> up next for graduating seniors the principal going the extra mile >>> for the class of 2020 it's bittersweet but a high school principal is going the extra mile to celebrate them here's joe friar >> reporter: the senior principal birdie montgomery quickly realized he could go to them. >> so i told my wife what i was going to do, and she looked a me like i was crazy because i get these ideas every once in a while. >> reporter: he hit the road and visited every senior, 612 of them from 6 feet away. he gave them each a candy bar and said one day we'll look back at this and snicker with a note >> i can't believe this has happened. i can't believe i h

the associated press was first to report on a department of homeland security report also seen by nbc news that china intentionally concealed the severity of the virus while stockpiling supplies. trump also appears to be convinced that china hid information about the virus. >> they tried to cover it. they tried to put it out. it's like a fire. you know, it's really like trying to put out a fire. they couldn't put out the fire. >> the president and the secretary of state have also been talking up the theory that the virus originated in a lab in wuhan, china. but tonight dr. anthony fauci tells "national geographic" that, quote, this virus could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated. he goes on to say, quote, very qualified evolutionary biologists have said that everything strongly indicates that it evolved in nature and then jumped species, end quote. here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, kimberly atkins, senior washington correspondent for wbur, boston's npr news station. the aforementioned robert costa, national political reporter for "the post." he's al

interrupting this because we have the department of homeland security right now. you might have seen that this big event. what the president indicated was his goal was to have it by the end of the year. very aggressive. the administration is being very aggressive on reports that china is trying to hack into these research efforts and steal this. the acting secretary with us now. todd wolf. thank you for taking the time. i know you are looking at getting on top of this. what do we know about what chinese hackers might be doing to try to steal this? >> well, thanks, neil, for having me on. whatever cybersecurity has done this week is to put on an advisory, making sure that individuals, when it comes to covid-19 research understand that we have some bad actors. china specifically. some nontraditional actors that are targeting our intellectual property when it comes to their research. targeting individuals such as our own researchers. so we wanted to maintain some awareness on this so that our u.s. community-based researchers could understand what is going on. our heal

. >> and there are peaceful protesters as you said, but the department of homeland security which reports to you, has put out intelligence notes over the weekend warning that domestic terrorists from the far right and the far left, both are looking to exploit this, it's not just antifa and the left, they're saying they're worried about the far-right as well. >> listen, everything i have seen and that we're being reported, reports we're receiving is that this is antifa, they're crossing state lines. look, we'll keep our eyes open for anyone else who wants to take advantage of the situation. whether it's domestic or foreign. right now, the president and the attorney general want to know what the fbi's been doing to surveil, to disrupt, to take down antifa, to prosecute them. this isn't the first time they're out there, using military-style tactics to take advantage of this situation to burn down our cities. that can't be tolerated. the fbi has to come up with a plan to deal with antifa. this is not the first time they've engaged in this. this has to stop. they're throwing bricks at the park