there's risk here nap means choosing in advance which vaccines you think will work, putting capital at rischnufacturing them with the hope that they work. >> reporter: at least 120 projects around the world are working on a vaccine. so far, a research team at oxford university has been most successful and fastest. >> this is more like 18 weeks rather than eight years. >> reporter: dr. john bell says human trials started last week, and results could be available as early as mid-june. oxford has already partnered wth pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca in case the vaccine works. >> that probably earliest time that we can probably scale manufacturing would be the beginning of july. but the intention is to make enough doses so that were it approved in, say, september, we would actually have 30 million doses. >> reporter: meanwhile, th u.s. intele community announced it does not believevir genetically modi, te whether the outbreak started by accident at a laboratory in wuhan. tonight, president trump said he believes it did come from that lab, but said he's not allowed it say why. norah. >> o'donnel

so thank you. >> i thank you, senator risch. with that, senator feinstein. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. congressman, welcome. i'd like to ask you a couple of questions about whistleblowers, if i might. this committee has adhered to a tradition of protecting whistleblowers. however, it's my understanding that your participation in president trump's campaign to punish and discredit one ic whistleblower suggests you do not align yourself with his bipartisan approach. let me give you an example. during a december 11 hearing of the house committee on the judiciary you claimed without any evidence that the whistleblower got caught making a false statement. on december 12, you tweeted that the whistleblower didn't tell the truth, both verbally and in writing. he also attacked hpsci staff providing guidance to potential whistleblowers on how to lawfully make a disclosure. here's the question. if you are confirmed, do you believe that your past remarks concerning the ukraine whistleblower will discourage ic whistleblowers from exercising their rights, consistent with the law to make pr

so thank you. >> i think you, senator risch. with that, senator feinstein. >> thanks very much, mr.chairman. congressman, welcome. i'd like to ask you a couple of questions about whistleblowers, if i might. this committee is adhered to a tradition of protecting whistleblowers. however, it's my understanding that your participation in presidents trump's campaign to punish and discredit one ic whistleblower suggests you do not align yourself with his bipartisan approach. let me give you an example. during a december 11 hearing of the house committee on the judiciary committee you claimed without any evidence that the whistleblower got caught making a false statement here on december 12, you tweeted that the whistleblower didn't tell the truth both verbally and in writing. you also attacked staff for providing guidance to potential whistleblowers on how to lawfully make a disclosure. here's the question. if you are confirmed, do you believe that your past remarks concerning the ukraine whistleblower will discourage ic whistleblowers from exercising their rights, consistent with the law

republican senator risch a bird in north carolina, stepping down earlier today as chairman of the intelligencecommittee. the fbi investigate stock trades he made a right before economy tanked. senator burr is denied dumping stocks based on classified briefings he received on the virus and fox news confirms federal agents served a search warrant from the senators home and took his cell phone. also we could confirm, her spokesman tells fox news the senator voluntarily provided documents that show their home i could let she had no involvement and we will follow both cases closely. states from coast-to-coast partially reopening but what will it take to get us back from business tell mike to business as usual and how long? we will talk to two doctors about that, how to reopen safely on the push for the vaccine. and, the highest court in wisconsin overturning the stay-at-home order and the governor calling it wild west. that's coming uppe next. [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ this...whole world ...of people. ...adventurous people... and survivors. it was

here they are: lindsey graham, john cornyn, mike crapo, james risch, mike if rounds, todd young, lisawski, dan sullivan and james lankford. these senators know nothing about economics, they know nothing about the american people when almost 40 million american workers are unemployed within the last nine weeks alone, and these, these conscienceless senators have the temerity to write to the president asking them to bring in more foreign workers. the unemployment rate at 15%, and i want to challenge any of these senators to come off the their shadows, step into our cameras and debate me on this issue if you have any integrity, any guts whatsoever. and i doubt very seriously that a single one of them will do so. they're appalling, each and every one of them. >>> well, breaking news tonight, tech billionaires, well, they're spending big money because that's their way. after all, they're billionaires. they want to help joe biden catch up with president trump on his digital campaigning. they include these big tech folks, linkedin founder reed hoffman, facebook's cofounder, and former google

emperor's clothes, to take away the podium and the people behind him nodding and the suit and the "i'm so risch have th facial expressions. >> i'm always hoping you get these done in time, like 9:00, so i can work them in this show at 10:00 because i don't like to show trump video. but video of you doing trump, i will show whenever it's ready. it's so much more clear. so can you schedule it for us that way? >> um, i'll try my best, but as you know, i'm an artist. so we'll have to see when the inspiration strikes. >> i understand. >> and also -- >> i understand completely. the artist sarah cooper gets tonight's last word. thank you, sarah. thank you very much. >> thank you, lawrence. >> the "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,223 of the trump administration. 161 days to go until the presidential election. all day long we've been on the precipice of that gruesome benchmark of 100,000 deaths in this country. as of this hour,

i would hope that chairman risch would do exactly the same in the senate. that should be the first order of business as we return next week. because then there is memorial day recess. we shouldn't let this lag. it should be brought before the committee and members should be able to fully ask questions and get to the heart of what transpired here. not only the inspector general, but other members of his staff. and base upon what we hear, others at the state department who can shed light on what the inspector general was pursuing and why these actions were taken by the president at the request of the secretary of state. >> senator bob menendez from the foreign relations committee thank you so much. thanks for being with us on a sunday night. >>> you could be forgiven for thinking this week that the 2020 presidential campaign was between donald trump and barack obama. the president makes his election strategy clear this week as his predecessor punches back. that is coming up. stay with us. you are watching msnbc. ilies. and now verizon wants to give them somet

risch and has put in place in china.t has not been -- trump administration has put in place in china. those been spared impacts. mike pompeo says hong kong no longer enjoys autonomy. those options are on the table for president trump. does have to see what he when he takes to the podium. china says it is going to respond with its own countermeasures, and that include -- could include a list of countermeasures, which could see the market share reduced or options for chinese policymakers to restrict their access here. matt: hey tom, u.k. foreign secretary dominic raab is possibly opening a path to citizenship, british citizenship for hong kong residents. does that change anything? is anybody worried about an outflow of hong kong citizens to the u.k.? tom: well, i don't think it's going to change. if the fanciful -- it would be fanciful to think it was going to change the security law. the u.s. was the signatory prior to the hong kong. but now the realities of britain's weakened position on the world stage it means these do

you.or risch: thank murkowski: thank you for outlining that. it was good to see the department announcing the reactor demonstration program. we have been working on that for some time. thank you, madam chair. i understand ito to be correct that in your existing position you have not had a chance to visit the doe facilities in new mexico at this point? mr. menezes: i have not. i did have a trip planned. however, i was unable to make it out to new mexico. >> i would be remiss if i did not say, as things settle out, and obviously people are working at los alamos, sandia, and we are testing extensively that workforce -- i would be remiss if i did not invite you to come see those facilities when things become safe to do so. mr. menezes: i would look forward to that opportunity. senator heinrich: one of the things i'm a little frustrated by, and i've talked to the secretary about this, maybe a little frustrated would be a dramatic understatement. i think it's abundantly clear that the fiscal year 2021 budget request for cleanup work at los alamos is

risch: and is subject to the regular order of congress and of the committee. there's almost nothing that the senator said that i disagree with, although from time to time i do disagree with my good friend and colleague from illinois. i think that this is a matter that is of most serious consequence to the united states of america today. and certainly the pursuit of a vaccine and/or a cure are of utmost importance. i think the process by which we go through that is incredibly important. like the senator from illinois i am a huge fan of the n.i.h. and for that matter the c.d.c. who do great things for the public health system in not only america but in the word. they're v.ly underappreciated. much like the electric switch in our rooms. every morning we get up and turn on the electricity and everything is fine. we just take it for granted and don't even think of it. that's true of the n.i.h. and c.d.c. they do good work regardless of whether we're thinking about it or not. but in america we have something more than just a government effort when it comes to public

risch should .utline a strategy at long last we mention personal protective climate for front-line workers. we cannot work on this issue enough. there is just no way to combat hand that in a nation as powerful as ours, a nation able to produce the production capacity to win world war i, and all the wars in between could a world war ii, the idea that the same nation cannot produce enough masks or gloves for personal protective equipment for everyone who needs it is really an appalling failure. we have to worry over the next couple of months, i know as of 8:00 this morning, in the state of pennsylvania, 64,412 cases, the death member and president it is now 4767. that is only for march, april, and may. and finally another 4700 or 5000 pennsylvanians have died. reactive capacity and we are not doing enough as a nation and the federal government has to demand that we set forth a capacity that we need. it to an wars in the past, we can do it now to win this war. to do anistration has lot more to be sure we can .roduce what we need we have a lot more legislating appropriating, but we are gratefu