the washington examiner, robert redfield says covid-19 most likely came from the wuhan lab. from there reporting, the chinese government worked investigations into the origins of the virus which has killed 2.7 million people worldwide. dr. robert redfield, the director for the centers of disease control and prevention under former president donald trump, said covid-19 likely originated through an accidental escape from the wuhan institute of virology. joining us on the phone this morning is a reporter with the washington examiner who reports on the justice department. jerry donley b, what evidence does dr. redfield have of this? guest: much of the evidence would be circumstantial evidence but there is some circumstantial evidence that it would have come from an accidental escape from the wuhan institute of virology. we know from state department cable back in 2018 that the u.s. was concerned about biosafety. they lacked standards for a level 4 lab dealing with highly contagious and dangerous viruses. and the state department released a declassified stat sheet in mid-january

so it's not just robert redfield's opinion. a growing body of evidence that points to this lab accident theory. while we don't know what happened, we can't say we know what happened, this makes it very, very important that there's more investigation and that we regard the ongoing investigation, frankly, by the w.h.o. and chinese scientists as not the end of the inquiry here because, as you noted, they are poo-pooing this theory again. >> redfield says it's just his opinion, but he's not just any guy or any joe-schmo as you said. don't we need to see the evidence, how this opinion of his and then the claims made by the trump administration and verified to an extent by the biden administration, we need to see the evidence of all of this. >> we need to see the evidence on the chinese side and u.s. side. robert redfield, when he was cdc director, he was not a -- treat lead by the trump administration. he has no incentive, no motivation to bail them out or to support their theory for their sake. he's doing this because this is what

the former cdc director robert redfield says he believes the virus that caused the coronavirus happened in a lab in wuhan, but he can't confirm that. >>> there's a surge across the united states. new cases are on the rise in 27 states. in michigan, they've seen an increase of more than 50% since last week alone. the state's lead health officials says michigan is in the throes of a new surge and cases are happening with young people. miguel almaguer is live in detroit. miguel? >> reporter: good morning, john. look, this is a race between the variants and the vaccines. w what they're concerned about is not only a transmission state but a deadly one. mostly among young people. here it's the 10 to 19 cohorts. they say it's a community spread and they're trying to do everything they can. fears growing across the country just as the new variant identified in the uk is becoming the dominant strain here in the u.s. >> when you're coming down from a big peak and you reach a point and start to plateau, once you stay in that plateau, you're in danger of a surge coming up, and unfortunately that's

the trump appointed cdc director, robert redfield, did not resign. but not long after that show, the american people, of course, decided that robert redfield's boss in the white house, donald trump, would be retired from the white house against his will, and so we got a new president, a new administration, that meant a new cdc director. and now, finally, today, without any fanfare whatsoever, they started to do the clean-up. the number two official at the cdc, dr. ann shookit, who had been silenced along other career scientists by the cdc submitted this very low-key report to the new cdc director, rochelle walensky, and she again was one of the career scientists whose public appearances and statements were stopped by the trump white house. in the biden administration, she's allowed to have public facing documents and appearances again. and in fact, they put her in charge right away of going back over all of the cdc covid advise that was published in the trump administration to make sure that none of the junk survived, to take out and remove anything

the trump-appointed cdc director, robert redfield, did not resign, but not long after that show, the american people, of course, decided that robert redfield's boss in the white house, donald trump, would be retired from the white house against his will. and so, we got a new president and new administration. that meant a new cdc director. and now, finally, today, without any fanfare whatsoever, they started to do the cleanup. the number two official at the cdc, dr. anne schuchat, who had been silenced alongside other career scientists at the cdc under the trump administration, dr. schuchat today submitted this very low-key report to the new cdc director, dr. rochelle walensky, president biden's appointee to run the cdc. and schuchat, again, was one of the career scientists whose public statements and appearances were stopped by the trump white house. well, in the biden administration, she's allowed to have public-facing documents and appearances again. and in fact, they put her in charge, right away, of going back over all of the cdc covid guidance and advice that was published durin

of the former director for there centers of disease control and an robert redfield told cnn that based he knows, hn believes the virus likely came from the lab in wuhan. >> i am from the point of view that i still think the most likely pathogen was from a laboratory, escaped. other people don't believe that, that's fine. science will eventually figure it out.th it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens that are being worked on a laboratory to infect laboratory worker. >> tucker: it's hard to dismiss robert redfield as some kind of cue in on enthusiast or a lunatic, he's not. he's a former army officer who spent his life studyingt, virology. he has often been wrong during this pandemic but it does mean that what he says is worth thassessing carefully. that's supposed to be what journalists do for a living, they look into claims that have some merit, not proven but should be looked into, especially claims that have enormous implications for the country.pp that's not even close to what happened. the scientists over at msnbc and cnn, the same people who silenced lisa chan got to work imme

robert redfield was there, he was the head of the cdc. he's a trained virilologist.s doing this because this is what he believes what happened. it is clear in the interview, he's been wanting to say it for a long time but he was waiting for the trump administration to leave. that's why with the problem with the lab accident theory it was associated with donald trump and discredited. now we have the biden administration confirming the trump administration information and we have robert redfield saying he's pretty sure and based on his professional analysis that the lab theories is the most likely theory. >> that's what it does in wuhan and where it comes from. that alone, that would be the most likely theory but look at everything and see. and you report the cable says during interactions with scientists, they noted a new lab had a series of shortage of trained technicians to operate this high-containment laboratory. they're not doing it with the protocol they should. this is dangerous. boom, a virus comes out of wuhan that's coronavirus. redfield seems to be backing

centers for disease control dr robert redfield said that he believes the corona virus originally escaped from a laboratory in china and now there is no evidence of this that we know of but dr redfield said it is not usual for a virus to jump from an animal to humans and then be immediately able to thrive inside the human host but that is what china is claiming and telling us we should believe what do you think dr ohm. well honestly we are used to so no systems eases for quite centuries so far let me just remind you that the hiv virus actually came from the animal field or sars one came from animal sources or merce influence of viruses actually hop between humans and animals as well as so i'm not really sure that is enough evidence to keep that claim that dr bedford ridgefield said this is coming from a laboratory i'm not convinced so far with the arguments i think it's more important to show the evidence that he has what you could do with your known freak sequencing sorry and to see if there's any artificial kind of genomes placed into the virus itself i'm not convinced so far the eviden

being worked on in a laboratory to infect a laboratory worker. >> tucker: it's hard to dismiss robert redfieldind of qanon enthusiast or a lunatic. he is not. redfield is a former army officer who spent his life studying virology that doesn't mean he is always right about everything and, in fact, he has often been wrong during this pandemic. but it does mean that what he says is worth assessing carefully. that is supposed to be what journalists do for a living. they look into claims that have some merit, not proven, but should be looked into, especially claims that have enormous implications for the country. that's not even close to what happened. the scientists over at msnbc and cnn, the same people who silenced alissa khan got work immediately. >> >> former cdc director robert redfield told our own sanjay gupta in a new cnn documentary that he believes covid-19 originated from a lab in wuhan. even though, obviously, there has been no formal evidence to support the theory. >> the lab leak theory doesn't seem like a plausible theory unless you aggregate the biggest collection of coronavirus an

elizabeth: what was your reaction to cdc director doctorr robert redfield saying that he does think theu think about. >> he was very careful he said there's no evidence and other people may have different points of view but he is contradicting the strange w.h.o. finding last month that i went from an animal to human directly i don't know if you know doctorre redfield background is not only a medicas director he's an army colonel and his work is how viruses and how they spread articles of publication, experiments in a laboratory, this is a crucial person and when he heard this he was done, that's why it's a new story a guy with credibility telling into cnn now with his joe biden going to do they do not read this in alaska that a list of height issues, one of them should have been what about the virus in the joe biden team did not raise the origins of the virus and you know to say china virus or wuhan virus may be ineffective racist charges that keeps them from bringing up the issue but it's an issue of oscience not racism. elizabeth: michael pillsbury thank you for joining us is good to

we also have robert redfield saying the coronavirus escaped from a lab in wuhan, china.own next. ♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ excuse me ma'am, did you know that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? thank you! hey, hey, no, no, limu, no limu! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i'm a verizon engineer. we built our 5g nationwide so millions of people could do what they love in verizon 5g quality. and in parts of many cities, we have ultra wideband, the fastest 5g in the world. this is 5g built right. only from verizon. ♪ elizabeth: okay. let's welcome back to the show hudson institute director of chinese strategy michael pillsbury. he is the author of "the hundred-year marathon." it's great to have you back on, sir. former president trump really went after president biden saying biden is showing weakness to china. what was your thought when you heard that? >> well, president trump has every right to be frustrated and even angry at what joe biden's doing, although biden is continuing all of president trum

questions tonight on the origins of the covid 19 pandemic, former cdc director robert redfield believes the virus escaped from a research lab in wuhan, china. complicating the narrative that emerge from wildlife, trace gallagher is on the case tonight. good evening. >> good evening. now that is not the director of the cdc, doctor robert redfield says he is allowed to express his opinion and he started with a bang saying he believes covid-19 originated in september or october of 2019 in a lab in wuhan. >> i'm of the point of view that the most likely ideology was from a laboratory. it escaped. other people don't believe that. that is fine, science will eventually figure it out. >> reporter: nobody can say for sure where the virus did originate but for some reason the media federal officials can say for sure where it did not originate. here's doctor anthony fauci's white house briefing knocking down doctor redfield's wuhan lab theory. >> likely was below the radar screen spreading in the community in china for several weeks if not months or more which allowed it when it first got recogniz

here is robert redfield.i am of the point of view that i still think the most likely ideology of this pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory, you know, escaped. the other people don't believer that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. maria: there has been so much propaganda from the chinese communist party about how the coronavirus originated and a lot of us said it doesn't sound like it came from the wet market and sounds like a mistake that escaped from the wuhan lab. here is senator cotton one year ago on the program. watch this. tom: everyone i spoke tonight said they came here because they want a better job. they are facing persecution or race or ethnicity, they want a better job, that's not grounds for asylum. maria: that's not the right soundbite but what are your thoughts on the origination of the coronavirus, senator? senator: well, at the rate we are going we will never know because because tedrose is in charge of the world health organization is with china and dr. tedrose would fa

questions denied the origin of the covid-19 pandemic, robert redfield believes the virus escaped fromesearch lab in wuhan, china. complicating the national institutes of health narrative that the virus emerged from wildlife. chief breaking news breaking news course by the trace gallagher is on the case for us tonight. good evening. >> good evening, thou that he is not the director of the cdc, dr. robert redfield says he's allowed to express his opinion and he started off with a bang saying that covid-19 originated in its september or october in 201911 wuhan. >> i'm of the point of view that i think the most likely etiology of the pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory, escaped, other people don't believe it. that's fine, science will eventually figure it out. >> nobody can say for sure where the virus originated but for some reason the media and federal officials can say for sure where he did not originate. here is dr. anthony fauci today's covid-19 white house briefing knocking down dr. redfield's wuhan lab theory. >> it likely was below the radar screen spreading and community in c

here's robert redfield listen to this. >> i am of the point of view that i still think that most likelys pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory, you know, escaped and other people don't believe that. that's fine science will eventually figure it out. maria: there has been so much propaganda from the chinese communist party about how the coronavirus originated. and from the beginning, a lot of us said well it doesn't really sound like it came from a wet market it sounds like it was a mistake that escaped from a wuhan lab. here's senator cotton one year ago on this program. senator, watch this. >> we do know that the virus did not originate in that food market or wet market or whatever you want to call it in wuhan. even the chinese communist party has now acknowledged some of that. all the way back in december, though, we knew that origin story was a myth. >> what are your thoughts on origination of the coronavirus, senator? >> well, at the rate we're going we'll never know. because doctor who is in charge of world health organization is owned, lock stock and barrel by china if you took

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the race to vaccinate comes amid a growing debate over the origin of covid former cdc director robert redfield now says he believes the virus came from a chinese laboratory >> i am of the point of view that i still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory. you know, escaped. other people don't believe that that's fine. >> reporter: dr. fauci says many disagree >> the alternative explanation, which most public health individuals go by, is that this virus was actually circulating in china, likely in wuhan for a month or more before they were clinically recognized. >> reporter: the w.h.o. could weigh in next week as we learn from the past in hopes of protecting the future miguel almaguer, nbc news >> make a plan so you'll be ready when it's your turn for a vaccination. visit planyourvaccine.com for more information >>> the migrant surge at the southern border has taken on a tragic new dimension tonight with word that a 9-year-old girl died, as she her family tried to reach the united states. her mother is speaking out and expressing her anguish tonight. gabe

the reason there is skepticism about this conclusion is the former cdc director, robert redfield hassaid he thinks that in fact this did escape from a chinese lab in wuhan and he believes there may be a cover-up on the part of china, given the fact that when the united states offered to send in investigators to help determine the origins of the virus, china refused u.s. assistance. there is a lot of anticipation about this report. the white house press secretary says a wide array of science experts are reviewing it and next steps will be discussed based on those conclusions. but that leaves and question what does next steps might be given the fact there are already frosty relations between the united states and china and given t fact that there have been more than a million americans killed by covid-19. there is not only a lot of anticipations about this report but the consequences the united states may take as a result of its findings. lauren: the french president is scaling up his governments vaccination campaign after a slow start. the government is mobilizing more health workers

to an explosive claim made yesterday by the former head of the centers for disease control dr robert redfield or redfield said that he believes the corona virus originated in a lab in the chinese city of han and he did not provide any evidence but he said his years of experience as a viral logis informed him of this opinion on the origin of the virus is important but more important is stopping the virus german chancellor angela merkel says the country's regional leaders are undermining efforts to do just that last night in a televised interview merkel accused regional leaders of not reversing plans to ease lock down restrictions in the face of rising infections she warned that the federal government may override germany's states in a bid to curb a 3rd wave of the pandemic. chancellor angela merkel may have backtracked last week on her plan to shut down germany over easter but she isn't backtracking on her idea that more action is needed to stop the rise in covert 1000 cases. we now have to employ the appropriate measures with great deal of seriousness and some states are doing that and others

to an explosive claim made yesterday by the former head of the centers for disease control dr robert redfield dr redfield said that he believes the corona virus originated in a lab in the chinese city of han and he did not provide any evidence but he said his years of experience as a viral a just informed him of this opinion on the origin of the virus is important but more important is stopping the virus german chancellor angela merkel says the country's regional leaders are undermining efforts to do just that last night in a televised interview merkel accused regional leaders of not reversing plans to ease walk down restrictions in the face of rising infections she warned that the federal government may override germany's states in a bid to curb a 3rd wave of the pandemic. chancellor angela merkel may have backtracked last week on her plan to shut down germany over easter but she isn't backtracking on her idea that more action is needed to stop the rise in cuba 1000 cases and our goals we now have to employ the appropriate measures with a great deal of seriousness and some states are doing t

to an explosive claim made yesterday by the former head of the centers for disease control dr robert redfield dr redfield said that he believes the corona virus originated in a lab in the chinese city of han and he did not provide any evidence but he said his years of experience as a viral a just informed him of this opinion on the origin of the virus is important but more important is stopping the virus german chancellor angela merkel says the country's regional leaders are undermining efforts to do just that last night in a televised interview merkel accused regional leaders of not reversing plans to ease lock down restrictions in the face of rising infections she warned that the federal government may override germany's states in a bid to curb a 3rd wave of the pandemic. chancellor angela merkel may have backtracked last week on her plan to shut down germany over easter but she isn't backtracking on her idea that more action is needed to stop the rise in cuba 1000 cases. we now have to employ the appropriate measures with a great deal of seriousness and some states are doing that others ar

director robert redfield has said that he thinks that in fact this did escape from a chinese lab in han and that he believes that there may be a cover up on the part of china given the fact that when the united states offered to send investigators to help determine the origins of the virus china refused to u.s. assistance so there is a lot of anticipation about this report the white house press secretary says a wide array of science experts are reviewing it and next steps will be discussed based on those conclusions but that leaves in question what those next steps might be given the fact that there are already very frosty relations between the united states and china and given the fact that there have been more than a 1000000 americans killed by covert 19 there is a lot of anticipation not only about this report but the consequences the united states may take as a result of its findings french president in one year in my coruscating up his government's coronavirus vaccination campaign after a slow start the government is mobilizing more health workers and opening mass vaccination cente

former cdc director robert redfield said last week that he believes the virus did escape from a lab in wuhan. in january, the trump state department claimed the wuhan institute of urology was testing a similar virus starting in 2016, and that several researchers became sick in the autumn of 2019 the one thing that i wish that the wh o had done is to pick up their megaphone and starts screaming through it to demand that china be more transparent. get it open its border to allow american cdc officials and other experts from the wh shown around the world to come investigate and to help. the state department did acknowledge in january that the u. s government still did not know exactly when. where or how. the covid-19 virus was transmitted to humans. china's government has accused the u. s of making groundless accusations at the state department. richardson fox news. coming up after the break, the latest on an hours long police standoff in san jose tonight. also the murder trial against former minneapolis police officer derrick show vin got underway today. we'll hear from one of the first

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judge jeanine: former cdc director robert redfield finally showed america where he thinks the china virus came from. >> i am of the points of view i think the most likely ideology of this pathogen, wuhan was from a laboratory. it escaped. it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker. judge jeanine: joining me now to sound the alarm on what this means for america's relationship with china, former truck trade advisor peter navarro. good evening. what does that mean? >> it means the virus that killed over half a million americans likely came from a wuhan lab in china. what's concerning me now, the two alarm fire tonight is we have a series of mutations of that virus from brazil, south africa and the united kingdom. two things to be concerned about is the vaccine may not work against mutations. if you get original vaccination and build up antibodies, the vaccine might not work. one thing that was disturbing to me on afive alarm fire basis is the deal china cut with iran. the trump administration did everything it could to cut off t

judge jeanine: former cdc director robert redfield finally showed america where he thinks the china virus came from. marianne: welcome to welcome to fox news live. i'm marianne rafferty. the giant container ship remains stuck in the suez canal after five days. saturday a dozen tugboats removed sand and mud from the lefted side of the vessel bow. it ran aground tuesday disrupting shipping and trade. the political situation in burma getting worse by the day. soldiers and police killing 100 people saturday. the bloodletting quickly drawing international condemnation. the ambassador accusing security forces of murdering unarmed civilians. >> i am of the points of view i think the most likely ideology of this pathogen, wuhan was from a laboratory. it escaped. it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker. judge jeanine: joining me now to sound the alarm on what this means for america's relationship with china, former truck trade advisor peter navarro. good evening. what does that mean? >> it means the virus that killed over half a mi

judge jeanine: former cdc director robert redfield finally showed america where he thinks the china virus came from. [♪♪♪] marianne: lawmakers from both parties traveling to texas for an up close look at the border crisis. this as the number of unaccompanied children in u.s. custody swells to 18,000. they are expanding their sites to hold thousands of teenagers. the checks use criminal data bases not accessible to the public. a deadly system heads to the northeast. al alabama and georgia were pounded yesterday by heavy rain that caused flooding. tennessee could be hit hard in the coming hours. >> i am of the points of view i think the most likely ideology of this pathogen, wuhan was from a laboratory. it escaped. it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker. judge jeanine: joining me now to sound the alarm on what this means for america's relationship with china, former truck trade advisor peter navarro. good evening. what does that mean? >> it means the virus that killed over half a million americans likely came from a wuhan l

let's take a look where you were looking to robert redfield of where he thinks this panvirus originatedm allowed to have opinion. i have the point of view that i think the most likely ideology of this pathogen from a laboratory in wuhan escaped and others don't believe that. that's fine, science will eventually figure it out. it is not unusual fo for respiratory pathogen to be affecting workers. >> the city is a widely known center for viral study in china including the wuhan institute virology. >> it is a remarkable conversation i feel like we are having here. because you were the former cdc director and you were the director at the time this was happening. >> the first time the former cdc director stated publicly that he believes this pandemic started months earlier. it originated inside a lab in china. >> these are two significant things to say. >> that's not applying any intentionality. it is my opinion. but i am a virologist. i do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human and at that moment in time. the virus came to the human became one of the most infectious virus. it t

the former cdc director robert redfield dropping the bombshell he believes without citing any evidence that covid-19 originated in a lab in wuhan. the world health organization will soon release its report on the origins of the coronavirus. >> that's all happening as cages surge across the united states. this morning, new cases are on the rise in 27 states. in michigan, they've seen an increase of more than 50% since last week. new cases are showing up most in younger people. >> okay. joining us now is cnn white house correspondent and the former baltimore city health commissioner. her new book "lifeline, a doctor's journey in the fight for public health" is available for pre-order now. that will be flying off the shelves. dr. wen, actually both of you, what documentary this was last night? i was riveted seeing these six top, the country's top health officials speak out for the first time and there was really a fence dr. wen i got of them having had pent-up things to say. they i believe felt muzzled. they pooeld off their muzzle last night to explain the dysfunction, the chaos, the pur

robert redfield says he believes the coronavirus began in a chinese lab, even though the intelligencetermined the origin of the virus. >> if i had to guess, this virus started transmitting in september, october. that's my opinion. i'm allowed to have opinions now. i am of the point of view that i still think the most likely ideology of this pathogen in wuhan was a laboratory escaped. other people don't believe that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens being worked on in a laboratory to infect a laboratory worker. >> it's also not unusual for that type of research to be occurring in wuhan. the city is a widely known center for viral studies in china, including the wuhan institute of virology, which has studied bat coronaviruses. >> you are the former cdc director and you were the director at the time this was all happening. for the first time, the former cdc director is stating publicly that he believes this pandemic started months earlier than we knew and that it originated not at a wet market but inside a lab in china. these

wall street journal is reporting that the cuomo administration questioned former cdc director robert redfieldr the phone last june, probing officials about the nursing home data. new york is said to be the only state said to request specific details into nursing home deaths. markets are higher following a day of major gains and the passage of that stimulus bill. the dow industrials closed as you can see beginning today's trading session at 32,374 with a gain of 95 points, a quarter of a percent. the nasdaq this morning is up 244 points, almost 2% and the s&p 500 higher by 30. the dow yesterday closed above 32,000 for the first time ever after the house passed the $1.9 trillion stimulus deal. the nasdaq looks for a rebound as the tech sector deals with recent volatility as you can see, the nasdaq continues to be rolling over, down about 5 points yesterday. joining me right now is advisor investments chief investment officer jim lowell and chief investment strategy mark luchene. also joining the conversation all morning long, republican strategist, joseph pinion and the man's guide to corporate

robert redfield, offered this theory today. >> if i was to guess, this virus started sometime in october september in wuhan. >> i'm of the point of view that i still think the most likely etiology was from a laboratory, escaped. other people don't believe that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. it's not unusual for respiratory infections to infect a laboratory worker. >> the origin has not yet been determined. but here's what dr. anthony fauci said this morning when asked about redfield's comments. >> the alternative explanation, which most public health experts go by, this was likely circulating in wuhan for a month or more was that it was already circulating for a month or more by december of 2019. there are other alternatives that over people hold by. >> we're also following developments on the recent surge at the southern border. reports that the u.s. border patrol is on pace to break recent records for monthly encounters with border crossers. in may, 2019, more than 144,000 undocumented immigrants were encountered, marking a 12-year high. march is likely to surpass

. >>> in our health lead, in a brand new cnn documentary former cdc director robert redfield says he thinks coronavirus originated in a lab in wuhan, china though he says that's his opinion. sanjay, let's watch this clip from your great documentary. >> if i had to guess this virus started transmitted in september and october in wuhan. >> september and october. >> that's my opinion. i'm allowed to have opinions now. i'm of the point of view that i still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory, you know, escaped. other people don't believe that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens being worked on in a laboratory to infect a laboratory worker. >> it is also not unusual for that type of research to be occurring in wuhan. the city is a widely known center for viral studies in china, including the wuhan institute of virology which has experimented extensively with bat coronaviruses. >> it is a remarkable conversation i feel like we're having here because you are the former cdc director, and yo

robert redfield sat down with cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. about in conversation that you had. >> yeah, well we had conversations with six of the doctors who were sort of leading the covid response. any all sat down, talked to us. all of them are private citizens except for one. and they were illuminating conversations, brianna, sometimes infuturing conversations as well. the goal was to understand what happened this past year so that lessons -- see what lessons could be learned to try and deal with what's happening and for the future. dr. redfield in particular wanted to start the conversation at the beginning. take a listen. >> if i was to guess this virus started transmit manage september, october in wuhan. >> secretary september, october. >> i'm allowed to have opinions now. i'm of the point of view that i still think the most likely eatology of the pathogen in wuhan from pa laboratory skapd. the other people don't believe that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens worked in a labo

but just a few days ago, former cdc director robert redfield told cnn that he believes it accidentally escaped from a wuhan lab that was studying bats. he offered no evidence to support that claim. he just had a gut feeling. what do you say to that possibility? >> well, i think that the scientists -- there are 17 international scientists who were on the w.h.o. team who went, and they looked at the epidemiology. they looked at the pathology, the genetics, at all the work that would give them some understanding of where the disease emerged, how it spread, and the nature of it. they have been doing the science, and i would rather take the science as evidence without any disrespect than a gut feeling. >> absolutely. dr. sian griffiths joining us from oxford, england. many thanks. appreciate it. >>> johns hopkins university reports the u.s. has just crossed 550,000 deaths from the coronavirus. and a steady rise in infections has top u.s. health officials warning of impending doom. the head of the centers for disease control and prevention says travel is up, and she's worried about surges li

because doctor fauci, well, doctor fauci is undercutting former cdc director robert redfield saying itington times" bill gertz with tucker carlson last night what is going on with this wuhan lab. let's listen to this watch. >> sure. >> i think the unspoken important part of this story the would you hewn institute of virology denied it was engaged in secret work with the pl after, the peoples liberation army. china has a massive biological weapons problem being carried out in these laboratories in china and nothing is being done to force them to expose the activities there. including such things as ethnic weapons. that is biological weapons that can target ethnic groups. elizabeth: wow. that's terrifying stuff. what do you say to that? >> the chinese have already countered tucker carlson's show. today the chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said fort detrick is the one at center. they can go to the security council. they say fort detrick is the where the program is, it is an american program. we have this back and forth there is no end to it, liz. elizabeth: michael pillsbury, thanks f

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robert redfield telling cnn he believes the coronavirus originated in a lab in wuhan, china, but exactlyhat is he basing that on? that interview is part of an unprecedented event when the medical leaders of the war on covid break their silence. the cnn special report, it begins tomorrow night at 9:00. >> announcer: the leaders of the war a covid break their silence. >> they want to do make sure we stopped saying that the risk to americans was low. >> finally at a moment in life, i said never is enough. >> announcer: what they saw. >> that was a line in the sand for me. >> we're in for a disaster. >> announcer: what they believe. >> people are not being transparent. i could use the word cover-up. >> i knew i was being watched. everybody inside was waiting for me to make a misstep. >> were you threatened? >> announcer: and what's next. >> there will be another pandemic, guaranteed. >> announcer: doctor sanjay gupta. >> we were not testing enough. why not? >> announcer: cnn's special report, tomorrow at 9:00. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he need

former cdc director robert redfield says he believes the virus originated in a chinese lab. the world health organization will soon release its report tomorrow on the origins of coronavirus. it might say something very different we expect. >> and across the united states, the next wave of the pandemic may already be here. 27 starts are reporting increases in new cases. deaths arising in 17 states. cases are spiking in states like michigan and florida where spring breakers packed cities over the past few weeks. joining us now, cnn political analyst maggie haberman. good to see you. the blockbuster last night really is stunning stuff, and cnn learning the world health organization is going to release its report tomorrow on the origins of the virus. i want to ask you, on the documentary, given your reporting by the trump administration, what surprised you? >> what surprised me, john, is the fact that it exists. that health officials served until a couple of weeks ago in the previous administration who are speaking openly about the failures, what we saw, really, what we reported

robert redfield, a career-long virologist.l think the most likely cause of this pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory and escaped. other people don't believe that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. it's not unusual for respiratory pathogens to infect laboratory workers. >> martha: that was explosive. a world health organization team visited wuhan and said it's more likely the virus came from an animal and not the lab. the white house is waiting for the final report from the w.h.o. on this. president biden claimed that the vast majority of migrants are being sent back and why fox news was not called upon. peter doocy joins me now. good to see you. first things first. let's talk about this majority claim where the migrants are concerned. a number of issues the president was not pressed on and what he said was inaccurate. >> i asked jen psaki to try to square the president's claim that migrants are being turned away from the border. a report that 13% of family unit are sent back. >> 87% are going back to await

also says it is extremely unlikely that the virus leaked from a lab, though former cdc director robert redfield said last week he believes the virus to escape from a lab in wuhan. in january, the trump state department say the wuhan institute of virology was testing a similar virus starting in 2016 and that several researchers became sick in the autumn of 2019. >> the one thing i wish the w.h.o. had done is pick up the microphone and start screaming through it to demand that trying to be more transparent, that it open its border to allow american cdc officials and other experts from w.h.o. and around the world to come and investigate and help. >> the safety department did acknowledge and january the u.s. government still did not know exactly where, when, or how the covid-19 virus was transmitted to units. they have accused the u.s. of groundless accusations, bret. >> bret: rich edson live at the state department, thank you. breaking tonight the most explosive criminal trials in years is underway in minneapolis. former police officer derek chauvin is facing murder and manslaughter charges in the

robert redfield says he believes the virus leaked from the lab.onally or not, he wouldn't say. the w.h.o. report came out and disputes that and puts a lot of theories out there, most of which china agrees with, but they say they reach no conclusion. chinese promoted theories like the frozen transmission theory. senator tom cotton sees the heavy hand of beijing in that report. we're asking to speak with him about that tomorrow. former u.s. state department covid-19 investigator david asher charged in to looking at this explains why he thinks a bio weapons research accident was perhaps the likely cause of covid-19. he will explain in just a moment. first, greg palkot from london. hi, greg. >> yeah, it's being described by world health organization chief as an important beginning but not an end. many think that that is an understatement. results of a four-week study in china by who backed international and chinese scientists were officially unveiled today. they did come up with a most likely theory that intermediate animals spread it from a bat to a

robert redfield, said about how the coronavirus spread. >> if i was to guess this virus started transmittingre in september, october in wuhan. >> september, october? >> that's my own views, my he own opinion. i'm allowed to have opinion. i'm of the point of view that i still think the most likely ideology of this pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory, you know, escaped. other people don't believe that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. >> you can hear much more on what dr. redfield says tomorrow night on the cnn special report at 9:00, but what is your reaction to those comments? did you see any evidence as chief of staff during the early days that would support his comments? >> yeah, i'm not going to tell you what i saw because a lot of stuff i saw was classified, especially in the early days. i'm not at liberty to talk about that. let me say this about bob redfield. the man is beyond criticism. this is as good as it is going to get in this business, and if bob redfield looks you in the eye and says he thinks x, that is worth an examination, there's no question about it.

former cdc director robert redfield has a different take.of the point of view that i still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory, escaped. other people don't believe that that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. carley: what's your reaction to this situation? do you trust this report? [laughter] >> well, good morning, and, actually, we learned over the last year that, no, we really can't trust anything coming out of the w.h.o. you know, they were complicit in the beginning of covid, working with the chinese government to obstruct deny access, and really lead the world down a path that ultimately cost lives. and global economy. you know, this is insane that now they are coming back saying that this originated from a bat. and we remember seeing the images of these meat markets where the horrific conditions just make your stomach turn and i can see, yes, there is definitely no sanitation there when you are looking at these chinese meat markets with all these exotic animals. let's be clear. thi

i want to listen with you to the cdc -- former cdc director robert redfield had to say to sanjay. >>f i was to guess, this viersdz started transmitting in september/october of wuhan. >> september/october? >> that's my opinion. i'm allowed to have opinions. i still believe the most likely etiology of this pathogen in wuhan was from a laboratory, escaped. there are other people that don't believe that. that's fine. science will eventually figure it out. >> what's your reaction to that? >> well, you know, with someone of that stature has that theory, of course, it makes us pause and wonder. i think it will be very important and interesting to see the findings of the, you know, w.h.o., recent investigation into this. of course, one reaction is, if this was going on back in september/october, why were we not alerted sooner, and how many hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved? but we just need to find out what the science actually says. >> sure. i want to ask you you about something that we're seeing now, ducked as vaccine passports. new yorkers we know now can pull up someth