have to do more to deal with the rampant political corruption in your country aren't you the state department says that's key to securing ukraine's democratic institutions its economic prosperity and your atlantic future every year the same message from the u.s. from europe year after year why are you not doing better on this front. well 1st we're doing it for ourselves not for the sake of support when you're not. doing you're not doing it it's all you're not getting to grips with corrupt well you are in your country you are you are your spirit you are either misinformed or exaggerating it was under the present of. under the present selenski that the anti-corruption court finally started functioning in ukraine and it was a very long battle to set up that court and make it operational unfortunately the previous president did not allow that to happen presidents lansky did and he does not interfere in the operations of the court when you can see to tional court of ukraine another body of our judicial system to try to destroy an anti-corruption reform it was the president who stepped in immediate

i have a more general question, i'm just curious to know how the state department and the department of defense coordinate on space-related activities, particularly when it relates to our partners, allies and adversaries? it's more of a broad question, but i'm looking for more insight. >> i don't mind starting this ball rolling. you know, of course, the state department has the lead roll in basically in foreign policy outreach. in the case of the ab20 we are active in a number of multilateral organizations where we present our views because we have to do that competitively with the u.n. frame work or the congress disarmament or any other number of other. and we have, of course, regular consultations with our nato allies and with our asian allies. and this is what our job is basically about. to go around and build support for the way that we want to do things and the united states is very fortunate to have a very broad network of allies which allows us to leverage our efforts and multiply them in a way that's generally know the available to countries such as russia and china. so that'

what the state department does not appear to understand or maybe this is the whole point that the existencetion to the united states. the rest of the world is watching, they pay close attention to what we do. listen to the chinese officials from recently explaining that blm is a sign that the united states is a terrible place. >> there are many problems within the united states regarding human rights and the challenges facing the united states in human rights are deep-seated. they did not just emerge over the past four years such as black lives matter, it did not come up only recently. >> tucker: right, so if we ever have a state department whose message to the world is yes, the united states is terrible, that's exactly the message that they are sending. that's what they believe, should they be representing us to the world? should people who don't like the country be running the country? they are. the state department did not respond to our request today for clarification, they did not comment at all. so they called roy murdoch, the national contributor, we are happy to have him with us. th

now, the state department say there are as many as 18,000 people who have applied for the kind of visaget out of afghanistan and go to the united states. 18,000. now, i mean, i know from what i've heard from people in the country it takes over a year at times to get yourself processed and moved out and often afghan translators who have worked for the united states have found themselves beaten, often killed at times by the insurgency as it moves forward. now, this problem is just going to get worse in the months ahead. the united states also yesterday announced that it had got maybe as far as a quarter of the way through its full withdrawal from afghanistan and this may be something that occurs at some point during july. so the acute need to help the afghans who worked for the united states who are still there or just rise and accentuate in the months ahead and the possibility that the state department have to fly an extra personnel to process these visas frankly even that as some officials are suggest that go may be the case that's unlike leg to get through the 18,000. a very stark ser

i'm curious to know how it state department and the department of defense coordinate on space related activities particularly when it relates to our partners, allies and adversaries. i was looking for more insight. >> i don't mind starting this ball rolling. the state department has the lead role in basically in foreign policy outreach. in the case of the a.b.c. bureau, we're active in number of multilateral organizations. we have to do that competitively with others for instance in the u.n. framework or conference on disarmament or any number of other euphoria. we have regular consultations with our nato allies with our asian allies. this is what our job is basically about. is to go around and talk to people and build support for the way we want to do things. united states is very fortunate to have a very broad network of allies which allows us to leverage our efforts and multiply them in a way that is generally not available to countries such as russia and china. that is where the united states has an distinct advantage. that's where summiting -- consulting with our allies and build

will be what sort of strategy do you think the state department is taking here and how much of this is contingent on guidance from the dia de. well the d.o.d.'s going to be in gauged in this but i think that there are some considerations that they they would love to have ali have everything back to the way it was and also include all the missiles and what have you which the original j scipio way did not include. iran has advanced considerably since the initial j c p oh it was signed back in 2015 but one other consideration by the iranians they know that they're watching israel and netanyahu is trying to form a government he's desperate he's desperate and he's already threatened to bomb then tets that tense which is the iranian facility at a nuclear facility and between now and june anything could happen and netanyahu has basically threatened and the and a week ago there was a and it is in this rarely seen visiting the state department saying that we do you just can't go ahead with this thing so they're sending warnings to the biden ministration look out if you have if you have come

i think there was a cut in funding for state department -- for a state department program that was meanto detect and prevent -- the early detection of global health threats overseas. i think most people would say there was a downgrading of that under president trump. how much that contributed to what has happened is a question for debate. host: let me go back to one final point of your reporting of those scientists who were -- who suffered some sort of anonymous in november, 2019, and that spurred your reporting this past week. when did you first hear about that, and this is an obvious question, but what does that tell you about the potential causes of this virus? guest: it was mentioned as we discussed in the outset, in the january 15 statement put out by the state department, and we spent weeks talking about current and former u.s. officials. i would guess it was probably a month ago that we first got the number three, the date of november, and a few more details. it was really hard to get, and we were ultimately satisfied that we had enough to go with the story. again, what it tells u

national space policy■ç and the state department has a long record of enumerating its many flaws. ight of these short comings, the 2020 national space policy directs the united states government and i quote, to lead the enhancement of safety, stability, security and long-term sustainability in space by promoting a framework for responsible behavior in outer space and including the pursuit and effective implementation of best practices, standards and norms of behavior, end united states lead in promoting and forging new agreements in the united states. the united states believes that the development that the norms of behavior can reduce risk to international security and stability and increasing predictability and reducing risks of misperception and preventing conflict. that's why in 2020, the united states worked with our close allies to advance a new united nations general assembly resolution titled reducing space threats for norms for principles of responsible behavior. we believe it can serve as threats of responsible behaviort we believe this resolution coule serve as the first

joe biden state department shut down mike pompeo state department investigation. is going on here? >> i think president biden isn't serious, just like he isn't serious of what's going on in the southern border as far as finding out the origins of the virus. they look back at any speeches that the president has given, particularly in joint session and when did he bring up the urgency to find out how this deadly pandemic that's killed 580,000 americans, how did it begin exactly. you're right about that in far in retrospect when you look at headlines when tom cotton first brought up the possibility that this could have come from a lab in wuhan. let's see new york times. why coronavirus theories flourish and why it matters or the washington post. tom cotton keeps repeating conspiracy theory that has been debunked. debunked, really? despite the fact that american reporters were thrown out of china you may remember, so how does anybody know this exactly? how do they know it except, this is the big question, if they take the word from the chinese communist party and the

is pushing back on the widely spread report yesterday that it shut down the small state department teamthe bureau of arms and control and verification that was looking into the origins of the covid-19 virus, that was reported everywhere yesterday, here's a statement today from state department can price come he says that reporting is incorrect in february march 2021 the findings were briefed to a bcm policy planning and staff in the new administration with the report delivered, the work was ended that is certainly up for debate depending on who you speak tol in washington intend the national security council is taking the lead in thathi investigation, however, the white house statement don't answer the important question why bother with the probe that was already set into motion from former secretary of state mike pompeo in the first place nor did they offer any evidence that probe was flawed. meantime the lab leak theory continues tont gain interest. liz: thank you for joining us it's great to see you, thank you for coming on house intelligence ranking member is california congressman

according to the state department spokesman, ned price, that reporting is incorrect.february and march of 2021, the team's findings were briefed to abc and policy planning policy staff in the new administration with the report delivered, the work was ended. the national security council, he says is now taking the lead in the investigation. members of the disbanded team, who i have spoken to, including david asher suggest otherwise. in a statement to fox news, asher defended the investigation and said that at the time some state department colleagues "were deliberately playing down the links to china's biological weapons program." among those at state that blocked their efforts, chris ford, the former acting secretary for nonproliferation. he said the team's findings were based on "junk science" and he was trying to protect mike pompeo and the trump administration. martha, i have known david asher for years. he had huge successes in exposing the network in pakistan and exposing north korea's nuclear weapons program. he says he welcomed president biden's statement today

a state department spokesperson told me the state department is still working with the agency to lookonal security adviser jake sullivan tells me he's been very clear about the effort because they haven't been in to see everything they need to see to gain access to everything they need in china, so this is still being probed, but it's interesting that the effort was shut down and became so politicized and was so dramatic. >> it's one thing to test a high pocket the sis, it's another to prove it. >> exactly. >> that's not scientific. thank you so much. >>> here to discuss is josh rogan. he's done a ton of reporting on this theory over the past year. he's also the author of the book, "chaos under heaven." thanks so much for joining us. first let me ask you to react to kylie's reporting on shutting down the mike pompeo investigation. is that a real legit investigation? what's your take? >> great reporting by kylie here. this because project i do know was going on in the state department, one of many, actually. they had lots of different investigations that weren't all necessarily coordin

now, the state department is pushing back on the idea that it shut down the small state department team that was looking into the origins of the virus. privately i'm told the new biden administration had concerns about the team's methodology suggesting that they were too intent on fitting the facts to prove that the virus leaked from the wuhan lab and that it was possibly a bio weapon. we just received the following state from the state department spokesman ned price. "there's been incorrect reporting that the biden-harris administration shut down an investigation by the state department's bureau of arms control and verification in to the origins of the covid-19 pandemic. that reporting is incorrect. in february and march of 2021, the team's findings were briefed to abc and policy planning, policy staff in the new administration with the report delivered, the work was ended." he went on to say the contract continues, but is focused on other arms control work. the national security council is taking the lead in the investigation, but members of the disbanded team, who i have spoken to su

have to do more to deal with the rampant political corruption in your country aren't you the state department says that's key to securing ukraine's democratic institutions its economic prosperity and your atlantic future every year the same message from the u.s. from europe year after year why are you not doing better on this front. well 1st we're doing it for ourselves not for the sake of support when you're not. doing you're not doing it it's so you're not getting to grips with corrupt well you are new you are you are your spirit you are either misinformed or exaggerating it was under the present of. under the present selenski that the anti-corruption court finally started functioning in ukraine and it was a very long battle to set up this court and make it operational unfortunately the previous president did not allow that to happen president selenski did and he does not interfere in the operations of the court when the constitutional court of ukraine another body of our judicial system try to destroy an anti-corruption reform it was the president who stepped in immediately and then and he

official briefed reporters they remain anonymous as per apparently state department rules they briefed reporters saying things like we think it's doable it's not rocket science it's not a new deal he emphasized that it's simply returning to the old one he called tehran's demands unreligious stick but tehran says the u.s. like george said are seriously that mike said that tehran destroy those centrifuges that they have whereas the old deal only asked that those centrifuges be disabled and then stored under i.a.e.a. supervision could that then be the deal breaker. i don't think so i think the u.s. will have to concede on the point because mike's absolutely correct the iranians are not going to destroy things that didn't have to be destroyed in the original deal before the us walked out of it but there's no material difference in destroying them are putting them under i.a.e.a. control so i can't believe that that would be the u.s. bottom line simply wouldn't be understood in the international community look i think the glass is half full might thinks it's half empty that that means we agr

state department.rew pearson started as a diplomatic correspondent and always kept a close eye on the foreign service. he collected so much information about the state department that secretary of state cordell hull once began a meeting by asking, "are we talking from this room or for pearson? " they benefited from sources high and low within the state department but particularly from under secretary of state wells who was a close. friend and confidant the "washington merry-go-round" provided a career and he provided confirmed news that pearson had picked up elsewhere. the trouble was the column grew so favorable to wells the secretary hall blamed him for the leaks and had him fired. in fact, drew pearson had plenty of sources within the state department. when was the director of the state department's office of special political affairs, alger hiss. when hiss' colleagues worried about him leaking it was not to the soviets but drew pearson. some of pearson's columns originated in classified u.s. milita

here is a statement today from state department spokesman ned price.e says that reporting is incorrect. in february and march of 2021 the team's findings were briefed to avc and policy planning, policy staff in the new administration with the report delivered, the work was ended. of course that is certainly up for debate depending who you speak to here in washington. meantime the national security council is now taking the lead in that investigation. however, the white house's statements today don't answer the important question, why bother with the probe that was already set into motion by former secretary of state mike pompeo in the first place? nor did they offer any evidence that probe was somehow flawed. meantime the lab leak theory continues to gain interest. elizabeth? elizabeth: kevin corke, thanks for joining us. great to see you. reporter: you too. elizabeth: thanks for coming on. joining us how intelligence ranking member, he is california congressman devin nunes. congressman, you have done -- thanks for joining us. great to see you. you and

on february 22nd, 1946 us diplomat george kennan sent a cable for moscow to the state department with his assessment of the soviet union's post world war ii expansionist aims. the message outline is ideas to contain the spread of communism and became known as the long telegram because of its unusual length thousands of words. this containment strategy dominated us foreign policy throughout the decades of the cold war up next author and journalist evan thomas talks about george kennan and the long telegram with truman presidential library director kurt graham the truman library institute provided this video. anyway on this subject to the cold war tonight. we are celebrating 75th anniversary. of um a very important moment in the development of our foreign policy with the with the long telegram canon wrote in from the soviet union and and sent to to harry truman and we're pleased to be joined tonight by renowned author of pulitzer prize winning new york times bestselling evan thomas who is written for and been an editor at time and newsweek has been on the programs. i wanted to get this

i tried to talk to higher-ups at the state department.ld me, look, just let it be, let it pass. i just felt they were not taking seriously the disrespect that was shown towards me as someone who put myself in harm's way to work in afghanistan, that endured numerous security clearances before. what was the problem? they just wouldn't tell me, wouldn't be up front. >> your experience was during the obama administration. is it your impression that things have gotten worse for asian-american diplomats since then? >> i don't know. i mean, i've heard from different asian-american diplomats the challenges they're facing. something i went through, others are facing. others have had experiences in a much more difficult way in which they were trying to get assignments or posts working in asia or working on asian issues and were banned. that is certainly something that has affected them. i have had conversations with senior leadership at the state department recently. they are aware of this and they are digging into this. but i don't think we know j

have to do more to deal with the rampant political corruption in your country aren't you the state department says that's key to securing ukraine's democratic institutions its economic prosperity and your atlantic future every year the same message from the u.s. from europe year after year why are you not doing better on this front. well 1st we're doing it for ourselves not for the sake of support when you're not. doing you're not doing it at all you're not getting to grips with corrupt while you are in your country you are you are your spirit you are either misinformed or exaggerating it was under the present of. under the present selenski that the anti-corruption court finally started functioning in ukraine and it was a very long battle to set up that court and make it operational unfortunately the previous president did not allow that to happen presidents lansky did and he does not interfere in the operations of the court when they can see to tional court of ukraine another body of our judicial system to try to destroy an anti-corruption reform it was the president who stepped in immediate

trevor, i think it's clear to much who has been a part of -- and covered or been a part of the state department back in 2014 we all know that the only way to bring an end to violence, to bring an end to this escalation of violence is for there to be a two-state solution over time. in both calls the president made this weekend, he underscored his strong commitment to a negotiated two-state solution as the best path to reach a just and lasting resolution of the israeli-palestinian conflict. in terms of what that would take, what form, and what it would look like it would require both parties wanting to engage in that and have a discussion about the path forward. who would be the point person from this end, we are not quite there yet. it would be up to both parties to decide if they want to move forward there. reporter: one more question on that subject which is what would be the value -- making a case a cease-fire from your standpoint? would you do that? jen: let me first say that what's most important is that we all share, the united states shares with a range of countries around the world, thos

now, the state department is refuting the fact that they shut down the project.as a report that was delivered and that this work had ended. but the bottom line here is this small group of people is no longer working on this. now, this doesn't mean, ana, that the biden administration is no longer looking into the origins of covid-19. they have, we are learning, today president biden has redoubled efforts in the intelligence community to look into this. this is a statement that came out after our reporting just today. and i want to read to you a key line from it. from president biden saying, "i have now asked the intelligence community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion and to report back to me in 90 days. as a part of that report i have asked for areas of further inquiry that may be required including specific questions for china." now, president biden said that he asked the intelligence community to provide him with a report earlier this year, they did so. he said the conclusions from

according to the same david asher, the state department did not want to know more.idn't like the investigation. whose side are they on? and david asher is wondering the same thing. quote. somen't colleagues played down e possible links to china's biological weapons programs. and: that's a reference to the money that the u.s. went through nih to the wuhan lab to do research that may have been connected to this pandemic. david named chris ford. the former act the under-secretary in the state department as someone who didn't want to dwelve into the potentials of a lab released and one related to a classified chinese military program. in violation of arms prevention. now, why would an official in the u.s. not want to know more about a foreign adversary violating international law and imperiling the lives of millions? that's a great question. he responded to fox news and, he said he had procedural concerns about the probe and including he was kept out of the loop until december. but he said the lab work theory is very possible and china must be held to account. there are

with respect to special immigrant visas, we working closely with the state department to identify and provide data to provide the identity those employees of the department of defense that would qualify. we're looking at biometric data which would also help to provide information and insight an who may qualify for that type of benefit. >> okay. well my time has expired. but i don't get a lot of comfort out of those answers. i'm very much concerned about those. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator inhofe. senator shaheen. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. mr. helvey i want to begin by sharing the chairman's frustration with the fact that we have not been able to hear from our general in afghanistan. it's very difficult for this committee to conduct its overright responsibilities when we can't get the appropriate people in front of us and there is no excuse for that. so i hope you will take that back to the department and share that with them. general trollinger, there have been multiple reports over last months since the february 2020 agreement that the taliban have not broken t

kennedy, the republican from louisiana asking fauci and collins and others before the biden state department squashed the investigation that had started undersecretary of state pompeo. did they consult with any of you and they all said no. again, the biden team has always been saying to let the science lead us. that does not seem to be an example of deferring to the experts. >> right. no, i think it was more of a geo political investigation. it may not be a smoking gun or can be definitive but it can add more evidence. people that were sick in china. did they have antibodies for the coronavirus. that would be important. did the genetic strain which they were infected match the genetic strain of the virus studied at the wuhan institute of i haverology. i unders -- virology. now they are going to study antibodies of the people that live in the area. there are a lot of unanswered questions. i think the frustrating thing for people following this is that we are 15 months in to this. why were those things not already done. were they kept, where are they and what about the investigations into the

to your point, of course the state department was on the right track.s not proof, but "the wall street journal" came out and said that three people were sent to the hospital with covid-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, and the chinese military involved? why would we ever think we would get the truth out of china, out of the chinese scientists or anyone in china with the government overseeing everything? >> kayleigh: that is such interesting reporting about us about tedros, head of the world health organization. why would we trust in organization that was defunded because they lied to us about human to human transmission? they knew it transmitted but they lied to us. reportedly the president of china called them and said, "do not call this a public health emergency of international concern," so they didn't. they lied to us about asymptomatic spread and praised china throughout this pandemic, who has been nothing but opaque. why would joe biden and jen psaki trust the w.h.o.? >> tomi: that's a great question, but we know democrats are married to the idea

state department says don't travel to japan. what we are learning about the new travel advisory. >>> it seems nobody is immune to crime right now. not even oakland's bishop. he told parishioners about it. >> i go out and i say the rosery, a man pulled a gun on me. pointed at me and said give me your wallet. >> a shocking testimony from the bishop in oakland. >> i said, i'm sorry for any sins, lord. >> the bishop says he was robbed of gun point of his wallet by a man on a bike on saturday afternoon. >> he saw my bishop, and he said, give me that ring. i was afraid, i would rather have my life -- so i give him the ring, the ring with which i was concentrated. >> the bishop said he felt compelled to tell his story. >> i think most of the time, he wears his collar so it seems like people would know he is clergy and it's just terrifying. he is a great man. >> a man of faith and a man well known in the oakland community. he makes his way in areas. earlier this month. bishop barber said he feels violence is filled by a proliferation of

of. >> the state department is pushing back on the idea that it shut down the small state department team at the bureau of arms control and verification that was looking into the origins of the code virus. quote: that reporting is incorrect, spokesman ned pryce said in a statement. in february and march of 2021, the team's findings were briefed to avc and policy planning policy staff in the new administration with the report delivered the work was ended. the national security council is now taking the lead in the investigation. but members of the disbanded team who spoke to fox suggest otherwise. david asher a key member of the team, defended the investigation and said that at the time some state department colleagues, quote: were deliberately playing down possible links to china's biological weapons program adding the acting under secretary for arms control didn't want to delve into the poo tension of accidental lab release let alone one related to a classified chinese military program in violation of the biological weapons convention a reference to trump appointee chris ford. >> fo

it was conducted by the state department's bureau of arms control verification and compliance.y ensure countries like china are not stockpiling bio- weapons like bat coronaviruses that are be experimented with in labs. why did the white house shut down that on-going investigation? senior officials at the national institute of health including dr. fauci said they had no idea why it was shut down. that seemed odd. they are closely linked to the story. it was through nih that funded some of that research at the wuhan laboratory. senator john kennedy asked all of these questions. >> why did you guys and ladies, why did you spike the prior administration's investigation into the origins of the coronavirus and whether it could have come out of the wuhan lab? >> sir, we did not spike anything. i am not sure what you mean by spike. >> the state department spiked the prior administration's study. >> that has nothing to do with the national institute of health. >> they didn't consult with y'all? >> they did not. >> i read about it if the press. >> doc, they spiked it without talking to e

this comes out of our state department so, you know, we fund the state department for diplomacy. i'm for that. but we end up funding things in the state department. you wonder if they're useful for diplomacy or pork barrel politics. this was $850,000 that was given a a for-profit afghan television station to support the development of a national cricket league. really? so our state department which we have to pay ambassadors, we have to pay assistant ambassadors. we have to pay all the different personnel, those protecting the ambassador in our embassies. we've got to pay for the embassies, the electricity. all that stuff we have to do. i'm for that where do we get the money to pay for cricket. where is the bills of the u.s. government? but here's the point. does it ever get better? does someone go my goodness, someone stuck this earmark in for the national cricket league. does someone say oh, my goodness we did this and we reform the process and say never again? no, we give them more money. every year, every agency in government gets more money. if you think there is a waste pro

and the state department gets so it was called aid memoir from great. that says we can no longer pay to defend greece and and turkey and this is the moment when the torch really passes from great britain to the united states and this is where harry truman really sits up. because he forms an alliance with one of our wise men a fellow named dean hatch. nadine atchison and harry truman are one of history's great odd couples. harry truman the haberdasher son plant spoken guy from missouri dean atchison from groton and yale and his bespoke suits with his guardsmen mustache very unlikely combination, but they really hit off partly because they both had a sense of history harry truman may have not gone to yale, but he had read a lot of history. and he had a great man theory of history and so did so did dean atchison and they bonded and a great one of history's great moments in 1946. before the long telegram as there's many your listeners know democrats lost control of the house and senate 46 terrible election. wipe out for harry truman, and he's coming back to

and then she was later asked to leave the state department. the whole project about creating over x was sort of changed and diluted. it turned into was a series of speeches that were written by some others. the work was not wasted the state department did not produce a long telegram or a x. i sort of explain this by saying in 2016, 2021 environment there is no real possible way to write one explanatory document that will encapsulate the situation we are in. there is no long telegram. there are a lot of people with a lot of really good ideas. and try to stab at this problem. the situation is more complicated the voices are more diverse. we do not live in that kind of environment anymore with one document. nonetheless it does not stop people from trying. when he wanted to put forth his decision based on bill's paper to put out a long telegram orate x. it was the internal document the x was the external document that was written in foreign affairs. he was not in a position to do that to return to his friends, was from the exact district he was fr

state department because the u.s. state department was inadequately resourced. that something that came in through loud and clear in our report. i was actually in the first company into baghdad fighting in the invasion of but a few months later, found myself running in iraq for tv station. that gives you an idea of the experience that many of us had on the ground that ran the gamut of fighting a war and managing an occupation and trying to bring peace and democracy to a foreign country. but the latter part of that job was not something i was trained for and the state department was better, would've been better equipped to handle it. it was an honor to becoming a minor tv celebrity in iraq, that's not why went there as the united states marine to do. so i think there are a couple of lessons in that that we should take forward. >> i'll just that, first of all, thank you to the mechanics for having us talk about this most important subject today. senator ernst, it's always an honor to be with you and to my friend seth molten, the bank's family scents are regards to

. >> reporter: the latest attack hit the state department's agency for international development, usaid, which distributes america's foreign aid. the hackers inserted malware that sent what appeared to be genuine usaid emails to more than 150 recipients including human rights groups and other organizations that have been critical of russia's president vladimir putin in a blog post microsoft says the attack came from a threat actor called nobelium, originating from russia. the same group behind the huge solarwinds attack that targeted the departments of homeland security, energy, commerce, defense, treasury and state and thousands of america's businesses the u.s. government has said nobelium's hacking is the work of russia's foreign intelligence service this time microsoft says automated systems blocked most of the malicious emails and marked them as spam. but the russian attack comes less than three weeks before president biden is scheduled to meet putin in geneva >> we need clear rules of nation-state conduct in cyberspace and then clearly stated consequences for violations of those ru

state senate. the biden department of justice is trying to block that audit. unconstitutional from my perspective. our state's constitutionally are responsible for writing their state's elections law and the american people deserve to get the answers when it comes to the arizona audit. maria: i'm glad that you said that because the truth is that the media won't cover this and it's important that you see it as a priority and we will certainly cover all that is happening on the voting front. look, you have been hurled with hate ever this took place. they are trying attack -- the left is trying to attack your record saying that liz cheney is more conservative than you are. are you going to be able to withstand the attacks and hate being hurled at you? congresswoman: it's a great question, maria. i am used to the attacks as one of the number 1 most effective republican fighting back against the con constitution first impeachment sham against president trump. i was attacked from everyone, from hollywood, from the far left, from the entire democratic ecosystem and we

state department correspondent rich edson reports tonight. >> he spent four years as president obama'scans are demanding investigations into john kerry's time as a private citizen during the trump administration. and his conversations then with iran's foreign minister. in a letter to secretary of state anthony blinken, republican senator chuck grassley asks, quote: have you begun a security nirng and review into secretary kerry's potential mishandling and improper disclosure of sensitive and classified information? if not? why not? if so, when did you begin? grassley also joined 18 other republican senators requesting president biden initiate an investigation into kerry and suspend his security clearance. >> they are very simple requests that we think the president should do which is take a look at these allegations, this is a very serious allegation. >> last month reports claim that iranian foreign minister zarif said that kerry revealed to him that israel had attacked hundreds of targets in syria. kerry maintains he never discussed those strikes with zarif. state department officials

so it has been working closely with the cdc, the department of state, department of defense, departmenttreasury, and other partner agencies to begin rolling out the more than $11 billion provided under the american rescue plan to the administration for the international response. and as my colleague gail smith and i outlined in our senate hearing a few weeks ago, we are doing this through a comprehensive plan to both tackle the virus itself, it also to address the human and systemic challenges and impact it is causing beyond the health sector. all while working to build stronger global readiness for the future. we are pursuing five major objectives. the first is to focus on saving lives from the virus itself. the first objective is to accelerate equitable global access to vaccines. but we also recognize that we can't wait on the vaccines to arrive, we need to do work in the immediate term to save lives, that's why the second objective focuses on saving lives and the more immediate term and preventing transmission through a support to clinical interventions and strengthening public healt

so it has been working closely with the cdc, the department of state, department of defense, departmenttreasury, and other partner agencies to begin rolling out the more than $11 billion provided under the american rescue plan to the administration for the international response. and as my colleague gail smith and i outlined in our senate hearing a few weeks ago, we are doing this through a comprehensive plan to both tackle the virus itself, it also to address the human and systemic challenges and impact it is causing beyond the health sector. all while working to build stronger global readiness for the future. we are pursuing five major objectives. the first is to focus on saving lives from the virus itself. the first objective is to accelerate equitable global access to vaccines. but we also recognize that we can't wait on the vaccines to arrive, we need to do work in the immediate term to save lives, that's why the second objective focuses on saving lives and the more immediate term and preventing transmission through a support to clinical interventions and strengthening public healt

state department continues to work with the inner agency to look into the covid origins. >> becauseow 100% with the origin is, it's imperative that we look and do an investigation. that's how we feel right now. >> fauci's testimony came after a report in the wall street journal that bolstered the theory that the virus was lab created and didn't occur as couch he suggested, in nature. senator marsha blackburn is calling on the white house to ensure a thorough and unbiased investigation into the origin of covid-19. the american people deserve to know how president biden is working to keep communist china's influence out of the world health organization investigation into the origin of covid-19, she rode, adding president biden's fear of a confrontation with xi jinping is cause for concern. 6,000 americans killed by this virus deserve an answer. the effort to investigate is primarily focused on railing pressure and support for the w.h.o.'s investigation to become more transparent and wholesome. at the very same w.h.o. who has been very sharply criticized for deflecting any blame toward

asher has worked on the state department's most classified intelligence investigations. he joins me now. good to have you back. >> thank you. >> martha: tell me a little bit about this new investigation and what is your interpretation of this phrase that there is unexamined intelligence that requires a lot of computer work to go through. >> first, i welcome this new investigation. it's not an investigation. it's an intelligence examination. it will be conducted with the national labs. they're the only people that understand gain of function, synthetic biology, all of these terms that are common place lakely related to the manipulation of the genetic coronavirus to enhance its deadliness. i think there's undoubtedly a lot of new information. what i learned as a result of the effort that i spear-headed, we found there was information that was dated november of 2019 that only got put out in november of 2020 because we required the intelligence community to go look for it. when they did, lo and behold, they find incredible things. i'm sure that pattern is continuing. not at

and then she was later asked to leave the state department. whole project about creating over x was sort of changed and diluted. it turned into was a series of speeches that were written by some others. the work was not wasted the state department did not produce a long telegram or a x. i sort of explain this by saying in 2016, 2021 environment there is no real possible way to write one explanatory document that will encapsulate the situation we are in. there is no long telegram. there are a lot of people with a lot of really good ideas. and try to stab at this problem. the situation is more complicated the voices are more diverse. we do not live in that kind of environment anymore with one document. nonetheless it does not stop people from trying. when he wanted to put forth his decision based on bill's paper to put out a long telegram orate x. it was the internal document the x was the external document that was written in foreign affairs. he was not in a position to do that to return to his friends, was from the exact district he was from.