didn't have the technician's necessary to safel operate the lab great american diplomat sent back to washingtorequest help, viruses in tha lab could kill everyone on the planet. the diplomats also told washington the chinese scientis had identified bat corona viruses that could easily infec human cells. for some reason, washington appears to have ignored those warnings. he's been saying this very enjoins us tonight to assess what it means. congressman, thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you for having me on. >>tucker: it sounds like the u.s. government knew that a virus like the one that devastated this country could escape from the lab. >> it's unfortunate it those ar all true and i read the report myself, that there we're mistakes that were made, and to think that such a highly transferable transistor bold disease, virus could not have the safeguards, not have the protection, not having people properly trained is unconscionable, but frankly, they were doing things that we're brought out in the articl and i've read elsewhere as well including the u.s. government when they put on januar