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The Bret Baier Podcast

One On One: Chinese Biolabs and National Security with Senator Josh Hawley

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.1739 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) uncovers the "urgent" investigation into illegal Chinese-linked biolabs discovered in Las Vegas and California. Senator Hawley, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, warns of a potential pattern of CCP infiltration and demands to know the full extent of this clandestine network. Plus, the Senator sounds off on his recent confrontation with Netflix’s CEO over "highly sexualized" children's programming and the platform's push for a streaming monopoly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Fox News Podcasts Presents the Brett Bear Podcasts with Fox News Chief Political Anchor, Brett Bear.

0:14.7

We see people taking advantage of loopholes in the law and operating these illegal labs with these pathogens, as we've discussed,

0:22.3

from malaria to HIV. Where are there other labs? I mean, these are two that we know of,

0:27.6

but there's probably other labs out there. Where are they operating? How are they operating

0:32.1

and who is operating them? And that is a scary thought. The sheriff out there in Las Vegas, a biolab discovered in a Las Vegas home has raised concerns

0:42.3

about Chinese activities inside this country.

0:45.6

Joining us now to talk about this, our top stories, Missouri's Senator Josh Hawley,

0:50.0

he's on the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

0:52.5

Senator, thanks for being here.

0:54.1

Fox 11 out in Las Vegas

0:55.7

says this biolab, here's some of the questions they answer. The investigation centers on

1:00.2

Ori Solomon and Israeli citizen and property manager who allegedly manages approximately 37

1:05.2

short-term rentals. Investigators are examining Solomon's extensive relationship with property

1:10.7

owners,

1:11.8

Giabe Zhu, also known as David He, and Wang Zao Yan,

1:16.6

Zhu currently in a California prison, allegedly made 6,945 calls, including 467, to Solomon.

1:26.0

We're tying this all together, but what do we know about this and how extensive could this be?

1:33.3

Well, what we don't know, Brett, I think is the most important, which is we don't know if this

1:37.3

property owner, who is a Chinese national, what the extent of his ties are to the Chinese government.

1:41.3

And I think we better find out really quick.

1:43.3

And here's why I say that. This is now at least the second property that this owner has that has turned out to have

1:49.2

biolab materials in it. And not just any pathogens. We're talking about COVID-19. That was in the

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