'TICKING TIME BOMB': US demands answers from Russia on possible plague death

>> Todd: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING. HE WILL SPEAK TO RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT PUTIN SOON DEMANDING. ANSWERS OVER THE PLAGUE DEATH IN. SIBERIA. WE HAVE OFFICIALLY REQUESTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND ARE IN. COMMUNICATION WITH COUNTRIES. AROUND THE WORLD TO SHARE. INFORMATION. MARCO RUBIO COMMENTING DURING.

HIS TRIP TO ICELAND. >> WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE. INFORMATION YET, IT IS INCUMBENT. ON RUSSIA TO SHARE INFORMATION. WITH THE WORLD. MAYBE THERE IS NOTHING THERE, MAYBE IT IS BIGGER THAN WE. THOUGHT, IT WOULD BE RECKLESS TO. SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT. OR MIGHT NOT BE OR WHAT THIS IS. OR ISN'T. >> Ashley: FORMER STATION CHIEF. DAN HOFMAN JOINS US NOW. SO MUCH HAPPENS IN THE WORLD AND.

U.S. THAT THE PUBLIC SEES THAT. WE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT. WHEN YOU SEE A HEADLINE LIKE. THIS, IT MAKES YOU PAUSE AND. WONDER HOW SERIOUS THIS IS AND. IS RUSSIA TELLING US THE FULL. TRUTH? >> Dan: START WITH RUSSIA. TELLING THE TRUTH, PUTIN IS. KGB OPERATIVE IN KREMLIN AND. LAST THING HE WANTS TO DO IS.

SPEAK PUBLIC ABOUT THIS. NOT OVER CONCERN BUT HIS. DOMESTIC POPULATION AND HE HAS. STRICT CONTROL OVER THE WILL. MEDIA. WHATEVER INFORMATION WE GAIN. ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT, IF THAT. RESEARCH FACILITY SO-CALLED. ANTI-PLAGUE RESEARCH FACILITY, IT WILL COME FROM OUR. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. RUSSIA DOES MAINTAIN ACCORDING. TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT ACTIVE.

BIOLOGICAL WEAPON PROGRAM. PUTIN HAS NOT HESITATED TO USE A. BANNED CHEMICAL NERVE AGENT. AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE AND. AGAINST A DEFECTOR IN 2018. >> Todd: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN. SIBERIA RIGHT NOW? PART A. PART B HOW MANY TICKING TIME. BOMB INSTITUTE, RESEARCH. FACILITIES ARE OUT THERE IN. RUSSIA WORKING ON GOD KNOWS WHAT.

WITHOUT ADEQUATE SAFETY. PROTOCOLS? >> Dan: BASED ON PUBLIC. INFORMATION, WE KNOW ONE. RESEARCHER DIED AND CONSUMER. PRODUCTION AGENCY HEAD HAS. TRAVELED TO THE AREA. WE HAVE HEARD DISCUSSION FROM. THE GOVERNOR OF THE REGION, ALL. OF THAT IS JUST INTERESTING. INFORMATION AROUND EDGING. FSB IS INVOLVED, HOSPITALS.

QUARANTINED, IT HAS MAKINGS OF. FAIRLY SERIOUS INCIDENCE. ONLY OUR INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. ARE ABLE TO COLLECT INFORMATION. ON AND WILL WORK WITH PARTNERS, FINLAND, BALTIC STATES AND. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO DETERMINE. WHAT IS GOING ON. I HAVE NO FAITH ANY OFFICIAL N. CONTACT BETWEEN THE UNITED. STATES AND RUSSIA FROM EMBASSY.

OR STATE DEPARTMENT WILL YIELD. INFORMATION OF VALUE TO US. THIS IS CHALLENGE DEALING WITH. DICTATORSHIP LIKE RUSSIA. REMEMBER HOW CHINA CONCEALED. OUTBREAK OF COVID AND THE PRICE. WE PAID AS A RESULT. >> Todd: