officials say the administration has secured 1.5 million bottles of formula overseas, and it will be on a flight in days. they point out the three kinds of formula on the way are hypo allergenic and for children allergic to cow s milk. cnn correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us now. you have been speaking with families who are struggling through this baby formula crisis. some are now rationing formula, how are they doing? you know, these families are strong and are doing everything they can for their children, but it has been tough. i want to introduce you to two of them. this is claire holland, she graduated from 6th grade yesterday. she won the science prize. she s on the honor roll. but she has a genetic disorder. she can t digest protein properly so all her life she s taken a formula, and she will have to take it for the rest of her life. it s a formula made by abbott,
sel, and it can be controversial. stop teaching sel and badgering high school and take emergency action to remove it now. reporter: in some states, parents criticize districts over masking and equity curricula are also angry about sel. they call it a distraction from academics or even indoctrination. what is your response to people who say this isn t real school, school should be books and times tables and, you know, phonics. why am i going to talk about my feelings? well i think talking about feelless is a great place to start but we have to teach people thou to interact with each other. i think we are arming them with hive skills to be successful and to talk about what we are going through right now because we have to be ready to learn. was it hard to be online so long? yes, i hated it. i failed my classes. like i failed my 6th grade year. 8th grade teacher amanda winters sees what middle schoolers are going through up close. these girls were in 6th grade when they we
the move quickly drew international condemnation, and the u.s. cancelled planned meetings with the taliban. paula newton has more on the growing outrage. reporter: the taliban decision to bar afghan girls above 6th grade from returning to school has triggered a concrete backlash. american officials say wednesday s decision could be a potential turning point in engagement, as they cancelled planned meetings with the taliban in doha. the decision by the taliban, if it is not reversed, will profoundly harm the afghan people, the country s prospects for economic growth, and the taliban s ambition to improve their relations with the international community. reporter: for the first time in more than seven months, afghan schools re-opened wednesday for a much anticipated return but it was a day that ended in heartbreak, tears, and anger for many. after the taliban announced girls above 6th grade must stay
girls and women hit the streets of kabul to protest on saturday just days after the taliban in afghanistan reneged on a promise and made education for many young women difficult, if not impossible. the demonstrators chanted against the taliban s decision to keep girls above 6th grade out of school. it s supposedly until sharia appropriate school uniforms are designed but demonstrators they are not buying that. translator: unfortunately, by the advent of the taliban, all our schools were closed. we, girls, are allowed to study like boys. islam has given us this right. but the taliban has taken this right from us.