relief has touched down and it s on the way for the millions of parents struggling to feed their children. just under two hours, ago the first shipment of baby formula arriving in indianapolis from europe. 78,000 pounds of baby formula being taken off that u.s. military plane and put on two fedex trucks for distribution across the country amid a shortage. agriculture secretary tom vilsack shaking the hands of the u.s. military members who helped transport that much needed formula. the first of several deliveries to come, in fact. the secretary told reporters just how quickly parents could start to see formula back on the shelves. i ve been told by the fda commissioner that in a matter of a week or so, we should begin to see some supply. but of the course of the next several weeks, we should see an ever increasing supply. so i would say certainly with the next 30 days we re going to begin seeing the situation. we re going to go right to nbc s meghan officials at that air
right to choose. in just moments, congressman eric swallow lays in on all of it. plus, what is it like on the front lines of the fight for reproductive health care. we meet a woman helping those fine care in oklahoma. and also this hour, calling out the gop s use of tucker carlos and syndrome, saying millions are now vulnerable to it. and a report from the south border, the way to seek asylum is no longer, thanks to a judge s ruling on title 42. this is american voices. we begin this hour the republican party, which in theory touts that rule of law, life itself. but in practice, practices hoarding power for a select few. we see it again and again from january 6th to overturning roe, even the baby formula crisis. take the conservative power couple justice clarence thomas and his wife jeanne. new details show that his wife worked to reverse biden s win in arizona. reporting shows she pressed lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside joe biden s popular vote victory and c
just in time for travel season. inflation is higher overall thanes within decades. baby formula is hard to find. the economy added more than 400,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate is at pre-covid levels. let s try to figure out where we are right now. we begin with christine romans. it seems like there s nothing but storm clouds on wall street. there is so much going on and so much chaos, really. i keep saying there are so many cross currents in the global economy, any one of them would be destabilizing. there s a half a dozen. you talked about the higher prices, the chip shortage, covid lockdowns in china. war in ukraine. war in ukraine and that s going to be a big dpeel some time. that means energy prices. for investors if you re looking at your 401(k), you know this. eight weeks in a row, the longest losing streak for the dow since the 20s. that s not great. the nasdaq stocks just hammered. you look at apple, meta, some of these widely held stocks. the bi
custody. and as the push to charge an alleged grocery store gunman with a hate crime grows, buffalo begins reflecting on the lives lost in that deadly mass shooting. and we begin in seoul, south korea, where right now joe biden is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his debut trip to asia as u.s. president. now, earlier mr. biden participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the national saerm. he wore white gloves in a show of respect to the koreans who died to protect hir country. mr. biden is now at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting. we re expecting them to give remarks some time this hour. on friday the president said the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. we re standing at an inflection point in history where decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. on the agenda mr. biden s meeting with south korea s leader is of course
secured from europe. u.s. troops packed it up for a flight to the united states using a military plane to transport formula. just one of the latest and extreme and unusual measures by the white house in response to this crisis, which critics say the u.s. government should have seen coming much sooner. the fda is coming under fire for the four-month lag after a whistle-blower complaint of problems at a plant of formula maker abbott. those are extraordinary image. the shutdown of that facility exacerbated the shortage, and just this morning while in asia president biden signed a new bill into law to help deal with the lack of supply. last week 45% of formula products nationwide were out of stock, nearly half. the new law allows a waver of some requirements in the federal nutrition program to help expand access to formula. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen at ramstein air base in germany tracking the supply headed to the u.s. i m asking the questions to parent