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of bills, one of which provides an extra $28 million in funding for the fda thats mainly for staffing issues, oversight into preventing future formula shortages. >> elizabeth cohen joins us with much more on what is now more or less military operation to get more baby formula to the united states. >> it really is, john, thats a good way to describe it. who would have thought that it would come to this in the united states. lets take a look at some more details for what you and erica ju...

from now. we will bring you those comments from that podium there live. white house officials say todays meeting will allow the three nations to, quote, coordinate a path forward and compare notes on the move. this comes just hours before president biden leaves for his first trip to asia since taking office. over the next several days he will make stops in south korea and japan with hopes of reinforcing those alliances, of course, with china in mind there. plus, we are watching a conti...

environment. finland takes the step of nato membership in order to strengthen not only its own security, but also in order to strengthen wider transatlantic security. this is not away from anybody. like you, mr. president, said nato is protective, not a threat to anybody. at the same time we must not forget that, at this very moment, the proud people of ukraine are fighting not only for their own freedom and democracy, but for our common security. finland, together with the eu and the ...

make advances abroad, at home, hes facing significant headwinds. were talking recession fears, soaring inflation, a stock market selloff, $4 gas in every state and a shortage of baby formula so severe, he invoked a wartime measure to increase production. with us now, cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz and cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what is on the presidents agenda? >> reporter: just to start off, forgive the noise, theres construction here at the white house, bu...

Also, the fda and abbott agree on steps to reopen that shuttered michigan plant. i want you to pay close attention to some of this language. this is about agreeing to steps, preparing to do. i mean, some of this is happening now, but a lot of this is really making pathways for things to happen. i think what that means for parents is that this problem is not going to be solved quickly. it is likely going to go on for many more weeks and possibly even longer than that. this is not great news, its ...

Intensive care unit in south carolina. shes allergic to dairy, to soy. there isnt much she can drink. she had one formula that was working out fabulously for her but her parents couldnt find it. she ended up getting quite sick. the diagnosis is failure to thrive. she has a feeding tube in her stomach so she can be fed directly that way. its really an issue. i would like to introduce you also to 3-year-old alexis tyler, she is in massachusettss. she has autism and she has a lot of feeding issues ...

>> you know, were not -- obviously theres been no studies on this, its all happening so quickly, but were hearing not from a parent or one or two parents, but parents across the country whose children ended up in the hospital because they werent able to get the right formula. these are children weve been hearing about who drink sort of special formulas and they havent been able to find it and so their children have become sick. i want to introduce you to, for example, 3-month-old clover wheatley...

Department of defense helping to fly formula in from overseas, and also the fda and abbott, theyve agreed on steps that need to be taken to reopen that shuttered michigan plant. kate, you will notice in the wording here, these are things like trying to ease or making plans, most of this is not going to happen right this minute. its going to take a while for these things to kick in. parents are still going to be suffering for weeks to come, possibly even longer. kate? >> and you talk about the su...

Care unit in a hospital in south carolina. she has feeding issues. shes allergic to dairy. shes allergic to soy. there was one formula that was working great for her, but her parents couldnt find it. they kept trying others. it didnt work. she has had a failure to thrive, a failure to grow, admitted and now is on a feeding tube. 3-year-old alexis tyler in massachusetts, she has autism and has feeding issues. again, like this baby we just met, she really had one formula that worked well for her. ...

Jadons has his eyes open, and hes -- hes tracking, you know, with his eyes, and hes moving his -- he wasnt moving his left side there for a little while. but now hes moving his left arm. >> jadon, i mean i think he just smiled at me. im almost sure he just smiled. under all that, yeah, and hes looking me right in the eye and he follows you. its -- its awesome. and hes trying to pull all his tubes out. >> yeah, usually its a good sign if theyre trying to pull the breathing tube out themselves. it...