america day to all of you at msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news that s today, millions of parents are now one step closer to the relief they ve been so desperately seeking. just in the last hour, at the plane carrying more than 70,000 pounds of baby formula from europe touching down, you see it there in indiana. this is the first of several deliveries with more snow to arrive in the states in the next coming days. it is part of the biden administration s initiative to increase the supply of formula amid the national shortage. agriculture secretary tom vilsack speaking just moments ago about their efforts and that indianapolis airport. i m told that the shipment provides enough formula to take care of 9000 babies and 19,000 toddlers. for a week. now that s about half 1,000,008 doses a formula on that plane. about 78,000 pounds. joining us now, nbc s megan fitzgerald in indianapolis. that s for that first baby f
doses a formula on that plane. about 78,000 pounds. joining us now, nbc s megan fitzgerald in indianapolis. that s for that first baby formula shipment has arrived. and nbc s stephanie stand insane by in st. petersburg, florida. looking at the overall impact of the formula shortage. ladies, welcome to you both. megan, to you first hear. so the formula has arrived, what is the scene like there and that big picture, how long until this formula is actually available to parents? yeah, alex, that s the question that everybody wants to know. how soon can parents receive this critical formula? and the short answer to that question is possibly in a couple of days. but i want to sort of explain to you what that actually means. so the shipment behind me that are going to be seeing coming off of this aircraft here we re talking about more than 70,000 pounds of this hypoallergenic formula. so this is for those babies very critical for them who can t process cows milk.