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stories. the man who stabbed three people in a california hospital last night is in police custody. the victims, a doctor and two nurses, were trauma transferred to a trauma center and are in stable condition. the suspect appears to be treated for self inflicted wounds. the country's largest factory that makes baby formula will read you in production today. abbott's plan was low since february due to contamination problems. -- the latest news showing 73% of products are out of stock nationwide, and 90% out in some states. world number one in women's tennis iga swiatek of poland of ill defended her french open title, defeating american coco gauff in straight sets today. cocoa will have another chance to win -- that's tomorrow. new this weekend, look at
gun epidemic. they are wrong. i want your viewers in a row to watch to understand that you have the power to change public sentiment. there is an election happening in less than six months. you can express your views at the ballot box. you can go help gun safety organizations. you can engage in social media and with your coworkers at work to change hearts and minds. there's a lot of things that individuals can do to try to change their public sentiment that we have in america. with public sentiment, this is changing towards gun violence prevention, we could get legislation passed this year. >> from your lips to congress, let us hope. thank you my friend. this is ted lieu. breaking news we told about a short time ago, abbott nutrition is confirming that it is making baby formula. the plant in michigan says that it has met fta requirements as part of a consent to create. they were closed since february because of contamination
headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news, regarding the nationwide baby formula shortage. abbott nutrition, just releasing a statement confirming, they are indeed restarting for miller production today at its plant in sturgis, michigan. the plant has been close since february because of contamination problems. the company says they hope to release -- a hypoallergenic formula, to the public around june 20th. more details as we. hear some other stories. two major developments in the january 6th investigation. overnight, the doj saying it will not file charges against former trump chief of staff mark meadows, nor his deputy for failing to comply -- meadows attorney telling nbc news just moments ago in fact, the results speaks for itself. while -- they were grateful the doj
house. the concerns they have. obviously, you see putin threaten nuclear weapons potentially. he's put nuclear forces on a high alert. you've not seen the mites united states match that. evidence to not be more concerned than normally would be but they do seem concerned about putin using chemical weapons on the ukrainian people. one big question that happens here for these world leaders that are gathered in this building behind us is whether or not that would warrant a military response. what would the response look like and they'd have to help in other measures with contamination problems if there are these chemical weapon attacks. that's what they're getting into behind the scenes as they're having meetings with nato leaders, g7 allies and one more meeting president biden has later on. all of this is on the table, wolf. >> been reporting for several hours and more to come. i think they're maybe halfway through this day. a lot more work to do. kaitlan, thank you very, very
new vaccine issues tonight. j&j being forced to j and jnks being forced to destroy 670 million doses and more concern about break-through infections as almost 173 million americans have received at least one vaccine dose. here's miguel alma dweer. >> reporter: tonight the fda says some 60 million doses of johnson & johnson's vaccine made at this baltimore plant must be destroyed, citing earlier contamination problems, u.s. regulators had already pulled aside the viles in question. now deemed not suitable for use. as j & j continues manufacturing, tonight two break-through cases on a royal caribbean cruiseship.
ditch masks in most situations. representatives though who are not fully vaccinated will still be required to wear their masks. this change shows just how divided the house is on all of this. all 219 house democrats have been fully vaccinated as opposed to less than half of the 211 house republicans. quite extraordinary that is. johnson & johnson in the spotlight after the fda ordered tens of millions of vaccine doses destroyed and more concerns about how to safely travel during the pandemic as two passengers from a cruise isolate onboard today. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: the fda says some 60 million doses of johnson & johnson's vaccine made at this baltimore plant must be destroyed, citing earlier contamination problems, u.s. regulators had already pulled aside the vials in question. now deemed not suitable for use. >> you are going to get --
tuesday after discovering there was a use by date of may 2019 leaving residents frustrated. >> they say come back, give you another date, another time. it's crazy. they're unorganized. >> what's your message to the mayor? >> get it together. get it together. for all of us. >> reporter: but the state's health department says there is no shelf life for bottled water as long as it is unopened. the natural resources council filed a federal lawsuit against the city over the contamination problems. >> newark is a lesson to us all and an extreme kbamplexamples o contamination problems there. >> reporter: the problem lies not at the source. water leaving the treatment plants is lead-free. but it becomes contaminated when it travels through service pipes. >> all the lead always comes from the plumbing. nonetheless, we have a law to
shortfall. house and senate bills would require companies to give advance warning when they think they'll run out. the group of cancer doctors has started a nonprofit drug company. they're hoping they'll be able to import some of these medicines soon and eventually manufacture them themselves inasmuch what's the deal? you said they're older drugs. does that mean that the pharmaceutical companies are focusing on newer, more expensive drugs, more profitable drug as soon as why is this happening? >> that's part of it. the drug companies go where the money is. there are a couple of other reasons. the majority of the shortages are because inspectors found contamination problems with batches of the drugs. contamination cases that could kill a patient. some advocates say that's because so many are made in foreign plants that the f.d.a. doesn't inspect. but the f.d.a. says that others occurred because the companies aren't interested in making drugs that have such a low profit margin. gregg? >> gregg: you're right. they go where the money is. allall right. caroline shively live in washington. thanks for that report. >> heather: prescription drugs also a problem on our southern
needed for a number of life-threatening illnesses, including cancer and bacterial infection. caroline shively is live in washington. what drugs are not available and how did this happen? >> a number of drugs, rick. drugs used to treat breast cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, leukemia and types of bacterial infections. many are a couple of dollars a pill. normally. but the price increased to 20 times that in some cases. the majority of the shortages are because inspectors found contamination problems with batches of the drugs. some advocates say that's because so many are made in foreign plants that the f.d.a. doesn't inspect. but the f.d.a. says others occurred because the companies aren't interested in making drugs that have such a low profit margin. >> rick: what's the plan? what's the government going to do to fight this shortage? >> they're considering a couple things. the administration is considering creating a stock pile of the dry ingredients for the drugs, like they do for other drugs. they would store them and send them out to pharmacists in case of a shortfall and the
here's the why. inspectors have found contamination problems with batches of drugs that could kill a patient. so many are made in foreign plants and the food and drug administration don't inspect. companies are not entered in making drugs that have a low margin. >> a group of doctors hope to emport medicines soon and eventuallyy make them, themselves. >> things said on the campaign trail have many onering if the candidates have their facts correct. fact checks for the contenders . what happened here on a gas station that goes up in flames. that's next, stay with us. ♪