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Some even without kids and say, hey, look, we can be a second set of eyes to help these people find formula. >> yeah. it's incredible to see veteran have pulled together. alessandra, thank you. dj, it seems he has a lot on his mind he wants to share about this formula crisis. >> thank you so much for coming on. best of luck to you and great work trying to help in this situation for so many parents out there. >> thank you for having me. i really do appreciate it. >> and this just into cnn. the biden white house says it will use the defense production act to help two formula makers add nutrition...

Is now considering facial>> recognition as a way to verify cardholders identity. imagine that appearing on the card. i mean this isns a bad idea, but this is true . mastercard, they can't protectct your account fromm now you'reyo going to give themu biometric data of your face. this is terrible. a wet should not be doing this at all. no, i'm not for the biometric facial tracking by mastercard or any other credit card company. all right. before we go,o the president is invoking the defense production act as a way toen kind they thif solve the baby formula crisis right there. well, don'tro worry...

That we've seen used in the most desperate situations, like that need for critical protective gear during the pandemic. this move today is forcing suppliers to prioritize sending ingredients to these formula makers. the white house says this is going to ensure the factories have the ingredients they need to ramp up this production. also this. they're looking at enlisting commercial planes that are already being used by the defense department to pick up infant formula from countries abroad and transport that back here. this is formula that meets american health requirements. but the bottom line...

Get formula on the shelves and we reached out to other formula makers to see where else they can turn to reup their production, and there are increased imports from europe but the real crux is the timing issue, as you saw the family there is really, really up against a wall and so many families are feeling the same way, josé. >> no doubt. jo ling kent, thank you so much. appreciate it. around two dozen homes completely destroyed after a fast-moving wildfire tore through a southern california neighborhood last night. we will go live to orange county for the latest. more americans died of dru...

What we do know, this is a problem that's gets worse. nationwide, the out of stock rate is now at 43%. texas, tennessee, arizona, nevada, hit the hardest. abbott says it's flying in formula from europe to make up for the shut down here. other formula makers say they are ramping up production as well. >> it's not as easy as it sounds. cannot turn it up to 11 and produce more formula. these are precise manufacturing mechanisms. secondly, make sure that if the abbott products can come back on the market, that they are safe and effective. >> so once the factory restarts, it will take, abbott says,...