be held accountable. plus, the dangers of redistricting to the democratic party and. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, the nationwide baby formula shortage has been a terrifying experience for lots of families. which is why congress and the white house just took action. the house passed two bills, one which will make it easier for poor families to access formula. that passed with near universal support, that s good. the second bill, designed to address the baby formula crisis by giving the food and drug administration $20 million, that bill was opposed by nearly 200 house republicans. just voted no. that may come as a surprise to you if you pay attention to politics over the past few weeks republicans across the country have been using the formula shortage as a cudgel to attack democrats ahead of november s midterm elections. the attacks were everywhere. the highest ranking republican in the house, held. on the formal issue last week. right
he asked for support on behalf of food bills has sent to congress and he said should virtually eliminate poverty as a source of malnutrition. 2,000 delegates to the conference streamed into a washington hotel. they included corporation executives, welfare mothers, labor leaders, doctors, young social activists and mexican americans and bureaucrats. some lobbied for ideas to end hunger. the conversation was opened by president nixon. he said now is the time to do something for the estimated 15 million americans too poor to buyan enough food. until this moment, in our history, as a nation, the central question has been whether we as a nation would accept the problem of mall nourishment as a national responsibility. that moment has passed. on may 6th, i asserted to the congress that the moment is at and hand to put an end to hunger for itself for all time. and speaking for this administration, i not only accept the responsibility, i claim the responsibility. i, richard nix
thank you so much for joining us. lessons that we find herself in. here s a look at the top stories we re following right now. thank you very much, i appreciate covid cases on the rise nationwide. it. we ll talk to a doctor about why kids are particularly at risk during this new wave of that is all in on this thursday infections. appreciate it. that is all inin on this on th thursday night. msnbc prime starts with mehdi hasan. good evening. i mi for one am amused that vladimir putin has done more for nato expansion more than donald trump and joe biden put together. truly amazing how that works. thank ziyou, chris. have a great rest of your night. thank you. thank you for joining us at home at this hour, it is not a secret that president richard nixon had a big ego but he made a big bold whopping promise. president nixon told the white house conference today that america cannot live with is conscience if people are hungry,