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relief has touched down and it's on the way for the millions of parents struggling to feed their children. just under two hours, ago the first shipment of baby formula arriving in indianapolis from europe. 78,000 pounds of baby formula being taken off that u.s. military plane and put on two fedex trucks for distribution across the country amid a shortage. agriculture secretary tom vilsack shaking the hands of the u.s. military members who helped transport that much needed formula. the first of several deliveries to come, in fact. the secretary told reporters just how quickly parents ...

oklahoma itself enacted two weeks ago. no, this new law awaiting republican governor kevin sits signature would outlaw abortions from fertilization, meaning when the sperm combines with the egg. there are exceptions for certain medical emergencies or if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest. even then there are tons of questions as to how those exceptions would work in practice. for example, would you just have to report a sexual assault to law enforcement, or would there have to be an actual prosecution of an assault to terminate that pregnancy? and not only would this oklaho...

prices and soaring air fare, what to know before the busy summer travel season kicks off. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening with a nationwide shortage of baby formula testing parents who are desperate to safely feed their infants, there may be better news to report tonight. a day after the white house announced major new steps to speed supplies of formula, a clearly impatient congressional panel pressed the head of the fda as to when the formula shortage will ease dr. robert calif facing a bipartisan grilling telling lawmakers within days it wi...

msnbc political analyst elise georgia -- jordan. >> reporter: let's have a show of hands. who is going to vote in the primary? everyone's going to vote in the primary. who is going to vote for brian kemp? >> i'm undecided. >> i'm undecided, too. >> is anyone definitely going to vote for david perdue? >> i'm more leaning that way. >> reporter: why are you leaning that way? >> because perdue is a true businessman and we need somebody who knows how to run a business and i think if he had that ability, you can run a state because a state is a business. despite an enthusiastic support a...

he invoked the federal production act. that will compel suppliers and manufacturers to boost production and ingredient suppliers will have to deliver to formula companies first before any other customer. president biden is also directing military aircraft and commercial airlines to import formula from abroad, something the fda has long stood in the way of. currently the fda bans most foreign infant formula, not because of health concerns about labelling issues. in the face of this crisis, the agency promises to hurry up their review process to expedite imports. on capitol hill lawmak...