defending their country from russian aggression . u.s. president joe biden is headed to japan after wrapping up a three-day visit to south korea. he left owe sawn air base just outside seoul a short time ago, expected to arrive in japan in about an hour to mark his first trip to asia as commander in chief. while biden has tried to focus on bolstering america s economic ties in the region, the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. saturday the u.s. and south korea announced plans to hold joint military drills. blake essig is in tokyo with a preview of what to expect from the japan leg of biden s trip. let s start with paula hancocks. so the headline was the resumption of joint military drills, but there were important economic issues at stake here too. what headway did president biden make while he was there? reporter: kim, the headlines that he really wanted to see was about the economic ties that he had. he had developed here. and president biden was in the reg
cnn s polo sand vol is live for us. this is the first of what s expected to be many formula flights. it is. and it s more important now that the formula went through those paces. the inspection, and the quality control process that all of those imports go through. the only difference is what usually takes place in weeks was only done in about 72 hours. that s with multiple different agencies involved. u.s. transport command, for example, one of the key agencies in trying to get that baby for for formula germany to the u.s. this is important. this particular formula, it is a prescription product that is high poe allergenic. it basically is meant to go to the hardest hit of the hard hit families that have been desperately trying to find the formula they need for their children. this specific formula will go directly to hospitals, and to home health care facilities. so that s important to note. this is not formula that will be going to the store shelves, for example. however,
takening a pivotal step in restocking the low baby formula supply. the first palets of emergency formula arriving from europe via a u.s. military plane just a short time ago. and now going through inspection. the product is a specialty formula for infants who are intolerant of protein in cow s milk and will be distributed to pharmacies and hospitals and doctor s offices. we are live in indianapolis where the first shipment landed. p polo, this is just the first of what s expected to be many baby formula flights? reporter: and it is more than just a drop in the bucket. you re talking about 35 tons of the prescription baby formula that landed in indianapolis today. manufactured in germany. transferred to germany and air lifted yesterday. flew all night to get here. as you mentioned, this will not serve the general needs of parents who have been looking for a solution. in fact, asking the biden administration to act. we did see a representative of the biden administration, tom
that is heading to hospitals in the hardist hit areas. while it s a critical first step, it also means thousands of parents have to wait a few more days for relief. because of the actions we re taking right now we re going to see more formula coming off factory lines. when? and more formula in stores starting as early as this week. let s go straight to mj lee in tokyo covering the president s visit. have they given any indication how many more of these shipments we might see in the coming days? parents are, i m sure, happy to hear about formula going to hospitals and health care facilities and that sort of thing, but they want to nope when the formula is hitting the store shelves? reporter: yeah that is such an urgent question, jim, and what you might remember is through operation fly formula, this is the operation that the government launched urgently to get more formula to the u.s., the u.s. has secured some 1.5 million bottles worth of this specialty formula and
instead of take out ultra maga they have nailed parents. first and foremost, parents with infants who can t find baby formula because the shortage we are seeing. it s important to remember the shortage exists because of the close of the facility. brian: the problems happened in february, and in february they did nothing. we demanded from the fda accountability and a plan to address the supply issue when the decision was made to shut down the plant in michigan. the fda didn t respond to me until last week, mid-may. brian: the president is going to invoke the defense production act. the same act jen psaki said won t work. the baby formula is so specialized and specific, you can t just say to a company that produces something else to produce baby formula. brian: what you know what makes baby formula, corn starch, and the defense production act is smoke and mirrors. it s insulting. the president saying he s going to fly in baby formula? from where? there is no baby formula