and the trump versus pence feud over the 2020 election is escalating tonight on this the eve of the georgia primary. trump is lashing out at his former vice president calling him, quote, desperate as they stump for rival candidates in a georgia showdown. pence speaks out on the campaign trail this hour. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the fallout after president biden s surprising stance on a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. this talk of the u.s. military response is sowing new uncertainty about his policy and raising serious tensions with china. kaitlan collins is in tokyo for us. she s covering the president s trip to asia. kaitlan, the administration is trying to clay fire what president biden said but there is still some confusion out there tonight. what is the latest? reporter: yeah, and wolf, this is a comment that we should know caught some of the pre
especially supply vendors who are getting jackhammered by rising inflation, especially the cost of gas. i remember when gas was $2.50 a gallon. it s kind of like hard to fill up your tank for just $40 now. today at ramstein we ve been watching service members put together these pallets. 1.5 million eight-ounce bottles of infant formula. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. and we are following several major stories for you this hour on the saturday night. happening now, two u.s. military planes are set to leave germany in the next few hours loaded with supplies to help ease america s baby formula crisis. and then extreme weather across america. residents in michigan are picking up the pieces after a devastating tornado while more than half the country bakes in record heat. also tonight, tiger woods has just dropped out of the pga championship following his worst ever score at the tournament. and a group of social media big hitters have a messag
the billionaire tech mogul wants a discount on his twitter takeover. i like discounts. nicole? well, the supreme court could rule as soon as tomorrow on the future of roe v. wade and the feds are preparing for violence. but first, a 78,000 pounds of baby formula arriving in indiana from europe. yet reports say that the emergency supply won t be hitting store shelves. instead only medical professionals will have access to it, and the white house doesn t have a timetable of when parents will get access. can you say when parents in the u.s. who are trying to get baby formula will be able to readily, you know, get baby formula? look, you know, the president, you know, you have heard us say this, the president understands the struggle of moms and dads and parents and care givers and making sure that, you know, making sure that we get a child has, you know, a healthy a healthy way of eating, a healthy formula, and formula is our number one priority. i don t have a tim
hospitalized in south carolina because of complications tied to nation s formula shortage. a children s hospital in charleston says three of the infants were admitted because they couldn t tolerate the formulas their parents tried using for them. another got sick from mineral imbalances from care givers micking mick i mixing their own formula. 45% of formula products were out of stock. help is hours away and coming from across the atlantic. our senior medical correspondent is in germany where the first flights are getting ready the leave. how soon will this formula hit the shelves? we have been watch b service members putting together these pallets. it s 1.5 million bottles. each bottle eight ounces. 1.5 million being sent by a european company to the united states. the department of defense is doing the shipping. let s take a look at what they are sending. if you look at this, you can see it says nestle. that s a swiss company. that s a formula that s hypoallergenic. a l
learning new details about his life. welcome to new day . it is saturday, may 21st. we re thrilled that you are starting your weekend with us. good morning, amara. good morning to you, boris. thank you, everyone, for joining us today. with he begin with the nationwide plight, testing the most basic function of parents. the ability to feed their child. the baby formula shortage is throwing the white house into crisis mode as parents face empty shelves. the situation is so severe, not only has the president invoked a war-time measure to increase production, but now a military plane will be used to carry formula from overseas. the defense department ordered the first flights to leave this weekend from germany. and just this morning, president biden signing a new bill into law in response to the severe shortage. it allows the waiver of certain program requirements in the special nutrition program for women, infant and children, also known as wic. they are trying to expla