secured from europe. u.s. troops packed it up for a flight to the united states using a military plane to transport formula. just one of the latest and extreme and unusual measures by the white house in response to this crisis, which critics say the u.s. government should have seen coming much sooner. the fda is coming under fire for the four-month lag after a whistle-blower complaint of problems at a plant of formula maker abbott. those are extraordinary image. the shutdown of that facility exacerbated the shortage, and just this morning while in asia president biden signed a new bill into law to help deal with the lack of supply. last week 45% of formula products nationwide were out of stock, nearly half. the new law allows a waver of some requirements in the federal nutrition program to help expand access to formula. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen at ramstein air base in germany tracking the supply headed to the u.s. i m asking the questions to parent
a meeting with the north korean dictator, kim jong-un. the president took part in a wreath laying ceremony to pay his respects to fallen korean soldiers who died fighting alongside u.s. forces in the korean war. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond in seoul with the president. jeremy, this announcement about joint military exercises, this is yet another example of president biden reversing what president donald trump had done. reporter: yeah, no doubt about it, alex. what we re seeing from president biden on this trip to seoul is a return to foreign policy in tis region and attempt to deepen and tighten the cooperation between the u.s. and allies in the region, south korea and japan where the president heads next. this move announced in a joint statement between president biden and the south korean president yun indicates they are going to enter discussions to expand the joint military exercises. that is steep reversal from what we saw under president trump who down
ences. we can t wait. recall chesa boudin now. hi there. i m alex marquardt. we are going to start this hour with the latest developments from a critical overseas trip for u.s. president joe bidench the president is in the south korean capital, seoul, intending to revitalize and strengthen alliances in the region after china, north korea and the war in ukraine loom largely in the background. today the president and his south korean counterpart signal to restart joint drills. biden also left the door open to