the state she wants to run and why it s ammo for the gop. and what the pentagon is saying about those comments from joe biden. nbc news in the room with the defense secretary, asking him to react when the president saying he would act militarily if china tried to take over taiwan. and with tens of thousands of pounds on baby formula on the ground in the u.s. and why the house ethics committee is opening an investigation into congressman madison cawthorn. we re live with today s newest headline for the north carolina republican. i m hallie jackson in washington. with me is ellison barber in georgia, rick murray is here along with reporter rahul bally. it s all about georgia. as we look ahead to tomorrow s key races here, and the marquee one is the republican governor s primary. on the one hand, you have brian kemp, the incumbent governor, set to appear with mike pence. he s leading in polls. then you have former senator david perdue, who has the backing of donald trump, who
america day to all of you at msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news that s today, millions of parents are now one step closer to the relief they ve been so desperately seeking. just in the last hour, at the plane carrying more than 70,000 pounds of baby formula from europe touching down, you see it there in indiana. this is the first of several deliveries with more snow to arrive in the states in the next coming days. it is part of the biden administration s initiative to increase the supply of formula amid the national shortage. agriculture secretary tom vilsack speaking just moments ago about their efforts and that indianapolis airport. i m told that the shipment provides enough formula to take care of 9000 babies and 19,000 toddlers. for a week. now that s about half 1,000,008 doses a formula on that plane. about 78,000 pounds. joining us now, nbc s megan fitzgerald in indianapolis. that s for that first baby f
that has desperate family scrambling. we want to start off with reproductive rights. thousands of protesters have gathered to protest the supreme court s draft decision to overturn roe v. wade. washington d.c. where 17,000 people are marching right now. antonia, it is great to have you on the show. talk to me about what you are hearing on the ground today. yasmin, today there has been a lot of emotion. some of the women i ve been speaking to have been shaking as they describe their reasons for coming out here on the national mall. other folks have been angry [noise] that emotion has even translated to some people sharing their personal stories. earlier today, i met with a woman in her late 60s. she decided for the very first time to share with us her own abortion story. she had an abortion in a back alley in chicago when she was 13 years old. i want you to take a listen to what she shared with us. i have never told anyone ever until right now because i feel the strong
Politicsnation. Tonight slayed right now, the israelhamas war is intensifying. Three weeks after it started. But israels Military Chief Wanted the war has entered its next stage ahead of a major offensive in the gaza strip. This weekend the idf claims that some of its forces have already begun massing inside the palestinian territory, we are an intense series of israeli airstrikes has knocked out Communication Systems and Internet Access into gaza, effectively cutting off its 2 million residents from the outside world. Back in washington, congress is preparing to take up the white house major multi billion dollar request for aid to israel. One of its first tests under new republican Speaker Mike Johnson. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me in a moment. As Congress Works through Big Questions on israel, ukraine, and gun control, after this weeks horrific Mass Shooting in maine, and later, donald trump took the stand for the first time in his new york fraud trial this week and
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