watching. i am sam stein. katie fang will be back next week, do not worry, 7 am eastern. all will show online. though she is starting right now. ng right now. and good morning to you from beautiful detroit, michigan. it is sunday, october the 23rd. i m ali velshi, this is a very special edition of velshi across america. i am in belle isle state park in detroit, michigan, within 16 days until the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. michigan is arguably the leading edge of a combustible trumpist, anti-democratic movement which includes fringe political figures, self styled militias and the potential for violence. i saw that with a group of michigan residents and voters from across the political spectrum to talk about this, plus women s reproductive rights, which is actually, literally on the ballot in michigan this year. and how they should think we can move forward as a country, full of people with different views, and the same set of facts. more of that c
joins me in moments. plus, the party in power. americans feel burnt out over the state of the country as november s midterm elections take shape, do democrats have a winning message? i ll speak to the newly minted democratic nominee for governor josh shapiro, ahead. good morning. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is feeling anxious. president biden is in japan on his first trip to asia after taking office. as he tries to focus on his international agenda, problems are piling up back home. the first planes from operation fly formula arrive today as the administration scrambles to get baby formula back onto u.s. shelves. but the white house still has not offered a time frame for when families would begin to see the effects of these measures. anyone watching their 401(k) friday might have regretted looking as the markets continue their longest selloff in decades, dipping briefly into bear market territory and increasing concerns for some that the u.s
and the future gop. as republican governors prepare for a world without roe, republican candidates are looking more and more like donald trump. arkansas governor asa hutchinson joins me in moments. plus, the party in power. americans feel burnt out over the state of the country as november s midterm elections take shape, do democrats have a winning message? i ll speak to the newly minted democratic nominee for governor josh shapiro, ahead. good morning. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is feeling anxious. president biden is in japan on his first trip to asia after taking office. as he tries to focus on his international agenda, problems are piling up back home. the first anes from operation fly formula arrive today as the administration scrambles to get baby formula back onto u.s. shelves. but the white house still has not offered a time frame for when families would begin to see the effects of these measures. anyone watching their 401(k) friday
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,
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