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
6th committee to testify. what we know about that. and burn bits. senators just announced a bipartisan bill to help veterans exposed to the toxic pits that have been linked to cancer. an iraq war veteran explains what this means for those that served. we will, though, start in seoul, the first stop on the president s trip to asia. and white house correspondent carol lee is with us. and i m joined by geoff bennett. this is his first stop. what s he done so far? and talk to me about the need for this government or the desire for this government to try to move away from some of the more integral parts of the economy? move them away from reliance on autocratic governments like china? that was a key message that the president had today, after he arrived in south korea, when he went to the samsung factory, which is a model for a factory that samsung is going to build in texas. that s what the president was emphasizing. he noted the economic alliances are a way to have a check o
Vote vote the presiding officer the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. The confirmation is the nomination is cost. The motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table is slade and the president will be pleadly notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 736, andre b. Mathis of tennessee to be United States circuit judge for the sixth circuit signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waive add. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that the Senate Debate on the nomination of andre b. Mathis of tennessee to be United States circuit judge for the sixth circuit shall be brought at that close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk
Comprehensive toxics act of 2022, known as the pact act. Thousands of veterans who answered their call to serve after the terrorist atook on september 11th, suffered consequences to exposure to open burn pits. Many of these veterans are simultaneously experiencing a battle with the va, a battle with their Health Conditions and now a battle with the department of Veterans Affairs to gain access to health care and the benefits that they desperately need and in reality, earned and deserve. For more than two years, ive worked with my colleagues on the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, its chairman, senator tester, our colleagues in the house and senate, multiple vsos, veterans across the country and veterans in kansas and their families, how we can provide toxicexposed veterans the Health Care Benefits that they deserve. Chairman tester and i made a commitment to each other to get to this point today and weve had a couple of procedural hurdles, but despite that, i am pleased that we ha
Rehire fire teachers who have criticized the closures. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 9, im grant lotus will cause. A rally was held today just outside of la school. Ahead of tonights School Board Meeting our conference. Taylor has the story. Is the ultimate trespassing on our education system. Outraged, upset and disappointed. Oakland, unified families and teachers are protesting recent decisions by the School District may at the continuing. You know, reckless miss of this School District that thats supposed to be defending Public Schools. The supposed to be all about Public Education that has been acting 2 private eyes, Public Schools closing them, you know, under resourcing and are supporting them and then closing them, finding ceases to close them and then turn it over to private country. Craig gordon is in oakland education association, representative. And a longtime educator in the city. However, as of monday, hes now a former substit