that is coming up. but first a big move for finland. that country announcing earlier today its intentions to join nato without delay. this following russia s invasion of ukraine. kremlin is threatening to take retaliatory steps, finland, shares 800 miles of border, but finland says it was russia who pushed them to the point. sweden is also expected to make a decision on joining nato in the next few days. what impact could it have on putin s war on ukraine. joining us is finland s ambassador to the united states. thank you for spending time with us this afternoon on short notice. we really appreciate it. thanks for having me. john: finland has enjoyed a fairly good relationship with putin and russia, i was at a summit in 2018, a significant step will forever change that
what we do know, this is a problem that s gets worse. nationwide, the out of stock rate is now at 43%. texas, tennessee, arizona, nevada, hit the hardest. abbott says it s flying in formula from europe to make up for the shut down here. other formula makers say they are ramping up production as well. it s not as easy as it sounds. cannot turn it up to 11 and produce more formula. these are precise manufacturing mechanisms. secondly, make sure that if the abbott products can come back on the market, that they are safe and effective. so once the factory restarts, it will take, abbott says, 6 to 8 weeks, two months until the formula goes from here to store shelves across the country. obviously this is not a problem that can be that can wait two months, and that s why parents, as well as lawmakers in washington, d.c., are calling on president biden and the f.d.a.
going on and yet the president is talking about you, so again, did you kind of give a gift to democrats here with the way the plan is worded? when people look at my plan, i traveled the country, i ve done roundtables across florida, people are excited about having a plan to talk about where we are going. we are going to win this fall, we are going to win because of how bad the democrats are. but people also want the idea, what are you going to do? we have to have a plan to go forward. john: no question that a lot of people look at the republicans for a plan. good to talk with you, florida, or should i say wisconsin no, florida, right. gillian: fox news alert, u.s. hits a record number of overdose deaths. learning a draw dropping statistic where the killer drugs are coming from. more than nine out of ten of every ten doses of illegal fentanyl entering the united states comes directly across the
game. pin it on greedy corporations for hiking prices too much. that just doesn t add up. to show voters he s on top of the problem, mr. biden needs to do more than blame someone else for high prices. but what he was asked the other day if he shoulders any of the blame, he said no, my policies have helped, not hurt. the problem, john, the issue of inflation, the damage is done. so, the issue, if you look at the data and when inflation started to go up, it was after the 1.9 trillion american rescue plan passed in february of last year. that s when inflation took off. show almost immediately two months after the bill was passed, the white house said it s transitory inflation, first said it was not happening, and then transitory, and then tried to say it s a high class problem, of course inflation affects everybody in the country, especially the middle and lower classes. and now then they moved on to corporations being greedy, price
said what do you need? is there a regulation you need us to waive, we needed to get gas faster from the ports to the gas stations, so we said great, i ll provide you security, police officers, law enforcement to get you there faster. so what we did, we put all hands on deck, we said what do what does each person in the supply chain need and we helped them. he should take each part of the supply chain and say ok, how can we accelerate this? my understanding, there are plants that are shut down. what s the issue, how do we get those back open and get the formula to the stores as quickly as possible. i m hearing from young mothers, they are spending their whole weekend just driving around trying to find formula, and just hoping to god that you know, there is enough formula until their child does not need formula anymore. it s a real problem across the country, and think about this, john. how could we have a problem like this in the united states of america?