during the height of the pandemic. we ll go live to the white house with the latest. and also ahead the republican primary race in pennsylvania is still too close to call. and we may not know the results until june. but until then, former president trump is urging his candidate to declare victory right now. before all of the votes have been counted. will dr. oz bend to trump s demands. we ll have steve kornacki at the big board on where the race stands exactly. plus trouble on wall street. as the biggest loss in nearly two years and the futures are pointing toward another rocky day ahead. we ll take a look at all of that. willie? also this hour, the prime minister of sweden and the president of finland are set to arrive at white house at any moment as they press forward in their bids to join nato. they will meet with president biden after the president issued a statement supporting the bids of those two nordic nations. prooish stated that the u.s. will provide defense sup
russia s invasion of ukraine. we ll ask the head of the foreign relations committee, senator bob menendez, about what s next for the u.s. response to that crisis. in new york, the suspected gunman in a racist shooting in a buffalo store is in court this morning as they launch a probe into the suspect s social media footprint. we begin with the dire situation facing families across the country, the baby formula shortage. the president taking dramatic emergency steps, invoking the defense production act to ramp up manufacturing as two bills, one sending $28 million to the fda and the other expanding formula access for low income families make their way through the senate. nbc news is the first to obtain a letter from two senate democrats urging president biden to, quote, immediately assign a coordinator to work with formula manufacturers. meanwhile, any moment now, the fda commissioner is going to be testifying before a house committee where he s expected to be asked about ho
it to us, make it die gettable. it was always about the news, about his reporting. there was no self-grandizement. it is pete williams, and it s a gut-punch he s leaving to all of us but we re happy for him. and we ll see more of your fabulous focus groups. really insightful. can t wait for it. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. it s 10:00 a.m./7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. very busy thursday. right now on capitol hill, the head of the fda is ed testifying before lawmakers as millions of families scramble to find baby formula. as president biden now takes major steps to address the shortage. also happening at the white house this hour, leaders from finland and sweden are meeting with president biden as they apply for nato membership amid