that the doj is looking into this. they re fully cooperating. we should backtrack here and finally got to this point. we can go to a nationwide shortage of baby formula the s. this is in michigan. you mentioned that they voluntarily shot down that facility. several infants got sick after consuming baby formula that came from that plant. this ultimately led to a federal investigation. investigators actually came in to figure out what happened. they were not able to find a definitive source of the bacteria. it was linked back to the kids who got sick. it may, this laid the groundwork for abbott laboratories to basically put in writing a legal agreement to talk about the steps they would take to reopen the facility and how products that would be safe for babies moving forward.
ing the first march for life event since roe ended just ahead of what would have be its 50th anniversary on sunday. joining us with more is senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, marissa parra, and mya is president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. so what do we know about the investigation? is it now over? reporter: the first chapter is certainly over. it may, in effect, be over. and that is the high court agreed to have this u.s. marshal do the investigation and then had an outside group led by former homeland security secretary review that work. and they have presented the report and they talked about the extensive interviews and forensic studies they have done. and that has concluded. but the door is not closed to potential new leads or any other
breakthrough, but not without major controversy. gillian: it s not, john. the fda approved the new drug, they claim only, though, that it may, a quote, may modestly slow the pace of cognitive decline. this is early on in the disease. fda is acknowledging it has some risks, manufacturer says accelerated approval was phase 2 data, ab plaque in the brain, defining feature of alzheimer s disease. the fda acknowledges a risk of brain swelling and bleeding. also this, a recent congressional investigation issued a scathing finding with the fda rush approval process for a different alzheimer s drug by the same manufacturer, biogen, they say it s highly
it s been some weather in california. it s been some weather in california. , , ., . california. it s been horrific, i lived in california california. it s been horrific, i lived in california for- california. it s been horrific, i lived in california for a - california. it s been horrific, i lived in california for a time, | california. it s been horrific, i| lived in california for a time, i have family in california and its relentless. the rains have been horrific, we ve seen loss of life, governor newsom has eerily foreshadowed that unfortunately the worst is in front of us, as he put it. on one side, california residents have been on the forefront of climate change, these climate change related events we ve seen more and more over the last few years, they know the playbook here unfortunately. on the flip side all this, i don t want to minimise it, but california has been under a severe drought for a number of years. and one right side of this rain is that it may, in the short
80 inches of snow. there s nothing in this store, you can get a loaf of bread or anything. finally, with yuri similar to last year, a series of deadly cool season tornadoes ripped through the south. more than 100 reported over two weeks across seven states between thanksgiving and christmas. this is my house right here, my house is gone. the december twisters part of a massive weeklong cross-country storm that dropped four feet of snow in the west. brought blinding blizzard conditions to the upper midwest, and dozens of tornadoes to the south. dylan dryer, nbc news. for the third consecutive year, the u.s. passed a tragic milestone. with more than 600 mass shootings. here s nbc news senior national correspondent, tom jonas. it may, two shootings in the span of ten days shocked the nation. in buffalo, new york, a domestic terrorist motivated by hate, killed ten people at a