shooter. that s coming up as well. we want to begin the without breaking news on the infant formula shortage. the issue so severe that new york city mayor eric adams says now declared a state of emergency. adams assigned and executive order that allows the city s consumer protection agency to go after price gouging related to the shortage. but some relief it may be up pallets of new baby formula around the united states. the first landed a short time ago in indianapolis. that military transport loaded with enough formula to feed 9000 babies in 18,000 toddlers for a week. just a week. the shipping was these first successful mission operation fly formula and more is on the way. the importance suspected to fill immediate gaps in this u.s. stockpile. while also by the way buying time for domestic manufacturers to ramp up their production. joining me now is nbc s meghan official who s in indianapolis and stephanie stanton in tampa florida. megan let, me just with you on this one
and in the air. a humanitarian crisis getting worse by the hour. also following breaking news out of florida. chaos after a shooting at a halloween event. at least two people are now dead, one of them a teenager. we are getting some troubling information about warning signs missed involving the main mass shooter. we are also following major political news this hour. the fallout from the biggest drop out so far from the 2024 presidential race, former vice president mike pence finding out that refusing to overturn an election is an unforgivable sin in today s republican party. plus, as house speaker mike johnson gets ready to get to work this week, we are taking a special look at some of the extreme views he holds on the 2020 election, abortion, lgbtq rights, and more. views even those who voted for him may not have fully realized. all that plus fans around the world in mourning today after the death of friends star matthew perry. oh, come on. don t be mad. we both said somet
kidding that they got their first date following the start of the war. all right, jay gray for, us thank you jay, we appreciate it. let s talk the economy here for a moment. the global economy, that is. we are listen 24 hours to wall street is opening tension growing for investors there. he got a bear market looming, inflation showing no signs of easing up. gas prices hitting a record high today. that s according to aaa on average you had a gallon, a regular costing $4.59. all of this coming together as the world economic forum is kicking off its annual meeting in davos. it is the first that they are meeting in person since the start of this pandemic. nbc correspondent hallie all the putting their brains together trying to figure this out. so the hope is they ll be able to considering what is looming. ahead you ve got gas prices as i mentioned sky-high. summer is around the corner. a lot of people hitting the roads there. that s on the local small scale. global inflation as well.
intensifies in the eastern parts of the country. russia targeting the donbas region overnight with airstrikes and artillery as well. nbc s jake gray is earning us capital city of kyiv. talk to us some of the stuff, jay, as i just mentioned there. some of the words from presidency they re saying okay we will not cede any territory here, there will not be a cease-fire. but the only way they can come to any sort of resolution here is through diplomacy. he also mentions the emotional toll this war has been taking. yeah, yasmin, and that toll might only get worse if you listen to advisers. not only to the ukrainian president but also in the u.s. as well. they say the duration of this war is likely going to stretch for quite some time. and going to get more intense. we see the fighting already intensifying to the east as you talk about today air raid sirens here in kyiv sounding. and what we re told by ukraine officials is that a missile was