prices and soaring air fare, what to know before the busy summer travel season kicks off. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening with a nationwide shortage of baby formula testing parents who are desperate to safely feed their infants, there may be better news to report tonight. a day after the white house announced major new steps to speed supplies of formula, a clearly impatient congressional panel pressed the head of the fda as to when the formula shortage will ease dr. robert calif facing a bipartisan grilling telling lawmakers within days it will be better, but a few weeks until we re back to normal. we ve just learned the first flights carrying formula from overseas could start as soon as this weekend kristen welker has more. reporter: lester, good evening with millions of american families still desperately scrambling to find food for their babies, there was bipartisan outrage on capitol hill today, directed at the biden administrati
the tale of triumph for a baby giraffe inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a solemn journey to buffalo for president biden today meeting with some of the grieving families who lost loved ones in saturday s supermarket massacre the president and first lady visiting the site the president offering comfort and giving full-throated voice to the anger so many feel over the racist ideologies that drove the attack that allegedly targeted black people the president declaring white supremacy will not have the last word this evening a chill still sweeping across buffalo as the pieces of the horrific plot reveal themselves. tonight what we ve learned about the suspect s previous journey to the city, the planning, the alternate targets allegedly considered all under the nose of an unsuspecting community. emilie ikeda has new details for us tonight. evil will not win, i promise you. reporter: today president biden and the first l
race across all five primary states. donald trump s candidate, dr. oz, leads dave mccormick with over 95% of precincts reporting. pennsylvania state law requires an automatic recount if the margin of victory is within half a percentage point, which it looks like it will be. for the democrats, lieutenant governor john fetterman won his primary by a big margin, despite a last-minute health scare. fetterman, who just suffered a stroke, was having surgery to insert a pacemaker, even as the votes were being cast. and pennsylvania s republican voters rewarded candidates who supported stop the steal. far right republican doug mastriano will face off against josh shapiro for the governor s mansion. if elected, he promises to reset pennsylvania s voter rolls and force everyone in the state to reregister, though it s not clear that s legal. mastriano was not the only republican on a stop the steal ticket. ted budd from north carolina defeated a republican running for senate and urged m
all right. breaking news overnight in ukraine, where a devastating months long battle in the key port city of mariupol, ukraine, has officially ceded control on russia. we ll have more on the deal that is right now allowing the city s final defenders to safely evacuate that steel plant. we ll also go live to buffalo this morning as president biden prepares to visit the grieving city in the wake of saturday s deadly mass shooting. it comes amid new reports about the suspect s alleged plan to turn the massacre into a spree. we will talk to a top member of the white house national security council on that. and it is primary day in pennsylvania. the senate race there has been rocked by twists and turns in the key final days. for the democrats, the leading candidate, john fetterman, is recovering from a stroke. on the republican side, an unexpected surge on the far right from kathy barnette. we ll be watching to see how trump-backed dr. oz performs tonight. good morning
we ll bring you a live report from the scene. and in ukraine, last remaining fighters inside that steel plant are surrendering leaving russia in control of the key port city after months of fighting. and in washington for the first time in 50 years, lawmakers are holding a hearing on ufo sightings that have stunned officials at the pentagon. and we begin the hour with a primary under way in a key swing state, pennsylvania, and what has been an eventful series of races full of twists, turns and surprises. on the republican side, an extremely competitive three-way race for the senate nomination will put former president trump s influence to the test as dr. oz seeks to come out on top against conservative commentator kathy barnette and hedge fund competitive david mcccormick. and on the democratic primary, john fetterman is recovering after suffering a stroke forcing him off the campaign trail in the 11th hour of this race against conor lamb. and joining us now, dasha burns