december 31st, 1971. no lying up about your age. that actually happened. nominations are open until august 1st. but sooner you submit, the better. head to forbes.com to nominate someone today or nominate yourself. chief content officer of forbes media and editor, randall lane, thank you very much. it is now one minute past the top of the hour. the fourth hour of morning joe. and today is primary day across a number of southern states including georgia, alabama, arkansas and texas. in a moment, steve kornacki will break down the major races an update us on the republican senate race in pennsylvania that is headed to the courts i think. still too close to call. also ahead, the latest on the war in ukraine. where an ashamed russian diplomat quits over moscow s invasion. plus our conversation this morning with house speaker nancy pelosi. it was wonderful. willie. let s begin in georgia where polls open a just little over two hours ago. today s vote will have a major impact
while the administration did issue a plan to handle the expected influx of people, it did little to ease the fears of a spike of up to 18,000 crossings per day. that s three times what we have right now. and we know we don t have enough people to handle it all. the head of the national border patrol council says this. if this administration was smart they would take a step back and look and say this is the political reprieve that we need. they can actually use the guise of the law to implement policies that will allow us to secure the border once and for all. they haven t done that to this point. but because of this ruling, they can actually take a step back and do right by the american public. harris: they have a little bit more time to make that decision to do right. look what we ll do. we re doing something right. we re in focus this hour with four sheriffs from four states who are live at the border. you see them there. they will talk about the people coming across
on capitol hill, the fda commissioner pushing back. he was taken to task about whether the fda didn t move quickly enough. the united states was facing a supply chain stress before the recall that began in february. the pandemic, war in ukraine and labor supply issues have all had an impact. the fact is, food safety is not a priority. whomever looked at that report felt there was no need to respond at all from october to february, until there was a recall. that is a dereliction of duty in my view. before heading on his trip to asia, the president hosting leaders of finland and sweden at the white house as he backs their bid to join nato in defiance of vladimir putin and opposition from nato member turkey s president erdogan. in the face of aggression, nato has not grown weaker or more divided. it has grown stronger, more united. with finland and sweden s decision to request membership in nato, it will be enhanced for all time. this as ukrainian soldiers who surren
capitol hill as well. they passed $28 million in emergency funding to boost formula supply. that s on the way to the senate. other lawmakers are pitching solutions as well. you think we need a strategic formula reserve, right? they are moving now but this problem has been bubbling for months on a contamination issue shutting down a key plan for formula back in february. robert califf testified this morning that he hopes the plant will be back online in two weeks. practically speaking relief is still weeks or months away giving these comments from the surgeon general earlier today. is it next week? is it next month? when will they be able to walk into the walmart or cvs and see formula on the shelf? we anticipate willy that people will see increasing amounts of formula on the shelf because of multiple paths. bringing product in from abroad. so several weeks, okay. folks, it is always a welcome sign to see washington move with ug si to show it is awear of a problem but
Movements ahead of time. International criticism growing stronger after netanyahu appears to dismiss three separate air strikes over a mile and a half stretch of road as to what happens in wartime. Former President Trump ramps up his rhetoric on immigration in wisconsin as he tries to deal with the politically unpopular Abortion Issue also two years after roe v. Wade was overturned by justices he appointed. A massive earthquake rocks taiwan, the worst in 25 years, leaving buildings teetering and an untold number of deaths and casualties. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We begin with International Condemnation of israel for a series of air strikes killing the seven World Central Kitchen Workers as they were delivering food or trying to deliver food. In his strongest criticism of israel since the start of the war, President Biden said, i am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one american in gaza