the center of our galaxy the first image of it ever captured. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the nationwide shortage of infant formula is growing more acute tonight, leaving more parents in a desperate hunt for the nutrition their babies need. with the percentage of out of stock product climbing, president biden is vowing to step in, meeting today with industry leaders and announcing a series of measures to increase supplies. the white house vowing to cut the red tape. saying the use of the defense production act to increase formula availability is on the table. a tool most recently used to speed up delivery of covid related health supplies tonight, the shortage being felt across the country, but the crisis has become especially urgent for certain vulnerable groups of children jo ling kent has late details. reporter: tonight, the biden white house under growing pressure to act, with millions of families unable to get infa
The fda planned to go after flavored vaping pods announced in the oval office today our Anne Thompson has the latest on the vaping epidemic reporter the vaping epidemic today getting president ial attention. We cant allow people to get sick and we cant have our youth be so affected reporter the administration promising to take flavored ecigarettes off the market, used it says by 5 million american children. What were doing today is ensuring that kids will not have access to the products they have been seeking and using, which are these flavored ecigarette products. Reporter a dramatic step to regulate the devices linked to six deaths and almost 500 reported lung injuries in wisconsin today, evidence from a Law Enforcement crackdown, seizing dozens of jars of thc oil, the active ingredient in marijuana, from an illegal vaping operation 20yearold tyler huffheins was the master mind sarks officials, turning out 3,000 to 5,000 cartridges a day, laced with thc and selling them to High Schoo
seriously. reporter: matt ford in los angeles says he got monkeypox last month through skin to skin contact in addition to lesions throughout his body he endured intense flu-like symptoms. you know, it got to the point where i couldn t sleep at night. reporter: some experts are questioning whether the u.s. public health system has been sluggish and what that could mean for future pandemics the monkeypox experience is telling us that we really should be on a red threat level of alert because we have not learned these lessons. reporter: adding to the concerns about the health system a new cdc report says that drug-resistant superbugs are on the rise because of the overuse of antibiotics during the early stages of covid. lester gabe, thank you in 60 seconds, starbucks closing down stores in several major cities why the iconic coffee chain says the locations are no longer safe.
but that move is facing growing bipartisan criticism, including 21 republican state attorneys general, who have sued saying lifting title 42 will trigger an even bigger surge at the border. is it working 100%? no reporter: eagle pass s mayor pro-tem yolanda ramone, a democrat, agrees title 42 needs to remain as is you know, we don t have the infrastructure we don t have the facilities reporter: u.s. officials tell nbc news 170,000 migrants are waiting in mexico, planning to cross when title 42 is lifted but joanna from ecuador, who is pregnant, says she could not wait in ecuador, there s a gang that follows us, she says so i decided to risk my life, no matter what a critical court hearing is now set for tomorrow to determine whether title 42 will be lifted later this month. lester gabe, thank you in 60 seconds, the uproar over the police search of a bus carrying a college lacrosse team traveling through georgia.
and sending them to so-called filtration camps before they re deported to russian-controlled territories. translator: people are searched they check telephones, documents, and personal belongings. they want to know whether this person is pro ukrainian. these people disappear. reporter: nbc news can t independently verify that. russian state television claims evacuees are arriving in russia willingly. translator: that is an absolute lie. reporter: analysts say russia has used such tactics before during its wars in chechnya olga told us she has now heard of people who have gone to the camps. we asked her why and she responded with a question if you thought your child would not survive the next half hour, is there any place you would not go? and tonight olga still has not heard from her parents. they re trapped in mariupol lester gabe, thank you while millions of ukrainians have fled the country, many more are displaced within