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
families can t buy baby formula. bill: 40% of brands are out of stock nationwide. one republican lawmaker saying she is hearing from border agents who say their facilities have entire pallets of formula set aside for illegal immigrants crossing the border. these agents themselves have families and they have family members that can t get this baby formula in the stores. in texas and arizona, new mexico. the richest nation in the world and we re scrounging around for baby formula? the formula crisis is just one of many disasters facing biden s administration. americans scrounging for gasoline money as inflation is running at nearly a 40-year high. today the average price hitting yet another all time high, $4.43. bill: crime is another concern. the president will meet with police chiefs and mayors today to talk about it in cities across the country see a staggering rise in homicides. let s go to the white house where peter doocy is reporting live from the north lawn. w
in the meeting. why do you claim the border is secure, you know what we are dealing and the secretary made a statement, i haven t claimed the border is secured. he s telling men and women who put their lives on the line who watch them on tv saying the border is not secure. he has no respect for the men and women in the border patrol. i was down in county and met with border patrol agents. the only advice i can give them is hang on tight, hang on because in two years the right guy gets back in the white house and you re going back to the job that you re supposed to do is secure the bored and protect this nation and processing and changing diapers and making formula, you ll be on the border stopping drug smuggling, stopping known terrorists coming the border. we hope we take the white house like president trump had done and he s proven with policies, not a lot of money, just policies, we can make a difference. griff: tall order to hang on
numbers for the month of may, so far, are consistent with those in april, mika. amid the nationwide baby formula shortage, parents and caregivers are searching for relief. abbott nutrition and the fda announced they have reached a deal to reopen the michigan plant to begin making formula. it could still be weeks to months before any appear on store shelves. joining us from los angeles, nbc news business and tech correspondent jo ling kent. jo, good morning. reporter: hey, mika, good morning. there is some welcome news from the fda and abbott nutrition, that there is a way forward here to reopen that critical michigan plant. but the company must clear a lot more safety hurdles before it can resume making this formula. this comes as the fda says it will also allow more formula imports from abroad. this morning, a glimmer of hope for parents desperate for baby
psaki says here? i m sure there will be plenty of time to take a look if there are any issues that could have been improved. i don t have specific analysis at this moment in time. there has been work ongoing on this for months and how we increased the supply. or was it days ago like jen psaki says here? i m not going to get into internal briefings. he has been made aware of it through the process and there have been steps. republicans are calling on the president to invoke the defense production act to use all the full might of the federal government to start making formula. so far white house officials aren t committing to that but saying all options are on the table. it s also jen psaki s last day at the white house as press secretary. what do we know about it? the end of an era after more than 220 briefings jen psaki is stepping down later on today