it s unclear where that s going. even with all these attention to these air lifts, parents may not see shelves looking very different. it s going to take a while until they really notice the things are getting better. more babies are being hospitalized due to the shortage. what do we know about their condition? could we see even more infants going to the hospital? i think we could unfortunately because this shortage is going to continue for a while. the babies that we have heard of, jake, they have conditions. and some of them are actually children. they have medical conditions where they need a very, very specific formula, and their parents tried to find replacements and they couldn t. and the children didn t tolerate it well. and so the children got dehydrated. they re now being fed on tubes into their stomachs. i m not saying there are a lot of these children out there. we don t have a number, but we have heard from a number of hospitals that this is going on, includin
and the trump versus pence feud over the 2020 election is escalating tonight on this the eve of the georgia primary. trump is lashing out at his former vice president calling him, quote, desperate as they stump for rival candidates in a georgia showdown. pence speaks out on the campaign trail this hour. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the fallout after president biden s surprising stance on a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. this talk of the u.s. military response is sowing new uncertainty about his policy and raising serious tensions with china. kaitlan collins is in tokyo for us. she s covering the president s trip to asia. kaitlan, the administration is trying to clay fire what president biden said but there is still some confusion out there tonight. what is the latest? reporter: yeah, and wolf, this is a comment that we should know caught some of the pre
primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
brian kemp in his race against trump-backed david perdue. trump versus pence. we ll also play more from elise jordan s eye-opening focus groups that she does with voters out of georgia. they re absolutely fascinating and give you a real sense of the state of play. with us, we have president on the council of foreign relations, richard haass, who has golf reporting for us this morning. very excited. we ll give him another chance. don t know how don t screw it up. this is your last chance. thank you for the support. former aid to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. analyst and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. white house bureau chief at politico. and also host of the circus, affairs analyst john heilemann. good to have you with us all this morning. president biden today said the u.s. military will get involved militarily if china invades its island neighbor. this is how the president answered a reporter s question this m
that? yes. it is a commitment we made. back here in the u.s., voters head to the polls for election day. critical primary races in georgia. and the high stakes run-offs in texas. more shipments of bhaeb form la, after the first flight touched down in indiana yesterday. how soon could parents see it on shelves. and a federal judge has stopped the biden administration from lifting the bill. and still many make the journey. and a live report. we begin this hour with a fall-out from president biden s much stunning comments that u.s. would intervene if china invaded taiwan. taiwan thanked the president. the chinese foreign minister took a hard line. saying nobody should under estimate the chin neez people to defend. he made similar comments earlier. i don t want a cold war with china. you are saying that the united states would come to taiwan s aid? yes, we have a commitment to do that. washington post foreign columnist. david, also contributors. what are the