announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it was an encouraging sight for american families who had been hard pressed to find infant formula for their babies pallets and pallets of formula, 35 tons, arriving in the u.s. from europe aboard a military transport plane, enough to feed 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week but the math doesn t yet add up to full store shelves. with 43% of formula supplies nationwide out of stock tonight the biden administration moving on several fronts, including another military shipment planned for later this week to try to ease the shortage but relief may still be some weeks away, leaving frustrated and anxious parents further on edge. jo ling kent has late details. reporter: when the first emergency aircraft for operation fly
at home that want to see this now, on their shelves in their store. and so we ve press the secretary, asking him if he thinks that this is a crisis that will persist throughout the summer. and alex, he told us that he hopes not. i can imagine, we all hope not. let me ask you though, megan, one more time. so what we re seeing from that military transport plane, those pallets that were off-loaded behind you. those are not going to store shelves? or are they? are they going in their package for just hypoallergenic so explain exactly what to expect there. right, because it s confusing. there is all these different shipments. but these are specifically for hypo-, these are hypoallergenic formulas. those babies who cannot take cows milk. and so what s happening with these is that they re going to go to health care providers, to hospitals. because this is prescription only. and then from there, those medical providers will then give that to the parents. but it s a prescription based for
quote, every family we have let down. for weeks parents have been scrambling to find formula to feed their babies. cnn correspondent polo sandoval joining us live now from indianapolis where the formula shipment is headed. hey there. what do you know about the timeline, when it is expected to arrive and how will it be distributed? do we know that yet? reporter: not quite. as you point out, this is operation fly formula, and this is the biden administration s effort to at least begin filling those massive inventory gaps that were created since those parents began to experience those empty shelves and so really it is the biden administration s effort to begin assisting some of those parents here. that military transport plane expected to land here in a matter of hours. it will be carrying what parents would certainly consider precious cargo. you re talking about 1.5 million eight-ounce bottles of baby formula arriving here at this particular airport in the coming hours. a member of t
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any developments. by the way the same town was devastated by an f five tornado, years ago, that one killed many people. we also have a report some civilians have been allowed to leave the steel plant where hundreds have been cornered by russian forces for weeks now. nbc news correspondent will be joining me with the latest. also new weapons shipments arming hope at this hour. dozens of shipments of u.s. weapons and other supplies are arriving in europe. this, right here, some new video of how it services, and personal protective gear. that s all being loaded on to a c-17 military transport plane flying out of dover, delaware. we deliver the right thing, to the right place, at the right time. it s our inspiring to be an airman that can do that. whether that s delivering