indianapolis. it is enough for more than half a million baby bottles. it will be inspected and fast tracked for delivery tol desperate families. cbs s kristeni ruffini is at the white house tonight. christina, good evening. good evening, jericka. the president tweeted just a little while ago that a second shipment of formula is on its way to pennsylvania in the next couple of days and be distributed throughout the country. but the white house is facing criticism that it didn t act fast enough. the leap landed at indianapolis today, palates of specialized allergy friendly formula airlifted from germany on military transport. i m told that this shipment provides enough formula to take care of 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for a week. secretary of agriculture tom vilsack met the shipment on the tarmac. the formula should arrive in clinics and hospitals across the country in the next few days. i never thought that being a first time parents this is what
a solution in the immediate foresight, immediate release so people are scouring the retailer shelves are the troubling part. just over the weekend we did see a military transport that brought in formula from germany, enough to feed 9,000 babies, 18,000 toddlers for one week, but the formula will not hit the retailers. it s specially for children with allergies so it will go to hospitals and clinics across the country. for retailers, this crisis is getting worse. 45% of baby formula is out of stock across the country, that s up 2% from the previous week. and some states are hit much harder. virginia, they are out, nearly 58% of their formula stock. and now mixed messages, mixed responses when the formula will be back on the retailer shelves. the president invoked the defense production act last week, allowing manufacturers like abbott and others to get the supplies and ingredients
shooter. that s coming up as well. we want to begin the without breaking news on the infant formula shortage. the issue so severe that new york city mayor eric adams says now declared a state of emergency. adams assigned and executive order that allows the city s consumer protection agency to go after price gouging related to the shortage. but some relief it may be up pallets of new baby formula around the united states. the first landed a short time ago in indianapolis. that military transport loaded with enough formula to feed 9000 babies in 18,000 toddlers for a week. just a week. the shipping was these first successful mission operation fly formula and more is on the way. the importance suspected to fill immediate gaps in this u.s. stockpile. while also by the way buying time for domestic manufacturers to ramp up their production. joining me now is nbc s meghan official who s in indianapolis and stephanie stanton in tampa florida. megan let, me just with you on this one. we re ta
dramatic moves in mariupol, after weeks of being bombarded by russian forces some civilians have been allowed to meet to leave that, the plant there, in that city. and a celebrity on a humanitarian mission. a coffee shop in the, today, we ll get the latest from nbc news correspondent, but yes that is angelina jolie. russia is intensifying attacks in the donbas region. ukrainian forces striking at russian armored military convoys. u.s. and british intelligence agencies both say russia s progress has been slowed, while the u.s. is speeding up dozens of shipments of weapons and supplies expected to arrive in europe today as we give you videos of howitzer missiles and protective gear being loaded onto military transport planes. they were flying out of dover,
may be compensation for their lost loved ones, personal injuries, and property losses and that russia can be held accountable only if its victims tell their stories in pain staking detail. like this from npr s nathan rot. we re going to give you a second to get any kids out of the room. what he describes is deeply painful and disturbing. take a listen. three different parts of bucha yesterday, none of them i should say now appeared staged or fake in any way. one of the places we went was a street that was littered with military transport, military casings, torn metal. it was in a residential area. every home was either destroyed or severely damaged. i was told by a resident that multiple people, civilians, had died on that street and we actually saw that in another location. ukrainian police had found a pile of six bodies earlier this