shelves last week than the week before. when cnn pressed the white house on what federal agency had answers or who worried parents should call if they can t find baby formula, this was the white house response. we would certainly encourage any parent who has concerns about their child s health or well-being to call their doctor or pediatrician. peter pitts is joining us. good morning, sir, so nice to see you. we ve seen recalls of formula before, but this is really a perfect storm because at the same time you already had a really tangled supply chain. tell us what is happening here and who is responsible. that is a great question because it really isn t a supply chain issue like gasoline. this is an issue because the baby formula business is a consolidated industry. there aren t a lot of players here. so when you take abbott out, not surprisingly, you have shortages. who is to blame? i think the blame is placed squarely on abbott which is the company, fda inspected th
On that later. And well be getting the inside track on on a business thats been milking big profits around the globe, were going to be speaking to the boss of arla, one of the worlds Biggest Dairy Companies. Also, as volvo calls time on the internal Combustion Engine, are you ready to give up your gas guzzler . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Today, the Eu Commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to General Motors for the 2. 5bn sale of its European Operations. Gm is hoping to off load vauxhall and opel to the psa group, thats the french company, which owns peugeot and citroen. Its easy to see why General Motors wants to sell their European Operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about 9. 1 billion since 2009. If successful, the deal would make psa the continents second biggest car maker, after volkswagen, and ahead of french rival, renault. Opel employs 38,000 people across europe, and its feared the sale
gunman, and new emergency alert system put to the test. we have a deal. leaders of the eu crisis say they have a plan to save a continent. so how are stocks reacting and why isn t britain onboard. and iran shows off what it claims is a top u.s. secret drone, but is it the drone or dummy? some say iran may be pulling a bait and switch on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. happy, happy friday. it is december 9th. carol s favorite day of the week. except for saturday and sunday. ali off, i m carol costello along with krrm krrm christine this american morning. new information on yesterday s deadly virginia tech shooting. ballistic tests are back and police confirming that both people were killed by the same gun in an apparent murder/suicide. police say a gunman shot and killed an officer at a traffic stop and apparently turned the gun on himself after a chase. this all happening nearly five years after the deadlie