me. i m alex marquardt in today for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a important overseas trip for president biden as crises persist back home and around the world. president biden holding a bilateral meeting today with south korea president, the two leaders highlighting this strength of their partnership and alliance in the face of ongoing and nuclear missile threats from north korea. but it comes as american families struggle to feed their infant children. a crippling shortage has store shelves barren. the white house trying to respond to the white house. this weekend the first shipment of baby formula from europe is scheduled to arrive. and that effort is being spearheaded by the american military. let s start with just some of the consequences of this crippling form shortage. medical university of south carolina is reporting at least four babies were recently hospitalized for complications related to this baby formula shortage. three hadd had intolerance because they
when they can t feed their babies. in some cases hording is a problem. one massachusetts mother confronted another shopper whose cart was overflowing with baby formula. look at this. look at all this. look at the shelves. you don t think i need it for my baby, too. this is the whole reason there s a formula shortage. you take all the formula off the shelf and buy it once. you come after me, get this one. i m saying this is the reason there s a shortage. you come and buy all the formula at once and there s kids who need formula today who won t be able to get it because you just bought it to stock up. we all have to work together on this folks. elizabeth cohen joins me from ram stein air base in germany where the formula flights will depart. elizabeth, tell us what you re seeing there. reporter: i ve been watching service members at ramstein service base put together these pal lots. 1.5 million bottles of formula headed to indiana arriving tomorrow. talking to the s
outlawing the bill borrows a page from texas, by putting enforcement in the page of individuals who can sue anyone who helps a person get an abortion. oklahoma is just the latest state to pass an abortion ban, ahead of the supreme court ruling that could strike down roe v. wade. the bands are getting more and more extreme. justifications by antiabortion activists are getting more unhinged. this leader open anti abortion group, who republican honors of congress called as an expert witness to testify under oath at a hearing this week. take a look. humans persons, from the earliest days poison in the womb and dismembered, torn, limb from limb. bodies thrown in medical waste bins, and in places like washington, d.c.. burned to power the lights of the city s homes and streets. she was serious. she said all that with a straight face. is this your queen? really? she said electricity in d.c. is powered by burning fetuses. she didn t present any evidence, because it s a complete
looming in the background, china, which has been flexing its military power in the region recently. north korea, which may launch a missile test during the president s visit to the pacific region. and, of course, the war in ukraine. president biden called out vladimir putin in his remarks today, and he s set to sign off on a major aid package while in asia to help ukraine. cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond is in seoul following the president. so, jeremy, what else happened on biden s first day there? reporter: well, alison, in his first remarks in south korea, president hailing the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace, prosperity. there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened
ginnie thomas, conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice played a much bigger role than we previously knew in pushing the election results. virginia ginnie thomas pressed arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside joe biden s popular vote victory and choose, quote, a clean slate of electors, that s according to emails obtained by the washington post. that email sent by thomas to lawmakers in 2020 argued that legislators needed to intervene because the vote had been marred by fraud. though she did not mention either candidate by name, the context was clear. thomas urged lawmakers to stand strong in the face of political and media pressure. she told lawmakers the chance to have lawmakers was yours and yours alone and had the power to fight back against fraud. that push by thomas in battle ground states ultimately culminated of alternate slate of trump electors being sent. the states are now under investigation by the justice department and they form