subcommittee seeks answers on how families across the country have faced empty shelves during this infant formula shortage. we expect answers from the fda, abbott, and the other two leading formula manufacturers on why caregivers are scrambling to find the necessary nutrition they need to sustain their babies and children. most importantly, we will discuss solutions to prevent this from ever happening again in the future. the current formula shortage has real consequences. babies and children are suffering. parents are nervous wrecks trying to this. i have heard stories from partitions from pediatricians trying to get nourishment for their children. i have spoken to parents who have driven from store to store to find formula. i have heard from children s hospitals who are seeing an increase in patients because caregivers have not been able to secure the formula they need. we know this has a disk portion it a disproportionate impact on of income families and families tha
especially supply vendors who are getting jackhammered by rising inflation, especially the cost of gas. i remember when gas was $2.50 a gallon. it s kind of like hard to fill up your tank for just $40 now. today at ramstein we ve been watching service members put together these pallets. 1.5 million eight-ounce bottles of infant formula. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. and we are following several major stories for you this hour on the saturday night. happening now, two u.s. military planes are set to leave germany in the next few hours loaded with supplies to help ease america s baby formula crisis. and then extreme weather across america. residents in michigan are picking up the pieces after a devastating tornado while more than half the country bakes in record heat. also tonight, tiger woods has just dropped out of the pga championship following his worst ever score at the tournament. and a group of social media big hitters have a messag
press to win over voters ahead of tuesday s primary. we have the latest on the race there. and cooler temperatures moving in after a wave of record highs. what to expect as we close out the weekend. we re thrilled that you re starting your week with us. it is sunday, may 22nd, amara, great to be with you. it has been great to be with you this weekend. we begin with operation fly formula. the response to a nationwide shortage of infant formula right here in the u.s. the first military flight carrying an emergency baby formula shipment from overseas is headed to the united states right now. the master sergeant overseeing the shipment told his staff, we re literally saving babies. meantime, the ceo of a formula manufacturer is apologizing to, 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 the
train. the manhunt now under way for the killer. the new details just coming in. we re tracking severe storms and record-setting heat in the northeast. 25 million people from virginia to maine on alert for damaging winds and large hail. sweltering heat along the i-95 corridor. but there are major changes on the way. rob marciano is timing it all out. president biden addresses the monkeypox outbreak in the u.s., canada, and europe, warning the virus is, quote, something everybody should be concerned about, adding, if it were to spread, it would be consequential. tonight, a new possible case investigated in florida. news on the covid pandemic. philadelphia reinstates its mask mandate. cases and hospitalizations there and across most of the u.s. on the rise. overseas tonight, powerful explosions as putin s war rages in eastern ukraine. president zelenskyy calls for more powerful weapons to take on the russian military amid renewed concerns about putin s nuclear threat.
today we have been watching put together these pal ettepale. this is 1.5 million eight ounce bol bottles of infant formula. i m pamela brown. you re in the cnn newsroom. we re following several major stories. extreme weather across america. a town in michigan sifting through the wreckage of a deadly tornado while more than half the country bakes in record heat. two u.s. military planes are set to fly supplies from germany to the u.s. tonight to help ease america s baby formula shortage. also tonight, fbi is sounding the alarm on so calmed sex sex-tortion scams. suze orman tells you how to protect your money. baking and battering much of the country. moments that must have felt like an ternty. a tornado reduces a small town neighborhood into a debris field. two people are dead and 44 injured. today heat advisories cover 35 million people from philadelphia to new york to boston. in new mexico, the largest wildfire in the state history is now burning into its 6th