initiative. the ukrainian armed force also need our sustained support. we ll have the latest on the region. and from the president s trip overseas in asia, he s raising eyebrows this morning after saying the u.s. militarily would get involved if china invaded taiwan. what the white house is now saying about that. help is on the way for america s families. tens of thousands of pounds of baby formula just arrived in the u.s. but when will store shelves start filling up again? we have our eyes on georgia, we re a day out from the state s primary elections. early voting already breaking records there. the anticipation is intensifying in the battleground state. that s where we start this morning. von hilliard is in atlanta and i m joined by the ceo of the new georgia project, a voting rights advocacy act. greg bleustein, msnbc political contributor, and michael steele, former rnc chair. other states, including minnesota, arkansas and alabama have primaries, as well. but geor
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
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
possible. laura: to make a bad situation worse, we may be facing a shortage of truckers soon. the owners are facing a crisis due to the sky rocketing cost of diesel fuel. and food prices? bloomberg headlines caught my eye. chicken wings for $34. consumer prices of food were up 9.4% in april compared to last april. it s the biggest gain since 1981. it s time to ask this question: both a global and national level, is the economic chaos unfolding before our eyes the result of incompetence or careful planning? ted cruz believes this is all purposesful. joe biden believes in gas is $6 or $10 a gallon, if he imposes enough pain that eventually everyone will have this epiphany and get rid of that truck or mini-van and everyone will buy an electric car. laura: the angle did not disagree. biden is ignorant and his cabinet is unqualified. but this can t be an accident. none of this was predestined. the biden team chose to cancel oil leases, to stop keystone and gren lit a proxy
female reproductive condition that begins with fertilization, b, occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human offspring, and c, is calculated from the first day of the woman s last menstrual period. so the definition here is going to be key moving forward, and it s why planned parenthood is preparing for what happens next. they say abortions scheduled for this week in oklahoma will likely go on as planned. but they re making plans to cancel next week. the governor is expected to sign it. he s shown his support for these bans in the past. the governor has said that his state will protect life. he says that churches and non-profit organizations are going to have to focus on adoptions, and he says they will focus on protecting the mothers who of course, this is one of those issues that you have all kinds of opinions on both sides of the aisle. but that will have big implications for women in oklahoma. jake? the legislation has measures in it that would punish doctors