that? yes. it is a commitment we made. back here in the u.s., voters head to the polls for election day. critical primary races in georgia. and the high stakes run-offs in texas. more shipments of bhaeb form la, after the first flight touched down in indiana yesterday. how soon could parents see it on shelves. and a federal judge has stopped the biden administration from lifting the bill. and still many make the journey. and a live report. we begin this hour with a fall-out from president biden s much stunning comments that u.s. would intervene if china invaded taiwan. taiwan thanked the president. the chinese foreign minister took a hard line. saying nobody should under estimate the chin neez people to defend. he made similar comments earlier. i don t want a cold war with china. you are saying that the united states would come to taiwan s aid? yes, we have a commitment to do that. washington post foreign columnist. david, also contributors. what are the
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
going mainstream in countries around the globe? i ll talk to two experts. but, first, here s my take. president biden says that combating inflation is his top domestic priority. but he certainly isn t acting that way. he has in plain sight several members that would reduce inflation significantly, and yet appears hesitant to do them. as many distinguished economists have noted, the repeal of most or all of donald trump s tariffs would be the single most effective way of reducing inflation 2349 near future. as a reminder, a tariff is a tax on goods paid by the american consumer who buys those goods. it is by definition inflationary. it raises the price of the good like an imported car. but it causes even more inflation than that because it raises the price of the domestically made equivalent good as well. if a mazda sells for more, ford and general motors also raise prices on their cars. the reverse logic applies as well. if you cut tariffs, that also has a broader effect.
cnn s polo sand vol is live for us. this is the first of what s expected to be many formula flights. it is. and it s more important now that the formula went through those paces. the inspection, and the quality control process that all of those imports go through. the only difference is what usually takes place in weeks was only done in about 72 hours. that s with multiple different agencies involved. u.s. transport command, for example, one of the key agencies in trying to get that baby for for formula germany to the u.s. this is important. this particular formula, it is a prescription product that is high poe allergenic. it basically is meant to go to the hardest hit of the hard hit families that have been desperately trying to find the formula they need for their children. this specific formula will go directly to hospitals, and to home health care facilities. so that s important to note. this is not formula that will be going to the store shelves, for example. however,
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with a small sign of relief from the baby formula crisis that is gripping the nation. today a u.s. military flight carrying more than 70,000 pounds of baby formula arrived in indianapolis from europe, but you won t see it on store shelves here in the u.s. a white house official says the first shipment is heading straight to doctors, hospitals, home health care facilities and pharmacies in areas that need it the most. this means for many parents who have been desperately searching for weeks now to find formula they ll have to keep searching. the shipment arrived just hours ago. what more can you tell us about this formula, where it s going, how many toddlers it s expected to feed? i guess there will be some parents out there disappointed this formula is not going directly to a store near them. reporter: and that s important, too, jim. you can find out where this is not going to your neighborhood groce