to desperation for millions of parents nationwide as a shortage of baby formula has so many scrambling for ways to try to feed their children. coast to coast store shelves are showing up em pi. more than 40% of formula is out of stock across the country. eight states and d.c. particularly hard hit, reporting more than half of formula in those locations is out of stock. this crisis has been building for months due to pandemic supply issues as well as the closure of a major production plant in february. a lot going on here. the formula shortage is the latest pressing issue that s facing the biden white house, which is also very clearly under growing pressure to also fight inflation and the sky-high gas prices that we continue to track. let s start with cnn s arlette saenz live at the white house for us this hour. arlette, what is the white house saying and doing about the shortage and this crisis? reporter: kate, this baby formula shortage is causing anxiety for so many am
Breaking news from israel tonight regarding this potential Ground Invasion and the hostages. First tonight, a new speaker of the house, after 22 days without one. The work of the house grinding to a halt for three weeks. Tonight, whos the new speaker, congressman mike johnson, and where does speaker johnson stand on key issues including abortion, funding for ukraine and does he accept Donald Trumps Election Loss . Rachel scott live on the hill. Tonight, amid pressure from the u. S. To hold off on any potential Ground Invasion, it appears israel is holding off for now. Tonight, what were learning about the delay and what this could mean for the hostages. Also, our team inside gaza, the Healthcare System collapsing. And what about the hundreds of u. S. Citizens inside gaza. Matt gutman in tel aviv. Here in new york city, that dramatic scene in court. Former President Trump suddenly called to the Witness Stand admonished by the judge and fined 10,000, 45 minutes later trump suddenly leavi
Tonight regarding this potential Ground Invasion first tonight, a new speaker of the house, after 22 days without one. Tonight, whos the new speaker, congressman mike johnson and where does he stand on key issues including abortion, funding for ukraine and does he accept Donald Trumps Election Loss . Rachel scott live on the hill. Tonight, amid pressure from the u. S. To hold off on any potential Ground Invasion it appears israel is holding off for now, tonight what were learning about the delay and what this could mean for the hostages. Also, our team inside gaza, the Healthcare System collapsing. And what about the hundreds of u. S. Citizens inside gaza. Matt gutman in tel aviv. Here in New York City that dramatic scene in court. Former President Trump suddenly called to the Witness Stand admonished by the judge and fined 10,000, 45 minutes later donald trump suddenly leaving the courthouse. The images coming in tonight, Hurricane Otis Slamming Mexico going from a category 1 to a cat
he was to know what hard power he s going to face in the pacific. we don t have adequate amount of hard power. biden views china as a client, not as an adversary. we need to search more resources there. under my administration, our defense posture will be the indo-pacific will be the primary. europe is going to have to do more in europe. we will work with them. they are allies. if you don t have adequate resources to be able to provide world wide security. we have to face that fact and do it we take to deter the china threat. 3% of our gdp. with ukraine fighting. it seems like a good deal for the u.s. 3% of our gdp i think this is why people are frustrated. you are ignoring problems at home while you are doing that. they are ignoring our own border. we have got to take care of our people. that is the priority. you have got to get that done. the crime in the cities, the
complicated things if he were to have fallen on to russian hands and it reenforces russia s claim that the u.s. is involved. you see how this is delicate. as you point out, trevor reed was detained for nearly three years in russia on an allegation that he d endangered a law enforcement officer so he was held there from about 2019 to april 2022 when he was released in a prisoner exchange for a russian cocaine smuggler. one of the reasons he went to fight in ukraine was because of how he was treated there and the oppression he saw while he was in detention. john? new developments with a new look at trevor reed as he was in ukraine fighting. not on behalf of the united states, there on his own, but a complicated matter to say the least. orrin lieberman, thank you very much. rahel? thank you. joining me now to discuss more is retired air force colonel and cnn military analyst cedric lee. colonel lee, always good to have you. let s start there, new details