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
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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 grocery store, but the biden administration say that is being done intentionally as the roughly 35 tons of prescription baby formula unloaded from the laen you see behind me here in indianapolis is specifically meant to address the needs of some of the most some of the children most vulnerable medically, children that may have an intolerance for the protein found in cow s milk and so that s why the formula that was basically flown into the united states early today will be going straight to hospitals and also various health care facilities according to officials that were on the ground here. it s a very specific need. nonetheless it is a big drop in the bucket. again, you re looking at 35 tons of this baby formula powder that will be basically now distributed throughout the country and much of that, it was all flown here by