passengers upset and exasperated. i was meant to leave at 8:00 a.m., you know, flight canceled. another flight was going to be 11:00 a.m., canceled. one more at 3:00, canceled. we have to get home. we have a flight. it is going to be, you know, canceled. they need to let us know now so we can know what to do. the problem a huge surge in passenger traffic. call it post-pandemic rebound. the tsa says it screened more passengers on friday than on the same day in 2019. let s talk about what s happening here. business journalist mark stewart joins me now. tsa says they screened 2 1/2 million people. that is remarkable. same number as way back in february 2019. or 2020, i guess. what is that telling us about the american economy? it tells us people are finding room in their budgets to travel. it s the notion of pent-up demand. another struggle facing the economy is labor. airlines are dealing with these pilot shortages. i heard from one pilot last night, there should be scr
christi paul. president biden meets with the president of south korea, to strengthen their alliance. back at home, his domestic challenges are mounting. one of them includes the baby formula shortage. we have parents this morning that share their story as they struggle to find a supply for their premature baby. and the january 6th committee zeros in on a gop congressman over a tour he gave of the capital complex the day before the insurrection. plus, a scorcher of a weekend. over 35 million people bracing for record hot temperatures. we re going to break down your forecast and tell you what you can expect. we begin with a crucial overseas trip for president biden. the president in seoul, south korea, on a visit aimed at shoring up u.s. alliances and strengthening economic ties. mr. biden arrived at the state dinner in seoul just moments ago, giving a toast. this is his first trip to asia as president. he met with south korea s newly elected president yoon suk-yeol e
he invoked the federal production act. that will compel suppliers and manufacturers to boost production and ingredient suppliers will have to deliver to formula companies first before any other customer. president biden is also directing military aircraft and commercial airlines to import formula from abroad, something the fda has long stood in the way of. currently the fda bans most foreign infant formula, not because of health concerns about labelling issues. in the face of this crisis, the agency promises to hurry up their review process to expedite imports. on capitol hill lawmakers voted with overwhelming support 12-9 to pass a bill that would widen access to baby formula for families using the nutrition program for women, infants and children known as wic. almost half of the babies born in the united states qualify for wic. when the shortage hit, many of the alternative brands or specialty formulas were not covered by wit benefits. now more family will be able to get he
intentional. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the break news. stocks plunge. the dow closing down more than 1100 points today. that is the biggest loss since 2020, at the height of coronavirus, when there was so much uncertainty, no vaccine. the numbers were surging of the dead. this is the biggest drop since then. sit because the nation, one of the biggest retailers in the country, target, said it is getting crushed by inflation, which is hurting the entire country. the ceo saying costs have been rising much faster than retail prices. it was just yesterday that walmart stocks suffered its worst day since 1987. same reason, surging costs. the ceo telling investors, bottom line results were unexpected and reflect ton usual environment. u.s. inflation levels, particularly in food and fuel created more pressure. that pressure is hurting americans. it is outpacing any wage increases, and it is doing so everywhere. and the economy is the n
but you may have missed it. you may never even heardf this because there weren t a lot of follow up pieces abouti these manmade food shortages that joe biden was predicting. a and that s weird if you think about it because food shortages are inherently a big deal . you could argue they re even more significant and say slap fight between actors at an . ards ceremony food shortages are a historic event. they overturn society sd they bring down empires they often have if you ve gotav food shortages, you ve got a potentially destabilizing problem on your handsr and we do have food shortages. they re real as joe biden predicted as of tonight , at least twenty six states are reporting that half their retail stores are completelytely baby formula. that would include the states of texas, tennessee, missouri and iowa, many others. so these are major population centers without enoughd fo foodr newborns in memphis and nashville. 52% of stores have no baby formula. houston and des moines