they also say it is not likely to improve for a couple of more months yet. the fda force evidence to shut down an abbott plant in michigan in february. the out of stock rate for most formula manufacturerers and brands nationwide is up to 70%. listen. [inaudible] white house press secretary dodged repeated questions over why the president was not briefed up much sooner. leadership in the administration they said you don t have that time frame. i just don t have the time frame to share. what i can say is the white house began working on this from the first day of the recall. from day one of the recall, which was back in february. the president said he did not understand how bad the issue was until april. perhaps the wasn t aware of the work going on in february. the president has multiple issues and crises at the moment. just this morning the white house is launching a website. it s white house./formula to show the american people what the white house is doing to stoc
despite abruptly announcing last week that he was pulling troops out of syria. we have fox team coverage tonight. tomlinson with more on the progress being made in the fight against isis but we begin with correspondent ellison barber from the north lawn of the white house. good evening, allison. good evening, bret. the president is on his way back from his unannounced trip to iraq. he is set to make a second stop at an undisclosed location before returning her to the white house. under the cover of darkness they boarded air force one and made their way to iraq west of baghdad. roughly three hours on the ground visiting with troops stationed at the airbase. if president trump gave a 20 minute speech to cheering troops. we came to share our eternal gratitude for everything you do to keep america safe, strong, and free. this is the president s first visit to a combat zone since taking office and it comes on the heels of his decision to
hundreds of isis fighters. more evidence the terrorists army isn t quite defeated. u.s. officials warned isis and its ideology has spread to other continents including europe and africa. terror attacks have been launched in recent days. and in iraq not all u.s. troops are training local forces. u.s. artillery and iraq s border with syria has been shelling isis positions around the clock in eastern syria. the last known isis stronghold is a city located within range of these canons. if at its height in 2014, isis controlled area the size of ohio. during president trump s first year in office air strikes against the group increased 33%, roughly 40,000 bombs were dropped on ice as last year. this year, air strikes have been sharply reduced as fewer isis targets remain on the battlefield. today, isis only holds 1% of the territory of ones held in iraq and syria. despite the gains against isis, the security situation in iraq remains tense. one of the reasons the presidents visit remain secr
hundred of thousands of federal workers are expected to be impacted. congress returns tomorrow. bret. bret: allison, thank you. as ellison reported, touting success in the fight against isis. lucas tomlinson joins us now from the pentagon with a look at what the president believes is the dwindling dominance by the terror group. good evening, lucas. evening, bret. more than 5,000 troops are currently deployed to iraq and include special operations forces. those troops are used to train and advise local iraqi forces and could be used against isis in the future. president trump says the terror group isn t as threatening as they once were. two years ago when i became president they were a very dominant group. there were very dominant. today they are not so dominant anymore. since the president announced all 2,000 troops will be leaving syria, the pentagon says more than 30 air strikes have been launched in eastern syria going
bloodthirsty killers known as isis. we ve done a very, very major job on isis. we have defeated isis. intelligence shows that al qaeda has been alive and well and making inroads into vulnerable regions. weekly linkages from al qaeda in west africa to al qaeda in syria to al qaeda in south asia. so in my judgment they are trying to regain relic relevance. al qaeda is looking to make a comeback and reassert itself as the world s most high-profile terrorist group. it s been hit hard by the u.s.-led coalition s ground wars inside iraq and syria. their manpower in those countries has been decimated over the past several years. so instead, the group has turned its attention to aviation attacks. officials say first up on al qaeda s agenda is developing new technologies to take down passenger jets including bomb carrying drones, naturalized bombs, new chemicals and new explosion methods. terrorism experts tell fox news