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
media outlet to gain access to southern gaza without a military escort. we ll bring you that report ahead as the defense minister says the war in gaza will last several more months. and exonerated. a man in illinois spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. and now his conviction has been vacated and he is a free man at least. he will join us live just ahead. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in to cnn news central. thanks for joining us this afternoon. it s the top of the hour, and we re tracking a set of counterterror operations in europe. multiple suspects were arrested in germany, denmark and the netherlands today. german officials arrested 3 hamas members for allegedly planning to attack jewish institutions. authorities in denmark made several terror arrests that are unrelated to the germany case. israeli officials claim the suspects were also acting on behalf of ha mast. alex, all of this is confusing as you try t
many congressional republicans are resisting. president biden announced the u.s. will support ukraine for as long as it can, instead of as long as it takes. also tonight, harrowing testimony from the georgia election worker about what the lies rudy giuliani told about her and her mom did to their lives. that and a warning a judge gave him about continuing to spread misinformation. and later, the newest example of how cnn s exclusive reporting on sexual misconduct in the coast guard is getting results, this time on capitol hill. can good evening, thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with ukraine s war to drive russian forces out at a stalemate, and efforts in washing fund that were apparently at a standstill. tonight, no sign yet that president volodymyr zelenskyy meetings today with biden top lawmakers have done anything to break that logjam. house republicans are still demanding a large-scale concessions on migration from mexico, and before agreeing to any new aid for ukr
capitol hill custodians waste no time erasing any memory of george santos. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. today, an era has come to an end. the locks have been changed, and his name has been removed from the halls of congress. george santos goes back to wherever he came from. more on his exit and his lies in a few minutes. first, the constitution versus donald trump. two separate legal lawsuits say that the former president does not have immunity. breaking tonight, a federal judge tossed a motion to make election subversion charges against donald trump disappear. judge tonya chutkan ruling with precision, quote, the court cannot conclude the constitution cloaks former presidents with absolute immunity for any federal crimes they committed while in office. also today, a ruling on the former president and the january 6th violence that he unleashed. it s a decision that may set off a chain reaction for our democracy. today a federa
and hamas could be coming to an end, expiring in just a few hours. so is the fighting about to ramp up again? plus, a palestinian student shot in vermont just out of surgery as his family fears he may never walk again. this as we re learning new details about the suspect in that shooting. and, go eff yourself, that s elon musk s message tonight to the growing list of companies willing to advertise out of x. and that s not all he has to say tonight. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, deadline looming. the truce between israel and hamas is set to expire midnight eastern time, unless it is extended once again. at this hour, though, there is no official word that will happen. when the pause ends, israel has promised to resume its military campaign inside gaza, which the israeli prime minister said there will continue until there is no longer a threat to israel. and that raises questions as to whether or if the remainin