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announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it was an encouraging sight for american families who had been hard pressed to find infant formula for their babies pallets and pallets of formula, 35 tons, arriving in the u.s. from europe aboard a military transport plane, enough to feed 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week but the math doesn t yet add up to full store shelves. with 43% of formula supplies nationwide out of stock tonight the biden administration moving on several fronts, including another military shipment planned for later this week to try to ease the shortage but relief may still be some weeks away, leaving frustrated and anxious parents further on edge. jo ling kent has late details. reporter: when the first emergency aircraft for operation fly formula landed, it delivered a sign of hope, alongside growing nationwide panic. everything is empty. i don t know about y all, but this is scary. reporter: ....
Where those supplies are heading and how long will they last. also tonight, the surprising warning from predent biden in asia, vowing the u.s. will defend taiwan if china invades. but the white house insisting u.s. policy on china hasn t changed. the heated response from china the cdc sounding the alarm on monkeypox, why they say it s especially concerning for some men. possible cases now in at least four states pfizer announcing that three smaller doses of its covid vaccine are safe and effective for children under 5. the new fda timeline parents need to know new images of the suspect in a deadly unprovoked shooting on the new york subway, the urgent manhunt the scathing new report in the southern baptist convention, the sexual abuse crisis top leaders are accused of mishandling for decades. and he saved the lives of dozens at sea. the reunion more than four decades in the making ....