of bills, one of which provides an extra $28 million in funding for the fda that s mainly for staffing issues, oversight into preventing future formula shortages. elizabeth cohen joins us with much more on what is now more or less military operation to get more baby formula to the united states. it really is, john, that s a good way to describe it. who would have thought that it would come to this in the united states. let s take a look at some more details for what you and erica just described. so the defense production act, the government directs formula ingredients, inn gred yents that go into formula, to go to formula manufacturers first. in other words, not to other things first. also the fda making it easier to import formula to the u.s., something that has really not been done very much at all. also, operation fly formula, the department of defense helps expedite formula imports by using commercial planes that have contracts with the dod. also, the fda and abbott a
even as the threat of a north korea missile test looms during this visit. all this is a balancing act as russia s war in ukraine hangs over the white house. today in another public show of support, the president met with leaders of finland and sweden as they pushed to join nato, a historic step as more countries unite against russia and condemn its invasion. the big question here is can turkey get on board? we are following all the headlines out of ukraine and the state of play there. first, let s start at the white house and we are joined now. arlette, tell us more about the president s message and his mind set as he s embarking on this. he s flying to asia for his first trip to the region as president. officials said he had hoped to get there earlier in his presidency, but was constrained due to covid-19 and other crises such as the war in ukraine. but the president will be traveling to both south korea and japan to meet with the leaders of each of the countries as well a
That person for your son. Its remarkable to see that. Such a great series. This Champions For Change series that were doing. Great to see a different side of your life. Just wonderful to see that. Erin burnett, thank you so much. Great to see you as always. Really appreciate it. Me, too. Thanks. And up next our onehour Champions For Change special hosted by dr. Sanjay gupta. Reporting from washington, im jim acosta. Ill see you back here tomorrow at 5 00 eastern. Good night, everybody. Every day all l around us people are breaking barriers. Theyre building new connections, and theyre expanding what is possible. 12 of us journalists here at cnn recently met one folks who are making big differences in the world in ways that have personally touched our own hearts. These are their stories. This is Champions For Change. Welcome to Champions For Change, im dr. Sanjay gupta. You know, tonight were going to introduce you to 12 amazing people youve probably never heard of. But theyre all making
That person for your son. Its remarkable to see that. Such a great series. This Champions For Change series that were doing. Great to see a different side of your life. Just wonderful to see that. Erin burnett, thank you so much. Great to see you as always. Really appreciate it. Me, too. Thanks. And up next our onehour Champions For Change special hosted by dr. Sanjay gupta. Reporting from washington, im jim acosta. Ill see you back here tomorrow at 5 00 eastern. Good night, everybody. Every day all l around us people are breaking barriers. Theyre building new connections, and theyre expanding what is possible. 12 of us journalists here at cnn recently met one folks who are making big differences in the world in ways that have personally touched our own hearts. These are their stories. This is Champions For Change. Welcome to Champions For Change, im dr. Sanjay gupta. You know, tonight were going to introduce you to 12 amazing people youve probably never heard of. But theyre all making