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scores a massive win for equality in the sports world it is thursday, may 19th "early today" starts right now good morning i'm vinita nair. >> we begin with the urgent push to get more baby formula into the hands of desperate parents another bill provides $28 million in funding to the fda. they move on to the senate the lack of formula is leading to hospitalizations, including 11-week-old clowe, who was born with allergies to dairy and soy. we spoke to her mom. >> we had tried everything for her. sorry. we need to have her on the most

hypo allergenic formula to see if it will help her. from the white house has taken a major step to get more formula on shelves with president biden invoking the defense production act. ch c what does it mean this morning >> reporter: things should probably start to get better but not fast enough for many parents. by invoking the defense production act, the governmentl baby formula before other orders they will use u.s. military airplanes to bring formula from other countries to bring back here even members of his own party are criticizing the response >> from the president on down, everyone is laser focussed in

pulling every possible lever we are working to yes,import foa from abroad. >> i give everybody an f on the entire spectrum of this. from the company itself, to the fda oversight to the interagencies who didn't talk to each other, to the entire problem. nobody focussed on this like they needed to >> reporter: dr. robert caliph will be on the hot seat testifying before the sub committee on the fda budget for the year, you can imagine that the baby formula shortage will be on the agenda the house of representatives has passed the domestic terrorism prevention act in response to the buffalo shooting if passed into law, it would require the government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. the bill faces uncertain future in the senate. and in buffalo, a store employee

share her encounter with the gunman the day before. wgrz reports >> reporter: a matter of seconds to ask a question. >> before you take us home, can we get a snack they didn't want to cook >> reporter: a few seconds on saturday that leaves shawnnell with a what-if >> the first lady who got shot was coming across the parking lot. >> reporter: but her what-if goes much deeper >> a lot of ifs. if and what-ifs. what if he was angry he could have did it friday night. >> reporter: what if he had been angry when she asked him to leave the same tops store friday night after two customers complained >> i had met him in the meat

department and asked him to leave the store. he was making customers feeling uncomfortable. and i asked him, could he please leave the store. he said okay and i noticed when he was leaving the store, his eyes were wandering, he was wandering, looking around >> reporter: the shooter was wearing the exact same clothes on friday as he was on saturday when she saw him again now along with what-if, shawnnell is left with what now. >> i can't sleep i have to sleep with my eyes closed any loud noses make me jump because i can still hear the gun shooting people screaming, people crying. >> reporter: and her painful memories just won't stop >> it's just hurt. there's been another mass shooting in philadelphia, with five people injured, just a few

blocks from the temple university campus. a woman and two men are in the hospital in critical condition two young women are in stable condition. one of the men was shot 14 times. authorities say police found a gun on a man it is unclear if he is the shooter involved of the. two people close to the first family have tested positive for covid-19. the white house says president biden's daughter ashley, along with health and human services secretary xavier becerra have tested positive for the virus. neither are considered a close contact to the president or first lady this comes as hospitalizations nationwide continue to see a significant jump according to the latest data, daily covid cases have tripled in the last month. and hospitalizations are up 20% in the last month. a third of americans live in high-risk areas. people are urged to mask up indoors regardless of local

rules. thw lost 1100 points disappointing earnings from retailers served the selloff target tanked 25%. the worst tay in 35 year target said it would rather absorb higher costs than raise prices for shoppers. war and the pandemic have americans stressed like never before according to a study by the american psychological association, 80% of those polled say inflation is a major source of stress, followed by 81% who say supply chains stress them.

pharma bro, martin shkreli was released early yesterday he said getting out of real prison is easier than getting out of twitter prison. he was banned in 2017, the same year he was convicted of fraud he hiked the price of a drug more than 4,000% in 2015 and the man responsible for the failed fyre festival is also getting out of prison early. billy mcfarland was released two years early. he mpled guilty in connection to the notorious 2017 festival. he was ordered to pay $26 million in restitution let's turn now to michelle grossmann who's here tracking severe weather for us. >> we're tracking storms later on this afternoon. tracking rain this morning, moderating in some spots where

you see the yellow it's going to be out of here pretty quickly and then we're tracking storms 22 million people at risk. winds gusting to 36 miles per hour two spots, one in the upper midwest, one in the carolinas where we're likely to see storms and then tomorrow, 25 million at risk stretching from the great lakes to parts of texas where we're looking at the chance of gusty winds, also hail and tornados are possible too. heavy ra whereinl plains 92 this afternoon in omaha, 92 in wichita cool with rain in the northern plains

> all right, we'll take a look at your weekend forecast coming up. theuk is honoring its lgbt plus community in a big way. the first uk pride event the britain's royal mint unveiled a rainbow colored coin. it features colors of the pride progress flag. the royal mint says it will be release the online only this summer >> i've never seen a coin with color on it. that's cool. a break through moment in the george floyd case brings the floyd mifaly one step closer to closure. we're back in 60 seconds th. my skin was no longer mine. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. tremfya® is the first medication of its kind also approved for adults with

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and abetting manslaughter. a three-year sentence was recommended as part of the plea. two other officers will face trial on state charges next month. after nearly three years without a senate-confirmed envoy in ukraine, the position has been filled. the senate has unanimously confirmed the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. this comes after the embassy was reopened in kyiv now to richard engel for the latest from ukraine, and a warning, some of the images you are about to see are disturbing. >> reporter: ukrainian rescue crews saved a 9-year-old boy after a imissile strike on an apartment building in the donbas russia is concentratingity military efforts there after taking over mariupol this week but elsewhere, russia's war is faltering again.

the u.s. reopened its embassy in kyiv where russian forces were driven back two months ago now ukraine is pushing the russians back from the eastern capital, kharkiv in the nearby village, all that's left of the russian troops is the devastation they brought, shockingly, some ukrainians stayed here throughout the battles, including nikolai, living in the wreck of his home, having survived on canned food and pickles. what happened here in the russians came and said they were liberating us, he says next door, tatiana, a teacher, stayed but not her husband. he took up the russians' offer to go to russia to escape the shelling tatiana chose her country over her husband, and she's unsure if she'll ever see him again. you think you made the right choice i love my husband, but i also love my land and my country, so

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goals. tied for fifth most in nhl playoff history. the flames heat it up in the third. calgary takes game one from the oilers, 9-6. in the east, carolina takes it 2-1. now to a landmark goal in women's soccer getting equal pay for the first time stephanie gosk has the details >> reporter: equal pay for making the team, for games and events and for playing in the world cup, which, by the way, the women's u.s. soccer team has won four times >> to be able to say equal pay for equal work feels very, very good >> reporter: the men and women's soccer unions and u.s. soccer announced the historic agreement, a victory years in the making

a federal wage complaint was filed back in 2016 >> the pay disparity between the men and women is just too large. >> reporter: 28 players filed a lawsuit in 2019 against u.s. soccer two years later, megan rapinoe appeared in front of congress. >> we're still paid less than our male counterparts. for each trophy, of which there are many for each tie, each time we play, less >> reporter: a lawsuit included $22 million in back pay. and now with the new agreement, u.s. soccer will do something no other federation in any country does world cup prize money will be pooled and split between the men and weomen's team. >> we brelieve in the whole premise of equal pay >> it does mean the men are giving up a little pay,

potentially. >> not potentially we need to give the men a lot of credit >> reporter: now this playing field has been leveled stephanie gosk, nbc news >> and we thank you for waking up with "early today." i'm france

right now at 4:30. taking steps to help parents. the new overnight action taken by president biden to address the nationwide baby formula shortage. also how soon it could make a difference for the bay area family. calls for change. the san jose police chief says mistakes have been made and action is to be taken now after several cases of officer misconduct. paying to park at work. the south bay employees ending the parking issue at