abc's maryalice parks has more. >> reporter: in the wake of the elementary school massacre in uvalde, texas,anbog foness tocteang cz a restaurant after speaking at the nra convention in houston just days after the shooting. >> why does this keep happening. >> reporter: as protests around the country calling for change. democratic leaders optimistic that a bipartisan group of senators are taking part in serious negotiations over this holiday weekend. on possible gun safety legislation. >> there are more republicans interested in talking about finding a path forward this time than i have ever seen since sandy hook. >> reporter: on the table proposals widely popular among americans, including red flag laws, strengthening background checks, safe gun storage. and mental health resources. another idea raising the legal age to buy any gun to 21. something that then-governor rick scott, a republican, signed into law after the school shooting in parkland, florida. >> i think the raising the age of gun purchase is a no-brainer. >> reporter: adam kinzinger is a republican who owns an ar-15 says

maryalice parks, abc news, capitol hill. >> all right. more to come. maryalice, thank you. >>> after six weeks of riveting testimony, jury deliberations resumed tuesday in johnny depp's defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife. depp is suing amber heard for $50 million over a 2018 "washington post" op-ed in which she described herself as a domestic abuse survivor. heard then filed a $100 million counterclaim against depp after his attorney called her allegations a hoax. >>> aaa says holiday travel is nearly at pre-pandemic levels. good news for the economy, not so much for the actual travelers. thousands of flights have been canceled this weekend with more likely today. that's after passengers paid about 33% more than this time last year, and despite %-p traveling by car. >>> and much of that travel is complicated by severe storms in the plains and upper midwest. damaging wind, large hail, torrential rain, and even tornadoes likely today, especially from the eastern dakotas into wisconsin. and in the pacific, hurricane ags ckg strength, heading to southe

abc's maryalice parks joins us from washington with more. ng, again, maryalice. >> reporter: yeah, eva, good morning. we still don't know exactly how long it will take for this foreign-imported formula to get to american grocery store shelves, but you're right, the white house is confirming that the pentagon is now flying the first shipment to the u.s. using military planes. you'll remember that this week president biden directed his administration to start doing this to speed up the process of bringing formula here. this first shipment is set to specifically include 132 pallets of nestle health science alfamino infant and alfamino junior formula flying from a u.s. air base in germany to indianapolis, and those are very specific hypoallergenic formula that some babies need. similar ones were included in that large recall from abbott earlier this year creating so many issues for children with vulnerable babies who need this kind of formula. that's why the white house says that this type was critical, why this type was prioritized. we also just

but as abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks tells us, health officials worldwide are watching this very closely. >> reporter: tonight, president biden, on his first tour of asia, saying the u.s. is exploring ways to protect americans against monkeypox. this, as we learn florida now the third state with a potential case. >> it is something that everybody should be concerned about. but it is a concern in the sense that if it were to spread, it's consequential. >> reporter: most often seen in parts of africa, the virus now popping up in at least 15 countries, mainly across europe and north america. belgium with four cases confirmed, instituting a mandatory 21-day quarantine for anyone sickened. >> this is unusual. this is unusual for the world to see this many cases reported in different countries. >> reporter: so far, health officials have seen more than 190 confirmed or suspected cases in countries that don't normally have the disease. the virus, known as an orthopox virus, is related to smallpox, but not nearly as severe. >> the majority of people from europe, in the u.s. now,

abc's maryalice parks joins us now with more. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning. there are new emails first obtained by "the washington post" and then by abc, and they show that virginia thomas was urging arizona lawmakers to disregard the votes of arizonans and instead simply unilaterally direct arizona's 11 electoral college votes to donald trump by appointing their own slate of electors. one email from thomas reads, please take action to ensure that a clean slate of electors is chosen for our state. virginia thomas sent that email just days after the election, before arizona's secretary of state had officially certified the state's results. the state, remember, went through recounts and audits to make sure that the will of the voters was reflected and accurately counted. big picture, these emails show just how active virginia thomas was at this time working to keep trump in office, and they set up real questions about potential conflicts of interest. should her husband clarence thomas and the rest of the