>> it is all about the momentum josh lederman, thank you. >>> now to another story we've been following this weekend, that deadly boat collision in georgia that killed five people, including a schoolteacher and several members of his family it happened on a river near savannah on what is typically one of the busiest boating weekends of the year katie beck has new details. >> reporter: hoisted by helicopter to safety, this is one of four survivors in a deadly boat crash in georgia, where five others lost their lives. >> we're going to need additional ambulance >> i have unconscious victims. undoubtedly coming to you, a possible third in the water >> reporter: a memorial day weekend tragedy unfolding near savannah, georgia, saturday morning, when two center console boats traveling in opposite directions collided on the wilmington river authorities confirming savannah history teacher his chris lefler, his life, lori and their sons 23-year-old zach and 17-year-old nate died in the accident. as well as 37-year-old robert chauncey. >> there's a lot of people that are hurting right now. >> rep

>> the josh lederman pressed on that very issue, will president biden appoint a baby formula czar. and the official didn't rule it out but effectively didn't say that is the focus right now. they said we don't have anything to preview on that today. that their focus is on ramping up production. as you know president biden announcing yesterday that he's invoking the defense production act, that wartime essentially move that will allow the administration to direct suppliers to fast track the ingredients, hallie, the ski ingredients needed to make formula, to get the ingredients to manufacture to get more formula on the shelves for parents. then, of course, they're also directing dod to get planes to get that formula back to the u.s. from other countries. what you heard robert caliph talking about to ensure that the formula brought here from overseas will be safe. hallie, that's the top question, that's what i've been pressing administration officials on now, since this was announced. how can they guarantee it's safe. they insist that the fda will not allow formula into the country if

kate snow, thank you so much and josh lederman, thank you for explaining it to us. >> by heart became the first new infant formula maker to earn fda registration in more than 15 years. they say its reliance on a small handful of players make it almost impossible for parents to get the food they need for their kids. joining me the president and co-founders of by heart. in full disclosure, we went to high school together, though frankly i had no idea you guys had this company, i had no idea you were being booked. i'm excited to talk to you. the baby formula production in this country relies on four major manufacturers, for the most part. >> what does it mean to try and break in when you want to do things differently? >> thank you so much for having us here. this is so great. we launched by heart in an unprecedented time in the industry in the midst of a crisis for parents. i'm a mom of three of a 10-month-old, ron is expecting his second any day now. the idea of any parent not having access to food for their baby but especially formula sold for nutrition is just absolutely devastating.

i want to turn back to washington as well, nbc's josh lederman will look ahead to the president's visit here tomorrow. josh, talk about the president visiting here tomorrow, along with the first lady. this announcement came through yesterday evening. what can we expect? >> reporter: we actually just heard from president biden while we were coming on the air. he was holding a medal of valor ceremony that pays tribute to america's safety officers, police officers, as well as firefighters and emergency response personnel. and president biden drew a direct connection between their experiences of loss of facing threat in the line of duty, and that of the police officers and others who responded to this shooting in buffalo, particularly that former retired officer who lost his life, as he, the security guard, tried unsuccessfully to stop the shooter in that grocery store. let's listen to what president biden had to say. >> and that includes paying tribute to the buffalo police officer aaron salter -- slater, excuse me, who gave his life trying to save others when the government shot and kille

nbc news correspondent josh lederman has more. >> for a few hours it was like covid didn't exist. more than 2500 people including president biden, packed into a hotel ballroom. there were very few masks, no social distancing, but plenty of pandemic punch lines from comedian trevor noah. fauci thought it was too dangerous to come tonight. pete davidson thinks it's okay. and we all end with pete. okay. mr. biden pointing out the first time a president attended the correspondents dinner in six years. >> it's understandable, we had a horrible plague, followed by two years of covid. >> the last two years, telling everyone the importance of wearing masks and avoiding large indoor gatherings, then the second someone offers you a free dinner, you all turn to joe rogan. >> president biden pokes fun at his own dismal poll numbers now in the low 40s. >> i'm excited to be here tonight, the only group of americans who have a lower approval rating than i have. >> noah taking on the president over inflation. >> ever since you have come into office, things are really looking up. gas is up. rent i

josh lederman, nbc news >>> still ahead tonight, the manhunt in alabama after an inmate and a corrections officer go missing. was she in on the escape plot? >>> we're back with a deepening mystery in alabama where a man hunt is underway for an escaped inmate accused of murder and the corrections officer who was supposed to be guarding him both went missing. and now police believe she may have been in on the plot. maggie vespa has more. >> reporter: the frantic search is on for an accused killer and a female sheriff's deputy who walked him out of jail. >> what does the evidence tell you about how this unfolded >> the evidence indicates that she assisted in this case. we're not clear as to whether she assisted willingly or if in some form or fashion she was coerced or forced to assist >> reporter: the wild tale began friday morning when the caravan left the alabama jail near huntsville lauderdale county authorities are working with the fbi to find 38-year-old casey white and corrections officer vicky white. the duo share a name but are not related. clues trace back to 9:41 a.m. friday when

josh lederman has more. >> reporter: president biden with a reassuring message for uvalde residents who are pleading for action. >> do something! do something >> reporter: but history suggests otherwise after nearly every matt shooting, talk of federal gun laws and then nothing. like after columbine >> congress decided it can agree on nothing to stop the next episode of teen violence >> and sandy hook. >> support for gun control and an assault weapons have stalled in congress. >> reporter: but democrats pushing stronger gun laws are sounding cautiously optimistic >> i've seen more republican interest in coming to the table and talking at this time than any other moment since sandy hook >> reporter: democrat chris murphy now leading urgent bipartisan negotiations with support from both president biden and senate gop leader mitch mcconnell, who says he wants solutions directly related to what happened in uvalde what's on the table? red flag laws that would deny guns to individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others expanded background checks, which americans overwhelmingly support. b

. >> josh lederman, josh, thank you very much. >>> and in the last few minutes, the white house gave an update on steps it's taken to resolve the baby formula shortage. the white house is working with the top manufacturers to identify any hurdles to increase production. and working with companies like target, amazon and walmart on which parts of the country have critically low supply. joining me now is secretary of health and human services, javier becerra. i want to dive right in here, why not invoke the defense production act? this is food for babies? you don't want kids starving. why not get into it as quickly as you can? >> thanks for having me, forgive my voice, i'm traveling abroad in berlin right now. what we'll do, we'll pull every lever to make sure there's an adequate supply of baby formula. especially the specialty baby formula which in some cases is the only type of nutrition that some children will get. we think we can work with the manufacturers to make that supply available. part of what's driving this shortage is the fact that the largest supplier, abbott, is right no

joining us now, nbc's josh lederman from the vitali. dr. redletter, at least two children have already been hospitalized in tennessee because their parents couldn't find the formula they needed. how important is formula? >> formula is important for moms choosing not to breast-feed, which would be preferable, but i think we should not have parents be panicking about this. when a baby is 6 months old, it's perfectly fine, temporarily, to use cow's milk, as long as the baby is on other foods, as long as the baby gets iron fortification. i think parents should, first of all, not be trying to make their own formulas from homemade mixes they see on the internet and they should not be using unauthorized imported formulas. hang in there. i think the white house is going to fix this promptly. it will be a few weeks before we see formula back on the shelves. in the meantime, we need to investigate why this happened in the first place and make sure parents are reassured to alternative methods that are healthy. >> let's talk about those alternative met

>> our thanks to josh lederman. now we are going to switch and go to eastern europe where ukrainian officials are saying that their forces have reclaim territory in the country's northeast. after driving russian forces away from the city of kharkiv. this comes as russia and ukraine engaged in a grinding battle for the country's eastern industrial heartland. plus, in the latest drove american solidarity with ukraine, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is leading a senate delegation to kyiv yesterday. along with ukraine president vladimir zelenskyy. for more on this we turn to our mclaughlin in kyiv. >> on saturday, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell as well as three other high-ranking republican leaders visited the capital of kyiv meeting with president zelenskyy and other high-ranking ukrainian officials, as the u.s. senate is working to push through that massive 40 billion dollar relief package that ukraine says it needs to win this war. lewinsky theory the lawmakers for their support. meanwhile, it has bee

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josh lederman in >>> another setback for vladimir putin as ukraine forces say they are beginning to take back the city of kharkiv. they are forcing russian troops out. still ukrainian officials acknowledge they were there is far from over. we have the very latest from kyiv this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president zelenskyy says no one can predict how long the war will last. it rages on in the east on both sides of the conflict. i want to warn you some of the images in the report are disturbing. as bodies of hundreds of russian soldiers are loaded onto refrigeration trucks, casualties for the battle for kyiv with russia suffering with the uk says has been significant losses in the east. after ukraine blew up across the tennessee river. for the first time since the war began, the u.s. secretary of defense had a counterpart at the kremlin. during the hour-long call he had an immediate cease-fire in ukraine emphasizing maintaining lines of communication. according to the defense department readout. a potential step towards justice. friday soldiers suspected of war cri

nbc's josh lederman, thank you so much for the report. appreciate it. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," democratic congresswoman abigail spanberger is working with the white house to solve the baby formula shortage, which is a crisis in this country now. she joins us next. >>> when the former president left office, boxes of classified information made their way to his home in florida. the department of justice is taking action to get their hands on the documents. >>> and run him or rest him? that is the dilemma for the owner of rich strike. we'll tell you what's next for the long shot kentucky derby winner. might be surprised by the answer. "morning joe" coming right back. "morning joe" coming right backl stories of bipolar depression. i just couldn't find my way out of it. the lows of bipolar depression can take you to a dark place. latuda could make a real difference in your symptoms. tuda was proven to significantly reduce bipolar depression symptoms and in clinical studies, had no substantial impact on weight. this is where i want to

first, squeezing something in with our good friend josh erin lederman. you will be hitting the road shortly, as the president's shadow. let's talk about we expecting today. he will address this buffalo treating? >> we certainly expect that the president will likely address the buffalo shooting, perhaps as he begins his remark and keynote speech at that memorial service for fallen officers. which will be a suitable environment for the president to deliver the kind of message that he wants to today. one is of course to reprise his role as consoler-in-chief to the nation. unfortunately, this president has had to play it so many times. putting the gun under 60, by advocacy group, more than 150 mass shootings just since this president took office. and i think he will also echo some of the comments that president biden made in the re-statement he issued just before midnight, where the president not only praise the peace officers who responded to this incident for their bravery, but also called this a racially motivated hate crime. he said it was a foreign to t