NEW ROLE.
BACK TO YOU, JOE.
>> BUT FIRST, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION FINALLY
ADDRESSING THE BABY FORMULA
SHORTAGE MONTHS AFTER THE
PROBLEMS FIRST BEGAN.
U.S. AIR FORCE PLANES NOW
BRINGING HUNDREDS OF PALLETS OF
FORMULA FROM GERMANY TO THE U.S.
STILL, 45% OF FORMULA IS OUT OF
STOCK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND
THOSE PALLETS ARE NOT LIKELY
GOING TO BE MAKING ANY DENT
ANYTIME SOON.
AND THE SITUATION IS GETTING
MORE AND MORE DIRE FOR PARENTS.
AT LEAST SIX BABIES HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED FROM THE FORMULA
SHORTAGE, AND THAT NUMBER,
UNFORTUNATELY, EXPECTED TO GROW
AS THE SHORTAGE WORSENS.
AND WHILE EVERYDAY AMERICANS
STRUGGLE WITH RECORD HIGH FOOD
PRICES AND SUPPLY.
CHAIN NIGHTMARES, PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS AUTHORIZING $40 BILLION
OF AID, THAT’S $40 BILLION, TO
UKRAINE.
HE WASTED NO TIME IN PUSHING
THROUGH THAT MONEY, SIGNING THE
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS BILL IN
SOUTH KOREA.
ALL RIGHT.
GUYS AND GALS, DAVID, I WANT TO
GO TO YOU FIRST.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE TOLD ON
JANUARY 20TH OF 2021 THAT THE
ADULTS WERE BACK IN CHARGE,
RIGHT?
AND THIS ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO
NOT HAVE AN ANTICIPATION GENE,
RIGHT?
THEY DIDN’T HAVE IT WITH
INFLATION, AND THEY DIDN’T HAVE
IT WITH AFGHANISTAN, AND THEY
DIDN’T HAVE IT WITH THE SUPPLY
CHAIN, AND I CAN GO ON.
AND NOW HERE WE HAVE WHAT’S
GOING ON WITH THIS BABY FORMULA
SHORTAGE WHICH, AGAIN, THEY
CLAIM -- I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT
SAID, WELL, YOU NEEDED A MIND
READER TO SEE THIS COMING.
DID WE REALLY GIVEN THAT WE’VE
KNOWN WE’VE HAD A SUPPLY CHAIN
PROBLEM SINCE LAST AUGUST WHEN
THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
DECIDED TO GO ON PATERNITY LEAVE
FOR TWO MONTHS?
>> YOU’D HAVE TO BELIEVE, JOE,
THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE FDA, THE
VARIOUS AGENCIES AND, YES, PETE
BUTTIGIEG AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SAW NOTHING OVER
THE PAST YEAR PLUS.
THE FACT IS THEY’RE INCAPABLE
AND INCOMPETENT.
THESE ARE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM
BUT NOT THE ADULTS YOU WANT IN
CHARGE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, LOOK AT JOE
BIDEN’S PERFORMANCE.
HE DOES WHAT’S EASY.
HE SIGNS AN AID BILL TO UKRAINE.
I’M NOT AGAINST AID FOR THE
UKRAINE, BUT THEY’VE HAD MONTHS
TO SEE THIS COMING.
IT TAKES OVER 100 DAYS FOR GOODS
TO TRANSPORT FROM CHINA HERE TO
THE UNITED STATES.
SADLY, A BIG PART OF OUR BABY
FORMULA.
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE
DEAL WITH IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPLY
CHAIN WITHIN THE COUNTRY, THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS
NOT TALKING TO TRUCKERS,
TRUCKING COMPANIES, TO THE TRAIN
OPERATORS OUT THERE, THEY’RE NOT
TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO
ACTUALLY MOVE THE GOODS AND
SERVICES, AND THEY’RE NOT
ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT RAISE
COSTS ON MANUFACTURING, ON
PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION WHICH
COMES RIGHT DOWN TO THE PRICE AT
THE SHELF WHICH HURTS THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND THE LEAST AMOUNT OF
LIQUIDITY TO SPEND ON RISING
PRICES WHETHER AT THE PUMP OR AT
THE SHELF.
>> JACKIE, FROM A JOURNALISM
PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, ACCURATE
INFORMATION IN THIS SITUATION,
PARTICULARLY FOR PARENTS
OBVIOUSLY, IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER.
WE’RE SEEING VIRAL VIDEOS OUT
THERE NOW SHOWING PARENTS HOW TO
BASICALLY MAKE THEIR OWN BABY
FORMULA, WHICH COULD BE
DISASTROUS.
SO NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED
THE MEDIA, THE JOURNALISM
COMMUNITY, PUT ASIDE THE
PARTISANSHIP OR PUT ASIDE, YOU
KNOW, WHO YOU’RE ROOTING FOR,
BLUE TEAM, RED TEAM IF YOU ARE
BIASED IN THIS BUSINESS AND JUST
GIVE OUT ACCURATE INFORMATION
BECAUSE, BOY, IT’S MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
BECAUSE WE’RE TAKING AT LIVES AT
STAKE, BABIES’ LIVES AT STAKES.
>> I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT.
DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR
DESPERATE MEASURES, BUT THAT
DOESN’T MEAN THE ANSWER IS
MIXING BABY FORMULA AS HOME.
IT CAN BE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE CRISIS WITH
RESPECT TO THIS ADMINISTRATION
WHAT IT KNEW, WHAT IT SHOULD
HAVE KNOWN, WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE
DONE ON A TIMELINE, WE KNEW
ABOUT THE WHISTLEBLOWER LETTER
IN OCTOBER.
WE KNEW THAT THE ABBOTT PLANT
WAS CLOSING DOWN IN FEBRUARY,
AND HERE WE ARE NOW IN MAY JUST
STARTING TO TAKE STRIDES TO
BRING BABY FORMULA INTO THIS
COUNTRY.
THIS ADMINISTRATION LEAVES EVERY
CRISIS UNTIL IT BLOWS UP, UNTIL
IT EXPLODES, UNTIL IT’S AT A
TIPPING POINT BEFORE IT DECIDES
THAT -- IT WANTS TO MOVE.
AND THE CEO OF ONE OF FORMULA
MAKERS SAID, ESSENTIALLY,
THEY’RE THERE ARE GOING TO BE
DELAYS FOR THE REST OF OF THE
YEAR WITH.
IT’S LIKE STARTING UP AN OIL
RIG.
YOU DON’T JUST FLIP THE A SWITCH
AND HAVE PRODUCTION OVERNIGHT.
IT TAKES TIME TO BRING IT BACK
UP ONLINE, TO GET THAT SUPPLY
RAMPED UP.
AND RATHER THAN LOOK FOR WAYS TO
GET THE MANUFACTURING GOING IN
THIS COUNTRY OR TO REDUCE
TARIFFS AND BRING BABY FORMULA
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OUR
COUNTRY, HE WAS TALKING TO THE
RETAILERS, THE LAST END PART OF
THE SUPPLY CHAIN, ABOUT WHAT
THEY COULD DO.
THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING RIGHT
NOW.
THAT’S ANOTHER PART OF THIS
PROBLEM.
BUT THE FIRST PART OF THE
PROBLEM IS THE MANUFACTURING,
AND YET THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE
FDA, THEY JUST SAT ON THIS.
>> WOW.
IT IS -- YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT
THAT.
MANY MONTHS LATE, MANY, MANY
DIMES SHORT WHEN IT COMES TO SO
MANY BIG ISSUES.
NICOLE, FROM A MEDICAL
PERSPECTIVE, LET’S SAY YOU’RE A
PARENT AND YOU WITH CAN’T FIND
BABY FORMULA.
CAN YOU GO TO A PEDIATRICIAN AND
SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY
SAMPLES THAT YOU COULD GIVE ME
UNTIL I CAN FIND THIS FOR MY
BABY?
>> WELL, JOE, FIRST, I WANT TO
SAY JACKIE JUST HIT THE NAIL ON
THE HEAD WITH SO MANY THINGS.
THE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE IS AN
ULTIMATE FAILURE OF
DEMONSTRATING THE SLOW PACE OF
THE FDA BUT ALSO THIS MONOPOLY
THAT’S BEEN CREATED BETWEEN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THESE
PRIVATE SECTORS.
WHEN YOU HAVE ABBOTT PROVIDING
ABOUT 48% OF BABY FORMULA WITHIN
OUR COUNTRY, THEY KNEW THAT IT
WAS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN IN
FEBRUARY, AND IT WASN’T UNTIL
MID MAY THAT THEY START TO PUT
FORTH A PLAN?
THIS IS A MASSIVE FAILURE OF THE
FDA, AND IT JUST ADDS ON TO THE
OTHER FAILURES AND SLOW PACE
THEY HAVE MOVED AT THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC.
THIS IS DEVASTATING TO HEAR
RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING
HOSPITALIZED IN PULSE --
MULTIPLE STATES BECAUSE THEIR
PARENTS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR
OWN BABY FORMULA, OR THE
CHILDREN ARE HAVING A REACTION
TO A NEW, DIFFERENT TYPE OF BABY
FORMULA, AND THIS CAN CAUSE A
LOT OF HARM.
NOW, YES, WHEN YOU ARE HAVING
DIFFICULTY FINDING FORMULA FOR
YOUR INA PANT, CALL YOUR LOCAL
PEDIATRICIAN.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE ONE, CALL THE
LOCAL HOSPITAL, ANYONE YOU CAN.
OFTEN TIMES THEY DO HAVE LARGE
AMOUNT OF STOCK TO GIVE OUT.
YOU CAN ALSO CALL YOUR STATE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THROUGH THE
WIC PROGRAM, THEY TEND TO HAVE A
GOOD AMOUNT OF FORMULA AS BELL.
THE THING YOU DON’T WANT TO DO
IS MAKE HOME A MADE FORMULA.
THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS.
REALLY THE MOST SEVERE IS THOSE
INFANTS NEWBORN TO THREE MONTHS
THAT HAVE TO ONLY BE ON BREAST
MILK OR FORMULA, YOU CAN’T
SUPPLEMENT WITH OTHER THINGS.
IF YOU START SEEING FORMULA, YOU
KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS AN INFANT,
PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL THEM.
SEE IF THEY NEED FORMULA.
THERE WILL BE FORMULA COMING IN
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT WE’RE
STILL GOING TO FEEL THAT CRUNCH.
>> NICOLE, THANKS FOR THAT.
THAT WAS GREAT INFORMATION.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER NOW,
POSSIBLE, AS FAR AS THE
DEMOCRATIC -- PANEL, AS FAR AS
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THERE CAN
BE MANY APOLITICAL PARENTS OUT
THERE, MAYBE SOME THAT VOTED FOR
JOE BIDEN LAST TIME THAT ARE
SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT?
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WITH THE GAS PRICES, FILLING UP
MY CAR, BUYING FOOD AT THE
STORE, NOW I CAN’T EVEN FEED MY
KID, FORGET THE BORDER AND CRIME
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND BILL MAHER WHO, LET’S FACE
IT, IS NOW THE VOICE OF REASON
WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY --
FIVE YEARS AGO, I’D SAY YOU WERE
LOCO -- BUT HERE HE IS LAST
NIGHT SAYING THAT THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE A REAL PROBLEM ON THEIR
HANDS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE
HEADING FOR THE EXITS.
LET’S HEAR IT.
>> THERE MAY NOT BE A MOVEMENT,
BUT THERE IS A BIT OF AN EXODUS.
PEOPLE LEAVE THIS STATE AND MOVE
TO TEXAS.
THAT A HAPPENS.
PEOPLE ARE -- LOOK AT THE POLLS
FOR WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
NOVEMBER.
PEOPLE ARE VOTING MORE
REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO GET
THEIR [BLEEP] KICKED.
>> DAVID?
YOUR RESPONSE.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, TWO
THINGS.
YES, PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE
DEMOCRAT STATES.
THEY’RE COMING TO FLORIDA WHERE
I AM.
BUT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY LEFT THE
PEOPLE.
THEY LEFT THEIR BASE.
I HEAR THAT FROM SO MANY
DEMOCRATS OF ALL AGES.
THEY LOOK AT THE PARTY, THEY SEE
THE AMORAL ELITISTS AT THE TOP,
THOSE IN LEADERSHIP WHO SAY
WHATEVER’S NECESSARY, THE LET
’EM EAT CAKE CROWD, AND THEN
THEY TURN AROUND AND THEY SAY TO
THE YOUNGER, FAR-OUT, AOC-STYLE
PROGRESSIVES, THE SQUAD-STYLE
PROGRESSIVES, HOW ARE YOU
ACTUALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING
TO HELP ME?
BERNIE SANDERS IS NOT OUT OF
FOCUS FOR THEM BECAUSE HE’S THE
LEADER OF THIS LEFTIST LURCH.
AND NOW THE YOUNGER SQUAD
MEMBERS AND OTHERS HAVE DRAGGED
THE PARTY AWAY FROM THE
REASONABLE AMERICAN.
AND, YES, THEY’RE GOING TO VOTE
BECAUSE PEOPLE VOTE ON THEIR
POCKETBOOK, AND THEY VOTE ON
WHAT MATTERS TO THEM EVERY DAY,
LIKE THE PRICE AT THE PUMP.
>> WELL, HISTORY SAYS THAT A RED
TSUNAMI IS CERTAINLY COMING IN
NOVEMBER.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT’S
POLLING IN THE 30s ON
APPROVAL, WHEN 73% OF DEMOCRATS
ONLY SUPPORT THIS PRESIDENT,
DONALD TRUMP WAS ALWAYS
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 90% RANGE,
THE PARTY IN POWER IS IN REAL
TROUBLE.
BY THE WAY, DAVID, I THINK IT’S
HOTTER HERE IN JERSEY THAN IT IS