WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:03:19" NOTE recognizability:0.833 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:07.444 The first shipment of baby formula NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:07.444 --> 00:00:09.538 from Europe arrived in the US today, NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:09.540 --> 00:00:11.654 a sign that relief could soon come NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:11.654 --> 00:00:13.818 to the thousands of families being NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:13.818 --> 00:00:15.813 impacted by the nationwide shortage. NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:15.820 --> 00:00:17.795 This batch is specifically for NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:17.795 --> 00:00:19.375 children who have allergies. NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:19.380 --> 00:00:20.756 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack NOTE Confidence: 0.889450083846154 00:00:20.756 --> 00:00:23.529 was on hand to welcome in that cargo. NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:24.830 --> 00:00:27.446 Now this shipment is going to NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:27.446 --> 00:00:30.239 essentially get off this cargo plane. NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:31.530 Then the Federal Express folks NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:31.530 --> 00:00:33.429 are going to take it from there. NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:33.430 --> 00:00:35.803 They're going to deliver it to a NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:35.803 --> 00:00:37.550 distribution center that the Nestle NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:37.550 --> 00:00:39.554 Gerber folks have here in Indiana. NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:41.456 And then it's going to go on trucks NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:41.456 --> 00:00:43.207 and it's going to be delivered NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:43.207 --> 00:00:45.312 in hospitals and home health care NOTE Confidence: 0.877576598333333 00:00:45.312 --> 00:00:47.177 clinics all across the country. NOTE Confidence: 0.883210842 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:50.012 Secretary Vilsack says information NOTE Confidence: 0.883210842 00:00:50.012 --> 00:00:52.277 on additional baby formula shipments NOTE Confidence: 0.883210842 00:00:52.277 --> 00:00:54.456 will be announced in coming days. NOTE Confidence: 0.883210842 00:00:54.460 --> 00:00:56.763 Meantime, our Zach Talatala spoke with a NOTE Confidence: 0.883210842 00:00:56.763 --> 00:00:58.726 Houston woman who's supporting other local NOTE Confidence: 0.883210842 00:00:58.726 --> 00:01:01.184 moms and hopes this shipment is a sign NOTE Confidence: 0.883210842 00:01:01.184 --> 00:01:03.470 that more formula is on the way, Zach. NOTE Confidence: 0.89759530875 00:01:05.150 --> 00:01:07.274 Xavier that military aircraft, NOTE Confidence: 0.89759530875 00:01:07.274 --> 00:01:10.460 part of Operation Fly formula critical NOTE Confidence: 0.89759530875 00:01:10.542 --> 00:01:12.930 for 10s of thousands of babies, NOTE Confidence: 0.89759530875 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:14.715 but still without a long-term NOTE Confidence: 0.89759530875 00:01:14.715 --> 00:01:16.851 answer that mom hoping this is NOTE Confidence: 0.89759530875 00:01:16.851 --> 00:01:18.567 the first step to a solution. NOTE Confidence: 0.903283038571429 00:01:19.660 --> 00:01:24.280 With kids ages 864 and six months, NOTE Confidence: 0.903283038571429 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.144 it's a full house for northwest Houston mom. NOTE Confidence: 0.903283038571429 00:01:27.150 --> 00:01:29.150 Thank you, Anna montesanto. NOTE Confidence: 0.8492964475 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:31.150 I'm gonna get you guys some water too. OK, NOTE Confidence: 0.776417535 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:32.810 but right now, like other NOTE Confidence: 0.776417535 00:01:32.810 --> 00:01:34.420 infant mothers across the US, NOTE Confidence: 0.776417535 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:36.508 her supply of formula is running NOTE Confidence: 0.842982835555556 00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:38.554 low. This is the one the doctor gave me, NOTE Confidence: 0.842982835555556 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.071 which is the sample size and this is the NOTE Confidence: 0.842982835555556 00:01:41.071 --> 00:01:43.764 one my friend brought from abroad for her NOTE Confidence: 0.936460786 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:46.090 six month old son Preston NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:48.230 because I was gonna exclusively NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:01:48.230 --> 00:01:49.886 breastfeed him I thought. NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:01:49.890 --> 00:01:51.714 But then he ended up having a lip NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:01:51.714 --> 00:01:53.589 and tongue tie and just a few other NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:01:53.589 --> 00:01:55.330 issues that kind of hurt my supply, NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:01:55.330 --> 00:01:58.490 so I had to supplement and so I've NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:01:58.490 --> 00:02:00.208 been supplementing with Enfamil NOTE Confidence: 0.799714956666667 00:02:00.208 --> 00:02:02.788 formula and that was. Hard to find NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:02.890 --> 00:02:06.152 the situation so dire that a Department NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:06.152 --> 00:02:09.059 of Defense aircraft arrived in Indiana NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:09.059 --> 00:02:11.448 on Sunday carrying over £75,000 NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:11.448 --> 00:02:13.888 specialty infant formula from an NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:13.888 --> 00:02:16.450 FDA approved facility in Europe. NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:16.450 --> 00:02:18.886 Enough for half a million bottles, NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:18.890 --> 00:02:20.858 but this shipment is expected to NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:20.858 --> 00:02:22.784 go to hospitals, pharmacies and NOTE Confidence: 0.887488267058824 00:02:22.784 --> 00:02:25.119 doctors offices across the country. NOTE Confidence: 0.777213969 00:02:25.330 --> 00:02:26.866 The store shops are empty and NOTE Confidence: 0.777213969 00:02:26.866 --> 00:02:27.890 everything's out of stock, NOTE Confidence: 0.777213969 00:02:27.890 --> 00:02:30.206 and even Amazon my auto order. NOTE Confidence: 0.777213969 00:02:30.210 --> 00:02:31.660 They've cancelled every one of NOTE Confidence: 0.777213969 00:02:31.660 --> 00:02:33.440 them since May 2nd and still NOTE Confidence: 0.915735066 00:02:33.450 --> 00:02:35.270 she's doing what she can. NOTE Confidence: 0.915735066 00:02:35.270 --> 00:02:38.108 Anna continues to maintain her Cypress NOTE Confidence: 0.915735066 00:02:38.108 --> 00:02:40.496 mom's network Instagram page posting NOTE Confidence: 0.915735066 00:02:40.496 --> 00:02:43.034 where local moms can find formula. NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:43.430 --> 00:02:45.270 Always rally together so well. NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:45.270 --> 00:02:46.770 And I've seen a lot of. NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:46.770 --> 00:02:47.619 Report from moms, NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:47.620 --> 00:02:49.870 but admits that there are some things NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:51.820 we are resourceful, of course, NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:51.820 --> 00:02:53.876 but there's only so much we can do NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:53.876 --> 00:02:56.416 it that are even out of a mom's hands. NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:56.416 --> 00:02:58.908 Yeah, it's scary to think that there's NOTE Confidence: 0.645563518 00:02:58.908 --> 00:03:01.527 not really a true end insight right now. NOTE Confidence: 0.4804723144 00:03:01.590 --> 00:03:04.600 Zach Tahari Kaiju 11 news NOTE Confidence: 0.818351781 00:03:05.220 --> 00:03:06.365 so many moms and parents NOTE Confidence: 0.818351781 00:03:06.365 --> 00:03:07.510 going through the same thing. NOTE Confidence: 0.818351781 00:03:07.510 --> 00:03:09.449 Zach, thank you and we are tracking NOTE Confidence: 0.818351781 00:03:09.449 --> 00:03:10.979 resources that are working to NOTE Confidence: 0.818351781 00:03:10.979 --> 00:03:12.275 help families find formula. NOTE Confidence: 0.818351781 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:13.978 So text that word formula does NOTE Confidence: 0.842246968 00:03:16.160 --> 00:03:17.380 713-526-1111 will text you back. NOTE Confidence: 0.842246968 00:03:17.380 --> 00:03:19.000 With some information to some links.