Heads up, scammers are now taking advantage of the baby formula shortage.

The lead starts right now.

Fake websites for formula as the head of the FDA is pressed on Capitol Hill today, if

the Biden administration could have taken emergency measures sooner to help these frustrated

families and hand counts and remarks, the tedious process to read misprinted mail-in ballots

that's keeping a key U.S. Senate race in limbo plus monkey pox mystery, 17 suspected

cases of the rare disease in Canada and one confirmed case now in the United States.

Welcome to the lead M. Jake Tapper and we start with the help lead today in the Biden

administration, today warning parents desperate to get their hands on baby formula to beware

of online scammers charging exorbitant prices for formula formula that does not actually

exist.

Meantime average on Capitol Hill over who is to blame for the crisis, House lawmakers

grilled the FDA commissioner to hearing today demanding answers and action to alleviate

the shortage this after the House passed a pair of bills to try to address the crisis.

The first would provide $28 million to the FDA to help fix the shortfall and prevent it

from happening again.

The second bill aimed at ensuring low income families can still find and buy formula.

Last night President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to direct suppliers of formula

ingredients to prioritize delivery to formula manufacturers, but the slew of actions is

not stopping even Biden allies from criticizing the overall administration response.

Nobody did their job here, no one did well.

Senator Casey and I wrote to the FDA and to have it back in February and said, what are

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