13 Apr 2021

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:51 am on 13 April 2021
Minnesota National Guard and law enforcement members stand guard outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station after a police officer shot and killed a Black man in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 12, 2021.

Photo: AFP

Ron talks to Kathryn about two developing shootings in the US. A young man has died in a high school shooting in Knoxville. And President Joe Biden has cautioned against violence and looting after the police shooting of a young black man, Daunte Wright in Minneapolis - it's the same city where the trial continues for the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Ron also looks at President Biden's proposed $1.5 trillion federal spending plan, 

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.

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