14 Dec 2021

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 14 December 2021

Ron talks to Kathryn about the deadly tornadoes in Kentucky and, uncertainty over the direction of the pandemic with the advent of the Omicron Covid strain.

Also high inflation is affecting the effort to get the 1.7 trillion-dollar package through the Senate.

And the Congressional panel investigating January 6 riot continues its quest for information and witnesses, who are fighting the subpoena or claiming their right against self-incrimination.

Martin Bolton (L) and shop owner Danny Wagner try to shut off a leaking gas meter after his automobile repair shop was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on 11 December 2021.

Photo: AFP

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