5 Oct 2021

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 5 October 2021

President Biden's agenda is at risk with further delays on spending packages and the threat of a potential default as a critical borrowing limit looms.

And Ron has an update on the oil spill in the Pacific that has reached the  California coast.

Cleanup workers attempt to contain oil which seeped into Talbert Marsh, home to around 90 bird species, after a 126,000-gallon oil spill from an offshore oil platform in Huntington Beach, California.

Cleanup workers attempt to contain oil which seeped into Talbert Marsh, home to around 90 bird species, after a 126,000-gallon oil spill from an offshore oil platform in Huntington Beach, California. Photo: GETTY via AFP

Ron Elving is a Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk for NPR news