30 Nov 2021

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 30 November 2021

America is gripped by Omicron panic, the latest Covid 19 variant. And Ron says inflation is also causing concern as dissent and disunity roils both major political parties. Eyes are also on the Supreme Court regarding the Texas abortion law.

The average number of new Covid-19 cases in the US has nearly doubled in the past 10 days.

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