USA correspondent Ron Elving on America's shutdown

Nine To Noon

English - March 16, 2020 21:07 - 10 minutes - 10 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Covid-19 is shutting down much of America yet somehow leaving a substantial minority unmoved. The intense Donald Trump supporters apparently deem it disloyal to the president to take any precautions at all. And what had been a tardy response by the White House has become another skirmish in the running war between the president and the realities around him. Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.