WCNC Charlotte's Ben Thompson spoke to Vice President Kamala Harris during her visit to a Charlotte middle school Thursday. Vice President Kamala Harris was at Charlotte's Eastway Middle School on Thursday to <a href="https://www.tegnaone.com/article/news/local/kamala-harris-visiting-charlotte/275-53bc8837-839c-41b8-ab20-d3fe12900c14">promote the Biden administration's plan to reduce gun violence and announce a $285 million federal government investment in mental health for students nationwide.</a>North Carolina is set to receive $12 million of this federal funding to <a href="https://www.tegnaone.com/article/news/local/kamala-harris-visiting-charlotte/275-53bc8837-839c-41b8-ab20-d3fe12900c14">hire 332 mental health counselors</a> in schools statewide.

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