ukraine with patriot missiles, a significant boost to the country s air defences. and with congress currently considering another major aid package, president zelensky s speech here later to a joint session is notjust historic but timely. us military support already stands at $18.5 billion and some republican politicians are now questioning what they call blank check funding for the war. applause the ukrainian president arrived in america direct from this ceremony, up close to the fighting and carrying one of these soldier s meddles with him. yes, that is from him. undeserved but much appreciated, thank you. thank you. behind the deep symbolism of this visit there is a hard edged strategic purpose, to make the case in person
americans. i really appreciate. president biden confirmed the us would be providing ukraine with patriot missiles, a significant boost to the country s air defences. and with congress currently considering another major aid package, president zelensky s speech here later to a joint session is not just historic but timely. us military support already stands at $18.5 billion and some republican politicians are now questioning what they call blank check funding for the war. applause the ukrainian president arrived in america direct from this ceremony, up close to the fighting and carrying one of these soldier s meddles with him. yes, that is from him. undeserved but much appreciated, thank you. thank you.
has swelled to £18.5 billion, but it is seen as a hugely impressive engineering achievement. the crossrail elizabeth line is a really important thing for us to all be proud of, but don t believe it has gone down beautifully well in leeds, liverpool and manchester, where they want a share of the investment cake, and i m sure there will have to be big discussions about that in future. use of public transport hasn t returned to pre pandemic levels. passenger number forecasts for the elizabeth line s first few years have been scaled back, but transport for london insists it is still needed. this railway is not built for today or tomorrow but for the next 100 to 150 years. we are very confident this is a catalyst now for the post pandemic recovery. you can see the reaction of customers today, they are absolutely wowed by the railway, and we think it will drive customers back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as the new railway arrived with a promise to transform travel a
to 1,500 passengers. the crossrail project is opening three and a half years late. one new station, bond street, is still not ready, and its budget has swelled to £18.5 billion, but it is still seen as a hugely impressive engineering achievement. the crossrail is a really important thing for us to all be proud of, but don t believe it has gone down beautifully well in leeds, liverpool and manchester where they want a share of the investment cake, and i m sure there will have to be big discussions in future. use of public transport hasn t returned to pre pandemic levels. passenger numbers forecast for the elizabeth line s first few years have been scaled back, but transport for london insists it is still needed. this railway is not built for today or tomorrow but for the next 100 to 150 years. we are very confident it is a catalyst for the post pandemic recovery. you can see the reaction of customers today, they are wowed by the railway and we think it will drive customers
between paddington and abbey wood will run monday to saturday with trains every five minutes. seamless end to end travel will come by may next year. we are on board one of the new elizabeth line trains, they are pretty state of the art and 200 metres long. each can carry up to 1500 passengers. the crossrail project is opening three and a half years later, one new station, bond street, is still not ready, and the budget has swelled to £185 street, is still not ready, and the budget has swelled to £18.5 billion, but it is still seen as a hugely impressive engineering achievement. the crossrail elizabeth line is really important for us to all be proud of, but don t believe it has gone down beautifully well in leeds, liverpool and manchester where they want a share of the investment kick, and i think there will be big discussions in future. passenger numbers forecast discussions in future. passenger numbers forecast for discussions in future. passenger numbers forecast for the - disc