outcome of especially the virginia governor s race and the house passed the trillion dollar infrastructure bill and the spending bill hangs in the balance. lucas tomlinson is covering all of it. hi, griff. after the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan, flagging poll numbers and the bill would not have been passed without republican support. and puts us on a path to win the economic competition of the 21st century that we face with china and the rest of the world. it s going to create more jobs, good paying jobs, union jobs, and can t be outsourced. here is what s in the bill. $110 billion for roads, bridges and transformational projects. 89 billion public transit. 65 billion, access to high
mcsally is much more adaptable and they have a more flexible model ever since they began before the pandemic wework. much of the space on a sub prime or all prime around the world, is still overpriced and is in flexible and inaccessible and it is surfeit to requirements and even the occupancy of wework offices are half full or half empty, 50%, depending on your point of view so how brittle is the leasehold property? so how brittle is the leasehold ro -e ? ., so how brittle is the leasehold roe ? ., , , ,, property? the whole business case is vulnerable property? the whole business case is vulnerable but - property? the whole business| case is vulnerable but wework is vulnerable, given what you referenced earlier and what we talked about with the past drama and now the fact they are coming out in public with the valuation about $89 billion versus versus the 47 billion they wanted a couple of years ago, they are vulnerable and i think all of their shareholders know that and they
it a symbolic pull out? what was the final straw that caused this rapid deterioration over the last week? it was definitely a symbolic trigger has been pulled a gate was open and that makes it really hard to watch. your experience and time there, the amount of money that was spent in capacity building for both the police and the army. what of the us get wrong, in your view? it police and the army. what of the us get wrong, in your view? get wrong, in your view? it took 20 ears, get wrong, in your view? it took 20 years, $89 get wrong, in your view? it took 20 years, $89 billion, get wrong, in your view? it took 20 years, $89 billion, 300,000, - get wrong, in your view? it took 20 years, $89 billion, 300,000, and. years, $89 billion, 300,000, and here we are. you can only talk about my little corner of the global war on terror and it was a deja vu centre because i was a trainer, an operations officer in mosul and three years after i left i felt we had done some good and i worked wi
afghanistan and the us will abandon iraq, i have no doubt in my mind. despite whatever american officials say. the afghan people are on their own, even though the us government promised security and freedom, they realise now they are basically at the mercy of the taliban. the country is basically on the brink ultimately of further collapse and civil war. just to give you context of this catastrophic decision, the us since 2001 has spent almost $1 trillion in afghanistan, the us has spent $89 billion on training the afghan army, and the entire ask any
us develop societies that are sustainable and resilient and green, and one of the key parts of that is shifting away from our fossil fuel funding onto clean energy. now, our countries have been talking a brilliant rhetoric about green recovery and building back better, but a recent report from tearfund showed that over the course of the pandemic the 67 nations have pumped $189 billion into fossil fuels, as opposed to 147 billion into green energy. so we have the rhetoric and then we have the reality. over this weekend, we want to see some clear plans that will get us towards building, using the economic recovery package is to get us onto a green recovery.