at the new rules on wearing face masks being brought in on public transport as measures are increased to fight the new covid strain. the telegraph is also leading on these new measures saying the self isolation rules for close contacts of people with the omicron variant will lead to chaos in schools. the financial times focusses on the flurry of travel restrictions that have come in across the globe in an attempt to curb the transmission of the variant. so let s begin. the transmission of the variant. joe, the transmission of the variant. let s start with you to joe, let s start with you and turn to the mail. boosterfor all over 18, it confidently predicts reveal. everyone in britain to be offered third job within weeks you combat spread of omicron variant. to be fair, this is a story that appears on quite a lot of the front pages. yes, it is. exceptionally competent it is can happen. they signed a
leading on these new measures saying the self isolation rules for close contacts of people with the omicron variant will lead to chaos in schools. the financial times focusses on the flurry of travel restrictions that have come in across the globe in an attempt to curb the transmission of the variant. so let s begin. welcome to you both. we shall start with the metro. cover up, protect others, it s not too much to mask. we can see what they ve done there. this is really a focus on the new rules to wear face coverings on public transport. the question is, how compliant do you think people will be? it’ll how compliant do you think people will be? , , , will be? it ll be very interesting to see how will be? it ll be very interesting to see how this will be? it ll be very interesting to see how this particular- will be? it ll be very interesting i to see how this particular measure unfolds because i was on a london bus this morning and i would estimate that around a third of
eliminate the threat. let me move to the amtrak derailment. some house republicans have been criticizing democrats not you by name but other democrats for policeticizing the derailment. do you think that s a fair critique? it s a distraction. the united states of america is falling behind in terms of the quality of infrastructure. we have trillions of dollars of infrastructure debt right now. the accident we saw happen, which the ntsb says could have been prevented should we have had positive train control, we should not be skimping on public safety. what s more important to understand this, as china invests 9% of their gdp in infrastructure, japan 6%, europe 5% america is only doing 1.5%. by withholding this investment, in what america used to dominate the globe in, the number one
infrastructure globally now out of the top ten, now number 12 or 18. we are losing economic competitiveness. let s leave that argument aside conservative thing to do is invest whether it s a company in your physical plant, a homeowner and your roof. as a nation, we have fallen out of pace with where we were in previous years. in terms of overall investment. do you think it s a fair implication that the lack of infrastructure spending is to blame for this accident? i think it s costing us lives in america. it s costing every commuter, in my region especially. commuters are paying $1,000 a year, in terms of damage lost productivity. it s costing us economic growth. it s costing us jobs. the safety of our roads and bridges, we already know, unequivocally, months i have been working on this. our safety as a nation, air traffic, aviation