states. this year, we announced $5 billion for union workers to get to work on building the electric vehicles and charging stations. we announced the largest investment in public transit in american history, more than the entire amtrak system when it started. $20.5 billion. [ applause ] and the people we come from, like when the president, president obama used to always give me the good assignments. i remember one day, walked in, not a joe, and said, joe, fix detroit. i said, okay, no problem. you think i m kidding. you think i m kidding. well, i didn t realize that i didn t know a lot about the cities. went out to detroit, the vast majority of the people living in the city, their jobs were out of town because they re not doing manufacturing in towns anymore. out of town. we got a rail system for them. we got a freight system, bus
this year to improve more than 3,000 airports across 50 states. this year, this year we announced $5 billion so union workers can get to work building electric vehicles and charging stations. we announced the largest investment in public transit in american history, more than the entire amtrak system when it started. $20.5 billion. the people we come from, like when president obama would always give me the good assignments. i walked in and he said, joe, fix detroit. i said okay, no problem. you think i m kidding. what i didn t realize is i didn t know a lot about the cities. when i was in detroit, the vast majority of the people living in the city, their jobs were out of town because they re not doing manufacturing in towns anymore. out of town. we got a rail system, a freight
states this year, this year. we announced $5 billion so union workers to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations. that s the largest investment in public transit in american history. more than the entire amtrak system was started. $20.5 billion. [applause] the people we come from like when president obama used to give me the good assignments. i remember one day he walked in and said fix detroit. okay, no problem. you think i m kidding, you think i m kidding. what i didn t realize i didn t know a lot about the cities, not detroit. the vast majority, the people living in the city their jobs are out of town because they aren t doing manufacturing in towns anymore. out of town. so you have a rail system for them and a freight system and
the headlines on bbc news. the government insists a price cap must remain in place to protect consumers amidst the disruption caused by soaring gas prices. borisjohnson and president biden are set to meet at the white house later to discuss issues including afghanistan and climate change. the ministry of defence has apologised after a bbc investigation revealed a data breach involving the email addresses of more than 200 and 50 interpreters who worked for british forces in afghanistan. government borrowing was higher than expected in august as debt interest payments rose due to higher inflation. that s according to the latest figures from the 0ns. they show that borrowing, which is the difference between tax income and spending, was £20.5 billion. joining me with more on this is our business
of £20.5 billion, still the drop that we saw, £5 billion less than last year, was still less than many economists had expected, but earlier i spoke to the senior economist at hsbc, liz martins, and i asked her despite the drop being less than many thought would happen, was it still a sign that the impact of covid on the uk economy was starting to wane? , ., , u, ., , to wane? yes, numerous indicators have shown to wane? yes, numerous indicators have shown that. to wane? yes, numerous indicators have shown that. we to wane? yes, numerous indicators have shown that. we had to wane? yes, numerous indicators have shown that. we had seen - to wane? yes, numerous indicators have shown that. we had seen the | have shown that. we had seen the economy have shown that. we had seen the economy reopen and all the data start economy reopen and all the data start to economy reopen and all the data start to look better, meaning tax revenues start to look better, meaning tax revenues h