Acosta on Biden Infrastructure Plan: ‘Can We Please Get a Damned High Speed Train?’

‘Our airports, our roads, our bridges are nowhere near where they are in the other parts of the world’

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ACOSTA: "Absolutely. I mean, I think that's a good thing. I don't think we should be all covering it the same way. And, you know, as Annie was saying, there is a lot to be covered in this Biden infrastructure plan. We got used during the Trump era, you know, to think of infrastructure week as a joke. This is might be an infrastructure year —"

STELTER: "Right."

ACOSTA: "— in how we cover all of this. I mean, you know, as far as I'm concerned, can we just have a damn high speed train in this country? I mean, can I please get to New York — from New York to Washington without problems on the Acela? And can I get on the wi-fi, by the way —"

STELTER: "Right."

ACOSTA: "— when I ride the train and have that not be a problem?” 

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