The hurricane strength winds. Rain coming down. The first effects from Hurricane Matthew a storm the likes of which we have not seen in more than a decade. Weve already seen heartbreaking images of what this storm can do and the carribbean officials blamed it for hundreds of deaths. And the false scope of the damage is impossible to know at this point as the storm continues to churn at this hour. It continues to change. Leaving millions of people wondering whats next . Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. It will be a long night for a lot of people. So far more than 280 deaths in the carribbean blamed on Hurricane Matthew. The storm is packing winds at 130 miles an hour forcing about 2 Million People to leave. First in the storms path florida where history was made in orlando earlier today. Disneyworld did something its only done four times before. It closed. Airports are closed. Thousands of flights canceled. Amtrak has suspended service between miami and new york. Already its
Certainly been the case all this week. Everybodys waiting for donald trump to take the stage where you now see venture capitalist peter teal warming up. A lot of focus here still here today is on what senator ted cruz last night did or didnt say. Vote fur conscience. Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. I dont know back at the stock exchange, bill, but that was the moment of the night despite a fiery speech of Vice President ial candidate mike pence last night. Tonight, we have a big round of guests from the rnc and speaking with Cleveland Clinic ceo toby koz grof and had the move of blocking Health Care Mergers and the head of the National Association of homebuilders tells us why he thinks donald trump will help give the Housing Market a boost. And looking forward to this, retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, he is going to respond to trumps controversial comments about setting conditions for defend
Fast act provides a certainty and reforms necessary to improve our nations infrastructure and spur economic growth. The fast act was a significant bipartisan achievement showing once again the senate is back to work for the american people. This committees work, which accounted for more than half of the text of the bill, helped to enhance safety, increase transparency, reform regulatory structures and improve planning for free with reforms covering everything from railroads to cars to trucks to ports as well as research and technology, this legislation was a True Team Effort to reduce congestion, protect passengers and improve our nations multimodal supply chain. Protect lives on our nation roadways by promoting Greater Consumer awareness and Corporate Responsibility for safety. Im please that had the whistle blower act is now the law of the land. This law which i introduced with Ranking Member nelson and others incentivize to blow the whistle when manufacturers sit on important safety
Changes provided for under the fast act including processing procedures and an application dashboard. And finally something that goes hand in hand with all of the departments efforts is research and innovation. In march we began the competition for utc grants which allows students and faculty to Work Together towards innovative transportation solutions. Weve received 212 applications for the 35 grants available. Im proud of the work the department has accomplished in such a short period of time. But this is just the beginning. And it would not be possible i would like to repeat without the work of this congress on a bipartisan basis. We will continue our aggressive schedule to execute the reforms you put into place because if our nations going to have the type of Transportation System tomorrow that is better than it had today, wasted time is something none of us can afford. So with that, mr. Chairman, i want to thank you and i look forward to your questions. Thank you, mr. Secretary. A
We werent able to achieve it, but on the other hand i think youve been able to work with mayors and transportation directors for State Government and aarp and other stakeholders. If you could just give me a quick update on how were moving along with respect to this because whether the statute read exactly how i wanted it to or in the compromise version, i think the key is implementation at the sort of administrator level so i want to know how were doing and i know you have a special perspective having been a mayor. Yes, sir. I think were moving along fairly well. We did initiateing . E something that brought 200 mayors from across the country together to share best practices on how to implement essentially complete streets designs. Our federal Highway Administration is also creating greater flexibility in the design of federal aid to highways so that theres at least the possibility that states and local governments can use those roadways in more innovative ways for all users. I think t