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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 department s 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. we ve received 212 applications for the 35 grants available. i m 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 nation s 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 ....
we weren t able to achieve it, but on the other hand i think you ve 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 we re 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 we re doing and i know you have a special perspective having been a mayor. yes, sir. i think we re 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 there s at least the possibility that states and local governments can use those roadways in more innovative ways f ....
back to a selloff of wall street stocks, hit by a slew of disappointing earnings from macy s fossil, and big one we brought you yesterday, disney. the dow ending the day down 200 points. erasing nearly all of yesterday s gains. only one dow stock ended the day in the green. that was microsoft. melissa: after trump goes to washington, sorry about that the presumptive gop nominee is preparing for a crucial meeting with paul ryan and republican leaders in d.c. that s tomorrow. fox business s blake burman is here with the latest. i can imagine there is a lot of anticipation, blake. reporter: there will be a lot of reporters staked outside of the republican national committee. we can guarranty that tomorrow. good afternoon to you. paul ryan doesn t want to pretend that republicans are unifying behind donald trump right now. it is uncertain if that could change tomorrow. ryan and trump as i mentioned are set to meet here in washington at rnc the house speaker yet to endorse t ....
isis. this lieutenant is a u.s. navy pilot. these are precision guided weapons they should strike where they need to. reporter: 20% of coalition air strikes, launch from the u.s.s. harry s. truman. 1800 sortees since december including bomb factories, logistics hubs and stock piles of cash. lieutenant commander paulo singh is matlook s wing man. reporter: you are trying to hit everything at the base of the cause, rather instead of pecking at the little guys here and there. reporter: was that pecking at the little guys what was happening before? no, i wouldn t say that at all. i think that, that the targets have evolved and they re constantly going to evolve. reporter: u.s. special forces are playing advisory role in fallujah their presence is shaping what pilots are able to do from above. whether we are supporting them being the eyes in the skies or actually striking targets that they re passing out to us. they re, you know, it s, it s a team effort. r ....
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