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July 29, 2026
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Fox News Channel (FNC) The Story With Martha MacCallum
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>> Thank you very much, everybody. This is very exciting to me as a builder, somebody that builds lots of big, nice projects before I got here. And we're doing some of the best in the world right now. This is all about the Dulles Airport remodeling. It's considered one of the worst airports anywhere in the world. We're going to make it maybe the best with some hard work and some good thought process. But thank you for being here as we unveil exciting plans. I want to thank the secretary of transportation. He's doing a great job. Including having to do with the safety of airlines and getting in with the control towers and all new equipment that we'll be ordering in the not too distant future. So that we'll have -- we'll go from, again, one of the worst countries in the world. That's automation. Having to do with landings, takeoffs, and safety. But for his leadership at this important project, and that's the Dulles project, thanks as well to the CEO of United Airlines, Scott Kirby. Thank you, Scott. CEO of the metropolitan Washington airport's authority, Jack Potter. Thank you, Jack. And we have -- we've developed a great relationship with him. We're going to make this something special. As well as a member of his office. And a member of the airport's authority board of directors, Trent Morris. Thank you, Trent. Thank you very much. Dulles Airport is the primary international gateway to our nation's capital. Which is now one of the safest cities in the country. It's one of the hottest cities in the country. We are the hottest country in the world. But our nation's capital has made tremendous improvements in the last year and a half since we got here. Crime is down by 84%. Almost 8,000. Almost 8,000. Career hardened to criminals. And amazing statistic. 2% of the people caused 91% of the crime. And we can handle that really easily. So they've done -- I just want to thank our great National Guard and the metropolitan police and others that worked with us. But the job in Washington, everyone's talking about. I can also say, if you look at Memphis, Tennessee, where crime was rampant and it's down now 71% and it will go down still further. And Louisiana, New Orleans, the governor called, he said we need help. And we gave him help and the crime is down 72%. And they just finished Mardi Gras and they said it was the safest Mardi Gras on record. So we have a modernization of Dulles that's sorely needed. Last year's GD Power ranked Dulles.