war, the ap 16 pulitzer prizes for photography and some of the greatest names are the ap bureau, malcolm brown, peter arnett, eddie adams and george esper and julie jacobson just to name a few. now at almost the 50th anniversary of the war, the ap has put together the images to tell the story of the conflict in vietnam that broke vietnam as a real war, a photographic history which is a collection of 300 of these images in the book "vietnam: the real war - a photographic history by the associated press." we are thrilled to have some of the correspondents joining us tonight, as well as a few photographers that have covered modern-day wars to talk about these images from vietnam. they our correspondent peter arnett, who covered the vietnam war for 13 years and julie jacobson, who has worked as a photographer for the associated press since 2001 and has covered everything from the olympics to wars, including a rock and afghanistan. also, santiago lyon. [applause] director of photography for the associated press responsible for the ap global photo reporting and the hundreds of photographers and edit

some of the greatest names in the war correspondents staffed the ap bureau, malcolm browne, peter arnett, mick mcgeorge esther, antiatoms just to name a few. the total coverage from the vietnam war constitutes more than 25,000 images. now almost the 50th anniversary of the war, the eps to get the first collection to tell the story of the conflict in vietnam. the book of "vietnam: the real war," which of course i'm blocking, is a photographic history by the associated press is a collection of 300 of these images. we are thrilled to fight to have some of the vietnam correspondence and joining us as well as current photographers who've covered the modern-day war to talk about the images from vietnam. the air to the surprise when a correspondent peter arnett who covers the vietnam war. [applause] for ap for 13 years. julie jacobs -- of jacobson who has covered everything from the olympic to the wars and has been indicted multiple times in iraq and afghanistan santiago lyon. [applause] director of photography for the associated press responsible for the global photograph reporting and the hun

malcolm. thank you all (clapping) i've learned a thing or two from steve my current boss and i want to thing governor brownd associated with some bolts in the bridge but during that time the governor speculated first a steady i didn't focus on safety and wisdom to let the engineers make the decision when the bridge is safe and i appreciate that kind of direction from above to thank you governor and monthly i want to thank the people from the bay pr there have been challenges from moving this forward but through it all the people of that region have speculated great, great patience and we reward that patience with this great structure. it is true that nothing worth doing it easy but it's certainly worthwhile. it pridz it's travelers with a safe package. we'll think less about the controversies and instead call out the human spirit that built this privilege this is a human triumph thank you very much (clapping) >> it is now my great pleasure pleasure to introduce the chairman of the department of transportation. malcolm (clapping) >> thank you secretary kelly