our city architect run alameda, charles, project manager, pona ray, sean o'brien, kelly griffin. their dedication was crucial to ushering this project through to the end. and this was a designed build project with private partners. so a quick thank you to ska, swinerton, power engineering, lift tech and ghd and all the men and women in the construction trade who built it. i also want to thank mayor breed, city administrator chiu and our partners at the fire department. sister chief nicholson. together, we are one city working collaboratively to create a better stronger city to serve san francisco today and into the future. one last plug for the beautiful piece of artwork, it is so amazing. it has the history. it's shaped like the bow of a ship and i want to acknowledge ralph remmington here from the art commission and allow me to introduce our executive director of the port, elaine forbes. thank you. >> thank you, carla. i am elaine forbes, the port breshgt and the first thing i want to say to the mayor is we didn't do it for free. it wasn't exactly a free agreement. yes. but we

and i want to particularly shout out to the new president of the teamsters, sean o'brien.p man. i want them to see you. as they say in parts of wilmington, delaware, “these guys brung me to the dance" 35 years ago, 40 years ago. and also, i want to say a quick hi to a pal. and you've been a pal. you know, i -- thank you for being here and getting things done. and, you know, in addition to all that, there's an outfit called -- you've probably heard of them -- the united mine workers. yeah, well, you know, they got the president here too. mr. president, where are you? where is he sitting? he was here. a lot of truckers in the united mine workers. at any rate, folks, i spend a lot of time talking about the economy and the record-breaking economic comeback we're -- experienced because of all of you sitting out there in those chairs. today, i want to talk with people who are making the comeback possible -- people like maria, who you just heard from, and her son roman who's going there pretty soon. and all those truck drivers and their families that are here today, i want to tha

we will bring you that interview with sean penn and robert o'brien in just a minute., breaking news from the biden justice department just moments ago with word that the department of justice and the centers for disease control disagree with the district court's decision and will appeal that decision subject to the cdc's conclusion that the order remains necessary for public health. again, if the cdc concludes that mandatory order mask mandate remains necessary for the public's health after that assessment, the department of justice will appeal the district's court's decision. so the announcement essentially a punt from the doj to the cdc to make the final decision whether they are going to appeal or not. mean time, officials at the education department say they are working to implement steps for nearly 4 million federal student loan borrowers to obtain loan forgiveness eventually. the department estimates these changes will result in the immediate debt forgiveness for at least 40,000 student loan borrowers. payments were scheduled to resume may 1st, since being halte

our city architect run alameda, charles, project manager, pona ray, sean o'brien, kelly griffin. their dedication was crucial to ushering this project through to the end. and this was a designed build project with private partners. so a quick thank you to ska, swinerton, power engineering, lift tech and ghd and all the men and women in the construction trade who built it. i also want to thank mayor breed, city administrator chiu and our partners at the fire department. sister chief nicholson. together, we are one city working collaboratively to create a better stronger city to serve san francisco today and into the future. one last plug for the beautiful piece of artwork, it is so amazing. it has the history. it's shaped like the bow of a ship and i want to acknowledge ralph remmington here from the art commission and allow me to introduce our executive director of the port, elaine forbes. thank you. >> thank you, carla. i am elaine forbes, the port breshgt and the first thing i want to say to the mayor is we didn't do it for free. it wasn't exactly a free agreement. yes. but we

ambassador o'brien is the cochair of the nixon foundation. sean penn is a academy award winner and he met with lome zelenskyy before evacuating. he is known for his humanitarian efforts. latest efforts include setting up operations in poland. finally, the fox news chief political anchor with brett bayer. ladies and gentlemen, welcome our battle. >> i want to ask you, national security advisor's, actor, activist, humanitarian, what is the connection between the two of you? >> before i became the national security advisor i was an envoy for hostage affairs. one of the thing president trump was known for was bringing americans who were held hostage back. among the people i was focused on was a young american journalist, a great young american journalist. he was taken hostage in 2012. i had to fight through the bureaucracy to get permission to go to syria to negotiate and try to get them home. i finally got the approval, i went to the middle east and we sent a letter, and they were not see me. then i got a call from sean, he had heard about the case,

ambassador o'brien is the cochair of the nixon foundation. sean penn is a academy award winner and he met with lome zelenskyy before evacuating. he is known for his humanitarian efforts. latest efforts include setting up operations in poland. finally, the fox news chief political anchor with brett bayer. ladies and gentlemen, welcome our battle. >> i want to ask you, national security advisor's, actor, activist, humanitarian, what is the connection between the two of you? >> before i became the national security advisor i was an envoy for hostage affairs. one of the thing president trump was known for was bringing americans who were held hostage back. among the people i was focused on was a young american journalist, a great young american journalist. he was taken hostage in 2012. i had to fight through the bureaucracy to get permission to go to syria to negotiate and try to get them home. i finally got the approval, i went to the middle east and we sent a letter, and they were not see me. then i got a call from sean, he had heard about the case,

. >> our conversation with actor sean penn and trump administration national security advisor robert o'brien about humanitarian efforts in ukraine. discussion moderated by fox news host brett baier and hosted by the richard diction foundation. [inaudible conversations] [background noises] >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i'd like to welcome a few special guests as we start this afternoon's program beginning with the chairman of the board of the richard nixon foundation and his fellow board members, christopher nixon cox, gavin, sandy quinn and charlie, thank you all for being here. [applause] there gathered at the library this afternoon to discuss the ongoing war between russia and ukraine. the reason it began the right 24th and sabic took a more brutal shift this morning with the new russian invasion to donbas. our panelists today will tell what they know of the war to date, military strategy to amazing stories of ukrainian resolve as well as the terrible toll of casualty, destruction and human suffering. .... is doing a documentary about the russian -- he met with volodymyr zelensk

. >> and now a conversation with actor sean penn and trump administration national security adviser robert o'brien about humanitarian efforts in ukraine. this discussion moderated by fox news host bret baier and was hosted by the richard nixon foundation. [inaudible conversations] [inaud

sean penn, former national security advisor robert o'brien. i'm brett baier. thank you so much.plause]. [inaudible conversations] >> this morning, house speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly press conference. watch live at 10:45 a.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org or full coverage on c-span now, our free video app. >> are you a student preparing for the advanced placement u.s. government and politics exam? if so tune in and get ready,en the annual cram for the exam for teachers takes your calls, and prepare for the test. join them as they answer questions on the contents of structure of this year's exam. watch on c-span. >> c-span's the weekly broadcast brings over 40 years of audio recordings from our video library comparing the events of the past to today. president biden set to appear at the white house correspondent's association dinner on saturday. the first presidential appearance to the dinner since 2015. on this all comedy edition, we look back, jokes told on joe biden, and jokes told by joe biden. >> change is never easy so i've cut the tension by bringing a ne

. >> in our conversation with actor sean penn and trump administration -- robert o'brien about humanitarian efforts in ukraine. hosted by the richard nixon foundation. >> ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i would like to welcome a few special guests. beginning with dr. jim cavanaugh and his fellow board members -- sandy quinn and charlie shane. thank you all for being here. -- the ongoing war between russia and ukraine. the recent hostilities began on february 24 and took an even more brutal shift this morning with an new russian offensive in donbass. from military strategy to amazing stores of ukrainian resolve, as well as the terrible toll of casualty, destruction and human suffering. our panel -- to discuss a path forward. our panel -- panel listed -- panelists today -- served as -- a u.s. representative to the u.n. general assembly. sean penn, an academy award winning film performer who returned from ukraine and is filming a demo -- documentary on the invasion. he is known for his humanitarian efforts as the founder of the community organize relief effort which

ambassador o'brien is the cochair of the nixon foundation. sean penn is a academy award winner and he met with lome zelenskyy before evacuating. he is known for his humanitarian efforts. latest efforts include setting up operations in poland. finally, the fox news chief political anchor with brett bayer. ladies and gentlemen, welcome our battle. >> i want to ask you, national security advisor's, actor, activist, humanitarian, what is the connection between the two of you? >> before i became the national security advisor i was an envoy for hostage affairs. one of the thing president trump was known for was bringing americans who were held hostage back. among the people i was focused on was a young american journalist, a great young american journalist. he was taken hostage in 2012. i had to fight through the bureaucracy to get permission to go to syria to negotiate and try to get them home. i finally got the approval, i went to the middle east and we sent a letter, and they were not see me. then i got a call from sean, he had heard about the case,

tomorrow on "special report" i will speak with ukraine actor sean penn former national security adviser robin o'brien nixon presidential library and museum in. >> morgan: linda, california. brian kilmeade is in for jesse. great thing i caught that. >> brian: get talking to you, bret. great show. >> bret: see you. ♪ ♪ >> brian: america is coming out of a bloody easter weekend where cities across the country were rocked by mass shootings and street violence while democrats are proving once again that they are more than willing to just let crime run rampant through their cities a shooting in nortn a mall. injured nine with gunshot wounds. the shooter dwayne pryce looking at him. illegally carrying a pistol before he started shooting into a crowd of shoppers. put into handcuffs. of course? he was later released on $25,000 bond. you heard that right. it gets worse. 24 hours later the guy that shot up a mall was sent home where he was given an ankle monitor. and it gets worse he was put under house arrest. but the judge is allowing pryce to go to work while he waits around for his trial. he just has to avo

tomorrow on "special report" i will speak with ukraine actor sean penn former national security adviser robin o'brienget talking to you, bret. great show. >> bret: see you. ♪ ♪ >> brian: america is coming out of a bloody easter weekend where cities across the country were rocked by mass shootings and street violence while democrats are proving once again that they are more than willing to just let crime run rampant through their cities a shooting in nortn a mall. injured nine with gunshot wounds. th

we will talk with actor sean penn and former national security adviser robert o'brien about the war injust a few minutes. we begin with breaking news. at least large portions of the traveling public are experiencing their first full day

tuesday conversation with actor sean penn and former national security adviser robert o'brien about thecarthy and the white house covid response coordinator dr. jha. thanks for inviting us into your home this night and this week. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. it's been a very busy news week. we have you covered on all angles. "jesse watters primetime" guest hosted tonight by lawrence jones starts right now. hey, lawrence. >> lawrence: great show, bret. thank you so much. ♪ ♪ >> lawrence: good evening, america. i'm lawrence jones in for jesse tonight. so, november midterms are just around the corner and democrats are starting to feel some serious heat. karma is coming to back -- to bite them back. real america is getting fed up with what they are seeing in washington. now, they gave the democrats complete control for over a year. but what did they get in return? nothing. they have been left behind while democrat politicians just focuses on themselves. showing real america that

. >> our conversation with actor sean penn and trump administration national security advisor robert o'brienut humanitarian efforts in ukraine. discussion moderated by fox news host brett baier and hosted by the richard diction foundation. [inaudible conversations]