Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Tuesday, Nov 19, 1985


Title: Today: Reagan-Gorbachev Summit

Abstract:Special edition of NBC Today show re: Geneva Summit between President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, hosted by Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel. Reports from Andrea Mitchell, Steve Hurst, John Palmer, Jim Bittermann, and John Cochran.
  • Interviews with Vladimir Lomeiko, Soviet spokesman; Tevgeny Velikhov, Soviet Academy of Sciences; Alexander Haig, former Secretary of State; Donald Regan, White House Chief of Staff; Professor Richard Pipes, Soviet expert, Harvard University; Professor Stephan Cohen, Soviet expert, Princeton University; Rev. Jesse Jackson; Jane Gruenebaum, Nuclear Freeze Campaign; Dr. Lawrence Eicher, International Standardization; and Vahe Gerard, cigar importer.
  • Statements from Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party, Soviet Union; and President Ronald Reagan.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:40 am
    TVN Record Number:885948
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1985-2009 Vanderbilt University
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