Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Tuesday, Aug 16, 1988


Title: 1988 Republican National Convention: Second Day

Abstract:
  • Live NBC news coverage of the second day of the 1988 Republican National Convention, live from New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted by Tom Brokaw. With reports and analysis from Chris Wallace, Andrea Mitchell, Ken Bode, Connie Chung, Lisa Myers, Dennis Murphy, John Dancy, and Tom Pettit.
  • Live footage of speeches from Governor Thomas H. Kean.
  • Live footage of interviews with Craig Fuller, White House Chief of Staff Ken M. Duberstein, Representative Jim Leach, Governor George Deukmejian, Barbara Bush, Senator Bob Dole, Representative Jack Kemp, Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Senator Lowell P. Weicker, RNC Chairman Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Senator Nancy Kassebaum, and Clarke Reed.

  • Begin Time:08:00:00 pm
    End Time:09:00:50 pm
    TVN Record Number:659713
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1988-2009 Vanderbilt University
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