Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Thursday, Aug 16, 1990


Title: Nightline

Abstract:

Live discussion re: current situation in the Persian Gulf region with Ted Koppel (ABC), Forrest Sawyer (ABC) (via telephone), Barrie Dunsmore (ABC), Sam Donaldson (ABC), and Agence France-Presse correspondent Rhonda Habib; taped segment from Baghdad, Iraq with Sawyer and unidentified Iraqi citizens; excerpt of yesterday's interview by Koppel with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz.

Begin Time:11:30:00 pm
End Time:12:00:00 am
TVN Record Number:646785
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