Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Friday, Aug 17, 1990


Title: Crisis in the Gulf

Abstract:

Summary and analysis of today's events pertaining to the Persian Gulf region with Bernard Shaw (CNN) and Lou Waters (CNN), including interviews with British citizens just escaped to Saudi Arabia from Kuwait Theresa and Andrew Clark, and Keith Forshew, an interview with British Ambassador to the UN Sir Crispin Tickell, and taped excerpts of statements by and/or interviews with Pentagon Spokesperson Pete Williams, Rep. Les Aspin, State Department Spokesperson Richard Boucher, Iraqi Ambassador to the US Mohamed Al-Mashat, British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, George Bush, former Ambassador for Counter-terrorism L. Paul Bremer, Jack Healey of Amnesty International USA, Iraqi expatriate Saad Jabr, Egypt President Hosni Mubarak, former CIA analyst Ken Katzman, Merrill Lynch oil analyst Michael Rothman, Los Angeles (California) Mayor Tom Bradley, Tickell, US Ambassador to the UN Thomas Pickering, Turkish rug merchant Selcuk Cakin, Lieutenant Myrte Yarbough, and unidentified others.

Begin Time:07:00:00 pm
End Time:07:58:00 pm
TVN Record Number:649896
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1990-2009 Vanderbilt University
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