Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Sunday, Jan 06, 1991


Title: Crisis in the Gulf

Abstract:

Summary and analysis of today's events pertaining to the Persian Gulf region with David French (CNN) and Dave Michaels (CNN), including:

  • Live panel discussion by French with Hendrik Hertzberg and Col. William Taylor.
  • Taped excerpts of statements by and/or interviews with Secretary of State James Baker, General Brent Scowcroft, Sen. Tom Harkin, Mohamed al-Mashat, Sen. Robert Dole, Sen. Richard Lugar, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, Sen. George Mitchell, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, Rep. Thomas Foley, Rev. McKinley Young, British Prime Minister John Major, Robert Keeley, Kuwaiti soldier Abdullah Alsager, Maj. General James Wurman, Kuwaiti soldier Abdul-Rahman Alshennary, and unidentified others. (Broadcast includes a 12 minute news update.)

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 pm
    End Time:07:58:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:650001
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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