Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Wednesday, Jan 16, 1991


Title: Earlyprime

Abstract:

Coverage on "EarlyPrime" of events leading up to the beginning of the Persian Gulf war reported by Lou Waters and Sharyl Attkisson with Charles Bierbauer at the White House and Bernard Shaw in Baghdad, including:

  • Live interviews with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former National Security Council staffer Geoffrey Kemp, veteran Charles Jeglinski, former US Ambassador to Bahrain Sam Zakhem, and Military Families Support Network Co-Chairman Alex Molnar.
  • A business news update with Bill Hartley.
  • Excerpts of statements by war protestors Tamar Hecker and Joel Petzel.

  • Begin Time:04:00:40 pm
    End Time:04:55:50 pm
    TVN Record Number:649993
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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