Vanderbilt Television News Archive

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


Title: World Day: US Military Briefing

Abstract:

Coverage on "World Day" of events leading up to the beginning of the Persian Gulf war reported by Bobbie Battista and Reid Collins with Wolf Blitzer at the Pentagon, Peter Arnett in Baghdad, Charles Jaco in Saudi Arabia, and Frank Sesno at the White House, including:

  • Live CNN coverage and analysis of a US military briefing by Lieutenant Colonel Greg Pepin and Rear Admiral William Fogarty.
  • Responses by Blitzer, Jaco, Arnett, and Sesno to questions asked by unidentified telephone callers.

  • Begin Time:09:00:00 am
    End Time:09:58:00 am
    TVN Record Number:649986
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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