Special News Broadcast recorded from CBS Evening News for Thursday, Jan 17, 1991

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Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CBS -- 01/17/1991 -- Thursday Abstract: Reporters: Harry Smith / Dan Rather / Paula Zahn / Barry Petersen / Linda Tyra / Anthony Mason / Charles Osgood / Richard Schlesinger / Richard Threlkeld / Bob Simon / Steve Kroft / Tom Fenton Contributions: David Aaron Interviews: Sabi Shabtai Speeches: Prime Minister John Major, live from Downing Street (2:00-2:04) Taped Segments: taped segment of a speech by Pres. George Bush , just after first Allied attacks / Norfolk, Virginia, deals with the war / interview with the former Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin Coverage on "CBS News Special Report" re: the Persian Gulf war, including, no official word on Allied casualties, Iraqi missiles knocked out, first Allied air raid successful, and second one is on the way. \{02:59:00} 01-17-91 2:59-4:01AM ( 62 minutes) 1 tape CBS Reporters: Paula Zahn / Harry Smith / Charles Osgood / Steve Kroft / Richard Threlkeld / Linda Tyra / Doug Tunnell / Edie Magnus Interviews: Kristine Djeff / Tim Drummond / Prof. Amatzia Bar'am / Mohammed Al-Sabah Contributions: David Aaron Taped Segments: taped segment of Pres. George Bush's start-of-the-war speech / interview with Yitzhak Rabin / interview with Sari Nasir from the University of Jordan / US veterans react to the war / kids react to the war Coverage on "CBS News Special Report" re: the Persian Gulf war, including reports that four French planes have been hit, command posts in Kuwait have been knocked-out, US pilots hit targets, and the air raids continue. Begin Time: 01:59:00 am End Time: 03:01:00 am TVN Record Number: 659982 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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