Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Thursday, Feb 07, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 02/07/1991 -- Thursday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Reid Collins / Bobbie Battista / Peter Arnett / Linda Scherzer / Jeff Flock / Ron Claiborne / Charles Jaco / Mike Capps
  • Contributions: Perry Smith / James Blackwell
  • Interview: Richard White
  • Taped Segments: excerpt of briefing by Richard I. Neal / excerpt of address by James Baker / excerpt of testifying by Dick Cheney and Colin Powell / American civilian killed in Turkey / effects of Allied bombing on Iraqi civilians / implications of speech by King Hussein / Persian Gulf oil spills and desalination plants / excerpt of interview with John Roos / Louisiana Guardsmen declared AWOL / possible war during Ramadan
  • Coverage and updates re: the Persian Gulf war, including Allied bombing of Iraqi civilians, post war Persian Gulf, testifying by Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, American civilian killed in Turkey, analysis of US military briefing, Flock reporting from Fort Knox, mustard gas, chemical weaponry.

  • Begin Time:11:00:00 am
    End Time:11:58:00 am
    TVN Record Number:661327
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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