Vanderbilt Television News Archive

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


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

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Margaret Larson / Gary Matsumoto / James Polk / Jim Miklaszewski / George Lewis / Martin Fletcher / Tom Aspell
  • Taped Segments: conduct of the war by the US / speculation re: a US ground assault timetable and Iraq's potential impact on it / President Bush's speech last night to the Economic Club in New York, in which he predicted an early end to the war and responded to charges that the US has inflicted heavy civilian casualties in Iraq, and his earlier response to Jordan's publicly siding with Iraq in the war / effects of and efforts to curtail the Persian Gulf oil spill / Israeli response to US troops in Israel / anti- US/pro-Iraq sentiment in Jordan
  • Coverage on "News at Sunrise" re: the Persian Gulf War, including war-related acts of terrorism in Turkey and Great Britain, and signs that the US ground assault may not be as imminent as previously thought.

  • Begin Time:05:00:00 am
    End Time:05:28:00 am
    TVN Record Number:661348
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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