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:

1st hour:

  • Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Deborah Norville / Joe Garagiola / Rick Davis / Katherine Couric / Jim Miklaszewski / Tom Pettit
  • Interviews: Charlie Brereton / Paul Beaver / Eliot Cohen, Col. Samuel Gardiner, Sen. William Cohen / Bill Smith, Mary Lee Lasher, Don Daly
  • Taped Segments: Jordan's decision to side with Iraq in the war and Pres. George Bush's response / mortar bomb attacks near 10 Downing Street in London / a profile of the US battleship Missouri
  • Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf War, including mortar bomb attacks near 10 Downing Street in London, updates on war events / discussion re: the necessity of a US ground assault 2nd hour:
  • Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Deborah Norville / Joe Garagiola / Charles McLean / Irving R. Levine / Dennis Murphy
  • Interviews: Dr. McGuire Gibson / George Hawatmeh
  • Taped Segments: the war's impact on Iraq's cultural landmarks, architecture, and archeological treasures / pro-Iraq/anti-US speech by King Hussein of Jordan
  • Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf war, including mortar bomb attacks near 10 Downing Street in London, updates on war events, the impact of the war on the US economy, speech in New York last night by President Bush, and pro-Iraq/anti-US speech by King Hussein of Jordan.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:00 am
    TVN Record Number:661349
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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