Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Friday, Feb 08, 1991

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Title: Gulf War Coverage -- NBC -- 02/08/1991 -- Friday Abstract: 1st hour: Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Deborah Norville / Joe Garagiola / Katherine Couric / Rick Davis / Faith Daniels / Jim Miklaszewski / David Burrington Interviews: Sen. James Sasser, Rep. Leon Panetta Taped Segments: preparations by US troops for a ground war / terrorist attack in Israel by Arabs / profile of Richard Martinez, a 59-year-old reservist called to serve in the war Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf war, including Dick Cheney / Colin Powell trip to the Persian Gulf to assess readiness for a ground war / updates on war events / Cheney statements re, and Pres. George Bush's stance on, a ground war / the 1992 budget proposal, the US deficit, and the impact of war costs on both 2nd hour: Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Deborah Norville / Joe Garagiola / Faith Daniels / Rick Davis / Tom Pettit / Don Oliver Interviews: Don Imus, Mark Russell Taped Segments: European response to a seemingly inevitable ground war / Arab terrorist attack on Israel / reaction to the war by comedians and humorists / the war's impact on Soviet Jews immigrating to Israel / German response to the war / anti-war sentiment among Germany's youth Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf war, including Dick Cheney / Colin Powell trip to the Persian Gulf to assess readiness for a ground war and other issues related to US war tactics, and updates on war events. Begin Time: 07:00:00 am End Time: 08:58:00 am TVN Record Number: 661380 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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