Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Thursday, Feb 21, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- NBC -- 02/21/1991 -- Thursday

Abstract:

1st hour:

  • Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Katherine Couric / Joe Garagiola / Ike Seamans / Jim Miklaszewski / John Chancellor / Faith Daniels / Jamie Gangel / Dennis Murphy / Brad Willis
  • Interviews: Caspar Weinberger
  • Taped Segments: Reaction in Jordan to the Soviet peace proposal / the battle for Khafji
  • Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf war, including issues related to the USSR peace proposal and the approaching ground war, and the live presentation of arguments espousing specific diplomatic and military strategies by Gregory Gause, Richard Barnett, Col. Harry Summers, and James Dunnigan. 2nd hour:
  • Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Joe Garagiola / Katherine Couric / Faith Daniels / Tom Aspell / Ike Seamans / John Miller / Jamie Gangel / Keith Miller
  • Interviews: Rami Khouri, Daniel Bernard, and Helmut Schaefer
  • Taped Segments: the situation in Baghdad / American high school students living in Israel / interview with Joseph Heller and excerpts from film "Catch 22"
  • Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf war, including continued preparations for a ground war and reaction to the Soviet peace proposal by Jordan, Germany, and France.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:00 am
    TVN Record Number:660929
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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