Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Friday, Feb 22, 1991


Title: Nightline

Abstract:

  • Live discussion re: current Persian Gulf war situation, including George Bush ultimatum for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait by tomorrow with Ted Koppel (ABC), David Ensor (ABC), Bill Blakemore (ABC), and British Ambassador to the US Sir Antony Acland.
  • Taped segment with Jackie Judd (ABC), Bush, Brigadier General Richard Neal, British Prime Minister John Major, White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater, Brit Hume (ABC), Soviet Spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko, Jim Laurie (ABC), photographer Chip Hires, military analyst Anthony Cordesman, Kuwait Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Abulhasan, and unidentified US soldiers.

  • Begin Time:10:30:00 pm
    End Time:10:59:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:646940
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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