Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Saturday, Feb 23, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 02/23/1991 -- Saturday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Pat Buchanan / Mark Shields (Washington Post) / Robert Novak (Chicago Sun Times) / Al Hunt (Wall Street Journal)
  • Coverage and updates re: the Persian Gulf war, including
  • Discussion on "The Capital Gang" 6:00-6:29PM re: US ultimatum, passage of Allied deadline, Norman Schwarzkopf given authority to begin ground war
  • Live footage of an interview with Senator Richard Lugar.
  • Taped footage of interviews and statements from President George Bush, Yevgeny Primakov, Cuban Ambassador Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly, Gen. Colin Powell, Representative Philip Sharp, and Soviet Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov.

  • Begin Time:06:00:40 pm
    End Time:06:33:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:660986
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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