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: Susan Rook / Jonathan Mann / Rick Sallinger / Candy Crowley / Christiane Amanpour / Richard Blystone / Charles Bierbauer / Jeanne Moos
  • Taped Segments: excerpt of statements by US soldiers / excerpt of briefing by George Bush / excerpt of briefing by Dick Cheney / reaction to ground war by Sabah Talat Kudrat and Mohammad Abdulhasan / reaction to ground war by UN Security Council members
  • Coverage and updates re: the Persian Gulf war, including ground war, Scud missiles attack Saudi Arabia, analysis of Saddam Hussein
  • Live footage of interviews with Senator Charles Robb, Amatzia Baram, and Senator Connie Mack.
  • Taped footage of interviews and statements from President George Bush, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, Sabah Talat Kudrat, Kuwaiti Ambassador Mohammad Abdulhasan, Yemeni Ambassador Abdalla Saleh al-Ashtal, Cuban Ambassador Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, and British Ambassador Sir David Hannay.

  • Begin Time:11:01:00 pm
    End Time:11:58:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:660991
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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