Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Monday, Feb 25, 1991


Title: Nightline

Abstract:

  • Live discussion re: current Persian Gulf war situation, including Iraq President Saddam Hussein withdrawal from Kuwait announcement on Baghdad radio with Ted Koppel (ABC), Brit Hume (ABC), David Ensor (ABC), Yemen Ambassador to the UN Abdalla al-Ashtal, military analyst Anthony Cordesman, and Bob Zelnick (ABC).
  • Live discussion between Koppel and Forrest Sawyer (ABC) from inside Kuwait.
  • Live discussion between Koppel and Bill Blakemore (ABC) from Baghdad.
  • Taped excerpts of Iraq Ambassador to the UN Abdul Amir al-Anbari and White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater statements.
  • Taped segment with Sam Donaldson (ABC), Ron Claiborne (ABC), Brigadier General Richard Neal, Barry Serafin (ABC), and Jim Hickey (ABC).

  • Begin Time:10:45:00 pm
    End Time:11:27:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:646941
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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