Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Thursday, Feb 28, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- NBC -- 02/28/1991 -- Thursday

Abstract:

1st hour (7-8AM):

  • Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Katherine Couric / Joe Garagiola / Tom Aspell / Stephen Frazier / Jim Miklaszewski / Lisa Myers / Brad Willis / Jamie Gangel / Tom Brokaw / Faith Daniels / Jim Cummins / Ben Brown
  • Interviews: Henry Kissinger / Charlene Courtre, Stuart Williams / Pat Kenehan, Pat Cooper Thomas, Nancy Stevenson
  • Taped Segments: conditions in Kuwait City / US home front reaction to the war's end / Iraqi battle plans left behind in Kuwait City
  • Coverage on "Today" re: issues related to the ending of the Persian Gulf war, including the conditions Iraq must meet for a permanent cease-fire; the mood in Baghdad; the situation in Kuwait City; discussion of US diplomacy in the Middle East after the war. 2nd hour (8-8:58AM):
  • Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Katherine Couric / Joe Garagiola / Tom Brokaw / Faith Daniels / Jim Miklaszewski / Tom Aspell / Patrick Healy / Roger O'Neil / Brian Barron / Stan Bernard / Keith Miller / Bob Kur
  • Contributions: Edward Peck, Marshall Wiley
  • Taped Segments: Scenes from Kuwait City / the mood in Baghdad / US home front reaction to the ending of the war / reaction by Shirley and Jim Hartsfield / scenes of the British Embassy in Kuwait City / reaction by Americans in Germany to news of the war's end / British reaction / US home front reaction
  • Coverage on "Today" re: issues related to the ending of the Persian Gulf war, including the situation in Kuwait City, discussion of US diplomacy in post-war Iraq, US military and diplomatic tasks ahead.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:00 am
    TVN Record Number:661198
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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