Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Apr 20, 1993


Title: Nightline: Waco: Searching For Answers

Abstract:

  • Live discussion with Ted Koppel (ABC), FBI Special Agent Jeff Jamar, theologian Phillip Arnold, and Davidian member Steve Schneider's sisters Sidnee Reamer and Sue Johnson re: yesterday's assault by government agents on David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco (Texas) and the subsequent fire that destroyed the compound.
  • Taped segments with Tom Foreman (ABC), Chris Bury (ABC), Jamar, Koresh, FBI Special Agent Bob Ricks, psychiatrist Jerrold Post, Koresh's attorney Richard DeGuerin, Beverly Lumpkin (ABC), Bill Clinton, and former FBI official Don Bassett.

  • Begin Time:11:32:00 pm
    End Time:12:16:00 am
    TVN Record Number:647539
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1993-2009 Vanderbilt University
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