Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 2012-05-25

This program is about 1 hour long

• Introduction/Preview Anderson Cooper (New York)

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  07:00:20 pm — 07:00:40 pm

  Note: special edition of AC 360 entitled "Arab Spring: Revolution Interrupted"

• Arab Spring / A Discussion (Part I)

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  07:00:40 pm — 07:13:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The start of the Arab Spring that was a wave of revolution in the Middle East reviewed; scenes shown from the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria with coverage by CNN reporters.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Roundtable discussion held with CNN correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon and Ivan Watson and former CIA officer Bob Baer about the situation in the Middle East, the differences between each country and how each is struggling with a post-dictatorship and cataclysmic change.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:13:20 pm — 07:13:50 pm

• (Commercial: Citi; Verizon; Land Rover; ExxonMobil; Walmart; Behr/Home Depot.)

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  07:13:50 pm — 07:16:50 pm

• Arab Spring / Syria / A Discussion (Part II)

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  07:16:50 pm — 07:24:50 pm

  The situation in Syria reviewed. Roundtable discussion continued with CNN correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon and Ivan Watson and former CIA officer Bob Baer about Syria with the emergence of Islamists along with the opposition to President Bashir al-Assad and the role of Iran in Syria.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:24:50 pm — 07:25:00 pm

• (Commercial: Cadillac; Aviva; Advil; Sea-Doo; LifeLock; "Piers Morgan"; Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt; Cadillac; Sanjay Gupta, MD.)

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  07:25:00 pm — 07:28:30 pm

• Arab Spring / Syria / A Discussion (Part III)

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  07:28:30 pm — 07:36:50 pm

  (The border in Turkey: Anderson Cooper) Life in a refugee camp on the Turkey-Syria border for those displaced by the fighting in Syria shown. Roundtable discussion continued with CNN correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon and Ivan Watson and former CIA officer Bob Baer about the situation in Syria, how humanitarian aid is working, the sectarian tensions, why Syria matters since the entire region is involved in the fighting there.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:36:50 pm — 07:37:00 pm

• (Commercial: Fidelity Investments; Mazda; Gulf Coast/BP; CNN Selling a Miracle; CNN Staring Point; Comcast; Square; CNN Saving Health Care.)

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  07:37:00 pm — 07:40:30 pm

• Arab Spring / Egypt / A Discussion (Part IV)

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  07:40:30 pm — 07:44:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The changes in Egypt that drove out President Hosni Mubarak reviewed. Roundtable discussion continued with CNN correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon and Ivan Watson and former CIA officer Bob Baer about the situation in Egypt with the battle ongoing in Tahrir Square and how it was not a religious revolution, but Islam is complex and not what Americans think it is.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:44:50 pm — 07:45:00 pm

• (Commercial: Hyundai; Asiana Airlines; Clean Coal; Bayer; Chantix; USAA: Men's Wearhouse.)

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  07:45:00 pm — 07:48:50 pm

• Arab Spring / Libya / A Discussion (Part V)

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  07:48:50 pm — 07:52:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The violence in Libya after leader Muammar el-Kadhafi reviewed. Roundtable discussion continued with CNN correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon and Ivan Watson and former CIA officer Bob Baer about the situation in Libya with arms a concerns and whether the country will break up post-revolution with no institutions

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:52:50 pm — 07:53:00 pm

• (Commercial: Can-Am; US Virgin Islands; BMW; DeliveringChoices.org; "The CNN iReport Awards"; "Piers Morgan"; Pet Smart; Aspercreme; Downtown Hyundai; CNN Heroes.)

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  07:53:00 pm — 07:56:40 pm

• Arab Spring / A Discussion (Part VI)

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  07:56:40 pm — 08:00:00 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Roundtable discussion concluded with CNN correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon and Ivan Watson and former CIA officer Bob Baer about the future for the Middle East region after the Arab Spring with a likely full-blown war in Syria that could drag all countries down.

• Good Night

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  08:00:00 pm — 08:00:00 pm