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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Cairo: Jim Hickey) Arrival of principal players in Cairo, Egypt, for an Arab summit conference to deal with the Persian Gulf crisis featured; scenes shown of arrival of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, Kuwait exiled Emir Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, senior Iraqi officials, Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak; details given of options being discussed by these Arab leaders to deal with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. [Egyptian columnist Mohamed Sid AHMED - says Saddam Hussein needs face-saving devices.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Discussion held with Middle East expert. [Brookings Institution Judith KIPPER - says there is a deal to be done with Saddam Hussein.] Report introduced.
(State Department: John McWethy) Today's changing world said illustrated by United Nations Security Council's vote against Iraq in which China and USSR sided with the United States on a Middle East question; scenes shown of arrival of USSR ships in the area to informally work with US; details given of support of American allies, including Turkey, France, Japan. Quiet cooperation of Iran with the "Great Satan," US, noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Status of Americans in Iraq and Kuwait reviewed; case of 10-year old Penelope Nabokov noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Estimates given of United States and Iraqi troops in Persian Gulf area.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) American military moves into Saudi Arabia and Iraq's defensive mode featured; details given of problems troops face in desert fighting; scenes shown of infantry training. [Pentagon spokesman Pete WILLIAMS - talks about Iraqi military forces.] United States military capabilities detailed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Morton Dean) Iraqi arms featured; details given of what is in its arsenal and from whom Iraqi President Saddam Hussein purchased these arms. [Representative Robert TORRICELLI - says the enemy is the greed of a lot of countries.] Iraqi pilots' attack on USS Stark using French Exocet missiles recalled and shown. Development of Iraq's own arms industry explained.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Iraqi trade minister Mohammed Saleh reported disagreeing with President Bush's statement that Iraq cannot stand up to world economic sanctions.
(New York: Bob Jamieson) Embargo against Iraq featured; scenes shown of equipment bound for Iraq that was seized at Kennedy Airport, NYC, and at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey; details given of Iraq's dependence on imported food and on its oil revenue. [Institution for International Economics Jeffrey SCHOTT, "Middle East Economic Digest" Jonathan CRUSOE - talk about sanctions.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Demonstrations in streets of Iraq in support of Saddam Hussein's takeover of Kuwait shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Chris Bury) American attitudes toward President Bush's actions, extent of United States military involvement and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein featured; results of ABC News/"Washington Post" poll outlined on screen. [Five PEOPLE - comment on issues.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Frank Lorenzo reported quitting the airlines business and selling his interests in Continental Airlines.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plans of federal regulators to try to recover millions from Charles Keating and five other officers of Lincoln Savings and Loan reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Findings of ABC News/"Washington Post" poll on Americans' support of embargo against Iraq and on issue of oil company price gouging outlined on screen.
(Washington: Ned Potter) United States energy policy in light of Iraq's actions featured. [On KMOX radio in Saint Louis, CALLER - says United States needs alternative energy sources.] [World Resources Institution James Gustave SPETH - comments on energy strategies.] Alternatives to dependence on foreign oil detailed. [Energy Department deputy secretary West Henson MOORE - talks pros and cons.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Explanation as to why Hubble Space Telescope's mirror is out of focus noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Update given of status of space shuttles Atlantis and Columbia; scenes shown from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Return to earth of two Soviet cosmonauts following six-month mission on space station Mir reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) Background to President Bush's decision to send troops to region following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait featured; details given of chronology of Bush's statements leading up to decision to send troops to Saudi Arabia. [Last week, BUSH - comments.] [With British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Colorado, BUSH - says he has a call in to King Fahd.] Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein mentioned. [Later, BUSH - says Iraqis lied.]
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