This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev, who then turned nuclear codes over to Russian President Boris Yeltsin, reported; scenes shown of Russian flag over the Kremlin in Moscow.
(Moscow: Tom Fenton) The future for the people of the former Soviet union featured; scenes shown of Gorbachev's speech. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) says the Cold War and Soviet militarism are over, but the new system has not begun to work; adds that conditions will be difficult.] [WOMAN - (thru translator) responds to Gorbachev's speech.]
(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(White House: Susan Spencer) President Bush's relationship with Gorbachev reviewed; details given of what Bush plans to say in his address to the nation tonight; maps shown of republics of Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Armenia and Kazakhstan that he will formally recognize as independent. White House view of Yeltsin noted.
(Studio: Harry Smith) Live coverage of presidential address announced. Former President Ronald Reagan quoted about Gorbachev.
(Moscow: Jonathan Sanders) Gorbachev's legacy to the people reviewed; scenes shown of fighting in the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia. Possibility of further unrest discussed.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Christmas message from Pope John Paul II reported; scenes shown from Vatican City.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bruce Morton) The plight of the homeless on Christmas featured; scenes shown from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where a hotel opened rooms for the homeless and of homeless being fed in Miami, Washington, DC, New York City and Los Angeles. [Homeless WOMAN, Miami's Father Harry SUMMERVILLE, VOLUNTEER, homeless MAN, Reverend Jesse JACKSON - comment.]
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Protest in Jerusalem, led by Mayor Teddy Kollek, against Jews settling in the Arab part of the city reported.
(On the West Bank: Bob Simon) Latest chapter in the never-ending story of violence in the Israeli-occupied territories featured; scenes shown of Israeli peace activists planting olive trees in a Palestinian grove, as a gesture of peace, that were later bulldozed by Israeli soldiers and uprooted by settlers. [Knesset members Yossi SARID, Dedi ZUCKER - comment.] Ending of curfew in Ramallah, West Bank, noted. Regional peace talks mentioned.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(Ross Island, Antarctica: Jerry Bowen) Efforts to stop the trashing of the environment of Antarctica examined; scenes shown of scientific research at the South Pole and McMurdo, Antarctica. [Woods Hole Institution Brian HOWES, Greenpeace Keith SWENSON, National Science Foundation Art BROWN - comment.] Staging huts of the early explorers, freeze-dried for posterity, shown. Cleanup effort in McMurdo detailed; scenes shown. [Research diver Hunter LENIHAN - says underwater life is dying.]
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