This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) President Bush's threat to send warplanes to Iraq if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not comply with United Nations cease- fire requirements featured; scenes shown of planes on alert at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Iraq's interference with United Nations inspection flights and need for United States escort planes mentioned. [In Grand Canyon, Arizona, BUSH - says Hussein knows better than to take on the US.] Plans to send Patriot air defense missiles to protect Saudi air bases noted. [Defense Secretary Dick CHENEY - says Defense Department is planning for contingencies.] [National Security Adviser Brent SCOWCROFT - says there has been no execute order and if Hussein complies there won't need to be an execute order.] [Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations Abdul Amir al-ANBARI - says if anyone would like to reach a constructive agreement it is possible.] June 28, 1991, scenes shown of United Nations inspectors being barred from visiting probable Iraqi nuclear weapons site.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Discussion held with retired Air Force chief of staff General Michael Dugan about proposed United Nations escort operation. [DUGAN - comments on aircraft likely to be used; says Bush means to maintain his credibility; adds that ground forces in Iraq are modest.]
(Studio: Dan Rather; Tel Aviv: Bob Simon; Damascus, Syria: Allen Pizzey) Israeli reaction to Bush's proposal and its effect on Middle East peace conference analyzed. Desire of Arab leaders to see Hussein humiliated noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Shaw Air Force Base: Erin Hayes) Effect of President Bush's threat to send warplanes to Iraq on Air Force families featured; scenes shown from Sumter, SC. Effects of Persian Gulf deployment on Sumter recalled. [Four Sumter WOMEN - express concern.] [Two Sumter BUSINESSMEN - comment.] Scenes shown of flying practice at Shaw Air Force Base, SC. [Air Force MAN - says we can do it again if we have to but hopes we don't have to.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal Reserve reported stating that there is no recovery from the recession in some parts of the country.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Grand Canyon: Susan Spencer) President Bush's visit to Grand Canyon National Park to restate his commitment to the environment featured; scenes shown of Bush in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Bush's signing of an agreement to cut pollution at the Grand Canyon reported. [BUSH - says his administration has crafted a common sense approach to environmental issues that honors love of the environment and commitment to growth.] [Environmental Defense Fund Fred KRUPP - says in the Reagan administration business had virtual veto power over what the administration did.] [Sierra Club David GARDINER - says Bush is moving farther away from being an environmental president the longer he stays in office.] [League of Conservation Voters Jim MADDY - gives Bush a grade of "D" on environmental protection.] Bush's accomplishments and shortcomings on environmental issues outlined on screen. [EPA administrator William REILLY - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bruce Morton) Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, who has not yet officially announced his intended '92 presidential candidacy, featured; scenes shown. [CLINTON - makes speeches.] Clinton's political philosophy profiled.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Russian President Boris Yeltsin's illness today reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Early landing of space shuttle Discovery at Edwards Air Force Base, California, reported due to weather.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Harold Dow) Details and effects of yesterday's American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) communications breakdown featured. [Federal Communications Commission senior legal adviser Kenneth ROBINSON - says there is little communication between the players in the industry.] [TRAVELER - comments.] Impact on airlines industry detailed. Excerpt shown from New York Telephone commercial. Reliability of telephone companies questioned.
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(Salinas, California: John Blackstone) Migrant farm workers featured; scenes shown. Excerpt played from Woody Guthrie's song "Pastures of Plenty." [Union leader Pete MATURINO - talks to agricultural workers union; says wages are too low.] Most workers on California farms said not to be American citizens. [WORKER - says he has to find work.] [Contractor Ishmail SOLAS - says workers have fun.] Caves shown where California farm workers were discovered living this summer. Excerpts from documentary "Harvest of Shame" and historical film of United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez shown.
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