Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 1996-02-17

This program is 27 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Jeanne Meserve (Washington), Miles O'Brien (Atlanta)

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  05:00:00 pm — 05:00:50 pm

• Silver Spring, Maryland / Train Crash / Job Corps Deaths

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  05:00:50 pm — 05:06:20 pm

  (Studio: Miles O'Brien) Report introduced.

  (Silver Spring, MD: Carl Rochelle) The collision of an Amtrak train with a commuter train in Silver Spring, Maryland outlined; scenes and animated diagram shown of the trains . [Governor Parris GLENDENING, WITNESS - comment.]

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Discussion of the train wreak with Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena featured; scenes shown from the crash site. [PENA - comments on the investigation.] Statement concerning the Job Corps trainees killed in the wreck reported.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Miles O'Brien)

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  05:06:20 pm — 05:06:40 pm

• (Commercial: British Airways; Infinity; Metlife; A State of Power; "Centennial On Ice".)

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  05:06:40 pm — 05:08:40 pm

• Campaign '96 / New Hampshire / The Republicans

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  05:08:40 pm — 05:11:30 pm

  (Studio: Miles O'Brien) Report introduced.

  (Manchester: Bob Franken) The nasty Republican presidential campaign in New Hampshire featured; scenes shown of Senator Bob Dole riding in a snowplow and of presidential candidate Lamar Alexander's television ads. [Candidate Pat BUCHANAN, DOLE, ALEXANDER, Steve FORBES - talk about campaign tactics.] [House Speaker Newt GINGRICH, Representative Robert DORNAN - comment.]

• Weather

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  05:11:30 pm — 05:12:10 pm

  (Studio: Ted Textor) The weather forecast for New Hampshire given.

• Campaign '96 / New Hampshire / Clinton

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  05:12:10 pm — 05:15:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (Keene, New Hampshire: Jill Dougherty) The campaign swing by President Clinton in New Hampshire featured; scenes shown from Keene, New Hampshire. [CLINTON, senior advisor to the president George STEPHANOPOULOS - campaign.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Miles O'Brien)

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  05:15:20 pm — 05:15:40 pm

• (Commercial: Master Card; AT&T; Compuserve; Office Depot.)

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  05:15:40 pm — 05:18:10 pm

• Winter Weather

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  05:18:10 pm — 05:18:40 pm

  (Studio: Miles O'Brien) The tapering off of the most recent East coast snowstorm reported; scenes shown from Boston, Massachusetts.

• Weather

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  05:18:40 pm — 05:22:00 pm

  (Studio: Ted Textor) The weather forecast for the US, Europe and Asia given.

• Bosnia / Peace Mission / United States Troops / Dugan

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  05:22:00 pm — 05:23:00 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Army report confirming how American soldier sergeant Donald Dugan died noted. Emergency meeting of the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia that was called by Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke reported; scenes shown from Rome.

• (Commercial: Toyota; Bose; 1-800-Take-Off; "Larry King Live".)

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  05:23:00 pm — 05:25:10 pm

• Sports

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  05:25:10 pm — 05:27:20 pm

  (Studio: Paul Crane) Various games shown and scores updated. [Michigan coach Steve FISHER - comments on the car accident.]

• Los Angeles / Giraffe

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  05:27:20 pm — 05:27:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) A baby Giraffe at the Los Angeles zoo shown.

• Good Night

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  05:27:50 pm — 05:27:50 pm