Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 1997-11-08

This program is 25 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Jeanne Meserve (Washington), Linden Soles (Atlanta)

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  05:00:00 pm — 05:00:30 pm

• US-Iraq Relations

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  05:00:30 pm — 05:10:10 pm

  (Studio: Linden Soles) Report introduced.

  (Baghdad: Brent Sadler) The dispute between the United States and Iraq over weapons inspections updated; scenes shown of anti-American protests in Baghdad; details given of Iraq's claims that Americans on the United Nations weapons inspections teams are spies. [IRAQI - comments.]

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (White House: John King) President Clinton's meeting with his national security team to discuss United States military and diplomatic options in the matter outlined.

  (Studio: Linden Soles) United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said cutting short his trip to Venezuela to return to the United Nations to deal with the Iraq situation. [ANNAN - comments on possible United States military action.]

  (New York: Mary Ann McGann) Iraqi claims that the United Nations in a tool of the US examined. [Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tariq AZIZ, UN's Richard BUTLER, UN David KAYE, Jane's Defense Weekly Barbara STARR - talk about the Iraqi assertions and weapons inspection information.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Linden Soles)

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  05:10:10 pm — 05:10:20 pm

• Clinton / Fast Track Trade

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  05:10:20 pm — 05:11:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Lobbying by President Clinton to get fast track trade authority from Congress featured; details given of fast track powers allowing the president to make trade deals by limiting the powers of Congress. [In weekly radio address, CLINTON - pitches the pros of fast track trade deals.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeanne Meserve)

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  05:11:20 pm — 05:11:40 pm

• (Commercial: QualityCare; Southern Company; Telcom USA; TWA.)

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  05:11:40 pm — 05:14:00 pm

• China / Three Gorges Dam

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  05:14:00 pm — 05:14:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) China's ambitious construction project to dam the Yangtze River featured; details given of the long-term Three Gorges Dam project, which will form a 375-mile-long link and prevent flooding.

• Nepal / Avalanche

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  05:14:30 pm — 05:14:50 pm

  (Studio: Linden Soles) The plight of two mountain climbers in Nepal during an avalanche given; scenes shown of the avalanche captured on tape.

• Weather

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  05:14:50 pm — 05:17:10 pm

  (Studio: Dave Hennen) The weather forecast for the United States and Mexico given; map shown.

• Israel / Rabin Assassination Anniversary

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  05:17:10 pm — 05:17:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, to mourn the assassination two years ago of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin featured; scenes shown.

• (Commercial: Southern Company; PGA Championship; Impact; CNN.)

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  05:17:30 pm — 05:20:00 pm

• Boxing

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  05:20:00 pm — 05:22:30 pm

  (Studio: Linden Soles) Report introduced.

  (Las Vegas; Nick Charles) The heavyweight bout in Las Vegas outlined; details given of the upcoming fight between Michael Moore and Evander Holyfield. [HOLYFIELD - comments.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeanne Meserve)

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  05:22:30 pm — 05:22:40 pm

• (Commercial: Southern Company; American Express; QualityCare.)

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  05:22:40 pm — 05:24:50 pm

• Inventions

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  05:24:50 pm — 05:25:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The invention of the horizontal shower in Brussels, Belgium, shown. Other gadgets at the Inventors Fair featured.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Linden Soles)

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  05:25:30 pm — 05:25:50 pm

• Good Night

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  05:25:50 pm — 05:25:50 pm