Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 1998-12-28

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Jeanne Meserve Washington)

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  05:00:00 pm — 05:00:30 pm

• Iraq-US Relations / Clash

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  05:00:30 pm — 05:06:40 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (Baghdad: Jane Arraf) The question of who fired first between United States warplanes and Iraqi missile installations in the no-fly zone over Iraq featured. [Iraqi ambassador to United Nations Nizar HAMDOON - says Iraq wants attention, not confrontation.] Map shown of the two no-fly zones set up by the US, Britain and France.

  (Pentagon: David Ensor) The United States claim that Iraq fired missiles at United States planes featured. [President CLINTON - says no-fly zones remain part of the containment policy.] [CNN military analyst retired General Richard NEAL - predicts there will be more events triggering responses.]

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (UN: Richard Roth) The reaction at the United Nations to Iraq's latest defiance of the no-fly zones examined; details given of former weapons inspector Scott Ritter's criticism of chief United Nations weapons inspector Richard Butler. [BUTLER - responds.] The status of the Iraqi oil-for-food program discussed.

• Muslims in America / Prejudice / Students

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  05:06:40 pm — 05:08:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (New York: Gary Tuchman) The ways in which Muslims in America are coping with the heightened tensions between the United States and Iraq examined; scenes shown from the only Islamic K-thru-12 school in New York City. [Al-Iman STUDENT, Faiza PERVAIZ - complains about discrimination.] [Council on American Islamic Relations Nihad AWAD - says Islam is misunderstood.] [STUDENT, Samiha AHMED - ask for tolerance.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeanne Meserve)

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  05:08:30 pm — 05:08:50 pm

• (Commercial: Acura; Arthur Andersen; Cold War; CNN Travel Now"; "Micron Pc Bowl".)

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  05:08:50 pm — 05:11:10 pm

• Australia / Yacht Race

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  05:11:10 pm — 05:13:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The impact of bad weather on Australia's Sydney to Hobart ocean race reported.

  (No location given: Damian Smith) Deaths from the tempest that struck the race featured; scenes shown from the rescue efforts in the Pacific waters. [YACHTSMAN, paramedic Peter DAVIS, survivor John CAMPBELL, RESCUER, race organizer Peter BUSH - comment on what happened.]

• Ballooning

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  05:13:20 pm — 05:14:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The postponement due to bad weather of a liftoff of a balloon flight from Australia reported; scenes shown from Alice Springs, Australia. [Mission control Dan PEDERSON - announces the schedule for launch.]

• Worldview Minute

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  05:14:20 pm — 05:16:00 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Loss of power in several United States states due to an ice storm; flooding in Oregon; deadly weather in Ireland and the rest of Europe; news of a bad sugar harvest in Cuba; the Christmas message from Pope John Paul II to Cuba's Fidel Castro; the explosion of a natural gas pipeline in Colombia and Russia's deployment of a new missile reported; scenes shown.

• Economy

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  05:16:00 pm — 05:17:10 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (New York: Jan Hopkins) "Stock Market Report". Bond prices and the trading of DaimlerChrysler stock after a positive financial report cited.

• China / Sextuplets

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  05:17:10 pm — 05:17:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The status of the remaining sextuplets born in China updated.

• Houston, Texas / Octuplets

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  05:17:30 pm — 05:17:40 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The status of the seven surviving Houston octuplets updated.

• Russia / Children / Orphanages

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  05:17:40 pm — 05:19:40 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (Novgorod, Russia: Steve Harrigan) The neglected orphans of Russia featured; scenes shown from the Novgorod orphanage; details given of the Human Watch report on the sorry conditions in the orphanages. [Orphanage director Irina VODKAILO - (thru translator) lists the limited food available.]

• (Commercial: "Burden of Proof"; "Crossfire"; Cold War; "Larry King Live".)

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  05:19:40 pm — 05:21:40 pm

• Clinton / Impeachment / Senate

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  05:21:40 pm — 05:23:00 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (White House: John King) The bipartisan consensus that a formal Senate trial of the impeached President Clinton must begin featured; details given of the Senate's approach to the matter.

• Russia / Sex

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  05:23:00 pm — 05:23:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Statement from Vladimir Zhirinovsky that bad sex is the cause of Russia's economic and political troubles reported.

• Middle East / Israel / Elections

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  05:23:20 pm — 05:26:10 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Israel's decision to hold new elections early next year introduced.

  (Jerusalem: Jerrold Kessel) Political challenges to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu featured; details given of the revolution gripping Israeli politics. [Israeli prime ministerial candidate Benny BEGIN - campaigns.] [Israeli political analyst Daniel ben SIMON - assesses the mood of the voter.]

• Yemen / Kidnapping

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  05:26:10 pm — 05:26:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The kidnapping in Yemen of tourists by a group of tribesmen reported.

• Yugoslavia / Kosovo / Fighting

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  05:26:30 pm — 05:27:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (No location given: Juliette Terzieff) The lull in the recent fighting in the Yugoslavian province of Kosovo featured; scenes shown from Lapastica, Yugoslavia.

• (Commercial: Bell Atlantic; CNN Newsstand; Propecia; "Larry King Live".)

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  05:27:50 pm — 05:29:10 pm

• Japan / Zoo Ceremony

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  05:29:10 pm — 05:29:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Ceremony in the zoo in Osaka, Japan, to mark the end of the year of the tiger and the start of the year of the rabbit shown.

• Good Night

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  05:29:30 pm — 05:29:30 pm