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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Update given of actions surrounding Iraq invasion of Kuwait; Iraqi troops noted taking United States citizens from Kuwait and cutting off pipeline through Turkey. Scenes shown from Kuwait City, Kuwait, calm under puppet government. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reported meeting with United States representative; scenes shown from Baghdad, Iraq. Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) President Bush's military options in Persian Gulf detailed; Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney noted in Saudi Arabia trying to persuade leadership to allow landing of United States warplanes to protect United States oil interests; scenes shown of bombers flying over Incirlik, Turkey, air base; Pentagon reply noted. Movements in anticipation of naval blockade detailed; oil shipment illustrated on screen. Saudi Arabian fear of Iraq retaliation noted one reason for Cheney's visit. [Georgetown University professor Robert LIEBER - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) United Nations Security Council reported approving economic sanctions against Iraq; scenes shown. [US ambassador to UN Thomas PICKERING - addresses council.] [Iraqi ambassador to United Nations Abdul Amir al-ANBARI - (thru translator) replies.] China and USSR noted speaking in favor of resolution while Cuba and Yemen abstained. Bush noted conferring with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Secretary General Manfred Woerner and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. [THATCHER, BUSH - comment on sanctions.] Bush noted meeting next with Canadian President Brian Mulroney while Secretary of State James Baker leaves to persuade NATO ally Turkey to shut down Iraqi northern pipeline. Saudi Arabian King Fahd shown consoling ousted Kuwaiti royal family. Kuwaiti ambassador reported telling Senate leaders of his gratitude for United States support; scenes shown.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Invasion's effect on United States economy detailed. Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) International crude oil price rise and New York stock market plunge reported result of embargo; scenes shown. [Manufacturers Hanover chief economist Irwin KELLNER - says we are already in recession.] Details outlined on screen. [CONSUMER - complains about gasoline price rise.] Impact of price rises on various industries detailed. [Foreign Policy Research Institution Patrick CLAWSON - says increase will continue.] No oil producing countries reported willing and able to take up slack.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Cairo: Arthur Kent) Arab reaction to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait detailed. [Stranded in Cairo, Egypt, Kuwaiti cabinet chief Abdul Rahman al-AWAD - asks for military aid.] Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat reported meeting to search for peaceful solution; Arafat and Mubarak relations with Saddam Hussein noted. [Egyptian ambassador Tahseen BASHEER - says we don't want to corner Hussein.] Iraqi ambassador shown meeting in Cairo with Egyptian foreign minister. [Iraqi AMBASSADOR - comments.] [AWAD - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Interview presented. [Council on Foreign Relations Richard MURPHY - discusses Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in Saudi Arabia, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, economic sanctions and military intervention.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Miami: Brian Ross) Federal grand jury reported investigating collapse of CenTrust savings and loan in Miami; political connections previously shielding David Paul detailed. [Federal bank regulator investigating CenTrust, Tom ZIMMERMAN - comments on political connections.] Senator Bob Graham reported employing CenTrust lawyer, Steve Josius as aide in 1987. [Federal official Mary Ellen TAYLOR - comments on meeting with Josius and lobbyists in Graham's office.] [GRAHAM - denies knowledge of meetings.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tonight's NBC News "Expos‚" noted delivering full report of CenTrust case.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Nelson Mandela's African National Congress reported suspending struggle with South African government following talks between Mandela and President F.W. de Klerk.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) State Department reported saying one American was among those taken hostage by rebel forces in Monrovia, Liberia, today.
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(Studio: To, Brokaw) Pakistan's president reported dismissing Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her government; details given of Bhutto's restoration of democracy; charges of corruption noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Kenley Jones) Atlanta Archbishop Eugene Marino reported resigning as result of sexual scandal with Vicki Long, who met Marino during paternity suit with priest Donal Keohane; scenes shown of Marino in ceremony as he gained leadership of archdiocese two years ago. [Long's lawyer Anthony FONTANA - comments on case.] Atlanta priest Michael Woods reported also admitting affair with Long. [Three PARISHIONERS - comment.] [Former Jesuit priest Dr. Eugene BIANCHI - comments on celibacy requirement.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Top news items recapped; tonight's news special previewed.
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