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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) After consulting with President Bush, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney reported firing Air Force Chief of Staff General Michael Dugan due to remarks about Pentagon plan to bomb Baghdad, Iraq and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; remarks quoted on screen; ban against assassinations noted; plan illustrated on screen. [CHENEY - comments on what we never discuss.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) Bush's response to Dugan's firing and strategy in Persian Gulf crisis examined; desire to assure allies that US wants to avoid war noted; statements from French President Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl about economic sanctions mentioned; Bush reported willing to discuss United Nations air blockade. [BUSH - comments on Iran's assurances of sanctions compliance; talks about government-orchestrated demonstrations against his Iraqi television message.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw; White House: John Cochran) European nations reported expelling Iraqi military attaches; conversation between Bush and Mitterrand noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Ed Rabel) Government-sponsored demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq, examined; scenes shown; Western influence on Iraq, illustrated by "video wars," featured. [Arab author Jabra Ibrahim JABRA - comments on resentment of United States political and economic impositions.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Hotel queen Leona Helmsley reported trying to improve image by paying for full page letter in newspaper to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; income tax evasion recalled; letter quoted on screen. [Desert dispatches hello.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Irving R. Levine) General Motors Corporation and UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) reported announcing new contract; concessions outlined on screen; scenes shown from announcement; historical scenes shown of labor militancy. [Auto industry analyst Ann KNIGHT - comments on decline in car sales.] [Labor lawyer Theodore KHEEL - comments on concessions.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Andrea Mitchell) In response to pressure from President Bush, Congressional negotiators reported setting midnight deadline to reach budget deal; scenes shown; debate over fairness of capital gains tax cut detailed. [Representative Newt GINGRICH, BUSH, Representative Thomas FOLEY - comment on taxes.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) New fuel leak reported grounding NASA's space shuttle Columbia and its astronomy mission.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Crude oil price cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Worcester, Massachusetts: Stephen Frazier) More white middle class families reported finding income declining and expectations falling; Barrett family featured. [Father Michael BARRETT - talks about loss of income after being fired; says in America everything goes forward, not backward.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tomorrow's segment previewed. White collar jobs lost outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Bob Abernethy) Ronald Reagan's meeting with former adversary President Mikhail Gorbachev and speech to parliament members featured; scenes shown. Gorbachev reported calling for referendum on private ownership of land; scenes shown from demonstration supporting radical economic reform plan and demanding resignation of Gorbachev's economic adviser Nikolai Ryzhkov. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) speaks to parliament.] [DEMONSTRATOR - (thru translator) criticizes Ryzhkov.] [WOMAN - (thru translator) comments on reform.] [REAGAN - makes speech.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Lech Walesa, anxious to speed reforms, reported announcing candidacy for presidential election; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Rick Davis) Kuwaiti refugees crossing newly opened Kuwaiti-Saudi border reported telling of Iraqi occupation horrors; scenes shown. [KUWAITI - describes horrors; comments on Westerners still hiding.] [Inside Kuwait, British CITIZEN - comments on possibility of war.]
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