This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Damascus, Syria: Ed Rabel) Lebanon hostage Terry Anderson's release featured; scenes of his press conference in Damascus, Syria, excerpt of videotape of Anderson reading a statement from his captors shown. [ANDERSON - thanks journalists, talks about his final day of captivity.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Wiesbaden, Germany: Tom Aspell) Correspondent recalls his thoughts of Anderson in captivity; photos and videotape excerpts of Anderson, scenes of Anderson's sister Peggy Say, his daughter "Sulome" shown.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Two remaining German hostages and medical condition of freed hostages Alann Steen and Joseph Cicippio mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(West Palm Beach, Florida: Deborah Roberts) Alleged victim Patricia Bowman's testimony in William Kennedy Smith's rape trial featured; scenes shown. [BOWMAN - testifies about Smith, alleged rape.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Shutdown of Pan Am airlines featured; excerpt of Pan Am reservations line recording played; details given of stranded passengers, employee layoffs. [Three Pan Am EMPLOYEES - comment.] Delta Air Lines recalled pulling out of a deal to help refinance Pan Am; major airlines, those recently shut down listed. This year's airline industry losses projected.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 50 years ago featured; lots of battle footage and recreations shown; excerpt from radio broadcast played; details given. [Pearl Harbor veterans Gabby GABRESKI, McGruder TUTTLE, Herb O'NEIL, John RUTLEDGE, John RICHARDSON - recall the attack.] Ignored warnings of the attack and Japanese and US casualties listed.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tomorrow's Pearl Harbor segment previewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Federal Reserve statement about recession recovery quoted; third quarter gross national product figures cited. Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) President Bush's difficulty with the economy and his competition from defeated Louisiana gubernatorial candidate David Duke featured; scenes shown of Bush, Duke, and Duke protesters. [BUSH - comments on economic plan he'll present to Congress.] Duke reported in Washington, DC, to announce his plans to run in Republican presidential primaries. [DUKE - criticizes Bush.] Historical footage shown of then presidential candidate George Wallace; possibility that Duke may run as a third party candidate noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Charles Keating reported found guilty of security fraud in savings and loan scandal trial.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Boettcher) America's war against hostage taking and terrorism in the Middle East over the last 12 years reviewed; historical footage shown of various terrorist incidents since 1979; details given. [President Jimmy CARTER - talks about hostages.] [Former Iranian hostage Moorhead KENNEDY - says this is a low-intensity war.]
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