CNN SOVIET COUP COVERAGE, HOUR 34: CNN DAYBREAK
(TV)
Summary
Continued from T:27089. The 34th hour of CNN's
coverage of the attempted coup against Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev. On "Daybreak," Reid Collins and
Bobbie Battista review the Soviet situation. Included
are the following reports: the Russian parliament has
made demands of the Soviet government; the Russian
foreign minister is on his way to Washington, D.C.;
100,000 people in Leningrad and 30,000 in Moscow are
protesting the coup; Russian President Boris Yeltsin has
spoken to the protestors (video not yet available); one
man has been killed in the Baltics, as the military
continues to move throughout the republics; and Soviet
foreign minister Aleksandr Bessmertnykh is "sick" and
has not been seen. Following reports from the White
House and U.S. State Dept., Collins interviews
Sino-Soviet expert Peter Reddaway about the
expectations for the success or failure of the coup and
international reaction to it. The interview is followed
by a "Daybreak" science report concerning the Channel
Islands Nature Sanctuary near California, and other
national news is reported by Collins and Battista.
Deborah Marchini gives a financial news update, and
Battista interviews U.S.S.R. expert Michael Beschloss on
the encouraging signs coming out of Russia. In "News
From Medicine," Sheryl Kahn reports on the American
Medical Association's (AMA) attempts to improve the
image of doctors. Ralph Wenge previews "Morning News,"
and the hour concludes with a sports report by Tom
Stinar and a weather update by Valerie Voss. Continues
with T:27091.
Includes commercials for USAir, Audi automobiles,
Garden State Life Insurance, Pedigree Expert pet food,
Wagner Power Painter, Miracle Ear hearing aid, ITT
Sheraton, Minolta, French's Creamy Spread mustard, Saab
automobiles, AT&T, Air Travel Card, American Gas
Association (for natural gas), Easy Glider exercise
machine, Bufferin AF Nite Time pain reliever,
NordicTrack exercise machine, Didi Seven stain remover,
Best Western hotels, and Mobil 1 motor oil; and promos
for CNN and the TV series "Dallas."
Cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant
from the Times Mirror Foundation.
Details
- NETWORK: CNN
- DATE: August 20, 1991 8:00 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:02:10
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:27090
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: American Medical Association (AMA); Channel Islands Nature Sanctuary (California); Sports; U S S R - History - Attempted coup, 1991
- SERIES RUN: CNN - TV, 1991
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - Air Travel Card
- TV - Commercials - American Gas Association (natural gas)
- TV - Commercials - Audi automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Best Western hotels
- TV - Commercials - Bufferin AF Nite Time pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Didi Seven stain remover
- TV - Commercials - Easy Glider exercise machine
- TV - Commercials - French's Creamy Spread mustard
- TV - Commercials - Garden State Life Insurance
- TV - Commercials - ITT Sheraton
- TV - Commercials - Minolta
- TV - Commercials - Miracle Ear hearing aid
- TV - Commercials - Mobil 1 motor oil
- TV - Commercials - NordicTrack exercise machine
- TV - Commercials - Pedigree Expert pet food
- TV - Commercials - Saab automobiles
- TV - Commercials - USAir
- TV - Commercials - Wagner Power Painter
- TV - Promos - "Dallas"
- TV - Promos - CNN
CREDITS
- Reid Collins … Anchor
- Bobbie Battista … Anchor
- Steve Hurst … Reporter
- Charles Bierbauer … Reporter
- Deborah Potter … Reporter
- Deborah Marchini … Reporter
- Sheryl Kahn … Reporter
- Tom Stinar … Reporter
- Ralph Wenge … Reporter
- Valerie Voss … Reporter, Weather
- Michael Beschloss
- Aleksandr Bessmertnyk
- George Bush
- Dan Derman
- Donald Leroy Evans
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Todd Jacobs
- Vladimir Lukin
- Peter Reddaway
- Robert Rowley
- Alexander Rutskoi
- James Todd
- Sidney Wolfe
- Gennadi Yanayev
- Boris Yeltsin