CNN SOVIET COUP COVERAGE, HOUR 93: "MONEYLINE WITH
LOU DOBBS" AND "CROSSFIRE" (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:27545. The 93rd hour of CNN's
coverage of the attempted coup against Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev. On "Moneyline with Lou Dobbs," Jan
Hopkins (substituting for Lou Dobbs) reviews the events
of the day in Moscow, including Gorbachev's press
conference, the arrest of the coup leaders, and the
fireworks over the Russian Parliament Building. Hopkins
then reviews the U.S. financial news. Among the reports
in this program are an examination of the new
unemployment figures released today and soaring
unemployment in the automobile industry and
commercial banking industry; a look at the future of
investment in the Soviet Union in light of the coup's
failure; and a report on how U.S. Defense Department
cuts will hurt some large companies. Hopkins interviews
Frank Zarb, chairman and CEO of Smith Barney, about the
Soviet Union and the Salomon Brothers scandal. The
program concludes with Myron Kandel commenting on
credit card companies and the selling of their mailing
lists. On "Crossfire," hosts Michael Kinsley and Pat
Buchanan discuss the declaration of independence by the
Baltic republics. Kinsley and Buchanan are joined by
Associated Press correspondent Barry Schweid,
Lithuanian information officer Victor Nakas, and
Alexander Shalnev, U.S. correspondent for the Russian
newspaper Isvestia, who discuss whether immediate
recognition of Baltic independence by the United States
would speed up the destruction of the Soviet empire and
create an unstable situation. As the hour concludes,
Susan Rook and Bernard Shaw preview the upcoming
program "CNN Special: Soviet Crisis." Continues with
T:27730.
Includes commercials for "The Very Best of Anne Murray"
from Heartland Music, USAir, Lexus automobiles, Brother
P-Touch typewriters, Saab automobiles, Brita water
filter systems, Data General, The Walking Liberty Silver
Dollar, Soloflex exercise machines, General Electric,
Jockey underware, Realty World, and Kentucky tourism
(with Gov. Wallace G. Wilkinson); promos for CNN
programs; and public service announcements for the U.S.
Council for Energy Awareness and the Coalition for
Vehicle Choice.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant
from the Times Mirror Foundation.
Details
- NETWORK: CNN
- DATE: August 22, 1991 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:27546
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: Baltic States - History - 1991; U S - Economic conditions; U S S R - Economic conditions; U S S R - History - Attempted coup, 1991
- SERIES RUN: CNN - TV, 1991
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "The Very Best of Anne Murray" (Heartland Music)
- TV - Commercials - Brita water filter systems
- TV - Commercials - Brother P-Touch typewriters
- TV - Commercials - Data General
- TV - Commercials - General Electric
- TV - Commercials - Jockey underware
- TV - Commercials - Kentucky tourism
- TV - Commercials - Lexus automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Realty World
- TV - Commercials - Saab automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Soloflex exercise machines
- TV - Commercials - The Walking Liberty Silver Dollar
- TV - Commercials - USAir
- TV - PSA - Coalition for Vehicle Choice
- TV - PSA - U.S. Council for Energy Awareness
- TV - Promos - CNN
CREDITS
- Jan Hopkins … Host, "Moneyline"
- Myron Kandel … Commentator, "Moneyline"
- Frank Zarb … Guest, "Moneyline"
- Pat Buchanan … Host, "Crossfire"
- Michael Kinsley … Host, "Crossfire"
- Barry Schweid … Guest, "Crossfire"
- Victor Nakas … Guest, "Crossfire"
- Alexander Shalnev … Guest, "Crossfire"
- Kitty Pilgrim … Reporter
- Irv Chapman … Reporter
- George Bush
- Tim Byrne
- Keith Crane
- Audrey Freedman
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Gary Gordon
- Virginia Lopez
- John Major
- Thomas O'Grady
- Susan Rook
- Howard Rubel
- Bernard Shaw
- Wallace G. Wilkinson
- Boris Yeltsin