Various News Reports

Call Number
350-1-1:727/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:727/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
VHS NTSC #727 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000727
Date of air
1999-04-08
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
1 hour

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
CNN/TIME NewsSTAND: David Lewis (sp) reports on Finnegan Hammill, teenager from Berkeley, California who exchanges e-mails with "Adona," a girl from Kosovo. (incomplete; for complete version of the report see 940, 990, 1063)

MSNBC:
- Anchor (name cut off) reports on the constant influx of Kosovo refugees into Albania and Macedonia and the ensuing problems.
- Soledad O'Brien interviews MSNBC Military Analyst Dan Goure. Topics of discussion: reasons for NATO not going directly after Slobodan Milosevic.
- Bob Kur reports from the White House on the administration's response to the escalating crisis in Kosovo. Statement by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright included.
- Jim Maceda reports from Belgrade on the NATO-inflicted damage in Belgrade and on Serbian government propaganda.
- Kevin Tibbles reports from Tirana, Albania on efforts by Macedonian and other European governments to provide relief to Kosovar refugees in Macedonia.
- Soledad O'Brien interviews Balkan Expert Laura Silber, author of Death of Yugoslavia. Silber discusses the role Mirjana Markovic plays in Serbia's political life.
- Robert Hagar reports from Washington, DC, on the cruise missile shortage in the U.S. military.
- Soledad O'Brien leads a panel discussion with Republican Strategist Rich Galen and Democratic Consultant Stan Gildenhorn. Topics of discussion: President Clinton's handling of the Kosovo crisis.
- Bob Kur reports from the White House on the administration's need to change the strategy in Kosovo and on the decision to employ Apache helicopters. Statement by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright included.
- Soledad O'Brien leads a panel discussion with MSNBC Military Analysts Ken Allard, Dan Goure, and MSNBC Internet Analyst Omar Wasow.
- Fredericka Whitfield reports from Skopje, Macedonia on Kosovar Albanian refugees stranded at the Kosovo-Macedonia border and on the Western countries' efforts to provide relief to the refugees.

Context

Associated Names
CNN (Producer)
MSNBC (Producer)