CBS Evening News - 1980-01-02
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[0:00] and tic-tac-toe
[0:00] >> CBS Evening News with Roger Mud
[0:03] substituting for Walter Kankite.
[0:06] >> Good evening. The Iranian crisis today
[0:08] marked its 60th day and the end still
[0:11] seems elusive. UN Secretary General
[0:13] Waldheim's diplomatic attempt to free
[0:15] the American hostages apparently got
[0:17] nowhere. Across Iran's border in
[0:19] Afghanistan, the fighting between a
[0:21] Soviet occupation force and Muslim
[0:23] rebels is heating up. Moscow's
[0:25] intervention in Afghanistan has
[0:26] plummeted Soviet-American relations to
[0:29] probably the lowest point since the Cold
[0:31] War. As part of its diplomatic
[0:32] retaliation, the Carter administration
[0:34] today called home for consultations.
[0:37] Ambassador Thomas Watson. Leslie Stall
[0:39] reports.
[0:41] >> The president met this afternoon for two
[0:42] and a half hours with the National
[0:44] Security Council and other top advisers
[0:46] on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
[0:49] Afterwards, spokesman Jodie Pal
[0:50] announced Ambassador Watson has been
[0:52] recalled and said the president made a
[0:54] number of other decisions.
[0:57] >> These decisions involve unilateral
[0:59] actions and actions to be taken in
[1:02] conjunction with other nations.
[1:05] The president's decision will be made
[1:07] public when appropriate consultations
[1:11] and notification have taken place.
[1:14] Officials ruled out any direct US
[1:16] military action in Afghanistan, but did
[1:18] say the president is consulting with the
[1:20] Senate leadership about possibly
[1:22] delaying the salt debate, tenatively
[1:24] scheduled to begin on January 22nd. The
[1:27] president still believes the treaty
[1:29] should be approved, but it's widely
[1:31] believed that cha