CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-17 - 11 a.m. (E)
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[0:06] the time. Today, we will be giving you
[0:08] telephone numbers set up by the Defense
[0:10] Department for family members who want
[0:13] more information. These are specific
[0:15] numbers for each of the four branches of
[0:17] service, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and
[0:19] Marines. We'll be posting them at the
[0:21] top of the hour. Right now, that's it at
[0:22] News Channel 5. Back to CBS.
[0:36] You're watching CBS News continuing
[0:38] coverage of Showdown in the Gulf from
[0:42] CBS News headquarters in New York. Here
[0:45] are Harry Smith and Paula Zant.
[0:48] >> And good morning everybody. Welcome
[0:49] back. We've got the latest headlines
[0:51] here this morning as we continue our
[0:54] coverage of Operation Desert Storm.
[0:56] Congressional leaders uh meet with the
[0:58] president. America's first combat losses
[1:01] are confirmed. Allied planes launch a
[1:04] thousand raids with no let up in sight.
[1:07] And Iraq says it will fight to the last
[1:10] child. The Congress that so passionately
[1:12] debated combat in the Gulf is now behind
[1:15] the president and the troops after
[1:16] meeting with President Bush. House
[1:18] Speaker Thomas Foley spoke with
[1:20] reporters.
[1:22] >> Obviously, uh there is uh satisfaction
[1:26] that there has been great success with a
[1:29] minimal loss of life.
[1:31] >> The Pentagon this morning confirmed the
[1:34] first American losses in Operation
[1:36] Desert Storm. One man dead, one plane or
[1:39] plane or Navy or Marine F-18 confirmed,
[1:43] shot down, and another plane damaged. So
[1:46] far, allied air power has launched more
[1:48] than a thousand sorties against targets
[1:50] in Iraq and Kuwait. The Pentagon says
[1:52] Iraqi anti-aircraft sites and military
[1:55] comman