World News Tonight (ABC) - 1980-01-03
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[0:00] TV 2
[0:01] >> is World News Tonight with Peter
[0:03] Jennings in Tehran. The fourth in a
[0:05] five-part special interview with the
[0:07] president. Tonight on the economy and
[0:10] the nation.
[0:11] Tom Jarrell in Chicago. And from our
[0:13] desk in Washington, Frank Reynolds.
[0:15] >> Good evening. In Tehran, the 61st day of
[0:18] captivity for American hostages and a
[0:20] discouraging announcement. The Ayatollah
[0:22] Khomeini will not meet with UN Secretary
[0:25] General Kurt Waldheim. We'll have more
[0:27] on Iran later in this broadcast. In
[0:29] Afghanistan today, Soviet troops are
[0:31] reported on the move in several areas,
[0:34] but it is also clear the Russians are
[0:36] meeting resistance from Muslim tribesmen
[0:38] and units of Afghanistan's army. Here in
[0:41] Washington, the Soviet invasion of
[0:43] Afghanistan produced a not unexpected
[0:46] announcement from the White House. A
[0:47] report now from Sam Donaldson.
[0:51] >> President Carter today asked the Senate
[0:53] to suspend indefinitely consideration of
[0:55] the new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
[0:57] with the Russians, thus changing the
[0:58] SALT II timetable from full speed ahead
[1:01] to dead stop.
[1:02] Press Secretary Jody Powell said Soviet
[1:04] conduct was responsible.
[1:06] >> While the president continues to believe
[1:09] that ratification of the SALT II treaty
[1:12] is in the national security interest of
[1:14] the United States,
[1:16] he has concluded
[1:18] that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,
[1:21] in defiance of the United Nations
[1:22] Charter,
[1:24] has made consideration of the SALT II
[1:26] treaty
[1:27] inappropriate at this time.
[1:29] >> In a letter to Senate Majority Leader
[1:31] Robert Byrd, the president said he does
[1:33] not want