World News Tonight (ABC) - 1979-12-07
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[0:05] From ABC, this is World News Tonight
[0:08] with Peter Jennings in Iran. And from
[0:10] our desk in Washington, Frank Reynolds.
[0:13] >> Good evening. Now, on the 34th day of
[0:15] captivity for American hostages in
[0:17] Thran, we have once again had totally
[0:19] conflicting statements about what might
[0:21] happen to them. The foreign minister
[0:23] says some will be let go. The so-called
[0:25] students say all will be tried. But
[0:28] there was nothing unclear about the
[0:29] reaction of the United States. To put
[0:31] any of the hostages on trial, the State
[0:33] Department said, would be absolutely
[0:35] outrageous. And late this afternoon,
[0:37] after visiting with the families of the
[0:39] hostages, President Carter insisted
[0:41] again there is only one issue involved
[0:43] here, the release of all the hostages.
[0:46] We begin our report on the Iran crisis
[0:48] tonight with White House correspondent
[0:50] Sam Donaldson.
[0:53] President Carter standing in the lobby
[0:54] of the State Department and showing the
[0:56] emotional impact of a meeting he had
[0:58] just completed elsewhere in the building
[0:59] with the hostages families promised
[1:01] today to do nothing that might result in
[1:03] harm to the hostages.
[1:05] >> I am not going to take
[1:08] any military action that would cause
[1:10] bloodshed or arouse the unstable
[1:14] capttors of our hostages to attack them
[1:17] or to punish them. We're going to be
[1:18] very moderate, very cautious.
[1:21] guided and supported and advised by
[1:23] Secretary Vance. Our purpose is to get
[1:26] the hostages home and get them safe.
[1:28] That's my total commitment. And I know
[1:30] you join with me as four parties in this
[1:33] effort. The
[1:37] >> No military actio