CBS Evening News - 1980-01-15
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[0:00] on tic-tac-toe.
[0:02] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Walter
[0:05] Kankite and tonight, campaign 80,
[0:08] another in our series of interviews with
[0:10] the candidates on the issues. Tonight,
[0:12] Senator Howard Baker.
[0:15] >> Good evening. This afternoon, the
[0:16] deadline passed after which no American
[0:19] journalist could transmit news from
[0:21] Iran. and Iranian officials following up
[0:23] on yesterday's expulsion order said all
[0:26] American journalists must be out by
[0:28] Friday midnight with a little extra time
[0:30] for bureau chiefs. But for some of the
[0:33] Americans, the exile might not be
[0:34] permanent. Bert Quint reports in his
[0:37] last dispatch before the blackout.
[0:40] An official of Iran's Ministry of
[0:41] National Guidance, the Government
[0:43] Information and Propaganda Service, said
[0:45] tonight that some American journalists
[0:47] will be invited to return to Tehran when
[0:49] a decision is made about the hostages
[0:50] future. Abul Rasam Sadc, head of the
[0:53] ministry's foreign press department,
[0:55] told CBS News that his government
[0:57] considers it essential that there be an
[0:59] American news presence here to witness
[1:01] whatever kind of public investigation
[1:02] that the American prisoners take part in
[1:05] or their release if the government
[1:06] should decide to free them.
[1:09] The ministry official tonight gave no
[1:11] indication as to what the government's
[1:13] present inclination is or when a hearing
[1:15] of any type can be expected. But when it
[1:17] comes, he said, or should the hostages
[1:20] be freed, some American reporters will
[1:22] be brought here to cover the event. He
[1:24] added that his ministry is considering
[1:26] approaching Ameri