CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-18 - 4:32 p.m. (E)
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[0:00] here with the sand and the
[0:02] >> from CBS News headquarters in New York.
[0:04] Here is Dan Rather.
[0:07] >> Good day. There is about to be a
[0:09] briefing at the Pentagon on how the
[0:11] Persian Gulf is going. During the
[0:13] briefing will be Rear Admiral John
[0:15] McConnell who is the intelligence chief
[0:18] for the military joint chiefs and
[0:20] General Tom Kelly who is chief of
[0:22] operations for the Joint Chiefs. Now,
[0:25] while we're waiting for the briefing to
[0:27] begin, we think it'll only be a few
[0:28] moments. Here's a look at the latest
[0:31] developments.
[0:34] We're going to hold on for just a second
[0:36] to see if the briefing is about to
[0:38] begin.
[0:39] No. Sirens wailed again tonight in Tel
[0:42] Aviv. People being told once again to
[0:45] dawn gas masks, but there were no
[0:47] Israeli Iraqi missile attacks against
[0:50] Israel today. Although there were
[0:51] several starts and stops and
[0:54] emergencies, no actual attacks took
[0:56] place. the all clear was sounded uh in
[0:59] Israel about oh two three hours ago and
[1:02] nothing has sounded since then. Let's go
[1:03] now to the briefing room.
[1:04] >> Okay. Good uh good afternoon ladies and
[1:06] gentlemen. As of 4:30 p.m. today Eastern
[1:09] time, we're now 21 and a half hours into
[1:11] the second day of Operation Desert
[1:14] Storm. Secretary Cheney and General
[1:16] Powell continue to be satisfied with the
[1:18] progress of the operation. They're
[1:20] impressed uh with the systems, the
[1:22] reliability of the systems that are in
[1:24] use, but they are most impressed with
[1:26] the performance of the men and women of
[1:28] the United States military who are
[1:30] making this operation work so well.
[1:32] American and coalition a