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[0:00] during a military coup now thus far
[0:02] there has been no confirmation of any of
[0:04] this by any official of the US
[0:06] government so we expect that President
[0:09] Reagan in his statement this morning
[0:11] will confirm exactly what is going on
[0:13] and what the US participation is State
[0:16] Department correspondent bill
[0:17] mcglaughlin says that he has learned
[0:19] that at least eight nations are involved
[0:21] in the military force that moved in
[0:23] troops from eight nations are involved
[0:25] in the force that moved into Grenada
[0:27] this morning it's our understanding at
[0:29] this point that the airport on the
[0:31] island has been taken and is under the
[0:33] control of those forces Congressional
[0:36] leaders began arriving at the White
[0:37] House early today amid reports of the
[0:40] invasion there were unconfirmed reports
[0:42] that an evacuation of 800 to a,
[0:45] Americans by US Marines uh who as we say
[0:48] had gained control of the airport was
[0:50] already
[0:51] underway a white house uh assistant who
[0:54] was watching television reports of all
[0:56] this this morning told a reporter uh the
[0:59] news program have got most of it but he
[1:01] said at this point he could not confirm
[1:03] exactly what was going on there was an
[1:06] era of excitement were told around the
[1:09] white house uh presidential AIDS
[1:11] scurrying around but they would not talk
[1:13] about any of this as late as last night
[1:16] U officials at the Pentagon at the state
[1:18] department at the White House were
[1:20] denying that there had been a landing by
[1:23] US Marines on Grenada CBS News at one
[1:26] point had received a tip yesterday that
[1:29] US Marines had already land presid of
[1:30] the United