World News Tonight (ABC) - 1980-01-04
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[0:05] [music] From ABC, this is World News
[0:07] Tonight with Peter Jennings in Iran. The
[0:10] last in a [music] five-part special
[0:12] interview with the president. Tonight,
[0:14] the question of leadership. Tom Gerald
[0:16] [music] in Chicago. And from our desk in
[0:19] Washington, Frank Reynolds.
[0:20] >> Good evening. Day 62 in Iran. No sign of
[0:23] a break in the deadlock there. We'll
[0:24] have more on Iran later, but tonight at
[0:27] 9:00 Eastern time, President Carter will
[0:30] go on the air to announce this country's
[0:31] response to the Soviet invasion of
[0:33] Afghanistan. ABC News will broadcast the
[0:36] president's speech live at 9:00 p.m. As
[0:39] the president indicated earlier this
[0:41] week, the United States will not limit
[0:43] itself merely to words of protest. Here
[0:46] is White House correspondent Sam
[0:47] Donaldson.
[0:49] President Carter met with the US
[0:50] Ambassador to Moscow, Thomas Watson,
[0:52] whom he had recalled to protest the
[0:54] Afghanistan invasion, Secretary of State
[0:56] Vance, and other senior advisers to make
[0:58] final decisions on how to respond to the
[1:00] Soviet aggression. Some congressional
[1:02] leaders were briefed, including the
[1:03] assistant Democratic leader in the
[1:05] Senate Alan Cranston, who later reported
[1:07] on the mood at the White House. They are
[1:10] calm and cool,
[1:12] determined to
[1:16] make the Soviet Union understand that
[1:19] aggression of the sort that they have
[1:21] waged against their neighbor in
[1:23] Afghanistan carries a heavy cost. The
[1:26] cost the president is expected to
[1:28] announce tonight includes a resumption
[1:29] of US military aid to Pakistan,
[1:32] Afghanistan's southeastern neighbor,
[1:34] once Congress clears th