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Ten O'Clock News; Jesse Jackson and Prince Turki
08/23/1990
David Boeri reports that Jesse Jackson will travel to Iraq to interview Saddam Hussein for the Jesse Jackson Show. Previously, Jackson has met with both the Iraqi ambassador and Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, the brother of King Faad. Prince Aziz considers Jackson's trip to be a diplomatic mission to cool hostilities between Iraq and the United States. Boeri's report includes footage of Prince Aziz and his entourage. Interview with Mustafa Aziz, an advisor to Prince Aziz, who says that Jackson is well regarded in the Middle East. Boeri notes that George Bush does not support Jackson's trip. Jackson traveled to Syria in 1984 to secure the release of US Navy pilot Robert Goodman, Jr.. Footage from a press conference with Goodman and Jackson and footage of Ronald Reagan, who didn't like Jackson's 1984 trip. Many suspect Jackson of using guise of a journalist carry out a diplomatic mission to Iraq. Boeri's report features footage from the Jesse Jackson Show.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Jesse Jackson and Prince Turki
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:03:02
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Journalists
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
- Press conferences
- Middle East -- Politics and government
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006
- Reagan, Ronald
- Iraq
- African American politicians
- Locations
- Cambridge (Mass.)
- Iraq
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Boeri, David (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Jesse Jackson and Prince Turki,” 08/23/1990, GBH Archives, accessed October 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1638036C1D574AF7A6DB35D1399A0634.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Jesse Jackson and Prince Turki.” 08/23/1990. GBH Archives. Web. October 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1638036C1D574AF7A6DB35D1399A0634>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Jesse Jackson and Prince Turki. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1638036C1D574AF7A6DB35D1399A0634