Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 he wouldnt let them determine what was happening domestically, only focused on the soviet union. So, the cia was hobbled in its ability to inform the white house and the president what was actually happening. Its totally fanciful that the cia was using u. S. Government money to pay off the opposition. You mentioned jimmy carter in essence being held hostage because of the crisis. In december of 79, he was on the mall, he did not like the National Christmas tree as a symbol of those held hostage. Did that become another metaphor how this became allconsuming of him leading up to the election in 1980 . It was. And i talked in the book, a number of your colleagues, woodruff, peter glass, people who were reporters at the time. They all said that carter called and hes admitted to me in interview for the book, that he gave too much attention to it. He could have said, weve made an offer to the iranians about negotiating this. They are res
This canada documentary details the iran hostage crisis from the perspective of several hostages and diplomats. Often using video recorded inside the Embassy Compound by iranians. Its narrated by actor William Shatner and is about 90 minutes. November 4th, 1979, iranian students stormed the embassy of the United States of america in teheran. Everyone including the students think the takeover will be an overnight affair but it will not. This is the story of a traumatic crisis that lasted 44 days and ended in january, 1981. Its a personal drama about 51 american men and two american women. I look forward to being with you hopefully as soon as we can. That crime was being associated with the u. S. Embassy in teheran. Their punishment was total incarceration. Im happy to see someone from the outside world. This will be an inside view with exclusive iranianshot footage never seen before. When did you arrive in iran . I arrived in iran on september 19th, 1979. My job, im a commander in the u
Family and what happens next. But we begin with a Winter Weather alert, a mess in the midwest again. Another blizzard slamming several states. We could soon feel its impact. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. Get ready for some rain and even some flood watches, of course, some Winter Weather advisories, too. Sue palka has the latest information coming into the Weather Center tonight. It looks like this is not going to be a problem for us in the morning, but weve got some rain coming, enough that weve got some flood watches up and there could even be a rumble of thunder tomorrow at the same time we also have Winter Weather advisories off to our west. Its coming from that same storm. Well take another look on radar. This is a huge snowstorm. There is an awful lot of Severe Weather associated with it in addition to big wind, but this is a drought stricken area, so theyre calling that snow white gold even if it has been a lot of work for folks in wichita and ka
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Fifty-two Americans, spending their first day in freedom after a 14½-month ordeal of captivity in Iran, were paid a visit by former President Jimmy Carter.