>> the failure of the geneva talk has convinced the pentagon that war is imminent. >> i don't think the world really accepted cnn until the first gulf war. >> the president has laid down the gauntlet and he gave us a window of when it was going to happen and so we had prepared everything for it. i recall during this time of preparation i would wake up from my sleep at 3:30 in the morning and i would say this is ridiculous. planning to cover a war with television. this is unheard of. >> it was very, very worrisome for all of us at cnn because we have producers and camera crews in baghdad. three reporters, bernie saw, peter arnette, the management at cnn, tim turner and tom johnson were under enormous pressure from colin powell and probably from the president, get those