the failure of the geneva talks has convinced the pentagon that war is imminent. i don t think that the world really accepted cnn until the first gulf war. the president had laid down the gauntlet, and he basically gave us a window for when it was going to happen. 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? it s unheard of. it was very, very worrisome for all of us at cnn because we had producers and camera crews in baghdad. we had three reporters. bernie shaw was there, john holliman, peter arnett, they were all there. the management at cnn, tim turner and tom johnson, were under enormous pressure from general colin powell, from other u.s. officials, probably from the president, get those guys
joined. and as soon as that chafe started filtering down to the ground, all hell broke loose. saudi arabia. i need the white house. i was walking by the control room, and i could hear the commotion. i walked in, and there it was. our team in baghdad was restricted. they weren t going to get much information. the only thing they could do was report what they were seeing. it doesn t show me signs of it. we have to go to baghdad, secretary. we re going to bernard shaw in baghdad. this is out of my mouth came the words something is happening outside. you re damn right something is happening. war is breaking out all around you. the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we re seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. the walls were shaking. the windows were vibrating. the concussions were blowing us against the wall.
joined. and as soon as that chafe started filtering down to the ground. all hell broke loose. i was walking by the control room and i could hear the commotion and there it was. our team in baghdad was restricted. they couldn t get much information. they could only report what they were seeing. but it doesn t show me signs of it. we have to go to baghdad, secretary. we re going to bernard shaw in baghdad. out of my mouth came the words something is happening outside. you re damn right something is happening. war is breaking out all around you. the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we re seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. the walls were shaking, the windows were vibrating. the concussions were blowing us against the wall. so we ve now been on the air
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
and as soon as that chafe started filtering down to the ground, all hell broke loose. saudi arabia. i need the white house. i was walking by the control room and i could hear the r the commotion. i walked in and there it was. our team in baghdad was restricted. they weren t going to get much information. the only thing they could do was report what they were seeing. but it doesn t show me signs of it. we have to go to baghdad, secretary. we re going to bernard shaw in baghdad. this is of my mouth came the words something is happening outside. you re damn right something is happening. war is breaking out all around you. the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we re seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. the walls were shaking, the windows were vibrating. the concussions were blowing us against the wall. so we ve now been on the air 20 minutes.