Lott Recordings: Only Available Upon Request
Title
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's new conference on CNN
Identifier
lott_VHS_148
Creation Date
5-24-2001
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Description
CNN news coverage of the day's headlines, including a report on the stock market; Rudy Giuliani's divorce drama; a doctor accused of murdering his wife in Wellesley, Massachusetts; and Robert Downey, Jr.'s arraignment in a California court on drug charges. Followed by coverage of Majority Leader Trent Lott's new conference on the recent switch of GOP Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont to the Indpendent Party and the Senate agenda now that power has shifted in to the Democrats. Lott's news conference is followed by additional news headlines. Topics discussed include: first complusive shopping defense used in the trial of a Chicago woman accused of stealing money from her employer; class action lawsuit agiant tobacco companies whose ads target children; reaction from locals in Vermont on Senator Jefford's switch to Independent; U.S.-Chinese relations over crippled EP-3 US spy plane in Hainan Island, China; death of 14 illegal Mexican immigrants attempting to enter the US along the border at Yuma, Arizona; high school students in Boulder, Colorado protest the removal of a picture of two girls kissing from the yearbook; and Bob Dylan's 60th birthday.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
United States. Congress. Senate; Stock exchanges and current events;
Relational Format
video recording
Extent
0:05:50
Original Format
videocassettes
Original Collection
Trent Lott Collection (MUM00656). Archives and Special Collections. University of Mississippi Libraries.
Finding Aid
Rights
This media file is owned by the copyright holder and may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. Due to copyright concerns, the recordings in this collection can only be accessed by arrangement with the Department of Archives and Special Collections.