Mick does voiceover on a
night-vision recorded embed he went on in Ramadi last
night. As Anderson says in the intro, the outcome was
not what was planned... It’s a heart-stopping piece
that brings home the difficult, dangerous, and deadly
task American troops are dealing with there.
Length: 5:21
Michael narrates a
prepared piece about the current state of democracy
in Iraq. He is onscreen only for a quick moment
during one of the interviews.
Length: 3:49
Michael reports on the
release of a Sunni member of parliament who was
abducted by gunmen July 1.
Length: 2:10
Soledad O’Brien has a
roundtable discussion about whether or not it’s a
civil war. (I left Bill Schneider’s opening comment
in because I think he makes an excellent point.) As
Mick points out, the U.S. government definition of
the term keeps shifting because no matter how high
they raise the bar, the violence meets and then
exceeds it. Never a good sign.
Length: 3:55
Anderson talks to Michael
about Iran’s continuing influence in Iraq. (For those
keeping score, Violence: still growing; Americans:
still dying; Peace: nowhere in sight.)
Length: 3:24
Mick talks to Zain Verjee
about the deterioration of conditions in Iraq,
following July’s highest-ever death rate.
Length: 3:20
Rick Sanchez fills in for
Anderson, and Mick’s back in Baghdad, reporting for
the first time from his new CNN “home.” Of course,
since he was last there in April, the situation has
become even more deadly and unstable. Sad to think he
was safer on a rooftop in Beirut with bombs being
dropped from the sky than he is in a city that
American troops have been occupying for more than
three years...
Length: 2:52
Michael speaks to Paula
by phone about the airstrike on the convoy.
Length: 2:47
Michael again talks to
Wolf via phone from near the scene of the attack on
the convoy.
Length: 2:27
Michael is on the phone
from the place where part of the Marjayoun convoy was
hit by an Israeli drone airstrike. As he reports,
another Israeli drone appears and someone yells to
him to get away from the vehicles.
Also included is an update from Brent Sadler on why
the Israelis attacked this breakaway faction of the
convoy.
Length: 5:54
We join CNN International
in the midst of Michael’s report on the convoy of
1500 vehicles leaving Marjayoun. The cars stream past
behind him as he talks about the civilian flight from
the fighting.
Length: 3:23
Michael speaks with Daryn
Kagan from outside Marjayoun as a massive caravan of
civilian vehicles prepares to leave the area.
Length: 3:42
Michael spent the day in
the Bekaa Valley (as he points out, on the receiving
end of the rockets being launched from the Israeli
artillery position where John Roberts is stationed.)
Length: 5:26
Michael talks to Anderson
about the possibility of a ceasefire and what would
need to be agreed upon for both sides to agree to
one. Also, an update on what’s been going on in Iraq.
Length: 7:00
Michael talks to Larry
about the Israeli airstrike on the Sidon refugee camp
he visited last week as well as the situation in
Tyre. He also answers an email from a viewer
regarding the Lebanese Army taking on Hezbollah.
Length: 5:07
Michael is part of the
discussion on the current state of the conflict and
the peace talks. Also, a recorded piece from
Michael’s weekend trip to the Bekaa Valley, where he
toured bombing locations and spoke with Hezbollah
supporters.
Length: 10:38
Michael speaks with Larry
about the likelihood of the Lebanese Army taking on
Hezbollah as terms of a cease-fire.
Length: 2:32
Michael talks to Paula
about his weekend trip to the Bekaa Valley and what
he witnessed of Hezbollah’s structure and force
capabilities.
Length: 3:12
Michael phones one in
from the Bekaa Valley as he tours the Hezbollah
heartland again. (This time, the audio issue isn’t my
fault, just a byproduct of the broadband connection.)
Length: 3:15
During the second hour of
the show, Michael gives another update from Beirut
and discusses Israeli goals.
Length: 4:26
During the first hour of
the show, Anderson speaks with Michael in Beirut as
another night of bombing
continues.
Length:
7:47
Michael talks to Carol
Costello (filling in for Paula) about the overnight
airstrike in the Lebanese city of Qaa, the continuing
effort by the Israelis to cut Hezbollah’s resupply
lines, and how that is affecting the Lebanese
citizens.
Length: 3:39
Michael talks to Wolf
during a lull in the Beirut bombing campaign.
Length: 5:52
Michael makes a rare
appearance on Lou Dobbs’ show (although Lou is not
there) to discuss the latest airstrikes in Lebanon.
Length: 3:28
Anderson talks to Michael
throughout the show, starting in darkness and ending
well after dawn.
During the
second hour of the show, Anderson does a “24 Hours
Under Attack” special and includes Michael’s piece
from Baalbeck.
Length: 12:01 / 3:07
Michael finally puts on a
flak jacket! (Now CNN just needs to get him one of
the new models the other reporters are wearing...)
Length: 0:41
Michael speaks with Paula
about the second night of bombardment of the Lebanese
capital.
Length: 9:40
Wolf talks to Michael
about tonight’s air bombardment.
Length: 6:21
Wolf talks to both
Michael and Barbara Starr about the current situation
in Iraq, playing some clips from today’s
Congressional hearing, contrasting them with earlier
statements.
Length: 6:19
Anderson speaks with
Michael about Baalbeck and the Beirut bombings.
Michael has another prepared piece from the town of
Baalbeck, which runs in both hours.
Length: 11:20
Larry leads off his show
with Mick’s off-air reaction to what would have been
at least the fourth bomb today. (I hope CNN puts that
in one of the commercials. Hey, John Roberts got in
last week for his reaction to the artillery launch
behind him, it’s only fair!)
Length: 4:58
Michael speaks with Paula
about the airstrikes heard in the last hour.
Length: 3:52
Michael is on the air
with Wolf describing his trip to Baalbeck when the
air bombardment of Lebanon starts up again. Four
explosions are recorded during the show.
(I especially like the last one Wolf shows, where
although there is no audio, Michael can be seen
saying, “That was closer.”)
Length: 24:46
After last night’s raid
by the Israelis into the Bekaa Valley town of
Baalbek, Michael spent time there today getting a
look at the results. Three versions of his recorded
piece aired on American Morning, with a video that
appears to have been sent by broadband. First is his
original version.
In the second hour, same
voiceover but some new images, many of them from
Lebanese television. Also, a slightly longer hold on
the end reveals his displeasure with the take.
In hour three, most of
the original video is back.
Length: 1:25 / 1:22 / 1:13
Anderson talks to Mick
about the Baalbeck mission and what news they have
been learning about it.
Length: 11:40
Mick speaks to Larry
about the Baalbeck operation and what the possible
targets might be.
Length: 2:22
Mick does another
prepared piece on the 48-hour ceasefire of air
attacks and the increasing shortages of needed items
like food, medicine, and gasoline.
Length: 4:34
Mick speaks again with
Wolf about the Israeli SpecOps mission into the Bakaa
Valley stronghold of Hezbollah.
Length: 4:07
Mick talks to Wolf about
a new Israeli offensive in the town of Baalbeck in
the infamous Bekaa Valley.
Length: 2:50