Interview by Harry Ellis in Washington DC, with reporter from London joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the insurgency among religious groups in Afghanistan. Senator Jim Sasser states that the Congress of the United States is of the opinion to provide more aid and weapons to the Afghan fighters and funds going to them will not violate the United States law. Correspondent and host Harry Ellis thanks the guests and other reporters at the end of the Interview.
View of United States Capitol building illuminated, at night. A meeting of House of Representatives. The meeting of Congress is addressed by several people. Patients in a hospital. U.S. Army soldiers marching on a military base. A U.S. politician speaking to a reporter. Children in a elementary school classroom listen and participate in class as teacher stands in front of blackboard.. A farmer operates a tractor on a farm field. Men and women, mostly office workers, walk on a busy sidewalk in a U.S. city (possibly New York) wearing typical 1980s fashions. A "Beefsteak Charlies" restaurant sign is seen in the background.
Bus passing slowly by the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC. View from the moving vehicle of the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States). Trees in a garden beside the memorial. Cars parked in front of the Memorial.
A Saudi Arabian communication satellite (and two other satellites) are launched in space by United States space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51G. An Arabic news bulletin anchor, speaking in English, introduces the event. He then tries to interview first Saudi Arabian space flier Prince Sultan Salman bin Al Saud through video conferencing. Sultan Salman of Saudi Arabia, in United States space shuttle Discovery, is visible on a TV monitor in the background. During delays while attempting to make voice contact with Prince Saud, the news anchor, now speaking in Arabic, reports about the space flight in Discovery. Finally, radio contact is made, and the anchor is able to converse with Prince Saud about his experience.
Sultan Salman bin Al Saud becomes the first Saudi Arabian in space. A news anchor speaks to Prince Salman through video conferencing during his space flight in U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Prince Salman speaks to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia through teleconferencing. The King extends his greetings to the President of the United States and thanks them for sending Salman in the space in Discovery. Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz, Prince Sultan Salman's father also speaks to him.
Sultan Salman bin Al Saud becomes the first Saudi Arabian in space. A news anchor speaks. King Fahd speaks over the phone line. Prince Salman speaks to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia through teleconferencing. The King extends his greetings to the President of the United States and thanks them for sending Salman in the space in U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz, Prince Sultan Salman's father also speaks to him.