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'Nightline' host Ted Koppel remembers Jimmy Carter
In 1979, as former President Jimmy Carter was running for re-election, Americans were glued to their televisions by ABC's Ted Koppel, whose groundbreaking late-night news program "Nightline" relayed the latest information about 52 Americans held hostage in Iran that year.
Here & Now host Robin Young speaks with Koppel about that moment in our history, as we look back on the legacy of Carter.
This segment aired on December 31, 2024.