Until the very last minute as Reagan was sworn in
Video
January 20, 1981. Ted Koppel reports on the last minute efforts of president Jimmy Carter to secure the release of American hostages in Iran
https://rumble.com/vlmy36-american-hostages-day-444.html
If Carter had a second term, they’d never have been released. It was only that Iran was scared of Reagan that they were finally released.
Is it Koppel or Dan Rather narrating?