as it speeds off, parr first reports that the president-- code-named rawhide-- was not hit., a telltale bloody foam on the president's lips. agent parr knows that means a punctured lung. >> reporter: as the limo with no police escort rushes to george washington university hospital, the president's condition appears to deteriorate. agent parr remains dead calm. >> reporter: three and a half minutes after he was shot here, president reagan walked into the hospital. the president collapsed in the emergency room, far more seriously wounded than we knew then. bill plante, cbs news, washington. >> couric: arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords also survived an assassination attempt. today her doctors said she's recovering "by leaps and bounds." her breathing tube is out, she's walking and speaking better. she has been told she was shot, but she has no memory of it. a gunman killed six people in that january attack. giffords and 12 others were wounded. and coming up next, the latest on the disaster in japan. in japan. ugh, my feet are killin' me. well, we're here to get you custo

. >> woodruff: there was another fateful decision parr made.the car on the way back to the white house. >> jerry parr on the way back to the white house are reagan initially thinks reagan's okay. and he says on the radio "raw hide is o.k. " on the way back reagan starts looking not so great, ashen, complaining of pain in his chest. frothy blood on his lips. parr makes the decision that they're going to the hospital instead of the white house. that decision saved reagan's life. >> woodruff: how prepared was george washington hospital to handle a president who had been shot and how clear was it that he had been shot? >> well, it was very prepared. we had training for four years, since 196, 1980 setting up the trauma system at g.w. and everyone was well trained that the point in time. the president was treated like any patient. we were notified right before he got there that somebody was on the way and he came in through the main door, he collapsed he was brought back to the resuscitation area. the trauma team was there and they assessed him and t

please welcome jerry parr. [applause] >> next to your right is dr. joseph giordano of surgery and former chairman of the department of surgery at george washington university medical center with special-interest and vascular disease he was the founder and the director of the trauma team at george washington medical center, the team that saved president reagan's life in 1981. and all fees on president 42 years at gw, before retiring in june of last year, he spent most of his time volunteering for partners for surgery which is a non-profit group dedicated to providing medical care guatemala. please tell me in welcoming dr. joseph giordano. [applause] >> and you have already heard a little about our author seated right here, del quentin wilber. just to share with you a little bit more, he is a reporter for "the washington post" and is the author of the book we are here tonight to talk about, "rawhide down vineyard assassination of ronald freakin'." joining the post, seven years ago, he reported for the "baltimore sun." for what his relatively brief care

henry parr is the coordinator of the housing authority but is also active in the operation dream, which gives toys to children in the housing -- over $25,000. they will start distributing those toys december 20 through december 23. we are going to post and on the website. i just wanted knowledge, in doing your everyday work, they give so much time to our community, and this is a wonderful thing to do to give toys to the children of those in the housing authority. thank you. [applause] >> now we will have the medal of valor presentation for sgt timothy paine, sergeant james o'malley, sgt gregory kane, officer william eleiff, and officer steven stearns. [applause] >> on may 5, 2004, a round in o'clock p.m., there was an attempted kidnapping of strangers of a woman and her son. the suspect proceeded in a chevy trailblazer and used a large caliber gun and fled westbound on any street. the suspect's description was broadcast five minutes later at 8:05. two minutes after that, officer eleiff saw the suspect vehicle and paged and began following it. as he broadcast, holding a court microphone,

news, he seems to be unhurt. 46 seconds later with reagan coughing up a lot of blood in the backseat, parritches course to the hospital. >> we're going to george washington fast. >> reporter: that decision saved reagan's life. the country held its breath and learned something about ronald reagan. because at the hospital, the stricken president, a bullet lodged an inch from his heart, in shock, with no discernible blood pressure, faced the moment with grace and humor. >> here he is on the operating room table, looked at me and says, "i hope you all are republicans" with a big smile on his face. >> reporter: that night after the three-hour surgery, nurse joanne bell remembers she had to gently tell the 70-year-old president to stop chatting away. >> i finally had to say to him, mr. president, in the most polite way that i can tell you, i want you to shut up and go to sleep. >> reporter: time passes and most of what a president does fades into the history books. but on that awful day 30 years ago, it wasn't what ronald reagan did that's so memorable, it's who he was. terry moran, abc news. >>

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then w simpson needs to make this parr putt. he won his first pga tournament. >>> novak beat federer, jumps to number two in the world rankings. today he played nadal. back in the near court loss. coming back to win the next two. he is no joke. is he 18-0 this year and the bnp open is his third title in a row. he is the new king of the hard work. arizona state -- anthony born with only one leg but he won the ncaa wrestling championship in the 125-pound division. he beat matt mcdonald. he was the two time defending champion from ohio. he is now the ncaa wrestling champion. >> thank you. >> coming up tonight on the 10:00 news we will stay on storm watch with another day of huh-uh settled weather. >> that's our report. we will see you tonight. >> goodnight.

special agent jerry parr's training takes over. he shoves the president into the armored car. at first reagan, whose secret service handle is rawhide appears unharmed. >> rawhide is okay. follow-up. rawhide is okay. >> spots were fired at president reagan in washington as he left the hilton hotel. he was not injured. >> reporter: then everything changes. >> he started spitting up bright red, frothy blood. >> roger. we want to go to the emergency room of george washington. >> that's a roger. >> go to george washington fast. >> reporter: dr. joseph giordano was in charge of the e.r. >> when they brought him in the emergency room, he collapsed. there was no discernible blood pressure. we knew that he lost 40%, 50% of his blood volume. a couple of more minutes i think he would have crashed. i don't think he would have survived, to be honest. >> reporter: shelly fieldman was nbc's cameraman. >> there were people who were not press standing alongside of us, behind us. >> reporter: in fact the gunman, john hinckley, was right next to him. >> i saw him holding the gun with two hands a

open title in the us three years crime of sin had an opportunity to steal this show after bradley mr parr attempt on the team but in suing playoff that's probably the simple top and while his opponent missed a short putt from the left of the four career p.g.a. tour of three. pole and in the n.b.a. boston were left to reflect on a job well done after setting a franchise record for the fewest points conceded in the shaft clock era the celtics beating the bucs eighty seven fifty six on sunday things going to plan for the hosts from the off boston allowing their opponents only nine points in the open quarter while scoring twenty cells reality not stop seventeen for the celtics to get just two in the second straight to the third we go another creasing believe fifty four. thirty fourth one from beyond the arc to difficulty either in the final period the massachusetts men continued their domination on home hardwood to finish with a thirty one strong wind to celtics wearing a special green and gold outfit as part of the same tough tricks they were stephenie's but no luck of the irish needed their

. >> reporter: inside the limousine, newly released secret service tapes show that agent barry parr using the code name. good news. he seems to be unhurt. 46 seconds later, he switches course to the hospital. >> we're going to george washington fast. >> reporter: that decision saved reagan's life. the country held its breath and learned something about ronald reagan. at the hospital, the stricken president, a bullet lodged an inch from his heart, in shock, with no discernible blood pressure faced the moment with grace and humor. >> he's on the operating room table. he said, i hope you're all republicans, with a big smile on his face. >> reporter: that night, after the three-hour surgery, nurse joann bell remembers she had to gently tell the 70-year-old president to stop chatting away. >> i finally had to say to him, mr. president, in the most polite way i can tell you, i want you to shut up and go to sleep. >> reporter: time passes. most of it fades into the history books. but on that awful day 30 years ago, it wasn't what ronald reagan did that is so memorable. it's who he was. terry mor

whatney needed to make a tough parr and he nail itself. on the way to a 67 while johnson shot 71 and he made sure he didn't let johnson get closer. he plays 18, birdie putt falls and he has the two stroke lead. by far his most impressive in both status and earnings, the earnings, to the tune of $1.4 million. >>> and that's it for this late sunday night edition of sport wrap. >> getting back to spring training, big crowds turning out for the giants there. >> yeah. >> doing well. >> they set a record at scottsdale. they are traveling -- traveling all round setting record in other team stadiums. had a record crowd in the texas home stadium in surprise today. probably three quarter giants fan. >> no surprise. >> very good. >> thank you. >> we have news just in, bart says the repair work that's going on at the derailment train site is going well and they say hope to have service tomorrow. >> also we will continue the live report from tokoyo on the situation there. we also continue online any time at kt, vu. thank you for joining us. have a grea

when they resumed he made parr to complete a round of 10 which watts good enough to beat yang by a stroke. kelley in second. they celebrated his first tour victory in two years. >>> all three bay area wcc teams at it in the tournament. at least one will go to the final. saint mary's and santa clara underway, later usf and gonzaga. the number one team wrapped up it's regular season today. final seconds of the first half. john hits a long three to give the buckeyes a 15 point lead over wisconsin at the break. this was his day. he had his number retired then went seven of eight from beyond the arc. as a team they set a record making 14 of 15 on their threes. that's 93%. they roll 93-65. >>> the unions for major league baseball and umpires held a rare meeting. the objective was to address the reasons for several missed calls last year. stay tuned for that solution. that's it for this early sunday night sport wrap. see you tonight at ten with all the wcc results and yes missed calls in the postseason something that will get your attention. glad they are addressing that. >> all right. one last

giordano, and jerry parr for the amazing book. i have been privileged to be part of the conversation. thank you all for comes to the newseum to be part of this conversation. good night. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in a home, we'll hear from president reagan's press secretary, jim brady, who was shot in the head by john hinkley. than a discussion with steve forbes on the economy spending. later a chairman testifying about the threat of a terrorist attack. >> earlier former white house press secretary jim brady met jay, the current white house press secretary to mark the assassination attempt on ronald reagan. this was about ten minutes. [silence] [silence] >> you got a lot of people here. do you want to say something? i want to say to myself it's an incredible honor to have jim brady here and sarah and his family. obviously as everyone knows, that's james s. brady, one the great predecessors that i look up to. >> did you say you can or cannot? >> i think it'll always be the best pres