. >> march 30, 1981, would be assassin, john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend, the raceo president. sunday, 10:00 p.m. eastern. >> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend ad american history tv explore history and literary culture of little rock arkansa eastern on book tv on c-span too. the little known riots and killing of at l african-american sharecroppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the mississippi delta. and saying that blacks were now in revolt. and the next morning between and 1,000 men, white men, pour into phillips county to begin shooting down >> on american history tv, span. sunday, former student bruce lindsay on integration and north little rock highle school.f the to happen when we get up those steps. but they seem to. because no the momentum is behind us. and they are pushing us up the steps.

. >> march 30th, 1981, john hinckley fires six shots, this weekend on american artifacts, del quintonilbur on the race to save a president sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> in march 1979, c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide. and today our content politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history is available on tv, radio and online. >> on or about friday november 21st, i asked admiral poindexter directly does the president know? he told me he did not. and on november 25th, the day i was reassigned back to the united states marine corps for service, the president of the united states called me. in the course of that call, the president said to me, words to the effect that i just didn't know. those are the facts as i know them. i was glad that when you introduced this, you said that you wanted to hear the truth. i came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly. i am here to tell it all, pleasant and unpleasant. and i am here to accept responsibility fo

the path to the president is wide open and john hinckley has an effective range of 20-30 feet and has done target practice. >> march 30, 1981, the assassin john hinckley fire six shots and this weekend, we talk about the race to save a president sunday and 7:00 and 10:00 p.m.. on c-span 3. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney has received the endorsement of former president george h. w. bush. the two men left -- met last december in houston earlier this month, former florida governor jeb bush also endorsed mr. runyan. this meeting was held in president bush paused office in houston, texas. >> thank you all very much for coming and barbara and i are very proud to fully and enthusiastically endorse and support our old friend mitt romney. he is a good man. he will make a great president. we wish him well so we are delighted he is here. do you want to add anything? >> [inaudible] >> i think it is time for a party to get behind a ann romney pamitt romney. he has waged a good fight. we have been convinced a long time that he is the man to do this job and get on and win the presi

. >> march 30th, 1981, would be assassin john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, the race to save a president, sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> live sunday on in depth, our founding fathers, civility and conservative politics. your questions for richard brookheiser. his 11 books include right time, right place, george washington on leadership and his latest on james madison. he'll take your phone calls, e-mails and tweets sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> starting sunday, see the winners in this stay tuned cam video documentary competition on the theme the constitution and you as middle and high school students showed which part of the constitution was important to them and why. we'll air the top 27 videos each morning at 6:50 eastern at c-span and you'll meet the students who created them each day. for a preview check studentcam.org. >>> chancellor of the exchequer george osborne unveiled the budget last week before members of parliament. it outlines the government's proposed tax

. >> march 30th, 1981, would be assassin john hinckley fires six shots. this w eekend wilbur on the race to save a president. sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" this weekend on c-span3. >>> in march of 1979 c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide. today our content of politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history is available on tv, radio and online. >> i actually was staying in the lincoln bedroom last night. i couldn't resist getting on the phone and i called up the secret service as the president, "feel like going jogging tonight, in the nude." my wife and i were looking at the lawn around midnight, and these guys were like -- fully unclothed. i've been studying him since yesterday. i think i've actually -- the way to do the president is to start out with mr. rogers, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. then you add a littlejohn wayne. here we go, let's go over the ridge. put them together you got george herbert walker bush. that's the thing there. >> c-spa

. >> john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, the race to save a president, sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. this weekend on c-span 3. >>> all weekend long, american history weekend long american history tv is in little rock, arkansas to explore its rich history. you're watching 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. . >>> douglas macarthur was one of the most influential arguablrgu figures in our american history and actually filming in the birthplace here in little rock, arkansas, a little known fact for a lot of people. macarthur's father was in the u.s. military, captain macarthur, following his service in the civil war and actually came to little rock, arkansas, in 1959 and spent about 18 months here serving at the arsenal that existed on the site where our building is located. he brought with him to little rock his wife and two sons. they've actually lived in this building they were in in one of the apartments that was contained in this stru

. >> john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, dell quinton wilbur on the race to save a president, sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern, on "american history tv," this weekend on c-span3. >>> i am appearing here today as one spokesperson for the hundreds of thousands of marines, sailors, their families, and loyal civilian employees who were unknowingly exposed to horrendous levels of toxins through their drinking water at camp lejeune, north carolina. >> the documentary "semper fi" always faithful, chronicles retired marine jerry emsmenger. he's joined by the film's producer rachel libert sunday. >> one thing they have done over the years is hev obfuscated the facts so much, they have told so many half-truths and total lies, they've omitted a lot of information to the media, and now if they were to sit down with me face to face, i could show them with their own documents and counter what they've been saying. and they don't want to do this. >> more, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q a

. >> march 30th, 1981, john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, the race to save a president. sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, this weekend on c-span 3. >>> live sunday on founding fathers. your questions for author and national review editor richard brookhiezer. his book he'll take your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> the atlantic magazine recently held a summit here in washington. among the guest speakers was robert reuben who served as treasury secretary. he spoke about the pressing need for an agreement on reducing the debt. the progress wouldn't come until after the november elections. >>> welcome to the economy summ summit. thank you for being here. i'm going to resist asking you my first question what that choke was that you just shared. >> i suggested that you ask the first question which is a better fly fisherman. paul or me? >> and his answer? >> we each had a different answer. i said me, and he said he. >> i think this is

. >> march 30th, 1981, would be assassin john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend on "american artifacts" an author on the race to save a president, sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, this weekend on c-span 3. >>> this week on "news makers" jim jordan, the ohio congressman talks about why he supports budget committee chairman paul ryan's budget which passed the house thursday. >> well, there's a lot of things good about paul's budget. the fact that particularly the policy statements where they have incorporated ideas that have really been ideas like welfare reform, medicaid reform, sending it back to the states, where we think we can better serve the recipients. so a lot of good things in there. tax reform policy. of course it's 1,000 times better than the president's budget which never, ever, ever, ever gets to balance. the difference between paul's budget and ours is we get to balance in a reasonable period of time, in a time frame that we believe the american people thinks is common sense. five years is what it takes for o

he hit stationary targets 20 to 30 march 30th, 1981, would-be assassin john hinckley fires six shots. this weekend on "american article fakts quoet rawhide down author dell quinton wilbur on the race to save the president. sunday on american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >>> earlier this month the house committee gave the federal government a c-minus for its ability to track information about freedom of information act requests. the report was released as american university law school held this event on transparency and openness in government. it's an hour 20 minutes. >> -- but c-span viewers. and what i'm going to do in the interest of time is just very quickly introduce our moderator and he will in turn go on from there. and maybe i need to say beyond what's in the bio notes that you all have available to you here and that will be posted online as with the is that tom sussman was the first recipient of the foye legend award four years ago. and that should say enough right there. tom, thank you very much. >> thank you, dan. that's a miracle, isn't it? has anyone ever hear

it took hinckley 19 years, john hinckley 19 years to be able to get out for a little bit. think they are going to go for it in texas. i'll be ashamed if they go for it in texas. this woman, she has to pay for -- fred, i have people on facebook say she's going to try to plea bargain her way into heaven. that's why she wants to go to church. satan told her to kill those children, now she wants to go to church. bad, bad, bad. >> rich herman, avery friedman, great to see you every weekend. thank you. >> good to see you. >> fred, you said if you won the lottery, you'd be at work today? >> yes. >> if it was me it would be legal guy. >> you don't just love this. >> i don't know. i don't know. i'm being real. >> that's fine. hey, i know you guys have not heard this name in a while. it's made you unhappy. there's a case closed. lindsay lohan, now her probation over, done. >> i'm thrilled. >> doesn't look like we're going to be talking about her anymore? >> we will. we will be, fred. >> i hope not. >> time will tell. we will. >> i hope not. >> i got the whole segment then, avery. >>

among the most memorable stories for this former prosecutor, trial of john hinckley. >> jury was able to listen to all the psychiatric testimony, all of these important legal distinctions, and listen to you will of this and come up with a verdict that decided -- very gutsy verdict that ruled that he was not criminally responsible. she was not guilty by reason of insanity and i just thought that was an extraordinary experience and very difficult decision. >>eporter: but the job meant a little 23u7b, too. when was the last time you got in a fighter jet and had the pilot sago for it? >> to be able to pull back on the stick and have that plane go up and up and up and then he said look over your head and you can see the con trail coming around. you make a complete circle. it was thrilling. >> welcome back to the second half of "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. >> reporter: joe has called the anchor desk home alongside barbara and then eun. continuing to serve the people. every morning, laugh, smile. all the news washington needs to know. >> go to work every day and take your job seriou

among the most memorable stories for this former prosecutor, the trial of john hinckley. >> so the jurye to listen to all this psychiatric testimony, all these important legal distinctions and listen to all this and come up with a verdict that decided, a gutsy verdict, that ruled he was not criminally responsible. he was not guilty by reason of insanity. and i just thought that was an extraordinary experience. it was a very difficult decision. >> the job has meant a little fun, too. i mean, when was the last time you got in a fighter jet and had the pilot say "go for it"? >> to be able to pull back on the stick and have that allegheny up and up and up -- plane go up and up and up. you could see the contrail as you made a complete circle, it was thrilling. >> welcome back to the second half of "news4 today," i'm -- >> joe has called the anchor desk home alongside barbara and eun continuing to serve the people. every morning a laugh, smile, and all the news washington needs to know. >> go to work every day, take your job seriously, and mean to do it well. and try to do it well every day.

among the most memorable stories for this former prosecutor, the trial of john hinckley. >> the jurye to listen to psychiatric testimony, all these important legal distinctions and listen to all this and come up with a verdict that decided -- a gutsy verdict -- that ruled he was not criminally responsible, he was not guilty by reason of insanity. and i thought that was an extraordinary experience. it was a very difficult decision. >> the job has meant a little fun, too. i mean, when was the last time you got in a fighter jet and had the pilot say "go for it"? >> being able to pull back and have the plane go up and up and he said, look over your head, and you could see the contrail. it was thrilling. >> welcome back to the second half of "news4 today.." >> >> reporter: joe has called the anchor desk home alongside barbara and eun, continuing to serve the people. every morning a laugh, smile, and all the news washington needs to know. >> to work every day, take your job seriously, and mean to do it well. try to do it well every day. that's the challenge, and in many ways because that's

. >> it was this day in 1981 when president reagan was nearly assassinated by john hinckley jr.the president exited the washington hilton. for some of us, we remember every second of that day. i admit that i remember i had a cub scout meeting that afternoon and i watched everything unfold. >>> anyway, wisconsin is in the middle of a pitched ideological battle pitting governor scott walker against the state's public sector unions and really the entire labor union and the electorate could not be more polarized, mitt romney is trying to tap into this republican anger in the new reasonable be call all over wisconsin. >> as you know, the fight against big labor led by governor walker isn't over here in wisconsin. i wouldn't normally make these calls, but i was shocked to find out that rick santorum repeatedly supported big labor and joined with liberal democrats in voting against right-to-work legislation during his time in washington. >> msnbc political analyst david corn is the washington bureau chief of "mother jones" and author of the new book "showdown." and we've got the senior

been 31 years now since john hinckley fired the bullet that collapsed reagan's left lung, just missinghis heart. "washington post" reporter says reagan's recovery gave america an unfiltered glimpse at the president's character. >> this guy is cracking one liners. joking. trying to comfort his wife before himself. that's what he was doing. trying to calm those around him. really revealing into someone's character, and it kind of create add shield around reagan for the rest of his presidency. like people said, i disagree with hi politics but like him as a person. >> reagan, secret service code name rawhide, rushed to a hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. the president's men not knowing what would happen too him were forced to face facts and consider worst case scenarios. >> reagan's two top advisers jim baker and ed meese are having a conversation about the historic transfer of power to the vice president while reagan's in life-saving surgery and they're having this conversation in a janitor's closet. >> transferred to vice president george h.w. bush and reighen in stable cond

would-be assassin john hinckley fire six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, and author of the race to save a president. sunday at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> the house is back in this morning for more work on the 2013 budget, which they expect to finish today. then we move on to the surface transportation bill. live coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. on c-span2, we will hear from budget committee chairman paul ryan and the top democrat on the committee, chris van hollen. they will be at a national journal event at 8:30 eastern. c-span 3, the senate energy committee will hold a hearing on gas prices. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern. coming up on obama washington journal,", we will talk to new journal,", we will talk to new mexico senator jeff

john hinckley has a range of 20-30 feet. he could hit stationary targets such 20 days 30 feet. would-be assassin john hinckley fires six shots. >> this weekend we will talk about the race to save the president sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: tom price is joining us from georgia's sixth congressional district. guest: great to be with you. host: you were inside the supreme court for day one of the oral arguments. let me begin with the broader question about the dynamics in the room and what you saw and how you felt. guest: that was the first time i heard oral argument in the supreme court and people were very attentive and the justices were very engaged. to have the presentation began and the interrupted with in the first sentence or two was a new experience. about went very well and that of the justice or harming on the issue but that needed to be addressed and it will be a fascinating sequence what their division is. if the issue of the mandate is struck down with to the centerpiece o

for those of you who have been around for a while, it has been 31 years ago today that john hinckley shot ronald reagan here in washington d.c. and three others in an attempted assassination attempt. you are watching "washington journal." we will be looking at the 1940 census which is just coming out, giving us a snapshot of what america was like. in our next segment, you will be meeting gretchen morgenson who writes about the oversight of fannie mae and freddie mac. we are going to tell you about our weekend promotion about little rock, arkansas. here is more. ♪ >> rushing water, thundering water carrying destruction through the peaceful valley of the ohio. today, a flood. the swollen river throws its might against man and it works. >> it started in northeast arkansas right around new year's. we had a lot of heavy rain in the north-south flowing rivers that go into the mississippi. this is sharecropper country where people are living on less than $200 by year. they carried lucky bones in their pockets. red flannel next to their skin to ward off rheumatism. these are the people getti

john hinckley, the guy kills or tries to kill the president of the united states.nwhile, now, after 30 years, all of his-- he was found be sob insane and everyone treating him wants to let him out. if you could fix a guy who wants to kill the president, you could clearly fix a 14-year-old kid put in a foster homage nine and beaten by his dad systematically through his life. let's say it's 30 years and 44 years old, i think we should, we have the technology to rehabilitate him. >> a couple of things,more than a couple of things. the laws have to focus on the victims not victimizer, we're talking heinous offenses, when you're beating someone to death and bludgeoned someone and that's not enough. let he me burn your body. i don't see many row deeming qualities from that. moving further from that, there are lawsuits that protect minors. you have friends on the supreme court. and you can't put them to death. no death penalty. >> and the supreme court said if you're 18 years old and commit a nonhomicide you can't serve life, but these people deserve life. >> i would see

. >> march 30, 1981, john hinckley fire six shots.ekend, we talk about the race to save a president. sunday at 10 and -- 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c- span3. >> new to gingrich is acknowledging mitt romney as the likely republican presidential nominee. the former house leader told al- awlaki radio station that he thinks mr. romney is clearly the front-runner. mitt romney will probably get the 1144 convention delegates needed to win the nomination. mr. romney still has to earn it. that said, mr. gingrich's now leading the race. earlier this week, he said he will continue to campaign and tell mr. romney get the delegates. newt gingrich told students at georgetown university that he is staying in the race despite not winning more than two state primaries. this is 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for that. thank you for the introduction. kevin, thank you for the leadership you have shown. if your interested, you can join the project by going to newt.org/students. we are talking about a personal social security savings account,

. >> the would-be assassin john hinckley fire is six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, they'll clinton on the race to save the president. -- dale quinten wilber on c- s0pan 3. >> the fifth annual clinton global initiative at george washington university, wadding about it this week. what is behind the initiative? how did it start, what is its purpose? dr. bill clinton came up with the idea five years ago. it is connected to the clinton global initiative to bring world leaders together to talk about the big problems of the day. the first group gathered in new orleans after hurricane katrina, and they looked out a whole bunch of different service projects that students have come up with all over the world. the idea is that president clinton wanted to take these projects and help students figure out how to make them available and turn them into reality. it is community service that has caught on. >> what is his role with the initiative? is it fund-raising, reaching out to the students that attended this weekend's events? >> they create th

. >> march 30, 1981, the assassin john hinckley fires six shots.e a president sunday at 7:00 and 10:00 eastern. >> in march of 1979, c-span began televising the house of representatives to households nationwide. we're now available on tv, radio, and online. >> i could not resist getting on the phone and i called the secret service says the president. i feel like going jogging tonight -- in the nude. my wife and i were looking at the lawn on midnight that these guys or all -- fully enclosed. i have been studying him since yesterday and i think -- the way to do the president is to start out as mr. rogers. then you add a little john wayne. you put them together and you have george herbert walker bush. [cheers and applause] >> c-span, created by america's public -- cable companies as a public service. ♪ [applause] >> wow. i asked my wife to come and stand with me, because we spend all week campaigning here in wisconsin, and we have been having a great reception. some of you also know our son- in-law is from sheboygan, so we have connections on both sid