i mean, his back would have been to hinckley. hinckley didn't wait. hinckley started shooting. it is 2:27 p.m. and we know it's 2:27 p.m. because the moment the gunfire ends, secret service agent calls on the radio to the headquarters, the secret service headquarters at the white house, and an agent there looks up at their clock and finds out -- and notes that it's exactly 2:27 p.m. so he shoots. took six shots. the first one hits james brady, the press secretary in the head. the second one hits tom delahanty, a d.c. police officer works turned around to check on the president's progress. he falls down and says i'm hit. now the path to the president is clear. it's wide open. hinckley has an effective range of 20 to 30 feet. he's done target practice, can hith stationery targets 20 to 30 feet. jerry para, reagan's main secret service agent in 0.4 seconds has grabbed the president of the united states, the moment he hears the gunfire, thrusts him behind tim mccarthy, another secret service agent who swifld his body and takes a bullet in the chest. the first bullet hits brady. the

his back would have been to the president, to hinckley as he waved. hinckley didn't wait. hin leak stathinhinckley starte. 2:27 p.m. we know because the moment the gunfire end, secret service agent calls on the raidio to secret service headquarters at the white house. an agent there looks up at their clock. and notes it is exactly 2:27 p.m. he shoots. shoots six shots. the first one hits jim brady, press secretary in the head. he falls down. second one hits a d.c. police officer who turned around to check on the president's progress. gets hit in the back. falls down. screams i'm hit. hits the ground. now the path to the president is clear. wide open. hinckley has a range of 20, 30 feet. he has done target practice. he can hit stationary targets. 20, 30 feet. jerry parr lead secret service agent, meanwhile in .4, i tried to time it. very difficult. in .4 second, has grabbed the president of the united states the moment he hears the gunfire. thrusts him behind tim mccarthy. swivels his body, takes a built in the chest. the first bullet hits brady. second one, hits another, a

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three minutes. >> i am tina bartlett hinckley, and i live at 2775 hilbert street. hopefully you received a letter from me. you will see that the lot is on baker street. i am on filbert street. it isn't unusual cottage at the rear of the law. when this building was offered for sale, they did tout the opportunities of a roof deck. the plan was that the upper unit would get the roof deck and the lower unit would get the backyard. i did go and see the property, and when i went up there i was horrified that i could look out of the back -- can you see this? you can look from my bed, from those windows, directly into my bedroom. here is another picture, right from my bed. my concern is that with the plan where they are asking to have two doors in that penthouse -- the existing penthouse is basically a stair that comes up. once it is a condominium, what they will do is put a roof deck in the back. the current owners may say they are not going to do it. but i have a picture of a roof deck that was put on illegally across the street. the staircase goes down to both units. on

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hinckley has a range of 20 to 30 feet. he's done target practice. he can his a stationary figure at 20 to 30 feet. >> this weekend on american artifacts, dell clinton wilbur on the race to save a president. today on american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> between 1861 and 1868, clara barton, known as the angel of the battlefield and founder of the american red cross, lived in will washington, d.c. building. she employed 12 clerks on the third floor in her missing soldiers office where they received over 60,000 letters from families searching for lost sons and husbands. in 1996, richard lyons, a carpenter for the general services administration was helping to prepare the building for demolition when he discovered this office sign in the attic. american history tv visited the building on seventh street to learn about the missing soldier's office and to hear the story of richard lyons who worked alone for months to save the building from demolition. >> this is the original staircase that clara used that has never been renovated or changed much

kaitlin hinckley. >> five years ago my mother and sister went to buy my siblings and myself valentine cards at a mall in salt lake city, utah. they were gunned down by a mentally ill 18-year-old who should not have had the gun that he purchased. my sweet baby sister was killed and my mother will forever suffer from the multiple gunshot wounds she inflicted. when it all happened it was all over the news. our pain and grieving was broadcast and everyone in the community was hurting. they felt the pain, the fear and the traumatic loss and wanted to know what was happening because they felt like they were a part of it. everyone can tell you where they were when it happened. but when the time came to move on they were able to turn off their tvs, put down their newspapers and go back to their daily lives knowing that their children were tucked safely in their beds but our families can't. we live this nightmare every day. we live with the pain and loss of our children, siblings, close friends and family members. we live with the fear that unless our laws change dangerous people will be able

. >> would-be assassin, john hinckley, fires six shots. this weekend on american artifacts, the race to save a president. today at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >>> this monday, watch american history tv in primetime on c-span3 with a l 34th president dwight david eisenhower. at 8:00 p.m., architect frank gary on his design for the eisenhower memorial. following that at 9:00 a.m., the president's granddaughter susan eisenhower, her opposition to the gary designed eisenhower memorial. at 10:30 p.m., an archival film about president eisenhower produced by the u.s. army. >>> good evening, and welcome to the 2012 c-span tour, central arkansas, kickoff event. how are you doing this evening, central arkansas? >> with the help of our comcast cable partners we bring you little rock weekend on american history tv. spending a week in both the capital city and its sister city of north little rock just across the arkansas river, our team of local content vehicles producers visited historic sites, museums

around 2:00, 1:30, about that time, john hinckley, a troubled 25-year-old from evergreen, colorado, who'sbsessed with jodie foster, we all know, infamously obsessed with jodie foster. hinkley's a really strange character. i tried to write him in the most balanced way possible. people differ whether he was insane at that moment, the jury decided that he was. he had an obsession with jodie foster and it had started a few years earlier, 1976 he saw the movie "taxi driver" and he fantasized by jodie foster. his life began to mirror travis bickle, the main character in "taxi driver." it's a violent film, the taxi driver, former army vet, who wants to kill a presidential candidate to impress a woman he admires. so he starts focusing on jodie foster who played a prostitute in that movie and over time he becomes more and more obsessive, in his mind he wants to impress her. he thinks, the only way i can impress her would be to shoot the president of the united states. he hangs out at blair house in the transition period, stalking the president-elect. he actually stalked carter. in october he was -

bigger and more troublesome today than it was when i began my work in that small desert town in hinckleyrnia, in 1991. >> erin brockovich, the challenge continues. >> it does. >> and the fight goes on and you are leading the way. you are more than a foot soldier. you are a commanding general. thank you so very much. the book is out and the film last call, too. >> it's a great documentary and i hope a lot of people see it. it is a wake-up call. and i think that we can change the course that we're on but we're going to have to look at it first. >> thank you so much. >> i want to talk about some serious issues such as -- >> okay. here it comes. nuclear proliferation. nuclear proliferation. nuclear proliferation. ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyr

hinckley has an effective range of 20 to 30 feet. he's done target practice.e can hit stationary targets 20 to 30 feet. >> march 30, 1981. assassin john hinckley fires six shots. the race to save a president. today at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv this weekend c-span 3. >> live today on "in depth," our founding fathers, civility and conservative politics, your questions for author and "national review" senior editor richard brookhiser. his books include books on george washington on leadership and his latest on james madison. >> today on "newsmakers," jim jordan. the ohio congressman talks about why he supports budget committee chairman paul ryan's budget which passed the house thursday. >> there's nothing good about paul's budget. the fact that particularly the policy statement where they've incorporated ideas that of sea ideas like welfare reform, medicaid reform, sending it back to the states where we think we can better serve the recipient. a lot of good things in there. tax reform policy, 1,000 times better than the president's budget

john hinckley has a range. he has done target practice. >> 1931 -- 1991. one author on the race to save the president today at 7:00 at 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history television, this weekend, on c-span3. host: at the table now is marc lynch. topic, syria. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you. host: a big meeting in turkey. including this from "associated press." what you make of this headline? guest: they are trying to walk the line between a direct intervention with syria which they fear will be disastrous while also trying to get him to agree to the united nations plan. it is extremely difficult because i think he is wrong, but he thinks he is a winning right now. he is beating the opposition military. he is retaking control and there is a lot of bloodshed. he does not seem interested in a diplomatic offer. at the same time, we look at control for much of the country. there are still peaceful protests happening everywhere. you are seeing them really try to target the kinds of leverage that might get him to agree. host: this comes a couple d

neil bush silverado having dinner with scott hinckley of the would-be killer of the president. vice president confirms and neil bush conceded they were going to meet. what does this mean? that is the appearance of a conflict of interest. [laughter] when the father is president of the united states. and government of laws this was not a huge scandal? talk about conspiracy i find it if this if saying it is mainstream because 71 percent have a positive view. i think that is when you were a on dangerous ground. the hindu caste system? what will they say. ahead of the dues this is building number seven over here and she is telling you the 47 storey building had collapsed but she does not see that this of building and it is still there. 23 minutes ahead of the news. this is why people say they are servants. george w. bush went to the united nations we should never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories. another view, mr. kay leaves out the two american revolutions. including the civil war was a revolution on steroids. distinguished 1967 winning the prize in history saying the unifyi

caitlin hinckley. >> five years ago my mother and sister went to buy my siblings and myself valentine cards at a mall in salt lake city utah. there were gunned down by a mentally ill 18-year-old who should not have had the guns that purchased. my sweet baby sister who was killed and my mother will for ever suffer from the multiple gunshot wounds she inflicted. when it all happened, it was all over the news. our pain and grieving was broadcast and everyone in the community was hurting. they felt the pain, the fear and the dramatic loss and wanted to know what was happening because they felt like they were a part of it. everyone can tell you where they were when it happened. but when the time came to move on, they were able to turn off their tv, put on their newspaper and go back to their daily lives knowing that their children were tucked safely in their beds. but our families can't. we live this nightmare every day. we live with the pain and loss of our children, siblings, close friends and family members. we live with the fear that unless our love, dangerous people will get a hold of

kaitlin hinckley. >> five years ago, my mother and sister went to buy my siblings and myself valentine's cards at a mall in salt lake city, utah. they were gunned down by a severely mentally ill 18-year- old who should not have had the gun he purchased. my sweet baby's sister kirsten was killed and my mother will for ever suffer from the multiple gunshot wounds she inflected. when it all happened, it was all over the news. our pain and grieving was broadcast and everyone in the community was hurting. they felt the pain, the fear, the traumatic loss, and wanted to know what was happening? when they felt like they were a part of it. everyone can tell you where they were when it happened. but when the time came to move on, they were able to turn off their tvs, put down the newspapers, and go back to their daily lives, knowing that their children were tucked safely in their beds. but our families cannot. we live this nightmare every day. we live with the pain and loss of our children, siblings, close friends, and family members. we live with the fear that unless our loss change, dangerous pe

caitlin hinckley. >> five years ago, my mother and sister went to buy my siblings and myself valentine's cards at a mall in salt lake city, utah. they were gunned down by a severely mentally ill 18-year- old who should not have had the gun he purchased. my sweet baby's sister kristin was killed and my mother will for ever suffer from the multiple gunshot wounds she inflected. when it all happened, it was all over the news. our pain and grieving was broadcast and everyone in the community was hurting. they felt the pain, the fear, and the traumatic loss, and wanted to know what was happening? when they felt like they were a part of it. everyone can tell you where they were when it happened. but when the time came to move on, they were able to turn off their tvs, put down the newspapers, and go back to their daily lives, knowing that their children were tucked safely in their beds. but our families cannot. we live this nightmare every day. we live with the pain and loss of our children, siblings, close friends, and family members. we live with the fear that unless our loss change, dangerou