hinckley is the man who shot president reagan in 1981. he is allowed to leave ten days at a time to visit his home. the hospital doesn't want to be involved in the decision but the judge has given them until october 19 to weigh in. >>> just about 4:37. a chilly start as you poke your nose outside but it is going to be a spectacular day. howard has the details in two minutes. >> two numbers show this sluggish economy might be recovering for most americans. more coming up at 4:40. >> carcinogens in the food we eat. which food is causing concerns and what you should do about it. >> we're back in just two minutes with your weather first. happy thursday. >>> 4:39. your weather first on this thursday morning. it's chilly. we have areas in the mid-40s. bundle up but you won't need it by later this morning. by noon 71. southeast winds at 4. eat lunch outside if you can. i'm imploring you to take advantage of this. a beautiful afternoon. 75 at 3-b with a high -- at 3:00 with a high around 78. i'll have the weekend outlook when i see you in a few.

lawyers for john hinckley have been trying to expand the amount of time he can spend away from st. elizabeth's hospital, but another facility in williamsburg, virginia, where hinckley would have to attend group sessions while released has now backed out of a deal. the hospital has until october 19th to decide how to proceed. >>> two flight attendants delaying a plane for four hours because of their argument. ahead, what could happen to them now. >>> a crazy crash caught on tape. we'll tell you how a police officer's quick thinking helped save a woman's life. >> weather and tffic on the 1s. "and what's your name?" "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> take a look at this video. a police officer's quick reflexes helped save a woman's life. the officer helping her with a minor accident. a drunk driver slams into his parked cruiser. that officer shoved the woman out of the way just in time. he had some serious injuries himself, though, the officer did. he was relea

hinckley was a 26-year-old male who tried to assassinate president reagan. he tried to gain the affection of jodie foster. he pled insanity and images were used for the very first time in this case. they used to support the diagnosis that he was psychotic. he heard voices, hallucinations, delusions. the images at the time or something called -- we know that it is not diagnostic now. it is a risk faster -- factor. you are more likely to develop these types of illnesses. but he was found insane based on this information and sentenced to an insane asylum. he has now been released, starting in 2009, to a thousand -- 2010. he is well treated and managed. they told me i had to go away faster. if you happen to have schizophrenia or you hear voices or hallucinations, it is with 99% certainty that i can show that your brain is different. if you have schizophrenia -- just pretend. what do you see that is different? these areas are much different, much more engaged. you might see there is a lot more blue as well in this map. look at this area. it is very different than

. >>> john hinckley is the man who shot president reagan in 1981. he is allowed to leave people's place for 10 days at a time to visit his mom. the hospital said they didn't want to be involved in the decision but the judge has given them until october 19th to weigh in. >>> attorney general eric holder is in the clear but more than one dozen others could face disciplinary action. a new report from the inspector general of the justice department blames most of of the mess on federal agency and prosecutors in phoenix. the intent was to let the guns from the u.s. pass into the hands of suspected drug smugglers and then take them to mexican drug cartels. but they lost track of 2,000 of the weapons and hundreds of them ended up at crime scenes. >>> mitt romney going from defense to offense today. he was aggressively attacking the president's economic policy and during a fund raiser the presidential nominee was working hard trying to steer his message back to the economy and away from the secretly recorded comments he made to high roller campaign donors.

hinckley, the administrator for aviation safety made what i thought were some inappropriate comments. if republicans win office, jobs may be affected. if democrats win office, their jobs would not be affected. i think these comments are extremely inappropriate and i would like to know where these comments are coming from if this is an independent speaking. is it coming from the administration or from the white house? where is this man speaking from? >> is certainly not coming from the administration or white house. i take any potential violation extremely seriously. we do understand the office of special counsel has opened up investigations into this particular instance that we are cooperating fully and not. >> good enough for me. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. duncan. >> well, thank you, mr. chaiman. this will be some of the same frustration that chairman mica and mr. defazio expressed, but i read in the report the headlines, unresolved problems continue to impact the cost and pays and then it's below that, software related problems have cost overruns and schedule delays and in the