his back would have been to hinckley as he waved. but hinckley didn't wait.ckley 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, notes it's exactly 2:27 p.m. so he shoots, six shots. the first one hits jim braidy, the press secretary, in the head, he falls down. the second one hits tom delahany, a d.c. police officer. who had turned around to check the president's progress. and he turns around and shouts i'm hit. now the path to the president is clear, it's wide open. he has an effective range of 20 to 30 feet. he's done target practice and can hit stationary targets at 20 to 30 feet. jerry parr, the lead secret service agent, in .4 of a second. i've tried to time it it's very difficult. in .4 of a second, has grabbed the president of the united states, thrust him behind tim mccarthy, another secret service agent who swivelled his body and t

and i stepped in front of him, and he told me that later that i saved hinckley's life.ked at him and says, well, thanks for being a little slow in thinking. >> hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity and placed in a psychiatric hospital. >> looking a bit pale and somewhat thinner -- >> the president suffers massive blood loss, but his surgery is successful, and he is back in the oval office only 12 days after the shooting. secret service agent mccarthy also recovers from his wounds. officers de le hante suffers permanent nerve damage to his left arm. and press secretary brady is partially paralyzed and sustains a brain injury. brady dedicates his life to fight gun violence. he goes on to pass the brady law, requiring federal background checks on gun buyers. both feelman and brown are awarded emmys for the field coverage they recorded that day. feelman's footage with the unforgettable image of hinckley's gun wins. >> i never had time to be afraid for my own life. i never had time to even think about it. i knew what i had to do. it's my job. i was a newsreel ca

covering you know each hour obama has not up until recently today netanyahu on his victory, has john hinckley called to congratulate ronald reagan yet? no, okay, he called to oppose the re-election. i think republicans can learn from this. instead of cowering in the face of left wing agitation, how about the polls in minnesota, how they're dumping illegal alien ballots on the absentee ballots on the polling booths in arizona. unless america reaches a two-state solution with mexico, this is what it's going to be like for israel. they will not have their most loyal allie in the world anymore. it will be all barak obama from here on out. >> all right. this is interesting. i think there is a perfect analogy you came into here. the focus on israel in this election is to use the obama campaign model to get out the vote models in 2008 and 2012 and increase as much as possible the israeli-arab vote in the hopes that would defeat prime minister netanyahu. you are making the argument the same thing is being done here. the argument on the left they want more illegal immigrants. they want to make people

on the newshour online, 34 years ago today, on the streets of washington, d.c., john hinckley juniorssinate president ronald reagan. i remember the scene vividly, because i was there, working as an nbc white house correspondent. in a split second, the fate of the nation was forever changed. this afternoon, around the time that the first shot was taken, i recalled the event in a series of tweets. you can read the narrative of that somber day, on our home page. all that and more is on our web site pbs.org/newshour. a reminder: tune into charlie rose later this evening for his full interview with syria's president assad. and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at how sending electrical volts to your brain can make you smarter. i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> and by the alfred p. sloan

under the flaming sky, the great hinckley firestorm of 1894. he is from the bay area. i was reluctant to admit it sometimes. and graduated from berkeley and ucla. s.c. gwynne or sam gwynne that is allowed, is the author of four books including rebel yell at violence passion and redemption of stonewall jackson the book i just finished and 20,014 "new york times" bestseller and empire of the summer men quanah parker and the rise and fall of the comanches the most powerful indian tribe in american history history, which was on "the new york times" bestseller list for 82 weeks. and was a finalist for both the pulitzer and the national book critics circle award. he won the texas book award, oklahoma book award. sally money is about his years as an international banker and many other interests. this journalism for the texas monthly magazine is legendary. hampton sides is the author of another book. i have just finished all of your books by the way. critically acclaimed "in the kingdom of ice," ghost boys and other best-selling works of narrative history. on his trail about t

under the flaming sky, the great hinckley firestorm of 1894. he is from the bay area. i was reluctant to admit it sometimes. and graduated from berkeley and ucla. s.c. gwynne or sam gwynne that is allowed, is the author of four books including rebel yell at violence passion and redemption of stonewall jackson the book i just finished and 20,014 "new york times" bestseller and empire of the summer men quanah parker and the rise and fall of the comanches the most powerful indian tribe in american history history, which was on "the new york times" bestseller list for 82 weeks. and was a finalist for both the pulitzer and the national book critics circle award. he won the texas book award, oklahoma book award. sally money is about his years as an international banker and many other interests. this journalism for the texas monthly magazine is legendary. hampton sides is the author of another book. i have just finished all of your books by the way. critically acclaimed "in the kingdom of ice," ghost boys and other best-selling works of narrative history. on his trail about t