a number of people. >> as investigators begin to question hinckley, white house press secretary jim brady'sife sarah brady, is at home with their 2-year-old son. >> we were sitting in our rec room watching television when they announced that -- >> the president did not appear to be hurt, according to united press international. >> i thought to myself, oh, that's great. never dreaming that jim would even have been with him, for some reason. the phone rang immediately. it was a friend of mine, and she had heard that jim had been shot. >> the white house immediately sends a car to take sarah to the hospital. >> for some reason i just thought -- it never dawned on me he'd be badly hurt or killed. i just kept thinking, he was shot in the arm. >> it was very obvious he was seriously injured with a gunshot wound to the head, but he was alive, and probably shouldn't have made it, but he got exceedingly great medical care from the doctor. >> with mrs. brady on the way to the hospital, hospital workers secured a room in the waiting room. >> she came over to me and we hugged each other and she said, i

years after he was shot, almost killed, his press secretary jim brady was paralyzed, 12 years passed before the brady gun bill was adopted by the united states congress, only after incredible struggle by sarah and jim brady. twelve years makes twelve months look like a spring. we're prepared. it's going to take months more, maybe years but we're not going away. >> thanks for that useful reminder. i should have remembered that myself. thanks very much. thanks for what you're doing. >> thank you. >>> nbc's kate snowe sat down with newtown families who requested privacy themselves but still want to honor those whom they have lost. >> i remember the night before on december 13th getting into bed with him. we would read every night. i misreading to him. i haven't read a book out loud. >> what do you miss the most about your mom? >> today it would probably be how warm her hands always were. yesterday probably would have been how tiny she felt when i hugged her. it depends on the day. >> the families plan to light candles tomorrow on the anniversary. we've asked others to honor their loved o

and then ronald reagan left office in 1989, and jim brady decided at that point it was time for him to speak up as well, and he did so in moving testimony before congress. >> of course i am honored to be here, but it is not the honor that compelled me to appear before you today. it is the anger. anger at a congress that just a year ago failed to pass a measure which would reduce handgun violence by plaguing our nation. i had no choice but to be here today because of too many members of congress have been gutless on this issue. i'm not here to complain. but since you're here, i'll complain a little. >> for all he had been through, jim brady still had his wits and his charm and still had some pull. took another two years but on the tenth anniversary of the shooting of ronald reagan, brady's old boss returned to george washington university with him, and he made a surprise announcement. >> i want to tell all of you here today something that i'm not sure you know. you do know that i'm a member of the nra. and my position on the right to bear arms is well known. but i want you to know somet

before the brady bill was passed. 12 years of struggle and work, resolve and courage by sarah and jim brady. and eventually an endorsement by ronald reagan. so the sadness and anger that i feel today prompted by the memory of that tragedy and this body's failure to respond is mitigated by the knowledge that history is on our side, that america is better than that vote that we took in april. the people of newtown have not failed. the people of america have not failed, and this body has not yet failed. we can and we will do better because newtown and that vote will be with us. newtown is more than a moment, it's a movement that eventually will prevail. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr burr: mr. president, ie to address the nomination of cornelia pillard for the d.c. district court. this nomination's a good example of government yoa government reh that's led by obamacare. let me say to my colleagues who took to the floor to talk about newtown. i had the opportunity to spend an hour with paren

. >> jim brady, presidential press secretary shot, wounded, are we going to be sitting here one yearsame thing and nothing happens again? >> people hold reagan as this iconic ideal, and this is not, you know, gun rye lens reduction is not just a democratic issue, not just a represent issue, but there are some fairly clear splits along those lines. do you know what reagan had to say about assault weapons and ak47s in particular? civilians don't need them. they should not have easy access to those weapons, but we are seeing a dangerous movement in this country. go look at certain other news outlets. when they use words like thugs, that's code words for black people or latino people, people not the color of me. this idea to ramp up the fear if you don't have these weapons, these thugs or people that don't look like you, act like you are going to get you and your family, you must protect yourself, that's one strategy. the other is to make you think when you no longer like government policies because a half black man gets elected president, it's your right to overthrow the government, tho

the winding seconds of the dolphins-patriots game, thomas picked off tom brady to clinch the miami victory. thomas played for jimdown on the farm and in fact, he was on the 49ers practice squad less than two weeks ago. >> brought a smile to everybody's face as we got that news on the plane and started seeing the highlights. mike's just a great guy and a great teammate. and everybody is just happy for his success. fewer players i have coached that i love more than michael thomas. >> coaches, all coaches. >>> southern illinois basketball team lost 73-65 last night to murray state. the head coach added his name to the list of epic post-game rants. >> marcus was absolutely awful! that's about as pg rated as i can say it! he was awful. our guards were awful. our three starting guards have one assist and seven turnovers! they must think it's a tax credit! it's unbelievable. how our starting guards played! let's talk about our big guys. two for 11! how can you go two for 11? my wife -- my wife!! -- -- can score more than two buckets on 11 shots because i know my wife will at least shot fake one time. but those guys are

jim: flacco has a man. looks like he has another first. torrey smith >> i think they spotted it just shy. 71 wins since 2008. that is regular and post. that is the best. of course brady manning during that span and in there both missed a season of football. phil: he has been consistent. we talked about it so many times. extremely underrated. tough situation for him this year with this offense skill wise they are not as good as last year and it hurts the quarterback. jim: they did get the first down to smith. now they run it with pierce. and that is no gain. we have another update coming out of our studios in new york. james: carolina clinches the south with the win. shannon: the falcons are not cooperating. 7-0 falcons on top of the panthers. james: basketball yesterday and football today. jim: thank you, j.b. a little double dip. saw a couple of teams we might be seeing in dallas at the final four, kentucky and louisville in three months time. second and 9 here as the ravens try to take advantage of a second takeaway in the early action. the flag does come out. pitta was saying he was being held by burfict. >> he is retiring at the end of the day. being an nfl offic