jim brady's recovery is painfully slow but positive.h use of the left side of his body, he retains cognitive thinking and great sense of humor. agent tim mccarthy makes a full recovery and continues his career with the secret service. d.c. police officers tom delahanty suffered a crippling wound that forced his retirement. president reagan surprised his doctors and the nation, healing quickly for a man his age, as for john hinckley jr., his life story was a tabloid soap opera played out for a worldwide audience. >> about his alleged assailant, mr. reagan said, i hope he can find an answer to his problem. said the president, he seems to be a very disturbed young man. >> even jim brady was compassionate. >> he said, well, he didn't hold any ill-will toward him, but then again, he hoped he wouldn't win the irish sweepstakes. >> hinckley's motive seemed simply surreal. >> none of this was political. it was a way to try to force the recognition that should be granted to him. >> in a surprising move, the judge in the case ordered jodie foster

you know, it took ten years after ronald reagan was almost assassinated and jim brady was paralyzed for. perseverance counts. and on domestic violence, i've introduced a bill that would close a loophole that permits estranged husbands or spouses or partners from retaining their guns, even when they're judged to be dangerous, and a protective order is issued, that loophole must be closed. domestic violence is a scourge that is five more times likely to result in death with guns. the lesson of our experience is to organize from the grassroots and make sure that the vast majority have their views heard and expressed, and their voices will be heard. >> senator richard blumenthal, thank you very much for joining us for this segment. >> thank you. >>> coming up, more about governor nikki haley's announcement about the confederate flag. new york state is reinventing how we do business by leading the way on tax cuts. we cut the rates on personal income taxes. we enacted the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968. we eliminated the income tax on manufacturers altogether. with startup-ny, qualified

guest: we had the last major vote on a piece of gun policy since jim brady in the 1990's. despite what the media tells you , we had a majority of senators vote yes on that background check bill. we did not break the 60 vote threshold. in a normal democracy, you've got the 50% to go on. we have not had a committee hearing on the issue is appalling. the present realize there is a problem. the president tries to do everything he can. he pulled together some way people. i met with him after sandy hook. there is not a lack of things to do. there are so many steps to be taken to improve different parts of this. it's hard to get honed in. the president recognizes the problem. there is only so much the he can do. you need a congress and a legislature that is going to vote and reflect the will of the people. that is the task at hand. they need to bring the will of the people up to match the intensity of groups like the nra to make sure that elected officials know that they vote the right way and they will win. host: homer, good morning. caller: i've been around guns all my life. my

nobody thought before ronald reagan was almost assassinated and jim brady was paralyzed that the brady bill would ever be passed. in fact, it took ten years. so we are here in a marathon, not a sprint. we are here for the long haul. we're not going away, not giving up not abandoning this fight not surrendering to the forces of domestic terrorism or racial hatred or gun violence. we are better than that as a nation. and so as we leave and go back home for this recess, i hope that we will not only share the grief and pain of those brave and courageous families in south carolina who were so heroic in the face of evil, but resolve that we will redouble our efforts to raise awareness to organize people who are of goodwill and want to stop gun violence and who need to be heard because the vast majority of the american people want us to take commonsense sensible measures to make america safer and better. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: mr. president today i'm back on the floor of the senate for

the league punished him after their investigation found brady and the team likely knew of jim prosecutorly deflated footballs before the championship game. the commissioner will hear the appeal. >> james horner has died. he was the author behind the song from titanic and scored countless other films. he was nominated for 10 academy awards. his private plane went down in california monday. >> kurdish fighters are making new gainsual the turkey-syrian border. thanks for watching, have a great day. >> challenge the way you look at the world. >> talking about big subjects. >> telling human stories. >> rising waters taking their toll... we go to the threatened marshall islands... to talk to the peole affected most >> is there a plan? >> bold... >> he took two m-16's, and he crawled... >> brave... >> ...do what you gotta do... >> then betrayed... >> why do you think you didn't get the medal of honor? >> a lifetime without the honor they deserved... >> some say that it was discrimination... >> revealing the long painful fight, to recognize some of america's bravest... >> he say.. be cool...be coo

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the investigation found brady was quote generally aware of what was going on. so do they have a good argument here the patriots? jimnd fox news analyst. it seems their argument is twofold. question of the authority whether the person who granted this punishment has the authority to do so, then they are going to make a scientific argument as well. is that right? >> that's correct. they believe the commissioner had to make it punishment and troy vincent who works for the commissioner made the punishment. they believe the science is wrong and the american enterprise institute found there is significant flaws and unreliable is the wells report. i just spoke to john dowd who is in the news. and he wrote the preeminent report in history of sports. he told me the wells report is significantly flawed, it's poorly done and there is no case against tom brady. martha: in terms of how this will be decided how's it going to go, do you think? >> i think tom brady said before that he didn't believe he had done anything wrong will present his case. the commissioner will ask for new information. they don't believe tom cooperate. br