prosecutors have not decided whether to pursue new charges against john hinckley junior. he is serving time in a mental hospital after ring found not guilty by reason of insanity. >> a bill has been signed to make it legal to conceal a district divided you have a license. a judge ruled the district's handgun band was unconstitutional. next, the future of electronics on u.s. airlines is up for debate in a d.c. courtroom. what it could mean for passengers. >> doughill is back with how longthese clouds and rain will stick around. >> a d.c. court of appeals is deciding when fliers can use their smartphones on board a plane. nation'seys for the largest flight attendant unions said the you should be band shouldtakeoff and -- use be banned during takeoff and landing. >> the lawyers representing flight attendants today argued justurt that this is not about possible interference with navigation equipment. they say cell phones and other small electronic equipment hold other possible dangers as well. cell phones are everywhere at airports these days and many passengers at reagan nat

the book reveals the reason john hinckley pitch to president reagan is that the reagan white house staff overruled the secret service to a spectator's within 15 feet as he came out of the building and screened and the secret service did not want that but they caved to what the reagan white house wanted. ironically it was his own staff that really caused the assassination attempt. it is confirmed on the record by the agent who was assigned to teach at the facility and also who did the report for the department as a general counsel within treasury. the report never said it was the reagan white house staff that was responsible but it was confirmed on the record that is exactly what happened. going back lyndon johnson was totally out of control. he would sit on the toilet and defecate as he was being briefed and hold a press conference at his ranch in texas and friends of the mill reporters the allied air force one he would strip naked as soon as he got on to the airplane with his own daughters and wife care on the airplane. one day when he was vice president johnson was late with an appoint

ronald reagan was shot by john hinckley out of the washington hilton and barely survived.he cold fact is, an american president stands in the line of fire. he will either be protected well in that line, or he will die. either the secret service is effective and lucky or the president and the country will suffer the consequences. those are the facts. the question, why we can't get straight answers from the head of the secret service is a serious one. a deranged man raced into the white house. so is the even more bizarre news that a man could fire his rifle from his car into a white house window multiple times and not have that fact even recorded. late today, news of a another incident. "the washington post" reports an armed contractor with a criminal record was in an elevator with president obama during a trip to atlanta. jerry connelly is on the oversight committee that led today's hearing questioning the secret service director. and kristin welker joins us as well. what are we missing? you were there, went through the hearings. this thing seems bizarrely broken. >> it's a

his death was ruled a homicide, opening the door for charges against john hinckley. the white house press briefing room is named in brady's honor. >>> the world would have understood if a 15-year-old girl shot by the taliban decided it was safer on the sidelines. but malala yousafzai refused to be silenced. today she was awarded the nobel peace prize. taliban terrorists shot malala in the head two years ago because she insisted girls in pakistan have a right to education. after a lengthy recovery, she returned to the fight. today at age 17, she became the youngest nobel laureate ever. >> a gun is not supposed to be -- a girl is not supposed to be the slave. a girl has the power to go forward in her life. >> yousafzai will share the prize with 60-year-old satgarthi from india. part of a global movement to end child exploitation. >>> dairy queen is the latest retailer hit pi a data breach. this security hack affects 400 stores nationwide, including fairfax station, virtue he virtue, la plata, maryland, and waldorf, maryland. if you made a purchase at one of these locat

tim mccarthy taking bullet when john hinckley tried assassinate ronald reagan. >>> number four, due wane, the new york city bag and t-shirt sellers who alerted police after seeing smoke coming from an unoccupied vehicle. it was the attempted times square bombing's car. living the important mantra, if you see something, say something. >>> the student security volunteer who pepper spray and tackled a shooter at seattle pacific university this summer. the local community was so thank pfl. they bought out his wedding registry and then helped pay for his honeymoon. nothing better than a hero's story to wrap up the show. thank them all as we should every day. that wraps up this hour on msnbc. thank you for the privilege of your time. "newsnation" is up next. tamron will have live coverage of bill de blasio's news conference on the first ebola case in this city. i'll see you tomorrow, i mean, monday. >>> time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. greg hall of michigan is an independent brewer who started virtue cider three years ago using locally grown apples. he's competing with ma

the book reveals that the reason that john hinckley was able to shoot president reagan is that the reagan white house staff overruled the secret service to let spectators within 15 feet of reagan as he came out of the washington hilton, totally unscreened. in the secret service did not want that, but they caved, spineless let, to what the reagan white house wanted. so ironically, it was reagan's own staff that really caused the assassination attempt. this has never come up before. it is confirmed on the record both by the agent who was assigned to teach what they call the reagan attempt at a secret service training facility, and also by peter wallison who did a report for the treasury department when he was general counsel, the secret service was then within treasury. the report never said that it was reagan's white house staff that was responsible for this. wollaston later became white house counsel under reagan and he confirmed on the record as well but that is exactly what happened. going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then the press never reported any

they were unscreened and sure enough john hinckley was able to shoot reagan. >> did i hear jeff toobin or evan perez? do you want to jump in? >> i want to make one point about how timing matters. yesterday morning ms. pierson gave this bumbling and bureaucrat speak testimony that satisfied no one. that afternoon you had the head of centers for disease control -- >> here we go. josh earnest. let's take a listen. >> it's been a busy day for us here at the administration. i suspect that many of you have seen the statement from the secretary of homeland security jeh johnson. in that statement he noted that he had accepted this afternoon the resignation of julia pierson, director of the united states secret service. let me just tell you this president had an opportunity to telephone director pierson to express his appreciation for her service to the agency and to the country. she dedicated more than 30 years of her life to the united states secret service and to the important work that they do over there. as i mentioned yesterday, she spent several hours in front of the cameras yesterday an

wounded president reagan and rushing him into a limo and to the hospital after he was shot by john hinckleyhatever the context, the image of the secret service has long reflected its reputation for quietly but effectively doing the work that has been its singular mission for more than a century, constant vigilance over the president of the united states. agents ready at a moment's notice to defend against a threat to his life and, if necessary, sacrifice their own in the course of duty. but last week, that image of the secret service was shattered and replaced with this. a man outside the white house jumping the fence, running across the front lawn, through an unlocked door into the executive mansion, all while carrying a knife. with nary a secret service agent in sight. as we'd later find out, the intruder, army veteran omar gonzalez, overpowered the first secret service officer he encountered before running even further into the white house, making it as far as the east room before he was tackled by a counter assault agent who was off duty at the time. although the first family wasn't hom

resident that is why john hinckley was able to shoot the president. benny,emocratic caller, stockton, california. they missedree that the director. she should be terminated from her job. inhink they were light their duty because they allowed this gentleman to penetrate their defense and get into the white house. i was just thinking that if it had been a black gentleman, he would have been dead. they should be across -- anyone who penetrates defense should be shot. you never know. he could have had bombs on him. host: they said they knew of the intruder. they were familiar with him. guest: i do know that threats are not investigated as thoroughly as they should be. paid,e attention had been they could have uncovered more information to show he should have been given mental italian relation as a threat to himself or others. they would need some kind of additional information. how hard is it to protect the white house? one thing the secret service does, they have rejected offers to upgrade the detection systems for weapons. the d.c. police have detectors

they were unscreened but that is exactly what john hinckley was able to shoot president reagan. >> host: twitter, my guess is that the ss has become like the pentagon, a bureaucracy. stockton, california, democratic column. go ahead call back good morning. to the author, i totally agree that they missed the director, she should be terminated from her job. and i think that they were lied in their duty because they allowed this gentleman to penetrate their defense and get into the white house. and i was just thinking that if it had been a black gentleman, he would have been dead. and i think that they should be across the board, anyone who penetrates the fence should be shot regardless whether he had a knife. because you never know, like you said, he could have had bombs on them than one the secret service said they knew of the intruder. .. i do know that threats are not investigated as thoroughly as they should be. paid,e attention had been they could have uncovered more information to show he should have been given mental italian relation as a threat to himself or others. they would nee

the book reveals that the reason that john hinckley was able to shoot president reagan is that the reagan white house staff overruled the secret service to let spectators' within 15 feet of reagan as he came out of the washington hilton, totally and screamed. and the secret service did not want that, but they caved spineless lee to what the reagan white house wanted. so ironically it was reagan's own staff that really caused the assassination attempt, and this has never come out before. it is confirmed on the record both by the agent who was assigned to teach what they call the reagan attempt at the training facility and also by peter well as san who did a report for the treasury department when he was general counsel. the secret service was within treasury. the report never said that it was reagan's white house staff that was responsible for the rest. he later became white house counsel under reagan and confirmed on the record as well that that is exactly what happened. going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then the press never reported any of this. he wo