prosecutors say that john hagel he will not be facing new charges in the death of james brady -- john hinckley will not be facing new charges in the death of james brady from the injuries that he suffered on the assassination attempt of ronald reagan. the jury found him not guilty because of reason of insanity. because of that, the department of justice says the government is precluded from saying now that hinckley was seen at the time of the shooting. ps but the last three decades at a mental hospital. -- he has spent the last three decades at a mental hospital. 2014 marked the first euro of use of a special app to help stop child s predators. >> this free app could not be easier to use. it is called operation predator, and can easily be found in the app store. this is considered a first of its kind for u.s. federal law enforcement and marks a new way of thinking when it comes to keeping kids safe. >> our goal is to get the bad guys. >> advancements in technology's have made it easier for predators to prey on children but now that same technology is making it easier to catch them. >> this app

john hinckley jr.l not face new charges in the death of former white house press secretary james brady. brady was seriously wounded in the 1981 assassination attempt against president reagan. hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity. brady died last august and his death was ruled a homicide because of the injuries sustained in 1981. federal prosecutors say they won't pursue new charges because they're barred from arguing that hinckley was sane when he shot brady. 12 terms in congress are coming to an end for virginia representative jim moran. the democrat announced his retirement last year. rebecca cooper shows us now what moran had to say on his last day in office. rebecca? >> well maureen, in total, jim moran spent 35 years in public office. first in alexandria public council and then as a democrat in congress. his capitol office has already been taken over to be refurbished for a new member so today we met with him here in del ray to reflect on his decades in public service. >> it was her

. >> john hinckley will not face new charges related to the death of former reagan press secretary jamesecutors say he will not be charged because they're barred from arguing hinckley was sane from the time of the shooting. he remains in a psychiatric hospital. brady died in august. a virginia medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. >> 3,000 people are pulled from california prisons each month. two thirds will end up returning to prison. a unique program is hoping to break the cycle. inside san quentin, this video shows how isolated life can be behind bars. across the yard there is hope for what lies beyond the walls. in this class most of the men are saving life with possibility of parole. >> this is a program where guys can come hold conversations that resolve around race, gender, and class. this is unheard of. >> this is a nonprofit started by men frustrated people were leaving prison without understanding they needed to succeed >> it's peoples views of fair outcome or distribution of resources. >> they use cookies >> there is only 11 here. >> 11 for 14 inmates. >> is there idea

. >> john hinckley will not face new charges related to the death of former reagan press secretary jamesecutors say he will not be charged because they're barred from arguing hinckley was sane from the time of the shooting. he remains in a psychiatric hospital. brady died in august. a virginia medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. >> 3,000 people are pulled from california prisons eachnth. two thirds will end up returning to prison. a unique program is hoping to break the cycle. inside san quentin, this video shows how isolated life can be behind bars. across the yard there is hope for what lies beyond the walls. in this class most of the men are saving life with possibility of parole. >> this is a program where guys can come hold conversations that resolve around race, gender, and class. this is unheard of. >> this is a nonprofit started by men frustrated people were leaving prison without understanding they needed to succeed >> it's peoples views of fair outcome or distribution of resources. >> they use cookies >> there is only 11 here. >> 11 for 14 inmates. >> is there idea how

there's too many hurdles to prosecute john hinckley who shot james brady in the head. he survived with wounds but died last summer. that death was ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. prosecutors said because hinckley had been found not guilty by reason of insanity in his 1982 trial, it prevents the government from arguing he was sane at the time of the shooting. >>> britain's prince andrew is being accused of having forcible sex with a minor. his name appeared on a u.s. court filing. as cnn's max foster reports, in london officials with the british royal family are telling a different story and coming to his defense. >> reporter: buckingham palace strongly denying the claims that prince andrew sexually abused an underaged girl who alleged she was used as a sex slave. the woman not named in a lawsuit, accuses the prince of engaging in impropriety. the alleged abuse took place between 1999 and 2002. the woman claims that disgraced millionaire banker jeffrey epstein, loaned her out to his friends, including prince andrew. epstein has been convicted of sexual offenses.

. >> and john hinckley will not face charges in brady's death.kley was found not guilty in the 1982 trial by reason of insanity. >>> and just in time for the trip hope after the holidays. the first major storm of 2015 will hit tomorrow stretching from chicago to boston. kara mcginniss is live for us. >> stay with us. i think you will find this really interesting. in chicago i look back over the last few months about november 18th. the temperature there maxed out at 19. all right that is pretty cold. and the end of december the temperature in chicago was 18 degrees. it is going to be about 36 degrees this afternoon. into tomorrow it is going ab little cooler. temperatures around freezing. but look at kansas city this is going to be the coldest arctic/polar outbreak of air that we have seen in a long time. at least since last winter. and then the high temperatures of chicago for monday is excepted to be around 11 degrees. everybody is going to be sharply colder all the way from the great lakes into the deep south, into the northeast in new england,

john hinckley did he come out of nowhere? >> she's too young, she wouldn't remember. >> i remember. >> not on all fours, but andrea yates ended up killing her five children and was ruled insane. >> this guy is very different than the boston case and the paris case, those people were zwlibt deliberate. >> he didn't pass around ebola obviously he'll really mentally diseased and affected. >> having been a victim of a stalker, you have to pay attention to every single warning sign. >>> well we are getting brand new images from inside the kosher market from an islamic terrorist went on a deadly rampage in paris just days ago. you don't want to miss these photos. >>> and republicans, following through on their promise to block president obama's executive actions on immigration, how is that going to impact funding for counter terrorism, though? maybe it's a pair of librarian glasses, a slick business suit or using big words, new research digging into what makes a person look and sound intelligent. so that brings us to our question o

though the photographers didn't know until later, the man captured in the picture behind feelman is john hinckley., later identified as the shooter. and his proximity to feelman during the assassination attempt may have saved hinckley's life. >> the secret service agent who was here was going to shoot him. and i stepped in front of him, and he told me that later that i saved hinckley's life. and i looked at him, and i said, 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 walked out with mrs. reagan and -- >> 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. officer de le hante suffers permanent nerve damage to his left arm, and press secretary brady is partially paralyzed and sustains a brain injury. brady devotes his life to fighting gun violence and goes on to help congress pass the brady law, whi

a little later >>> federal prosecutors superdecided not to pursue new criminal charges against john hinckley over the death of former white house press secretary james brady. back in 1981 hinckley shot president reagan. brady and two law officers outside the washington hilton. a jury found hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity. he's been a patient at st. elizabeth's ever since, but when brady died last august, the coroner ruled it a homicide resulting from his old gun wound. prosecutors reviewed the matter but decided against new charges. >>> in tonight's consumer alert general motors starts the new year off with another recall. the automaker is recalling more than 92,000 full size trucks and suvs for a defective ignition lock system. it impacts the chevy silverado, avalanche and escalade. >>> the new models of toyota, honda and subaru dominate the insurance institute for 2015 top safety picks. the honda crv and the toyota prius are winners in the 2015 top safety plus category. >>> bon appetit is out with its predictions for what will be big in 2015. euros and marijuana flavored dishes.

and i'm sure if they found out information about john hinckley before he took a shot at reagan, he would, too. >> sure. and the authorities are saying this man could be released and has had access to a lot of information about the speaker's whereabouts, about people he knows, that he was able to contact john boehner's wife and e-mail her. he has a motivation that he believes speaker boehner had him fired from his job and that speaker boehner is responsible for the ebola virus. so they considered it a serious threat. this is a very nutty, wild complaint. there's all kinds of bizarre details in it and things they found at his home. but this something people should take seriously. there are a lot of threats against members of congress. we've seen some of those play out in tragic scenarios, probably most recently with congresswoman gabrielle giffords in 2011. >> they found at his home some ammunition, apparently not a lot. he told the officer who arrived that night that he is jesus christ. so clearly all the evidence indicates seriously mentally disturbed and you never know whether someone l

john hinckley jr. will not face new charges in connection to brady's death. hinckley is the man who shot president ronald reagan in 1982. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. the case was re-opened after a coroner coroner. prosecutors say they will not file any more charges against henkely. >>> 35 cars involved in this pileup in new hampshire in two straight accidents on the same interstate. no word on the cause of the crashes but roads were icy and it was snowing. everyone involved is okay. >>> in missouri two firefighters are recovering after their rig overturned near st. claire this morning. the truck slid off an icy road and rolled into a ditch. the firefighters were on their way to another accident when they hit a patch of ice. both men are okay. >>> aftrç nearly i week searchers recovered 21 bodies from the airasia crash in the java sea. bad weather, though continues to prevent divers from exploring an area where one search and rescue pilot believes the main body of the jet is located. nbc's kelli cobiella has more from indonesia. >> reporter

and federal prosecutors will not be charging john hinckley in the death of james brady. the former white house press secretary died in august from injuries related to a is the 81 assassination attempt on president reagan. a jury found hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity and because of this the department of justice said the government is precluded from now arguing hinckley was sane at the time of that shooting. hinckley has of course spent the past three decades in a mental hospital. >> now, d.c. officially has a new mayor. and her inauguration festivities are not over yet. >> that's right. today, muriel bowser became the seventh elected mayor of d.c. what does she have planned for the district in 2015? mike live outside the convention center with a look at today's swearing-in and the start of a new era in the district of columbia. mike? >> a new chapter for d.c. government, allison and leon. very visible police presence here outside of the convention center, three hours away from the start of the inaugural ball tonight. today's festivities began at 8:00 a.m. with

. >>> federal prosecutors say john hinckley won't face new charges related to the death of james bradyy he won't be charged because they are barred from arguing now that hinckley was sane at the time of the shootings. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootings of reagan brady and two others. he remains in a psychiatric hospital. brady suffered debilitating injuries in the shooting and died in august. a virginia medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. >>> former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina appears to be eyeing a presidential bid. she hired a top republican national committee spokeswoman to join her political action committee. some see this as a step closer toward a 2016 white house run. she ran unsuccessfully for senate in california in 2010 and has never held public office but she is currently the only republican woman to publicly express serious interest in running for the party nomination. >>> soon to be senate minority leader harry reid is recovering today after a bad fall at his november home. nevada home. he fell when a piece of exercise equipment he

john hinckley will not face new charges in the death of former president ronald reagan's press secretaryummer was ruled a homicide three decades after he was shot. hinckley faced charges related to brady's shooting during his trial but found not guilty by reason of insanity. >> officials in cleveland turned over investigation into the death of 12-year-old tamir rice to the local county sheriff's department. rice was killed by a cleveland police officer. the mayor says the case is being transferred to assure transparency and accountability. >> donna douglas has died at the age of 81. she was probably best known for her role as elly may clampet. she died at her home in louisiana surrounded by friends and family. >> stay there, we've got a busy morning for you. lots to talk about. >> the next hour of your "new day" starts now. >>> new questions being raised as to whether airasia even had permission to fly its route the day of the crash one week ago today. and breaking news this hour, four large pieces of debris found overnight, what this reveals about how flight 8501 crashed. >> also, heavy

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host: the name john hinckley back in the news.washington news saying they will not prosecute him. steve from alabama, go ahead. caller: i would like to talk about immigration. but, my comment is that i would like to see some changes to the tax code. i'm getting old enough now that i'm concerned about the future. i recently lost my house, i'm divorced. i'm unable to do anything to provide for my phone future. it is a vicious system. it really hurts you. host: marnie from illinois. caller: i want to comment on immigration, and particularly oon mark krikorian. he talked __ he is against the other gentleman __ the whole time watching the series, what came to mind was, what is the cost of deportation? those who get into dhs system, the ice system, what is the cost? they said it declined in 2014, but rose during bush clinton. it have to be expensive, and that goes towards the american taxpayer. that is one thing i want americans to know __ the cost of deportation. whether they are good abiding citizens, or people who want to be citizens

john linkly, the gunman, has been in a psychiatric -- hinckley, the gunman, has been in a psychiatric hospital for 32 years after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. prosecutors cannot argue hinckley was sane when he pulled the trigger, so new charges cannot be filed. >>> thankfully we haven't heard that sound much this winter. folks in west texas are dealing with a thick layer of ice today. the storms forced businesses to shut down several days and it's also caused more than 300 crashes in two days. >>> to new hampshire where snow is to blame for two pile-ups involving 35 vehicles on interstate 93 in ashland. at one point a driver snapped this photo showing big flames coming out of one of the cars. state police say some people were hurt but none considered life threatening. investigators believe a sudden heavy burst of notice is to blame. >> reporter: the only -- of snow is to blame. >> reporter: the only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. >> today was the best day weatherwise that we'll have in quite a while. after the rain moves out we'll get an

. >>> john hinkley will not face new charges in the death of james decades after he was shot when hinckley to assassinate president reagan. hinckley faced charges related to brady's shooting during his 1982 trial but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> and two apple customers are suing the company for more than $5 million, claiming false advertising. over iphone storage space. apple's new software takes up 3 gigabytes of storage space on an iphone 6. it's 19% of the phone's 16 gigs of advertised space. the plaintiffs say it's deceptive and misleading to the average customer. >>> the u.s. embassy in indonesia has issued a security alert after learning of a potential threat against american interests in surabaya. erin mcpike joins us with more. >> reporter: we've gotten a few new details from the state department but first let me read to you from that security alert from the embassy. they say the u.s. embassy has been made aware of a potential threat against u.s.-associated hotels and banks in surabaya. the u.s. embassy recommends heightened vigilance ofand awareness. now, what w