Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio) President Reagan's condition following assassination attempt reported; James Brady's condition noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(DC) President aide Lyn Nofziger's latest statement on President's condition quoted; reports of Brady's death said untrue. Reagan's pre-surgery comment to wife Nancy and physicians quoted.
REPORTER: Chris Wallace

(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Studio) Assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Junior shown, discussed; Michael Deaver mentioned. Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, policeman Thomas Delahanty reported shot; details given. Aide Rick Ahearn shown. Slow motion and photos of shooting shown, narrated.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(Studio) Secret Service agent's response to shooting described; initial reports concerning President discussed. Assassination of President James A. Garfield recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor, Roger Mudd

(DC) President's speech at Washington Hilton Hotel before AFL-CIO building and construction trades department reviewed. [REAGAN - calls for economy renewal.] Assassination attempt described, shown. [Press REPRESENTATIVES - discuss assassin's ease in penetrating press line.] Question of Hinckley's access to area outlined.
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff

(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Studio) Hinckley's background outlined.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(DC) Hinckley's lack of police record and probable arraignment today discussed; films, photograph shown. His background reported.
REPORTER: Carl Stern

(Studio) Shooting described.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(DC) Wounded police ofr. Thomas K. Delahanty and Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy discussed; films, photos shown. Mayor Marion Barry mentioned.
REPORTER: Ken Bode

(Studio) Conflict between Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State Alexander Haig over leadership of crisis management team recalled; Haig reported declaring self in control today. George Washington's estb. of Department of State mentioned.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(Studio) Bush's return from Texas today reported; film shown. Vice President said en route or at White House International response to shooting, postponement of Academy Awards until tomorrow night and stock market's reaction reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(DC) White House efforts to reassure public examined; account of Bush's learning of shooting outlined. Statement issued by aide David Gergin cited. [HAIG - claims Constitution places him in command.] Bush's anticipated schedule today outlined.
REPORTER: John Palmer

(Studio) Senator Claiborne Pell's reaction to assassination attempt noted include statement about John F. Kennedy's death.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(DC) Congress's response to event discussed; Senators Alan Cranston, Henry Jackson, Edward Kennedy quoted. John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Junior, Medgar Evers, Allard Lowenstein, Vernon Jordan and Gerald Ford and attacks on them recalled. Kennedy said given special protection following his speech.
REPORTER: Tom Pettit

(Studio) Haig's interpretation of line of succession in event of President's incapacitation corrected; Bush, Thomas O'Neill, Senator Strom Thurmond noted assuming office of President prior to Haig. President Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, John and Robert Kennedy recalled assassinated; George Wallace, Gerald Ford recalled wounded or shot at.
REPORTER: John Chancellor