Bruce Langden News Today

Ed. >> he said the limb seen stop was too far away and there were too many people. >> ambassador bruce langden was the top-ranking hostage in iran. he never knew of hinckleys attempt to shoot reagan before he could be sworn in as president, until we told langden almost 30 years later. >> that could have changed everything. even the attempt would have turned things, possibly, upside down. >> worst-case scenario is that the iranians say, deals off. >> at noon, reagan would take the oath of office....

President-elect reagan was arriving at the church, he was asked about the hostages in tehran. still waiting, he said. cashcheck was still watching hinckley as the crowd surged forward. >> and he kind of got knocked off balance, so to say, as the crowd kind of pushed up against a rope line and then, boom, the president was inside and i turned around to look, to try to find him again in the crowd and i didnt see him. so i dont know what happened to him at that point. >> our producer asked hinckley...

>> you know, until we got on that plane, there was no sure thing. i mean, this went right down to the very end in terms of the iranian government. >> in washington, as president-elect reagan was arriving at the church, he was asked about the hostages in tehran. still waiting, he said. cashcheck was still watching hinckley as the crowd surged forward. >> and he kind of got knocked off balance, so to say, as the crowd kind of pushed up against a rope line and then, boom, the president was inside a...