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>> sara jane moore jumped out of the crowd, fired off a weapon and was tackled by another citizen. her background it turned out was as a sort of eccentric, kind of lower-rung political figure. she was kind of an odd duck. >> when gerald ford became president, within the space of one month were two attempts on his life, squeaky fromme and sara jane moore. both tried to shoot him. its like, whats going on? why cant this be stopped? >> once again this nation has narrowly escaped the tragedy, the tr...

Russias presidential elections set for march 18th. it is a few months away. the front-runner is, drum roll, president vladimir putin. >> not exactly a surprise. now theres a museum that portrays him as a superhero. claire sebastian went there. >> half man, half superhero. this is, apparently, how russians see their president. at the new exhibition called super putin, they were asked to depict him. a strong man, a softer side. the museum owner is a former mayor known for eccentric, anti-kremlin s...

Commissioned to depict him in various guises, a strong man, with a softer side. museum owner alexander dunskoy is known for eccentric, often anti-kremlin stance, including an unsuccessful attempt to run for president in 2008. >> translator: we are representing the view of the majority of people who vote for putin. they truly believe that hes a superhero, and without him, russia will fall apart. america or ukraine will attack us and nothing will be left of the country. >> reporter: russians are u...

Like as well as the part and youve been to mexico all my years of my free time. if anybody asked me which was very very place in the right you know its muscle mass understood my heart and mexico and its magical places and im so glad to hear it from gary and because i spend most of my time telling the world i made my country but then someone else tells me just make her. thank you if you write. eccentric. the. mild. conoco capital of. famed fourth world class coach beer man karaoke concert hand an...

Known by the name chain is no exception to the rule like all legends it is based on reality a reality that has gradually slipped into an imaginary universe in which the hero is no longer a living being but i miss a life in the public eye and an early death were enough to make a legendary icon of revolutions. you know fast effective going off. so did they had a poor childhood. his parents were very much what we call today bohemian was ahead of their time. his father was somewhat of an eccentric i...

Eccentric who kept to himself. i dont know what his motivation was, but over time, as art pointed out, this is going to come down to the people who are around him. and as we often do, we go back and look at these things in hindsight and realize there were some indicators that would have given us some hint, some clue and some understanding that something was unturned and it is just a matter of time. >> all right. so shawn, art, do this for me, stay with me. we have kyung law here with more. what ...

The crowd, fired off a weapon and was tackled by another citizen. her background it turned out was as a sort of eccentric, kind of lower-rung political figure. she was kind of an odd duck. >> when gerald ford became president, within the space of one month were two attempts on his life, squeaky fromme and sara jane moore. both tried to shoot him. its like, whats going on? why cant this be stopped? >> once again this nation has narrowly escaped the tragedy, the trauma of the assassination of our ...

>> just minutes after making those statements, gerald ford walked in to the street and heard the sound of gunfire. >> my god, theres been a shot! theres been a shot. theyre being pushed back by the police. somebody has fired a shot here. we dont know if anybody has been hit. my god! somebody fired a shot. >> the president was not hit. witnesses heard the sound and saw a puff of smoke. the woman identified by police as sara jane moore was immediately seized. >> sara jane moore jumped out of the c...

Down. >> reporter: this 37-year-old she had never voted in his life ever until trumps promises to bring back jobs and fix health care. >> i took it as maybe he might try to do like canada, pay a little extra in taxes and get free health care for everybody instead of whoever can afford it. >> reporter: bridget owns, cooks and serves up beers and burgers at government lake lodge. you live upstairs? >> correct. >> reporter: so youre here 24/7? >> yes. >> reporter: trumps promises to lower taxes and...

>> yes. >> reporter: trumps promise to lower taxes an create jobs got her on board. >> hes very busy savvy, and thats what i thought we needed to get into office. >> reporter: what are you feeling now, 100 days in? >> i like it. i mean, hes definitely eccentric. im not a began of the twitter and all that kivon stuff but i dont care. >> reporter: john grund is the local tree trimmer and the only democrat to survive a contested race in lake county. >> out of 848 votes, i won by 13. >> reporter: lu...