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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 sort of an eccentric, sort 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. they both tried to shoot him. its like, whats going on? why cant this be stopped? >> so once again this nation has narrowly escaped the traged...

And was tackled by another citizen. her background it turned out was as sort of an eccentric, 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? >> so once again this nation has narrowly escaped the tragedy, the trauma, of the assassination of our president. above all else, this p...

Her background, it turned out, was as a sort of eccentric, 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 what is going on? why cant this be stopped? >> so once again this nation has narrowly escaped the tragedy, the trauma of the assassination of our president. above all else, this points out the need for some additi...

The taos painters arrive. >> starting a long-running tradition of artistic pilgrimages to catch the spiritual groove, every kind of utopian dreamer, eccentric, new ager, they all came here in search of whatever. mmm, chilies. >> all right. thank you very much. >> thats level three. >> yes, sir. >> all right. we will be careful. indeed. >> new mexican chilies come in two varieties -- red or green. >> thats, by the way, the state question in new mexico. >> red or green. >> red or green. >> ordinar...

Beautiful mind" has been killed in a car crash along with his wife. they say the couple was riding in a taxi yesterday when it crashed on the new jersey turnpike. brian ennis is following the story from the new york city newsroom. >> reporter: john forbes nash jr. considered one of the great mathematicians of the 20th century killed saturday with his wife of 60 years alicia. when the taxi lost control and hit a guardrail and another vehicle on the new jersey turnpike. they were pronounced dead a...

Language. and finally with ncaa tournament tipping off this week brackets are all around. according to one gambling group more than 70 million brackets will be filled out. for some perspective washington post points out that is more than votes cast for any presidential candidate ever. the one obvious difference is people can fill out more than one bracket unlike elections. 40 million people are expected to take part in guessing the winners for the ncaa tournament or about the same number of vo...

The world, colonel moammar gadhafi, whos held power for 42 years. >> libya was one of those countries people never imagined it would see the revolution spread to. because gadhafi was so in control. but im a revolution junkie, and it succeeded in tunisia. it succeeded in egypt. i wanted it to succeed everywhere. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the worlds most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female bodyguards. but he was also an open supporter of international ter...

♪ ♪ >> so who was the first woman to have her portrait appear on u.s. currency? its a, martha washington, who appeared on the $1 silver ce 1886. jamie: on his way to the a north carolina -- to a north carolina coin show in march 1962, eccentric coin collector george walton dies in a car crash. its front page news in the coin world. >> george walton was a respected knew mistist. jamie: a new york city auction house is called in to appraise georges collection. >> so they sent a man to evaluate...

Possible for the united states to pluck it. i dont think anybody becomes a romantic about it probably until the taos painters arrive. >> starting a long-running tradition of artistic pilgrimages to catch the spiritual groove, every kind of utopian dreamer, eccentric, new ager, they all came here in search of whatever. mmm, chilies. >> all right. thank you very much. >> thats level three. >> yes, sir. >> all right. we will be careful. indeed. >> new mexican chilies come in two varieties -- red or...

Since before 1598 when santa fe was established as a province of new spain, grizzled frontiersmen and hardy pioneers have come to this unforgiving landscape to eke out a difficult existence. welcome to santa fe today. where we can all live the western dream and even buy a little piece of it to take home. you gotta love it. we pretty much eradicate the native american culture, and now in newer, more politically correct times, we decide we love indians and all things native american. and were kind...