california time when the president left his hotel. not seen by the following cameras but scattered by secret service agent larry buendorf was a hand with a gun in it coming through the crowd. the commotion erupted. secret service agents forced the assailant to the ground and then handcuffed her. she was identified as 27-year-old lynnette alice fromme, one of the earliest followers of charles manson who was involved in the tate/bianca murders of 1969. >> about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie in prison writes to squeaky that he's got new rules. they want to do one big thing that's going to get the nation's attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secret servicemen wrestle her to the ground, and squeaky's first words were, can you believe the gun didn't go off? >> following your own close brush with death a few weeks ago in sacramento, i wonder if this has convinced you at all that we