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Transcended everything and it was the most unscripted day of his presidency. it really formed a bond with the american people that enabled him to recalibrate and redefine his presidency. he had the lowest approval rating of any president of the 60th day in office. this was the 70th day of his first term. >> ever after, especially when a month later he was addressing a joint session of congress, and capturing the imagination of the american people as well as the rest of the world. jerry, you did everything right. there is no question, you saved the president's life. but you had a chance to look...

In the chest. we didn't know until now, until recently is just how close john hinckley actually came to rewriting american history. one inch, five minutes, that made all the difference between life and death for an american president. jerry par was the special agent in charge of the security detail that day. dr. joseph giordano was in charge the george washington hospital and dale wilbur is the author of the new book "raw hide down: the near assassination of ronald reagan." new details you have unearthed partly by talking to people like jerry par. when the shots were fired, i looked again at t...

Jim's vision, for instance. >> yes, his vision now has gone, bless his heart. yes. it was a long, hard battle. i don't -- one reason i've not wanted to comment too much on hers, because every wouldn't is different. >> right. >> but i understand she's speaking more than 20 words right now and doing really, really well. i just know what a hard battle. if you remember in those days, every time jim was doing pretty well, something horrible would happen. he had pneumonia, he had blood clots, that could happen, happened. >> but it is a miracle. >> that was just plain luck. >> you know, jim, there we...

Character on the campaign plain. he defined the reagan campaign for many of us. >> you know, he's still that way. >> i know he is. >> he's still just as funny and just as -- that's a wonderful word. >> not to mention funny looking. >> you're not funny looking not to us. we always called you bear. you were the bear on the campaign plain. >> i was. >> and all of those bears, teddy bears that were sent to you, the way that the nation turned out, it was heartbreaking at the time. it was scary. but now we know, from reporting, and we're going to have the author of the new book "raw hide down" and j...

See he was turning white. par made the life saving call and told the driver to high tail it to george washington hospital. they made it to the hospital in three minutes. i forgot to duck he told wife nancy, the line jack dempsey used. the heroes were the police officer, the secret service agent who took a president for the president and his chief agent and jerry par, head of presidential protection who put his body between reagan and the gunman and made the key real-time decision to get that car to the hospital. ronald reagan made it that day. no one would know for a long time how close it ha...