he had a very low approval rating, the lowest of any president that early in his first term. it s a monday. reagan has one deal, deliver a speech to the afl-cio. it s 2:00, reagan s the motorcade s just arrived at the washington hilton hotel, which is behind us. this is the special entrance, the v.i.p. entrance reagan walked into when he first arrived. governmental duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer, hank brown, it s a routine job. we were with the crew that travels with the president wherever he goes. he wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the hotel and getting in the limo. 15 feet from that door was a rope line. all that the cameramen and everybody s laughing. it was unsecured. no i.d. checks. people thought it was a press line.
president that early in his first term. it s a monday. reagan has one deal, deliver a speech to the afl-cio. it s 2:00, reagan s the motorcade s just arrived at the washington hilton hotel, which is behind us. this is the special entrance, the v.i.p. entrance reagan walked into when he first arrived. governmental duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer, hank brown, it s a routine job. we were with the crew that travels with the president wherever he goes. he wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the hotel and getting in the limo. 15 feet from that door was a rope line. all that the cameramen and everybody s laughing. it was unsecured. no i.d. checks. people thought it was a press line. it wasn t. anyone could be behind that line.
it s 2:00, reagan s the motorcade arrived behind us, this is the special entrance, the v.i.p. entrance reagan walked into when he first arrived. governmental duty is to protect the people, no the run their lives. the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photography hank brown, it s a routine job. we wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the hotel and getting in the limo. 15 feet from that door was a rope line. all that the cameramen and everybody s laughing. it was unsecured. no i.d. checks. people thought it was a press line. it wasn t. anyone could be behind that line. you see hinckley s face about three rows back totally passive. no reaction at all.
and reagan s motorcade arrived for a speech at the washington hilton hotel which is behind us. this is the special entrance back here, vip entrance reagan walked into when he arrived. government s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer, hank brown, it s a routine job. full crew traveled with the president wherever he goes. we wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the hotel and getting in the limo. 15 feet from that door was a rope line. all that the cameraman, everybody s laughing. it was unsecured. no i.d. checks. people thought it was a press line. it wasn t. anyone could be behind that line. you see hinckley s face about three rows back, totally passive. no reaction at all.
washington. and ronald reagan s motorcade has just arrived for a speech at the vip entrance reagan walked into at 2:00 p.m. when he arrived. government s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer hank brown, it s a routine job. we re the pool crew that travel with the president wherever he goes. we wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the on hotel and getting in the limo. 15 feet from that door was a rope line. all that the cameramen, everybody s laughing. it was unsecured, no i.d. checks. people thought it was a press line, it wasn t. anyone could be behind that line. you see hinckley s face about three rows back. totally passive. no reaction at all.