on december 8th, 1980, john hinckley s fragile world begins to crack when he hears shocking news from new york city. the news ripped from the air in shock waves. john lennon, shot and killed in the dakota apartment building where he lived. the suspect is identified as mark david chapman. hinckley idolized lennon. that new year s eve, he locks himself in his parent s house, drinks peach brandy, plays guitar and wallows in his own misery. sometime during the night, hinckley writes in his diary, john lennon is dead. forget it. it is just going to be insanity. i still think about jodie all the time. anything i might do in 1981 would be solely for jodie foster s sake. i want to tell the world that i
weapon and the information was never sent to the secret service. they took the weapons. he paid a fine. that was the end of that. within days hinckley is in dallas where his sister lives shopping for more guns at rocky s pawn shop. he buys two revolvers for $98, including the one he will use to shoot president reagan. he purchased it legally at the time. caliber .22. it s a light weight snub-nosed handgun. had he actually gone to firing ranges. he had been trained, or given himself training. john hinkley took a lot of target practice. he took a lot of target practice. he never shot at moving targets. when jerry is moving that president towards the open limousine door. on december 8th, 1980 john hinckley s fragile world begins to crack when he hears shocking news from new york city.
lennon arrives in new york city. he goes to the da kkota shortly before noon, he will spend the next two days waiting for jon lennon. who was mark david chapman? on december 8th, 1980, mark david chapman, was a confused person, and living inside of a paperback novel. he was moving from a suicide to catching the first taxi home between killing, as you said is, an icon. he checks in with his wife back hawaii, after hanging up, chapman takes the bible out of the suitcase and turns to the new testament book of john, and
6th, 1980, mark david chapman, the man who would soon kill john lennon arrives in new york city. he goes to the dakota shortly before noon and joins a small group of fans hovering near the entrance. chapman will spend the next two days waiting for john lennon. who was mark david chapman? on december 8th, 1980, mark david chapman was a very confused person and literally living inside of a paperback novel, j.d. salinger s the catcher and the rye and between taking a taxi back to hawaii, and back and forth between killing an icon. and then on the morning of
for gas, once again becoming the new normal. what s behind that sharp price hike? wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley, you are in the situation room. an alleged plot for a suicide bomb attack on the u.s. capitol busted today in an undercover operation. officials say a moroccan man is under arrest after accepting a vest he believed was filled with explosives. cnn s brian todd is at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia. what s the latest there? reporter: candy, we re told the suspect has arrived at this federal district court in alexandria, virginia, for a court appearance this afternoon. we re also told that authorities are searching at least two locations in the northern virginia area, including possibly his home. here s what we know about the suspect. he is identified at 29-year-old amin caliphi, we are told he s living in the u.s. illegally. this official said regarding this alleged plot, that mr. kalifi had various targets, settled on the capitol, but prev