Need to be received by a would be assassin fired six shots at President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel two miles from the white house. The Washington Post Reporter the near asan nation met us on the sidewalk where the shooting took place to tell us story of that day. Youll see the entrance to the Steel Door where the president emerged and they built this, actually, the entrance specially for the president. They built the hotel in the 1960s they built the wonderful ballroom. They knew for vips they want their own special secure entry. They built it here ease of access for limousines. Youll see the driveway, the curving driveway. The architects tlfsz a Police Car stationed up there to prevent people from coming down. By doing that, if the cop, like, didnt get the car started and they often stalled out back then, they couldnt get away and could get trapped in an attack. So they would have to leave the president here, back the limousine around, back it up and park it aro
assassin fired six shots at president ronald reagan outside the washington hilton hotel two miles from the white house. on march 30th, 1981, it would be assassin fired six shots a president ronald reagan outside the washington hilton hotel two miles from the white house. washington post reporter del wilbur, author of rawhide down, the near assassination of ronald reagan met us on the sidewalk with the shooting took place to tell his story of that day. ronald reagan was leaving that hotel after delivering a speech at the afl cio, reagan, a longtime union man himself, was kind of excited to give the speech. the emergence from the entrance in this area, this is, new they built it after the shelter, this is the bunker, if you look here at this is a steel door where the president emerged and left, they built this entrance especially for the president, they built this wonderful grand ballroom and they knew for via peace they would need their own secure special interests, ease o
2:25, 2:26, 2:27, he emerges from this entrance behind this area, this is new. they built this after the shooting. it s a bunker. if you look inside over here, you ll see the entrance, the door, a steel door, where the president emerged and left. they built this, actually, this entrance, especially for the president. when they built this hotel in the 1960s, they built this wonderful grand ballroom and they knew that for vips, they re going to want their own secure special entrance, so they built it right here, ease of access for limousines. what s interesting about it is, if you look up here and you ll see the driveway, the curving driveway, the architects didn t consult the secret service when building the entrance. and so they realized the secret service if they came up this way, stopped here, and kept driving up, if they just left the limo here for the president to come in and go, the limousine would get stuck up there in the curves because it was so hulking and also there
days after bloody sunday, speaking to the nation and i think gave one of the most meaningful speeches any american president has given in modern times. he said and we shall overcome. that was hope. that said it all. join american history tv next saturday and sunday for live coverage from selma, alabama. and it 8:00 eastern each day highlights of our coverage. on march 30, 1981i would be assassin hired six shots at present ronald reagan outside the hilton hotel two miles from the white house. washington post reporter, del wilbur matus on the sidewalk where the shooting took place, to tell his story of that day. ronald reagan was leaving this hotel after delivering a speech to the afl-cio. reagan, a long-time union man was kind of excited to give this speech. he actually rewrote it by hand. [ applause ] at 2:25, 2:26, 2:27, he emerges from this entrance behind this area, this is new, they built this after the shooting. it s a bunker, and if you look inside over here, yo
highlights of our coverage. you are watching american history tv 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on cspan3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. on march 30, 1981, a would-be assassin fired six shots at president ronald reagan outside the washington hilton hotel two miles from the white house. washington post reporter, del quentin wilber, author of rawhide down: the near-assassination of ronald reagan met us on the sidewalk where the shooting took place, to tell his story of that day. ronald reagan was leaving this hotel after delivering a speech to the afl-cio. reagan, a long-time union man himself was kind of excited to , give this speech. he actually rewrote it by hand. [applause] at 2:25, 2:26, 2:27, he emerges from this entrance behind this area, this is new, they built this after the shooting. it s a bunker, and if you look inside over here, you ll