[2 hrs 44 minutes Video] President Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt CNN Coverage 3-30-1981

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[fkabuckeyesrule]

From Monday March 30th, 1981 CNN Live Coverage of the Assassination attempt of the 40th President of The United States Ronald Reagan. Coverage starts at 2:00 P.M E.T with President Reagan speaking to the AFL-CIO at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan was shot by John Hinkley Jr. at 2:27 P.M E.T and Reagan was rushed to George Washington University Hospital

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I was watching this tonight and found it interesting. At about 3:00 mark is when President Reagan begin his speech before AFL-CIO. It's a great speech and the Trump people will especially like the last line of this speech. Also since I was in college classes at Ohio State at this time I never saw this.

[NEWwoman]

Thanks for the link. I saved it.

[thoughtomator]

I wonder why nobody ever made a big deal about the connections between the Hinkley family and the Bush family. Or like even mentioned it.

[Arthur McGowan]

One of George H W Bush’s many attempts to become President of the United States.

[OrangeHoof]

Did the news media blame “right wing extremists”??

The newscast of this to watch is the ABC coverage where they pronounced Jim Brady dead and then undead and Frank Reynolds goes nuclear on the air about being fed bad information.

[Right-wing Librarian]

They control what the Great Unwashed shall hear, and especially since the Nov 1963 coup.

[Right-wing Librarian]

Thank you for posting this. I hope it’s repeated again and again, increasing the chances that more and more readers will come to be more curious about this!

[lacrew]

I remember a kid at school celebrating. First time I realized how evil the left can be.

[Jimmy Valentine]

I am still offended that the little mutt that shot Reagan is still alive.

[Vic S]

I wonder why nobody ever made a big deal about the connections between the Hinkley family and the Bush family. Or like even mentioned it.

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The latest research has shown that Hinkley shot 5 times and missed each time (maybe he did hit Brady though.)

There was another shooter. Reagan nearly died.

[minnesota_bound]

I had a union steward come up to me at the time laughing about it.
He was a member of a Teamster affiliate.
He was trash as he was a backstabbing lying SOB always inciting people.

[Matt_DZ_PL]

Whatever, many believe the assassination attempt saved Poland from the Soviet invasion. Why? How?
1) The USA didn't know whom Hinkley really was and could suspect the USSR might stand behind him.
2) Moscow, which had been preparing for the massive invasion of Poland in April 1981, could suspect the USA would blame the USSR thinking that the assassination of the POTUS would be in order to stop the USA from any action.

So, the kind of chaos in the USA, the unknown development in the USA scared the USSR which feared for America's possible response and this in turn finally made them to abandon any plans of the military invasion of the Warsaw Pact. Almost immediately after, general Jaruzelski was appointed the chief of the govt and the preparations for the Martial Law to stifle the Solidarity with internal forces began in full swing.

[SamAdams76]

Thanks for the link. I plan to watch it later tonight. I was in Marine boot camp on Parris Island when this happened and it was the only time the DI's broke character and talked to us about what was going on in the outside world.

I'm surprised to see that CNN was around back then. I always thought they got started in the late 1980s and had no idea they were around at the time of Reagan's shooting. I just looked it up and learned that CNN has been on the air since 1980. I would definitely be interested to see how they covered the election.

[dfwgator]

My understanding is that Jaruzelski begged the Soviets to invade and they told him “no”, and from there he decided to implement Martial Law using the threat of Soviet Invasion (which he knew wasn’t coming).

[Matt_DZ_PL]

As far as I know and some things are officially verified, the invasion was almost imminent in early Dec. 1980. The reaction of the POTUS-elect only postponed the Soviet plans till all things would be made clear. The assassination attempt of Reagan scared the Russians to death not to be accused of the organizing, preparing or even conducting the attempt for fear of the possible US retaliation.

So, Jaruzelski was given the order from the Kremlin to stifle the Solidarity, yet, as you said, he begged Moscow for the invasion as he didn't believe in the loyalty of the Polish forces.

[dfwgator]

You’re right, that there was a very good chance of invasion in 1980, before Reagan took office. But once Reagan was there, the Soviets basically told the Poles they were on their own.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

In the speech Reagan gives before assassination attempt he does make reference to Poland.