Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/judy-woodruff-on-day-of-the-reagan-assassination-attempt Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story More than 32 years ago, NewsHour correspondent Judy Woodruff traveled with the press pool to cover President Ronald Reagan speak at the Washington Hilton Hotel. That day, the president survived a bullet to the chest, while his secretary Jim Brady, was shot in the head, permanently disabled. In the wake of recent mass shootings across the country, the policy debate on guns has been renewed.