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Point, though reason wroe leaves it to the fbi to decide when to take action. >> we went 27 days with nobody being released. david koresh became more violent in his rhetoric. >> he has made such statements as we are ready for war, lets get it on. >> finally, on about the 18th of april, the decision was made that weve had enough delays, weve had enough disingenuous lies coming from these individuals. it was time to exercise a tactical resolution. >> on day 51 of the siege at waco, the fbi initiat...

For any of his victims. they were all soldiers of the technological society as far as he was concerned. he had a higher purpose, and they were immaterial to him. a religious zealot. >> god speaks to me. >> in waco, texas. >> he claimed that he was the lamb of god. >> they truly believe that he was the messiah. >> leading his followers to armageddon. >> gods word. >> reportedly he believes he was jesus christ. >> i had a radio mike in one ear with an agent pleading for his life, and i had this gu...

>> im hopeful that this is some real progress and that we can bring this thing to an end real quickly. >> after the attorneys went in, there was -- david said that he was going to write his manuscript of the meanings of the seven seals. >> supposedly the manuscript will be koreshs proof that he is the lamb of god. at first koresh says it will take him two days to write about each seal. then it becomes two weeks, and then he says it will take a year. >> had there been serious preparation of the m...

>> he indicated that david didnt think it was necessary, so i said, wait a minute, you dont want to come out or david doesnt want you to come out? he says, well, david doesnt think its necessary. >> for agent sage, a heated phone conversation follows and provokes a crucial realization about koresh. >> at one point -- i said, david, i am absolutely confident in my salvation as a christian, and you, partner, are not in a position to judge me. now, that was a very calculated move because stop and t...

Cameraman got lost trying to find the branch davidian compound. he asked a mail carrier for directions, and indicated there might be some kind of raid. the mailman was a branch davidian. under cover agent robert rodriguez was at the compound when koresh received the warning. >> robert immediately excused himself. i had to leave. david said, no, stay. robert said, no, i got to go. as robert tells me, he walks up to him and says i was just waiting for them to put a bullet in my back. >> agent rodr...

Directly to god and god had told him to wait, that this was not going to be normal. >> that was one of the first and more significant glimpses of the disingenuous nature of how david was dealing with us as far as promises and truthfulness. >> are you a patient person? >> yeah, im really patient. >> youre going to see patience because the only thing that were going to do is sit and wait. >> i believe that was our last best chance to get him to ever come out. he was fatigued. he was wounded. he wa...

>> [ inaudible ] >> i understand youve been wounded. will you describe your position? >> weakening. >> are you shot, sir? >> yes, i am. >> well, communications opened up pretty quickly. he loved to talk. he loved to hear himself talk. >> how is government going to talk to me in the later days? so there will be no excuse! >> so there was no lack of communication. there was a lack of productive communication. >> theres a lot of children here. ive had a lot of babies the last few years. >> is it tr...

David keresh was dangerous, irrational, and probably insane. >> david, you have had your 15 minutes of fame. you are under arrest. this standoff is over. >> it went horribly. it was a total disaster. >> the siege at waco next. ♪ >> waco, texas, is a quiet, modest city, surrounded by sprawling cattle ranches located halfway between dallas and austin, its an unlikely place for a modern day armageddon.loc

He fooled us. he played with us. on day six of the standoff, another child comes out of the compound with a note pinned to her jacket. it says, "once the children are out, the adults will die." >> we never got another child out. we had a total of 21, and i will be eternally grateful for the fact that we were able to accomplish that. >> 27 children remained inside the compound. >> we continued to press david on that. david finally became very upset with the negotiator, and he stopped them and yel...

Discomfort, would move heaven and earth to get them to a position of safety. and we were wrong. >> the beginning of the end comes just after 12:00 noon. a wisp of smoke floats from a compound window. >> my instructions over the loudspeakers went from instructions to, please, david, dont do this. david, dont do this to your people. >> all of a sudden, you see bursts of flames. im, like, my god, i hope they allowed the children to leave. >> this is not the way to end this. lead your people out, da...