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>> we banked on the fact that a parent, if they found their children exposed to that kind of discomfort, would move heaven and earth to get them to a position of safety. 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. >> all of a sudden you see bursts of flames. im, like, my god, i hope they allowed the chi...

Communication. >> theres a lot of children here. ive had a lot of babies the last few years. >> is it true, david that, one of the children, a 2-year-old, is dead. >> yeah, thats true. >> he was so calm to a point where you began immediately questioning what kind of a personality are we dealing with? >> here we are at the day of the lord. god will be in the position for blood. >> koresh and the davidians were well supplied for a long siege. in addition to their arsenal, they had stockpiled milit...

With an unknown number of casualties inside the compound, including david koresh. >> at this hour fbi agents are negotiating with the cult leader. he reportedly believes he is jesus christ. >> mr. koresh, how are you doing? >> fair to middling. >> 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 god going to talk to me in ...

Tactical teams that had everybody covered. >> the meeting is positive. the fbi negotiators arranged to meet again in two days and deliver written assurances requested by koresh, but schneider abruptly cancels the second meeting. >> 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 that follows provokes a cruc...

Point, though reno 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 initiates its ...

Around 75 agents, many hidden in cattle trailers, would rapidly descend on the compound, serve the warrants, arrest koresh, search the property, and seize the weapons. >> i thought the plan had it not been compromised would have worked. >> but the plan was compromised. that morning a local news 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...

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 manuscripts, we would have waited...

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 and yelled at him. he said, hey, you dont understand. the rest of these children are my children. theyre not coming out. theyre not coming out. the battle of armageddon was on. iwe dont back down. we only knowirection: up so were up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of t...

More significant glimpses of the disingenuous nature of how david was dealing with us as far as promises and truthfulness. >> i believe that was our last best chance to get him to ever come out. he was fatigued. he was wounded. he was hurt. we had been working on him for three days. but at the very last moment he couldnt do it. >> if i say im christ, the proof is if i can open up the seals or not. >> he couldnt leave this place where he was god with unlimited sexual favors and walk out to a cold...

That morning a local news 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 out the door and says, i was just waiting for them to put a bu...