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>> were all waiting. were anticipating. we had buses lined up to receive everybody. >> he stated he received a message from god instructing him to wait. >> any doubts about who is calling the shots is suddenly gone. >> now we knew when we had a person who said he was speaking 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 an...

>> david, dont do this. >> 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. leave your people out, david. be a messiah, not a destroyer. >> i will never forget the exact thought that went through my head when i saw the flames. thank god those mothers will bring their children out now, and we waited and waited and waited, and they didnt bring their children out. >> the entire scene unfolds before a live tv a...

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 them. he said, hey, you dont understand. the rest of these children are my children. theyre not coming out. the battle of armageddon was on. ♪ ♪

Gas into the building. >> i learned of the gas that day. i didnt know that they were going to do that. and i thought, wow, well, theyre going to gas them out. >> exit the compound now. submit to the proper authority, david. you are under arrest. this standoff is over. >> i dont think we, the fbi, atf, anybody else ever had any control over how this was going end. i think the only control we truly had was when it was going to end. >> koresh had his playbook already decided in advance. that he wou...

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 the latter days? so there ...

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 the latter days? so there ...

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. but there was none. >> on the 49th day of the siege, attorne...

>> clive doyle is a branch davidian survivor, and to this day a believer in david koresh. >> david was constantly talking to god. god told me to do this. god told me to do that. we accepted that. >> god speaks to me. i have a message to present. >> to outsiders koresh soon transformed the davidian church into a cult. >> the most important element of the cult is the leader. and they always describe the same way as being charismatic. >> i mean, there are some things that god has concealed in his w...

Minutes of fame. its time to leave the building. >> 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...

>> 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 crucial realization about koresh. >> at one point he is talking about my salvation and 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...