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After the bombing, mcveighs trial begins in denver, colorado. the prosecution presents first, and lays out a timeline of events that led up to the bombing. by mid 1994, mcveigh and nickels, along with their army friend michael fortee were pleadty to put their plan into action. mcveigh decided the most effective weapon would be a truck bomb. in september 1994, mcveigh and nickels begin stockpiing amoment yum nitrate, a fertilizer often used in truck bombs. >> you combine the ammonia nitrate and f...

Not abandoned. please do not tow. will remove by april 23rd. needs battery and cable. two days later, mcveigh and nichols rendezvous where they assemble the bomb in the truck. >> the ammonia nitrate would have been mixed in barrels, something kin to a 5-gallon plastic barrel. the barrels were then likely connected with the detonating cord that led to boosters and that detonating cord would come together where the caps were. >> but at the last minute, terry nichols, like michael fortee, bails out...

Rental company. known as john doe number two, the description did not fit nichols or michael fortier. investigators concluded that john doe number two never existed. >> we found a gentleman that had been in there that generally fit the description of john doe number two but it was on a different day. he had been there on a different day with a friend who had rented a ryder truck. so we realized, it was a misidentification of people chance posing two different events and putting two different occ...

From a kwaurry in kansas. then that december, mcveigh and michael fortee go to oklahoma city to case the murrah building. >> we know for certain that mcveigh examined multiple federal buildings. he in particularly scouted out the murrah building on multiple occasions. we know that because he took michael fortee directly to the murrah building and said after his examine nation of all the potential targets, this was the one he was going to hit. >> mcveigh picks april 19th as the date, known as pat...

Trial begins in denver, colorado. the prosecution presents first and lays out a timeline of events that led up to the bombing. by mid 1994, mcveigh and nichols along with their army friend michael fortee were ready to put their plan into action. mcveigh decided the most effective weapon would be a truck bomb. in september 1994, mcveigh and nichols begin stockpiling amoan yes, maam nitrate, a fertilizer often used in truck bombs. >> you combine the ammonia nitrate and fuel and you have an

>> but at the last minute, terry nickels, like michael fortee bails out. >> as time grew near to the time of the bombing, nickles got cold feet. he decided he didnt want to do that, and decided that was going too far. mcveigh screamed at him, threatened him, may have threatened to kill him. >> on the morning of april 19th, mcveigh now on his own drives the ryder truck into oklahoma city. at 8:57 a.m., security cameras at the reeg si tower apartment building catch the ryder truck parked across th...

Number two but a different day, he had been in there with a friend that rented a ryder truck. so we realized, it was a misidentification of people chance posing two different events and putting two different occurrences together. >> mcveigh swore to us over and over again that there was no john doe number two, no one was with him on the day of the bombing. the biggest misconception out there about the oklahoma city bombing in my view is that this was something that sprang from the brain of timot...

Yum nitrate, a fertilizer often used in truck bombs. >> you combine the amoment yum nitrate and fuel and you have an explosive mixture. its cheap, readily available and its not particularly complicated to make. >> over the next few months, the two men start quietly gathering more components, including racing fuel, explosive charges, and 544 blasting caps they steel from a kwaurry in kansas. then that december, mcveigh and michael fortee go to oklahoma city to case the murrah building. >> we know...