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It's time for you to exit the compound in an orderly fashion. >> reporter: april 19, 1993, just before dawn. over the fbi's loud speakers. >> david, individuals inside the branch davidian compound, we are in the process of placing tear gas into the building. >> reporter: the feds are out of patience and ready to make arrests for the murder of the four atf agents 51 days earlier. >> exit the compound now. submit to the proper authority, david. >> reporter: the tear gas is inserted from booms on specially modified tanks and fired from grenade-like canisters. >> you are under arrest. this standof...

Decision i think we could based on everything that we knew. based on what we know now, it was obviously wrong. >> reporter: there were aftershocks. to extremists like timothy mcveigh, waco was a call to arms. he would bomb the federal building in oklahoma city, exactly two years later, killing 168 people. >> his feeling was, this is a war between the people and the government. the government won waco but we won bigger at oklahoma city. >> reporter: remarkably, neither clive doyle nor sheila martin blame the fbi. to them the fire, the deaths, their grief, it was all part of a bigger plan by a m...

>> david and them told him, we know who you are and what's fixing to happen. may god bless you, in effect. >> reporter: the atf agent races to the undercover house across the street, warning commanders, the element of surprise was lost. >> he told them, please don't do this. he told them, they know we're coming. call it off. begged them to call it off. >> reporter: but instead of calling it off, the atf commanders load up and rush in. >> you come point guns in the direction of my wives and my kids, damn it, i'll meet you at the door any time. >> reporter: each side blames the other for firing ...

Members of a religious cult died in a suicide pact in 1978 with cyanide-laced kool-aid. a serious concern when koresh quotes the book of revelations with its prophecy of violence in the final days. >> so here we are in the day of the lord. all the prophets talk about the great and dreadful day of the lord. when god will make inquisition for blood. >> that's not today, david. >> oh, it is. >> trying to find common ground, the agent talks about huge stockpiles of meals ready to eat, mres. >> what's your favorite one? i ate one of those yesterday. >> beef stew. >> beef stew? >> that's the only go...

>> i said, life is never going to be the same. we are -- this whole situation had changed our whole life. >> reporter: meanwhile in the wake of the atf debacle, the u.s. justice department sends in the fbi. there are two teams. a heavily armed tactical unit with armored personnel carriers and negotiators, armed with a phone and their wits. >> i teach negotiators that the very first thing you have to have is self-control. >> reporter: gary is the bureau's chief negotiator. when you got there, when you were briefed, what were you dealing with? >> i think in the context of the atf where there cle...