Page 14 - David That News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

In the process of placing tear gas into the building. >> i learned of the gas that day. i didn't know that they were going to do that. and i thought, wow, well, they're going to gas them out. >> exit the compound now. submit to the proper authority, david. you are under arrest. this standoff is over. >> i don't think we, the fbi, atf, anybody else ever had any control over how this was going to 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 would destroy his followers rather than to give up to the evil arm...

>> he indicated that david didn't think it was necessary, so i said, wait a minute, you don't want to come out or david doesn't want you to come out? he says, well, david doesn't think it's necessary. >> for agent sage, a heated phone conversation follows and provokes a crucial realization about koresh. >> at one point he's 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 calculated move, because stop and think about it. if this individual was delusional and thought...

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? i understand you've 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...

Minutes of fame. it's 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, don't do this. >> david, don't do this to your people. >> all of a sudden you see bursts of flames. i'm, like, my god, i hope they allowed the children to leave. >> this is not the...

Point, though reason know dreno 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, let's get it on. >> finally, on about the 18th of april, the decision was made that we've had enough delays, we've 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 tactical plan to end the standoff. >> david, individuals inside the branch davidian ...