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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, don't do this. >> david, don't do this. >> 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 way to end this.

Communication. >> there's a lot of children here. i've 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, that's 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 military mres. >> what we ultimately had come to realize is that we had well over 100 individuals insi...

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 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 god going to talk to me in the latter days? so there will be no excuses! >> so there was no lack of communication. there was a...

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 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 that follows provokes a crucial realization about koresh. >> at one point he is talking about my salvation and i said, davi...

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, 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 compound, we ...