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Oklahoma city and was arrested the morning of the bombing. it turned out that he was still there but he was getting ready to be released on bail, but we put a hold on him until our agents could get there to interview him. was this the same timothy mcveigh that was at the dreamland motel? at this point, we don't necessarily know. our agents tried to interview timothy mcveigh. when they approached him, they ask him do you know what we're here for? he said probably about that oklahoma city thing. and he gave us his name, rank and serial number and refused to talk to us anymore. >> in washington, ...

He was rational. he was interviewed by several psychologists and psychiatrists and didn't have any obvious mental disorder or emotional disorder. >> the question comes up, why is a non mentally ill individual going to conduct a bombing which kills hundreds of people? >> i don't want people to misread what i'm about to say, but i was surprised at how affable and likable he appeared to be for a man who had killed 168 people in cold blood. >> reporters dan herbeck and lu michelle spent more than 7 0 hours interviewing mcveigh trying to gain some insight into what led him to become a domestic terr...

Brain of timothy mcveigh, was masterminded by timothy mcveigh and substantially carried out by timothy mcveigh with very little help from terry nichols. >> if there were other people involved with the bombing, who were they? some believe there may have been a connection between mcveigh and elohim city, a so-called christian identity community in northeastern oklahoma, about 170 miles from oklahoma city near the arkansas border. >> it's essentially a religion that says white anglo-saxon americans are the true children of israel and jews are subhuman and essentially black people are not even hum...

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 fortier, were ready to put their army plan into action. mcveigh decided the most effective weapon would be a truck bomb. in september 1994, mcveigh and nichols begin stockpiling ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer often used in truck bombs. >> you combine the ammonium nitrate and fuel and you have an explosive mixture. it's cheap, readily available and not particularly complicated to make. >> over the ...

Remains the worst domestic terrorist act in american history. it changed the country in ways that are still being felt. >> people forget how different the world was when the bombing happened. and i think it shattered across the world people's feelings of safety and security because if it can happen in oklahoma city, it can happen anywhere. if it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone. >> we became a more cautious society, barriers went up around federal buildings. you have more security. the seeds of homeland security were actually planted by timothy mcveigh.