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Rambling nonsense. we didn't want to characterize it that way because we knew he had hostages and we knew that because he was talking to one of our producers. we were on the phone with the muontgomery police asking them how they wanted us to proceed. they asked us to keep him on the phone and keep him talking. the lunch hours was just ending when the gunman walk under to the discovery channel headquarters just outside of washington waving a handgun and ordering everyone in the lobby to stay still. we now know the suspect was james jay lee whose long list of demands included a change in discove...

It, if i drop it i'll explode. >> reporter: decided against reporting the conversation until the situation was over. while lee held three hostages at gunpoint most of the building's 1,900 employees were told to evacuate and did. including all the children in a day care center on the first floor. >> someone came to me, came to me and said, don't go into the lobby. there's some action going on there, like there are cops inside. >> we weren't sure if the gunman was going to come up the other floors or anything. >> reporter: james lee of maryland had a history of protesting in front of the discove...