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Ready to go to battle. he would wear that type of garb every single day. they say one thing was for sure. he would always be ranting and raving about that network. >> so what do you mean when you say you knew something wasn't right? >> well, his opinions about things. we couldn't understand why he hated the discovery channel. we just couldn't figure that out. >> every single day he was talking about how much he hated the discovery channel? >> yes, every day. something about children, having overpopulation of children. he had a problem with that as well. >> did anyone at borders say what the he...

He had a problem with that as well. >> did anyone at borders say what the heck are you doing, mr. lee, and start arguing with him? >> there were discussions, yes. there were a lot of people that said he's just crazy and blew it off. >> certainly seems crazy. he has been arrested before outside discovery, right? didn't he protest there? >> reporter: yeah. he had a protest, anderson. it was quite strange for police. they say that lee was throwing thousands of dollars of cash into the air and it created quite a bit of a ruckus and they charged him with disorderly conduct and he was ordered to sta...

Overpopulation of children. he had a problem with that as well. >> did anyone at borders say what the heck are you doing, mr. lee, and start arguing with him? >> there were discussions, yes. there were a lot of people that said he's just crazy and blew it off. things of that nature. >> certainly seems crazy. he has been arrested before outside discovery, right? didn't he protest there? >> reporter: yeah. he had a protest, anderson. it was quite strange for police. they say that lee was throwing thousands of dollars of cash into the air and it created quite a bit of a ruckus and they charged hi...

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...

Floor. >> they said, don't go into the lobby. the there's some action going on there. >> weren't sure if he would come up to other floors or anything. >> reporter: he had a history of rotesting in front of the discovery channel. calling for more programming about global warming and animal extinction. after attracting crowds by throwing thousands of into the air, he was arrested in february of 2008 and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. lee told our nbc news producer he spent time preparing for this attack. >> how long have you been working on this particular bomb? >> three weeks, around thr...