To solve. Love triangle . Thats what we thought. The obvious suspect, the missing man. The obvious problem, no one could find him. This guy is potentially very dangerous. But what was real . And what was pretend . This is as diabolical as any case ive ever seen. Enter the actors. Theyre trying to say im somebody that im not. Was the killer really missing . Or was he hiding In Plain Sight . I said, this Son Of A Bitch is dirty. Somebody knew the truth. Dont, dont, that cant be found. And this father refused to give up until he knew it too. Everything is based on me knowing the whole story. Places please. Theres an empty theater. A script full of twists. A troupe of actors. And someone who set the stage for an unbelievable tragedy. Im buying it. Im buying it hook, line and sinker. All of it so well done it was hard to tell what was real and what was an illusion. I just remember his Performance Being it was very, very real. This is a story of a man who seemed to be at the end of his rope.
Joining us as the executive director. Of 1995, from april these words by president bill clinton. His first comments about the bombing. [video clip] citye bombing in oklahoma was an attack on innocent children and defenseless citizens. Andas an act of cowardice it was evil. States will not tolerate it. I will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards. With our team, which we assembled to deal with this bombing, and i have determined to take the following steps to ensure the strongest response to this situation. First, i have deployed a Crisis Management team under the leadership of the fbi working with the department of justice, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, military and local authorities. We are sending the finest to solve these murders. Second, i have declared an emergency in Oklahoma City and at my direction, the director of the federal Emergency Management agency, is now on his way there to make sure we do everything we can to help the pe
Normally when you do book tours you go to different cities, you talk about connections the place has with whatever youve written about. This is a special place in this context and im certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 17 years ago because im sure you know it much better than i ever will. And one of the things that is always moved me when i come here is first of all how warmly ive been welcomed by everybody but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. It is a relatively small place. Ive never met from Oklahoma City who wasnt touched in a personal way in some way by the tragedy. The first time i came i spoke to a number of the relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the Day Care Center and i thought im a British Foreign correspondent, ive been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places around the world, this is just another assignment and then having spoken to them, i went down to the memorial and saw that fence
Commemoration, today mark, the 25th anniversary of the explosion outside the alfred p. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people including those children inside a daycare facility. The washington journal and our partners at American History tv on cspan 3 spending this next hour looking back at the events from 25 years ago. Joining us in Oklahoma City at the National Memorial and museum is the executive director Carrie Watkins on this 25th anniversary but first from Late Afternoon of april 19th, 1995, these words by president bill clinton his first comments about the bombing. The bombing in Oklahoma City was an attack on innocent children and defenseless citizens. It was an act of cowardice and it was evil. The United States will not tolerate it. And i will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards. I have met with our team, which we assembled to deal with this bombing. And i have determined to take the following steps to assure the strongest response t
This is a very somber subject. Normally when you do but towards you go to a different cities and talk about connections that the place has with whatever you have written about. This is a special place in this context, and i am certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 70 years ago, because im sure you know it much better than i ever well. One of the things that always amused me when i come here is first of all how warmly i welcomed by everybody, but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. A relatively small place. Ive never met anybody from obama city who was not touched in a personal way by the tragedy the first time i came i spoke to a number of their relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the day care center. I thought, a British Foreign correspondent. I have been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places. This is just another assignment. Then having spoken to them by went down to the memorial and saw that, the