my name is david koresh. to his followers, david koresh was a messiah. god speaks to me. manifestation of god in the flesh. we believe this man had the truth. but to the u.s. government, david koresh was a threat. machine guns and explosive devices. in 1993, they went to war in waco. this ain t america anymore when the atf has that kind of power. it ended in catastrophe. 86 people dead. including at least 24 children. there had been nothing like this before. the siege was new and unique in america law enforcement history. if you distrust the government, waco is going to be symbolic to a lot of people of what they really fear. i m talking to you, somebody s going to get hurt. if he asks god for some kind of sign and god gives it, what does that mean? every saturday morning, clive doyle and shelia martin study the bible. the lord, god, will come with strong hand and shall rule they are about all that s left in waco of the branch dafdians. an
manifestation of god in the flesh. we believe this man had the truth. but to the u.s. government, david koresh was a threat. machine guns and explosive devices. in 1993, they went to war in waco. this ain t america anymore when the atf has that kind of power. it ended in catastrophe. 86 people dead. including at least 24 children. there had been nothing like this before. the siege was new and unique in america law enforcement history. if you distrust the government, waco is going to be symbolic to a lot of people of what they really fear. i m talking to you, somebody s going to get hurt. if he asks god for some kind of sign and god gives it, what does that mean? every saturday morning, clive doyle and shelia martin study the bible. the lord, god, will come with strong hand and shall rule they are about all that s left in waco of the branch dafdians. an offshoot of the seventh dayed a adventist church. it issued its own currency during the great d
apparently have telephone contact with somebody in the compound. my name is dave koresh. david koresh. to his followers, david koresh was a messiah. god speaks to me. manifestation of god in the flesh. we believed this man had the truth. reporter: but to the u.s. government, david koresh was a threat. machine guns and explosive devices. reporter: in 1993, they went to war in waco. this ain t america anymore when the atf has that kind of power. reporter: it ended in catastrophe. 86 people dead. including at least 24 children. there had been nothing like this before. this siege was new and unique in american law enforcement history. if you distrust the government, waco is going to be symbolic to a lot of people of what they really fear. i m talking to you. somebody s going to get hurt. if he asks god for some kind of sign and god gives it, what does that mean? reporter: every saturday morning clive doyle and sheila martin study the bible. behold
if he asks god for some kind of sign and god gives it, what does that mean? reporter: every saturday morning clive doyle and sheila martin study the bible. behold. the lord god will come with strong hand. his arm shall rule for him. reporter: they are about all that s left in waco of the branch davidians, an offshoot of the seventh day adventist church. their religious community went back generations. it even issued its own currency during the great depression. david koresh came to the faith and its texas commune in 1981. who was he back then, to you? just a bum. reporter: former branch davidian kathy jones and her husband david had seen religious visionaries come and go.
somebody s going to get hurt. if he asks god for some kind of sign and god gives it, what does that mean? reporter: every saturday morning clive doyle and sheila martin study the bible. god will come with strong hand reporter: they are about all that s left in waco of the branch davidians, an offshoot of the seventh day adventist church. it even issued its own currency during the great depression. david koresh came to the faith and its texas commune in 1981. who was he back then, to you? just a bum. reporter: former branch