up the violent rhetoric and eventually the group turned murderous. what we wanted do do here was deliver the most horrific hits that the united states government had ever suffered on its territory. we wanted to light it up. our slogan was bring the war home. we really wanted to give the united states and the rest of the world a sense that this country was going to be completely unlivable if the united states continued in vietnam. reporter: in 1970, three of ayers comrades prepared a nail bomb intended to execute military families at a dance in new jersey. but the explosives went off prematurely, and ayers friends were killed in the blast. these people were randomly bombing and intended to kill people. at that point pressure came all the way from the white house to