and i didn't know this, but on november the 25th, bob matthews had pulled all of his people together into their hideout and drafted a letter to the united states congress and it was a declaration of war. so bob matthews was permitted to fight to the end. but so were we. >> they were staying in two different houses. the houses were approached. people in one house all surrendered. when we approached matthews' house, matthews was given an opportunity to surrender and refused to do so. >> come out with your hands up. >> we did everything we could to try to get him out of there. and when we decided that bob wouldn't come out, we made a plan to go in and get him. >> dozens of fbi agents armed with automatic weapons and dressed in full combat fatigues have been been at the scene.