Attendance. Knowing our panelists who will be out here in a minute, tonight is going to be one of those engage programs that is both informative and highly entertaining. These guys know how to tell a story. And its a rare treat to have the curtain pulled back from those who are on the front lines of protecting the president and the first family. Were honored to be joined tonight by three former secret Service Agents whose combined years of Service Almost approach 82 years. Im privileged to have Larry Buendorf with us, 22year veteran of the secret service. Larry was honored with the secret Service Valor Award for his role in stopping an assassination attempt on president gerald ford in september of 1975 in sacramento. Later, larry served 25 years as the security chief with the United States olympic committee. Joe clancy is with us tonight. Joe served on the protective details of four president s, including president bush, or trailblazer, as he would have called him by his secret service
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Question and break free. Four of warren jeffs children have recently left the flds and are making shocking allegations. Tonight, two of them are telling their story on camera for the very first time. Revealing the kind of man their father was before he became the the profit. I want people to know the truth. I wish we would have opened up about it a long time ago. When a man like that becomes prophet, what happens . Profit, what happened . He can hide his sins behind the title of profits. Utah is so majestically beautiful its often referred to as gods country where mormons finally settled and ultimately divided over their stance on plural marriage where the church rejected the belief, fundamentalist mormons embraced it. But beyond polygamy, theres another tenant that distinguishes the fundamental later day states. Guided by the book of mormon, the flds says one living man on earth has the power to relay the word of god to the people and in 2002 all that power was handed to warren jeffs.
How beautiful she was. But only few of them of you know how good she was. And you had Charles Manson himself. The charismatic leader of the family who didnt show any remorse or any respect for the system. Are you all happy with your courts . Yes. Am i happy . Yes. Its your court. Wouldnt accept it. The problem is he did not physically participate in these murders but only manson had a mottive to commit these murders. That was helter skelter. They thought the white man would turn against the black man if a black man committed these murders. Manson first saw the black man would win this war. He said the black man would not be able to handle the reins of power so we had to look at those who survived from helter skelter, in other words, turn it over to Charles Manson and his family. When the words helter skelter were first said. Man san sat through all this saying nothing but today he had an x scratched in his forehead. It is his way of say he has xd himself out of soed. Susan adkins, lesl
Other. All the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. Seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. Young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. The 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. At the time of a mass murder, theres a lot of media coverage. But usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the publics consciousness. But not so with the manson case. It was the biggest publicity case the d. A. s office had ever had. The manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. Seven innocent people died. Steve perrin, a teenager. Abigail folger, folger coffee. Jay sevring. Wojick frakowski. Laviacas, and sharon tate. All of you know how beautiful she was. Only a few of you know know how good she was. And you had Charles Manson himself. The charismat