. >> verne gosney joined the church in california about that same time. he and his wife, an interracial couple, were welcome. >> the peoples temple was a rich tapestry of people. they were people who had survived adverse situations, racism, discrimination, just very difficult lives, and they had triumphed to that point. >> in 1975, jones moved his church headquarters from redwood valley down to san francisco to a larger stage where he became a political force and a face in photo-ops. >> roslyn carter was campaigning for jimmy carter. i believe that was 1976, and there was going to be a rally downtown. literally, we stuffed the building. we were the rally. >> this photo of tim carter with the woman he loved, gloria, was taken at the golden gate bridge during another public appearance. >> when jim jones was asked to give the benediction for the new suicide prevention barrier that had been erected. >> that's right. only a year before jonestown took its own life, jim jones was praying over a suicide prevention barrier. in that summer of 1977, jones was facing

vern gosney's son mark.all the dead were children murdered at jim jones' command wracked with convulsions, a painful death. >> i tell you, i don't care how many screams you hear, i don't care how many anguished cries, death is a million times more preferable than ten more days of this life. >> what i experienced and saw was absolute chaos and insanity. >> die with a degree of dignity. lay down your life with dignity! don't lay down with tears and agony! >> tim carter walked back to the pavilion and saw his 1-year-old son malcolm in the arms of his wife gloria. >> and here's sharon cobb, a pediatric nurse practitioner, with a syringe in malcolm's mouth. gloria is standing there, tears streaming down her face. just agony written all over her face. >> these syringes found later were filled with cyanide to kill the children. >> all they're doing is taking a drink to go to sleep. that's what death is, sleep. >> malcolm was dead. his little lips covered with foam, which is what happens with arsenic and cyanide, is

vern gosney's son mark.rd of all the dead were children murdered at jim jones' command wracked with convulsions, a painful death. >> i tell you, i don't care how many screams you hear, i don't care how many cries. death is a million times preferable to continue more days of this life. >> what i experienced and saw was absolute chaos and insanity. >> die with a degree of dignity. lay down your life with dignity. don't lay down with tears and agony. >> tim carter walked back to the pavilion and saw his 1-year-old son malcolm in the arms of his wife gloria. >> here's sharon cobb, the pediatric nurse practitioner with a syringe in malcolm's mouth. gloria is standing there tears streaming down her face. just agony written all over her face. >> these syringes found later were filled with cyanide to kill the children. >> all they're doing is taking a drink to go to sleep. that's what death is, sleep. >> malcolm was dead. his little lips covered with foam which is what happens with arsenic and cyanide is it foams at