an off-chute of the seven day adventist church, they eventually called themselves the branch davidians>> a pretty stable leadership for a lot of years, and they were known in town as a somewhat bizarre but benign religious group that pretty much kept to themselves. >> the davidians bought property about ten miles east of town, built a compound, and named their sanctuary mount carmel, after the sacred biblical site in israel. but in the early 1980s, a new member appeared who would change everything. his given name -- vernon wayne howell. handsome and magnetic, he convinced his followers he would one day be reborn as jesus christ. church members would come to worship him as david koresh. koresh being the hebrew name for cyrus, the legendary persian king and conqueror of babylon. >> he began to present the ideas that he had, and i would say 99% of the leadership of the church that were living at mount carmel accepted him as having a message from god. >> clive doyle is a branch davidian survivor, and to this day, a believer in david koresh. >> david was constantly talking to god. god told

i think she was a seventh day adventist. he realizes later, and said this about his mother as well. was trying to bring a revolution to my country and educate my own people about democracy and freedom and i had not been able to do that to my wife and my mother. he felt that was a lack. separate ways. it was a sad situation. winnie.met when he -- >> you look at young pictures of winnie mandela, a physically gorgeous woman are in full of strength and pride -- >> she was an activist. >> an activist in her own right. at that moment in time, they click and became an indelible force. with the celebration of all the documentation of mandela being imprisoned for 27 years, sometimes credit is not given to winnie about what she had to endure. those early years of prison, they would go to her house at 2:00 in the morning, shaker down, stripped searcher. a lot of people don't talk -- don't remember -- you talk about courage and strength, she was income -- solitary confinement for 18 months. appeared -- years in prison, when you grow apart, winnie came out -- out. everyone wanted a piece of him.

would also like to express our gratitude to the first responders and the trauma team at littleton adventist hospital for saving our daughter's life and quickly getting her into surgery. claire is still i condition. one of the thing that sheriff robinson emphasized again and again was that there was no time for anyone to flee or run: originally we had heard it was 20 minutes then down to five minutes. now sheriff robinson mentioned the security video and a minute and 20 seconds of this high school. >> thank you for that update there. the shooting in newtown, connecticut. church bells toed in heart first offed, a 20-year-old loan gunman killed 26 people, most of young children. those living in newton asked for privacy. it was marked by private ceremonies. president obama and the first lady lit a candle at the whitehouse, one for each of the 20 children and the adults killed today. they also offer condolences. >> a quite peaceful town was shattered by unspeakable violence. six dedicated school workers and 20 beautiful children were taken from our lives forever. as parents, as americans, we sti

would also like to express our gratitude to the first responders and the trauma team at littleton adventist hospital for saving our daughter's life, and quickly getting her into surgery. clair is still in critical condition, and your prayers are appreciated. >> there, again, sheriff grayson roberts reading a statement from the family, clair esther davis, a young woman who appears to be a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, shot with a gun at the wrong place at the wrong time by karl pierson. the sheriff emphasised that it looked like karl pierson was prepared to do more damage as he tried to settle a score with the teacher. a lot of questions answered, but many more remain. >> across the country today americans remember victims of another school shooting in newtown connecticut. [ bells toll ] >> church bells tolled across the state. it's been a year since a 20-year-old gunman killed 26 people, mostly first graders at sandy hook elementary. newtown ask for privacy. no memorials were held there. president obama and first lady lit candles, one for each of the 20 children and

would also like to express our gratitude to the first responders and the trauma team at little tonne adventist hospital for saving our daughter's life and getting her into surgery quickly. clair is still in critical continue and your prayers are appreciated. >> there, again, sheriff grayson robertson reading a statement from the family of clair esther davis. a young woman, a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. shot with a pump shotgun at point blank range by karl pierson as he entered arlington national cemetery yesterday afternoon. it looked like he was prepared to do more damage as he was going to settle a score. many questions remain. >> paul beban reporting. >> across the country americans remembered the victims of another school shooting at newtown connecticut. [ bells toll ] >> church bells tolled across the state. it's been a year since a 20-year-old gunman killed 26 people, mostly first graders at sandy hook elementary. newtown asked for privacy. no memorials were held there. >> president obama and the first lady lit candles to honour the victims, one for each child a

does the family have any standing here, you know, seven day adventists?igious thing or anything that can can help them here? >> i think what jennifer is failing to do is differentiate between being required to do something and being able to do it. this hospital isn't required to do it under california law if she is legally dead. being on a breathing tube having no brainstem activity is clinically dead. this family had asked to move this poor girl to a nursing home, to another hospital. this very had offers of financial help from all over the country to help them do that and there is no reason, no moral or ethical reason certainly why they shouldn't be able to move their daughter at their own expense and keep her alive. i find it very distasteful. >> it's a difficult case. jennifer, thank you both. up next, an american contractor taken hostage in pakistan. he appears in a video and says he feels abandoned by his country. right back with it. and ah, so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer

he started to become political she started becoming more religious, i think she was a seventh day adventist and he realized, he even said this to me many years later and said this about his mother as well i was trying to bring a revolution to my country and educate my own people about democracy and freedom and i hadn't been able to do that to my wife or my mother and he felt that was a lack, and they just went their separate ways and it was a sad situation. >> rose: and then there was. >> then he met win any, and when you see pictures of when any, just a gorgeous woman, full of strength and pride and. >> rose: she was an activist? >> an activist in her own right and what happened was at that particular moment in time, the two of them just clicked and became such an indelible force but with the celebration of all the documentation on mandela being imprisoned 27 years, you know, a lot of times credit is not given to what winney had to endure because those early years of prison, they would go up to the house 2:00 o'clock in the morning and shake her down, strip search her, i.an those two girls

would also like to express our gratitude to the first responders and the trauma team at littleton adventisttal for saving our daughter's life and quickly getting her into surgery. claire is still in critical condition, and your prayers are appreciated. at this time we ask that you respect our wishes for privacy, for us and the hospital. thank you for your continued support, love, and prayers, the davis family. yesterday we reported that claire was a 15-year-old. and as all of you are well aware in any of these ongoing incidents, information is fluid. the information that we received was the best we had to share with you at the time. but we now know that claire esther davis is a 17-year-old senior at arapahoe high school. and, again, when we are done, i have adequate copies of her photograph to share with you, and i will distribute them accordingly. with that, i will gladly try to answer questions that i might. i will remind you, as always, if i'm not able for ethical or legal reasons, i will tell you that. and if i don't have the answer to the questions that you have, i will do my very best

high school there, they are now treating two students who are both in good condition and littleton adventist hospital has the student that nis in the most serious condition. up until this point, listening to the sheriff, we thought there were only two students injured. now we are talking about three. >> two injured not that seriously, but one very seriously. >> one quite seriously. we don't have any more about the condition but there are two different hospitals there not terribly far away. that's the latest we know about that. this would be again, as we talked about, everybody being prepared there and the law enforcement and school community, certainly the medical community, too. having lived through columbine, i assure you there are police officers on the scene and medical experts who are dealing with this today or at least in these institutions where the kids have been taken, there are people there who were there when columbine happened in 1999. so i'm sure they're on hand right now dealing with this and seeing what they can find out. >> so close. sheriff grayson robinson also saying the s