children of god were founded in 1968 in southern california by a charismatic baptist minister called david berg. ♪ ♪ who will take a stand and heed the call ♪ at first, berg preached a simple gospel, prophesizing the second coming of jesus. but as his popularity grew, his sermon became more disturbing. ♪ called to live and die for the kingdom as we hear ♪ >> by the early '80s, a film from the time shows berg's band of hippy followers had mobilized into a disciplined army of converts, changing their name to "the family," they fanned out across the globe. ♪ jesus and david our king >> kind of got sucked in. you know, i got sucked in before i knew what -- i really thought i was joining a christian organization. i thought it was what god wanted me to do. i had no idea that, you know, it would eventually turn into dark betrayal. how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups,

secrecy check out what rockefeller's said about the media coverage of building berg and his memoirs multi-billionaire david rockefeller said quote some even believe we're part of a secret cobol working against the best interests of the united states characterizing my family and me as internationalists and of conspiring with others around the world to build a much more integrated global political and economic structure one world if you will and if that's the charge i stand guilty and i'm proud of it he also allegedly said that he's grateful to media outlets like the washington post the new york times whose magazine directors have attended their meetings and promised to keep it discretionary for almost forty years saying it would have been impossible for the group to develop its plan for the new world if it would have been subject to the lights of publicity. during all those years while the public might not know exactly what's going on there many people agree that the people who attend the meetings are the world's most powerful movers and shakers just take a look at this drudge poll of poll conducted to ask