he thought david koresh would have come.instead atf launched its ill begotten raid and not the sheriff felt frustrated and he was also frustrated by the reaction of many people seeing government conspiracy and the violent reactions that were in repayment for waco. his exact quote and i believe arms correct in this -- his exact quote was people believe people say waco is the reason they are doing these things but i think it is the excuse they used to do what they want to do anyway. i wish atf had consulted him more. host: we have a tweet from lisa says, was not there an undercover atf agent inside the branch davidian compound for several weeks before the siege? why did atf not follow his recommendations and not raid mount carmel? guest: that is the crux of why this has happened in one critical way. atf had tried to place eight agents undercover as guarantor property across the street from mount carmel supposedly to keep a 24/7 check on everything the branch davidians were doing and to get a sense of when david koresh might le

he thought david koresh would have come.unched its ill begotten raid and not the sheriff felt frustrated and he was also frustrated by the reaction of many people seeing government conspiracy and the violent reactions that were in repayment for waco. his exact quote and i believe arms correct in this -- his exact quote was people believe people say waco is the reason they are doing these things but i think it is the excuse they used to do what they want to do anyway. i wish atf had consulted him more. host: we have a tweet from lisa says, was not there an undercover atf agent inside the branch davidian compound for several weeks before the siege? why did atf not follow his recommendations and not raid mount carmel? guest: that is the crux of why this has happened in one critical way. atf had tried to place eight agents undercover as guarantor property across the street from mount carmel supposedly to keep a 24/7 check on everything the branch davidians were doing and to get a sense of when david koresh might leave the compou

he thought david koresh would have come.unched its ill begotten raid and not the sheriff felt frustrated and he was also frustrated by the reaction of many people seeing government conspiracy and the violent reactions that were in repayment for waco. his exact quote and i believe arms correct in this -- his exact quote was people believe people say waco is the reason they are doing these things but i think it is the excuse they used to do what they want to do anyway. i wish atf had consulted him more. host: we have a tweet from lisa says, was not there an undercover atf agent inside the branch davidian compound for several weeks before the siege? why did atf not follow his recommendations and not raid mount carmel? guest: that is the crux of why this has happened in one critical way. atf had tried to place eight agents undercover as guarantor property across the street from mount carmel supposedly to keep a 24/7 check on everything the branch davidians were doing and to get a sense of when david koresh might leave the compou

. >> the david koresh graphic novel next. >> jimmy: yes, yes, everybody drinks the kool-aid. "seriously red." in theaters and on video-on-demand starting february 10th. rose byrne and bobby cannavale, everybody. thank you. be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: well, there you go. i want to thank julia louis-dreyfus, rose byrne, and bobby cannavale. apologies to matt damon. tomorrow night, eddie murphy will be with us. so it's our last show. after this we'll be 20 years old, it will all be downhill from there. "nightline" is next. thank you for watching. we'll see you tomorrow. good night! ♪ >>> this is "nightline." >> tonight, historic matchup. two black superstar starting quarterbacks set to take the field on what's being called the blackest super bowl ever. >> i think you have to give credit to the historic moment that's about to take place. >> i want to continue to show the black quarterback can have success. >> we're with doug williams, the trailblazer breaking the color barrier in 1988 when he led washington to victory on football's biggest stage. >> you've