i'm joined by jeff guinn the author of the book waco, branch davidians and legacy of rage. it has been 30 years since that event. welcome to the program. take us back to early 1993. what was going on? who was david and who are the branch davidians? guest: they were a breakaway group from the seventh church that originally separated in the 1930's and by 1993 they were settled on 77 acres of property outside of waco texas david karesh was the leader and accepted by them as a prophet who was the land from the book of revelation who with his followers was going to lead a battle against the government to bring about the end of time or the end of days and a new holy kingdom on earth afterward. the branch davidians were accepted as strange but otherwise left alone by their waco neighbors. they come to the attention of the fbi and the atf. there were charges they had illegal automatic weapons and other things involving abuse of children, polygamy, statutory rape of young children. there were a lot of rumors though nothing had been definitively proven. host: how many people were liv

then jeff guinn author of waco talks about the 1993 siege of the branch davidian compound near waco texas and its aftermath and legacy. "washington journal" stars now. ♪ host: good morning. a new axios poll asked over 1200 what they say is the greatest threat to public health in the u.s.. opioids came out on top followed by obesity and gun access. there are differences of opinions depending on party affiliation. this morning we are asking you, what your top public health concern is? republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. you can text us at 202-748-8003. send your name and city and state. or social media @cspanwj. welcome to washington journal. i want to show you the pole from axios. take a look at the numbers. this is what americans say is the current greatest threat to u.s. public health and you can see the overall numbers of opioids and fentanyl was on top followed by obesity, gun or fire access and then cancer, covid-19, unsafe road, tobacco products, and alcohol abuse. if you look, you will see democrats and republicans have differences of opin

i'm joined by jeff guinn the author of the book waco, branch davidians and legacy of rage.0 years since that event. welcome to the program. take us back to early 1993. what was going on? who was david and who are the branch davidians? guest: they were a breakaway group from the seventh church that originally separated in the 1930's and by 1993 they were settled on 77 acres of property outside of waco texas david karesh was the leader and accepted by them as a prophet who was the land from the book of revelation who with his followers was going to lead a battle against the government to bring about the end of time or the end of days and a new holy kingdom on earth afterward. the branch davidians were accepted as strange but otherwise left alone by their waco neighbors. they come to the attention of the fbi and the atf. there were charges they had illegal automatic weapons and other things involving abuse of children, polygamy, statutory rape of young children. there were a lot of rumors though nothing had been definitively proven. host: how many people were living there at t

i'm joined by jeff guinn the author of the book waco,

. >>> live sunday, march 59, from the tucson festival ofooks, investigative journalist jeff guinn will be our guest on "in depth" to take your questions on history and american outlaws. 's written books about bonnie and clyde, charles manson and the mexican border wall as well as his latest book about the 1991 standoff in texas in -- join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and betweens. "in depth" with jeff given, live sunday, march 5th, at noon eastern on booktv on on c-span2 the. ♪ >> and you've been watching booktv. every sunday on c-span2 watch nonfiction authors discuss their books. television for serious readers. and watch them all online anytime at booktv.org. you can also find i on twitter, facebook and youtube, @the booktv. ..