. >> step out, mr. bundy. >> i'll plead not guilty right now. >> there has been a disturbing growth in cult phenomenon in this country. >> i shall be god. and beside me there shall be no other. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> the '70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. >> at the time of a mass murder, there's a lot of media coverage. but usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the public's consciousness. but not so with the manson case. it was the biggest publicity case the d.a.'s office had ever had. >> the manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. seven innocent people died. steve parent, a teenager. abigail folger, folger coffee.

mr. van tatenhove, can you help us understand who the oath keepers are? >> i can, thank you. my time with the oath keepers began back at bundy ranch with that first standoff when i went to cover them as an independent journalist. i then subsequently covered two more standoffs, the sugar pine mine standoff and the white hope mine standoff. it was at that time that i was offered a job as national media director and a for the web page. so you spent a few years with the oath keepers and i can tell you that they may not like to call themselves a militia but they are. they are a violent flish ya -- militia and they are lar er than try to u words i think the best illustration for what the oath keepers are happened january 6th when we saw that stacked military formation going up the stairs of our capitol. i saw radicalization that started with my beginning of my time with them, and continued over a period of time as the member base and who it was that stewart rhodes was courting drichted further and further right into the alt-right world into white nationalists and then straight up racists. and it came to a point where i could no lo

mr. van tatenhove, can you help us understand who the oath keepers are. >> i can, thank you. >> my time with the oath keepers began back at bundye hope mine standoff. it was at that time i was offered a job as national media director and associate editor for the web page. so i spent a few years with the oath keepers, and i can tell you that they may not like to call themselves a militia, but they are. they are a violent militia, and they are largely stewart rhodes. and i think rather than try to use words, i think the best illustration for what the oath keepers are happened january 6th when we saw that stacked military formation going up the stairs of our capitol. i saw radicalization that started with my beginning of my time with them and continued over a period of time as the member base and who it was that stewart rhodes was courting drifted further and further right into the alt-right world into white nationalists, and straight up racists. and it came to a point where i could no longer continue to work for them, but the oath keepers are a dangerous militia that is in large part fed by the ego and drive of stewart rhodes who