the subcommittee called its first witnesses, randy and sarah weaver. >> if i hadn't to do over againow now i would make different choices. i would come down from the mountain for the court appearance and i would not have allowed the deceitful, lying conmen working for atf to push me from three months to make up the shod off shotgun but i would not allow myself to be kept in a weak moment when my family knew money and i would not let my fears and the fears of my family keep me from coming down. i wrongs did not cause federal agents to commit crimes. nothing i did cause federal agents to violate the constitution of the united states. >> it was intimating to be on the senate floor and be questioned about the door and the bullet hole and where my mom was standing and how the curtains were. that was very hard. if i had taken one more stop he would have gotten all three of us but i was also thankful that they were wanting to know and that they were willing to listen. that was huge. >> the governments witnesses pushed back. >> it was weaver's responsibility to resolve this matter and he did

ainsley: joining us now with more is that daughter and ruby ridge survivor sarah weaver.you. thanks for being on with us. >> good morning. thank you so much for having me. it's an honor. ainsley: thank you. i have watched part of this series and it's unbelievable. for folks who don't remember what happened to your family in 1992. tell them a summary of what happened that day. >> it was over an 11-day standoff, actually. where i ended up losing my little brother sam who was 14 to an altercation with the u.s. marshal service. he was shot and killed and then my mother the very next day was shot by a government sniper. ainsley: why were they investigating your dad? >> they wanted to recruit him to become an informant for them and he refused. ainsley: and so, as a result, they started shooting at him and your family? >> oh, there is so much to this story that led up to that it's a whole lot to try and cover in a few short minutes. there is more that can be found for sure. i have written a couple books about it. it's something years and years and years to try to understand and

day like any other day on the mountain that we had been living next sarah and randy took their daily walks and 14 -year-old sammy weaverrly armed with the family dogs by their side. what they did not know was a group of u.s. marshals had arrived that morning capturing their every move with a long-range camera. a team of six u.s. marshals including deputy marshal william deegan were in full camouflage and prowling on the edge of the weaver property to conduct surveillance. >> they were not out to make an arrest that day and we were up to observe and to see if weaver would come away from the cabin and away from his family. >> as they continued their daily routine the families yellow lab, stryker, picked up a scent. >> stryker got more and more agitated with his barking and sam came running back and said stryker's barking and there is something out there. >> randy, sam and kevin followed stryker to an are c , to trails 500 yards from the cabin merged. >> they were following the dog and i thought he was chasing an animal and they decided to split up and so my dad went up one trail and the guys went up the other and their t