i was immediately sent over to tim mcveigh's home, where his dad lived. as dozens and dozens of members of the media, and nobody was getting to bill mcveigh. everyone was in a state of shock. they did not believe that tim mcveigh, this all-american kid, was capable of something that horrible. it's just -- it's unbelievable. he was never a harmful person. he was -- he was pretty much to himself. he was very quiet and liked children. neighbors would bring up the fact that "he would babysit for me." it didn't seem that there was a mean bone in his body. he had a deep sensitivity about him, and that sensitivity would later play against him. his dad worked in a factory. his mother was a travel agent. he had two sisters, and they were all close in a sense. but tim mcveigh did not have an idyllic childhood. there was a lot of fighting going on. and they tried to provide a good, stable home, but tim's mother had moved out and moved to florida, and she took the two girls with her. he stayed with his father, who he was not close to. his father was a very taciturn, k

down to very small now, the sand kind of truck bomb and a whole number of other factors tim mcveigh,s already absorbed quite a lot of ideology about the wickedness of the government. and he's angry and then things start happening that just fuel his anger scores of federal agents and police have surrounded the idaho cabin, a 44-year-old randy weaver weaver has repeatedly a member of the white supremacy group, the area nations. >> weaver had been under surveillance since february 19, 91 after refusing to appear in court on a federal weapons charge, after randy weaver fails to appear in court and us marshals go to his property to arrest him. >> then disaster ensues there was a firefight between randi weavers family and us marshals. weavers 14 year-old son, sam, and marcia williams deegan were killed august 21 the next day, weavers wife was shot in the head by an fbi sniper anti-government people feel very strongly that randi weavers family was slaughtered. there ruby ridge became a rallying cry for the anti-government folks. >> tim mcveigh included who defined the rules of engagement an