tim reiterman: exactly. and you went with him. tim reiterman: exactly. i essentially invited myself along. josh mankiewicz: it was shortly before the 1978 midterm elections that nbc news assigned correspondent don harris and a camera crew to accompany ryan to guyana. what first impressed me in meeting the nbc crew was that they were all experienced. some had covered wars. josh mankiewicz: with little time to prepare, harris dove into the jonestown story. he interviewed temple's supporters, critics, and high profile defectors like grace stoen. but you have to understand my ignorance is so great at this point. i'm doing research at the same time we're doing the taping, which is a tough way to operate. but there just wasn't enough time to do the homework. well, i just wanna tell you one thing. you will never meet up with another man like jim jones. don harris: oh, that's for sure. i'm telling you the truth. josh mankiewicz: with grim foreshadowing, debbie layton blakey, a defector, told harris that jones sometimes ordered his followers in guyana to drink fr