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The Fox News Rundown

Extra: What Happened At Waco?

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Thirty years this past week, the Waco siege--a 51-day standoff between the Branch Davidians religious group and federal agents--came to a deadly end. In February 1993, David Koresh, the cult's leader, was accused of stockpiling illegal weapons and abusing children. An attempted raid on February 28th by the ATF failed and led to the death of four agents and six Branch Davidians. On April 19th, 1993, after the FBI attempted to use tear gas to speed up negotiations that had gone on for weeks, a fire broke out inside the compound killing 76 people, including Koresh. It is still debated by some on how that fire began. Retired ATF Senior Special Agent Blake Boteler was at the siege and joined the FOX News Rundown's Dave Anthony to discuss his experience. Boteler, who took part in the first raid, describes being shot at and how things went wrong from the start. Boteler always weighed in on how the standoff was conducted, why he thinks the group committed mass suicide, and how the events sparked an anti-government movement. Due to time limitations, we had to air the entire interview in two separate segments. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear the entire incredible conversation with retired ATF Senior Special Agent Blake Boteler and hear things about the Waco Siege you've probably never heard before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is the Fox News rundown.

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Extra.

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I'm Dave Anthony.

0:41.1

Today, we go back in time, 30 years.

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Revisiting what happened in Waco, Texas,

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a 51-day siege and a religious compound that started

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and ended controversially.

0:57.6

Especially for Americans sceptical of our government.

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