A 1993 standoff between Branch Davidian cult members and U.S. government agents results in the deaths of many children and adults.

Retrace each step of the Washington, D.C. snipers as they stalked their prey, toyed with police and sent waves of fear through the community. Deconstruct the events of those frightful weeks and the intense police struggle to stop the killers.

Elusive al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden escapes a barrage of bombs and gunfire during the battle at Tora Bora, Afghanistan, in 2001.

At the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 1979, 66 Americans are taken hostage and held captive for 444 days. The U.S. makes several unsuccessful attempts to secure the release of the hostages, including, imposing harsh economic sanctions, breaking diplomatic relations with Iran, and planning a military rescue mission. Finally, in January 1981, Algerian diplomats mediate an agreement between the U.S. and Iran, securing the freedom of the hostages.

In 1992 Los Angeles, mobs loot stores, burn buildings and attack innocent bystanders after a jury acquits four police officers of beating a black motorist.

In 1978 Guyana, more than 900 members of Peoples Temple die after drinking beverages laced with cyanide.

A look at the U.S. strategy for fighting the 1991 Persian Gulf War and whether changes could have been made then to avoid the current situation in Iraq.

The FBI targets New York City Gambino crime-family boss John Gotti.

Somali people armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades ambush the U.S. Army's Rangers and Delta Force, leaving 18 Americans dead and 84 wounded.

On a remote ridge in northern Idaho, a surveillance operation leads to a military-like siege on the home of Randy Weaver. After an 11-day standoff, three people are dead: a federal agent, Weaver's wife and 14-year-old son.

The criminal justice system, legal strategies, racial politics and LA police methods behind the infamous court case.

Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone on board. Follow the miniscule pieces of evidence that lead detectives to the African nation of Libya.

In 1999 two teenage boys go on a shooting rampage at their high school, killing 12 students and a teacher and wounding 24 others before committing suicide.

A political scandal ultimately leads to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

The Final Report explores the scandal that threatened to bring down President William Jefferson Clinton. In 1998, Clinton was accused of lying in federal court about a sexual relationship with a 22-year-old White House intern. An investigation by the Office of the Independent Counsel and a bitter partisan fight followed. Clinton was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice, becaming the second president in American history to be impeached. The Final Report investigates this historic impeachment, revealing how Clinton remained in office and assessing the aftermath of the protracted political battle.

Scientists investigate the 1996 TWA Flight 800 crash.

Insurgents ambush and kill four American private contractors in Fallujah, Iraq; subsequently, the U.S. military carries out operations to recapture the city.

The planning and execution of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill affects the Alaskan environment and economy.

The Final Report looks back at the notorious 1971 revolt in New York States Attica Prison, where 1,200 inmates took 39 hostages during a four-day standoff.

The search for the killer of at least 48 prostitutes and runaways in the Green River area of Seattle.

The 1997 mass suicide of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult was the largest ever committed on U.S. soil.

The events surrounding one of the biggest mob crackdowns ever.

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