early this morning armored vehicles entered cult leader david koresh's compound and began punching largeoles in the wallace. >> a decision was made to inject cx gas, a kind of tear gas on steroids. all america along with all of law enforcement on the scene is waiting for people to come out. >> suddenly, out of one of the second floor windows, flames burst forth. and as you can see, it looks like at this point the entire compound is just engulfed. >> i have never in my life seen anything burn that way. it just went up in this massive fireball. >> there are no signs at this point of any people coming out of the building. >> the images are horrible. you had the federal government of the united states using a tank to deal with a compound that has children. it's not what we do in the united states. and yet in many ways the clinton administration felt that koresh had left them no alternative. >> the offender there was david koresh. and i do not think the united states government is responsible for the fact that a bunch of fanatics decided to kill themselves. and i'm sorry that they skilled the

the cult leader, david koresh, says he will stay until it was over. >> the waco tribune began to publishs of articles of what they call the sinful messiah who loves music and will drink beer with you and who also has sex with underage girls and has a lot of weapons. >> it is nobody's business whether we have a gun or not. guns are the right of americans to have. >> cult members continue fortifying their compound, an indication there's no plan to surrender anytime soon. >> the showdown moves into its >> this is day 20 of the standoff. >> this is day 32. >> negotiations beeen the cult and fbi agents have stalled. >> it was all waco all the time. every new cast, every newspaper, every radio new cast is filled with this showdown. >> david koresh becomes a household name. and many people are inspired by him. he's taking to the u.s. government. he's not standing down. and people drive to waco to show their support. >> things had reached a point partly because of the publicity. >> an update on the 51-day standoff, earlier this morning armored vehicles entered the compound and began punching lar

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