early this morning armored vehicles entered cult leader david koresh's compound and began punching largen the walls. >> a decision was made to inject cs 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 killed their childr