lawrence i want to jump in there go right ahead. you know i just want to agree with that statement i'm not for saying. forcing people to save and for and making sure that everybody has a health insurance policy we need to have social insurance but we don't need to have one generation be forced to pay for the social insurance of another generation which is what's been going on in the u.s. and i agree that in europe they're making they have made and in the u.k. case now they're making some major adjustments that are going to help the problem whether there was enough as another question but in the u.s. we've done nothing and we're just making the situation worse but absolutely we need government intervention in these areas but we don't need the government to do good but also do a ton of bad by expropriating the young if i can go to you and to sort of i know you're not an american but i'm sure you're aware of the american situation we just came through an election and it is really anti-government cut government spending cut programs but

>>> ahead on "the last word," lawrence o'donnell talks to lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff to colin powell, they'll be talking about mr. bush's book tour, which is as close as i'm going to get to an interview with him. >>> next on this show, sarah palin's cookie offenses. it's crumb-y. sorry. [ gobble, gobble ] [ female announcer ] great wine, great price, gobble it up. [ gobble, gobble ]

now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >>> weddings are fun. well, that's what it says on my teleprompter anyway. i got to say it for the rest of this opening bit to work. so i'll start over. weddings are fun. there's a big ceremony, a fun reception, then the honeymoon, but the honeymoon doesn't last long and then you have to figure out how to live together. good luck with that. the royals are getting ready for the wedding of the century, but washington is showing them what happens next. dealing with the in-laws. >> i appreciate michael steele's service. >> okay. calm down. >> i'm looking for some alternatives right now. >> attacking sarah palin. >> i don't think that she enjoyed governing. >> i'm hoping that nancy pelosi will step aside. >> democrats and republicans and their own family struggles to get their own houses in order. >> i haven't decided who i would support. >> head of the republican national committee, michael steele gets a vote of no confidence from the tea party republican senator from south carolina. >> i want to look at the c

>> not at all, lawrence. fact, if anything, it's reflective of what i've known on an anecdotal basis serving in the army reserve. in fact, back in october when the federal court put out an injunction, there was that 200-hour period, an eight-day period where don't ask, don't tell was actually suspended. i was on active duty in arizona. and no one cared. in fact, we didn't know about it until the day ach. we were outside of access open source news. but the responses i heard were a big who cares, kind of a shoulder shrug. again, i'm not surprised. the folks that i serve with don't have an issue and really never have. >> now, the lame duck session, we know it's going to be filled with tax cuts debate, which might be brief if everyone agree, or it could drag on far while. you've been lobbying a bit on this. do you think there's a real prospect of getting something passed during this lame duck session? >> the biggest challenge now with this lame duck session for anything, including repeal of don't ask don't tell i

good evening from new york, i'm lawrence o'donnell. president george w. bush's book tour for "decision points" is reopening old wounds, like 9/11, hurricane katrina, financial meltdown and the time he was drunk at a family dinner and horrified his parents by asking a woman guest what sex was like after 50. and then there was the torture of prisoners at abu ghraib and iraq. >> the american soldier is operating as guards at a prison called abu ghraib. >> yeah. >> had terribly mistreated prisoners. can you just give me your first reaction, your first emotions when you heard that? >> yeah. sick to my stomach. not only did they mistreated prisoners. they had disgraced the u.s. military and stained our good name. >> you said you felt blindsided. >> yeah. because i wasn't aware of the graphic nature of the pictures until later on. and some people in the white house expressed that -- my view into the newspapers which then caused secretary rumsfeld to come in and offer his resignation. >> how would you rate that decision to keep rumsfeld in that position when he o

but lawrence says we will get a break. his pinpoint forecast is just ahead. >> plus, a ginger bread house, big enough to live in. we've gobbled down our ,, now's time for the... "beast fe e grizzly bears >>> we've gobbled down our thanksgiving meals. now it is time for the beast feast. today the grizzly bears got their special meals served by silver platter at the san francisco zoo. it wasn't just for the bears. there were special menus for the chimps and cats, and the birds, too. the feast for the beast event continues through tomorrow afternoon. if you want to check it out. no utensils required. >>> well, those with a sweet tooth will appreciate this. it is a two-story ginger bread house in the lobby of the fairmont hotel in san francisco. the hotel claims this is the biggest. standing 22 feet high. it is made of 5500 pieces of gingerbread and 850 pounds of royal icing, on display through the holidays. i got a feeling slowly gum drops might be missing from the house. >> and little kids might do that. it looks good. >> va

now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >>> rachel, we're all going to be watching tomorrow night. >> thanks, i appreciate it. >> listen to this, we have harpooned every whale in the ocean and some of the minnows. panel to solve america's debt problem now respond. >> this is debt is like a cancer that will truly destroy this country. >> it is the co chairman's draft. it is not the commission's draft. chairman draws blood from both sides. >> nobody i think likes everything in it or dislikes everything in it. >> that they would eliminate all deductions, individual rates would reset to a new low. >> it would eliminate some tax breaks. >> and on spending, cuts to everything. >> to save over $3.8 trillion over the next ten years. >> on the table both domestic and defense spending. farm subsidies to foreign aide. it's comprehensive tax reform. >> including social security. >> proposal to raise the retirement age. >> the purpose is for them to chew on this. >> the tough debate begins. >> there are two nonst

you may mock them, lawrence, but i can tell you, americans flock to see them.e what the interest is. >> laura, what is the hole in the british soul that is filled by this mythological family? >> well, i guess that's easy for you to say because you threw them off -- >> it is. >> so now you just have an interest in the old country. but you know, in a sense, it's part of the glue. there are lot of things in britain that wouldn't be there if you had to invent them. look at the house of lords, for example, which is a second chamber which is also full of lots of people who didn't necessarily get there by virtue of being elected. but you know, the monarchy is something which is very british. and under the queen, it's something which has endured. and the serious point here, i guess, is that when charles and diana went through their very public breakup, there was questioning of the role of the monarchy and questioning of the role of charles as king. and in the straightforward story that you have of kate and of william, of a couple who have waited to declare their love,

now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >>> rachel, we're all going to be watching tomorrow night. >> thanks, i appreciate it. >> listen to this, we have harpooned every whale in the ocean and some of the minots. that sentence spoken by a 70-year-old from wyoming who obviously doesn't know you can harpoon a minot, turned out to be the first shot in a war that broke out in washington today. >> federal debt has exploded. alan simpson and erskine bowles are taking on the impossible. >> the democrat and republican co chairman of president obama's panel to solve america's debt problem now respond. >> this is debt is like a cancer that will truly destroy this country. >> it is the co chairman's draft. it is not the commission's draft. >> it calls for $200 billion in domestic and defense spending cuts. >> the first report from the chairman draws blood from both sides. >> nobody i think likes everything in it or dislikes everything in it. >> that they would eliminate all deductions, individual rates would re

lawrence has the pinpoint forecast next. ever. today san franci,,,,,,,,,, parkside library reopened to the public. it was closed for a year and a half for renovations. now eco-friendly... >>> today's san francisco parkside library reopened to the public. it was closed for a year and a half for renovations. now it is more eco-friendly. has cork flooring. fireplace and bigger bathroom bathrooms. >>> lawrence is here. >> completely different day today. a lot of sunshine around the bay area. now we are going to shift gears and will see clouds rolling in tonight and rain will start overnight and probably getting heavy at times in toward tomorrow morning especially. nice shot outside looking over the city. couple clouds moving in overhead but we will see a whole lot more clouds and rain probably going to begin around midnight at least in parts of north bay. still, the cold front bearing down on the bay area going to bring with it lots of rain. just making its way in towards eureka. it will rotate on through in the morning and by the aft

lawrence karnow is tracking the storm. >> exciting evening around the bay area. thunderstorms. we had a strong squall of thunderstorms move through the santa cruz mountains about 7:00 p.m. guess what? doppler radar knocked out at the national weather service so they are completely dark to doppler radar. we are fortunate to have our own at channel 5 and we are picking up more storms you can see. moving to the south, a pretty long line of storms heading towards parts of san jose. more of that on the way. looks like the possibility of more embedded thunderstorms. that means more hail, strong gusty winds and very heavy rainfall and, yes, maybe even some snow on our mountain tops. talk about that and prospect for more rain coming up in a few minutes. back to you, ann. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> b.a.r.t service was delayed for much of the night not because of rain but because a passenger was trapped between a train and a platform. the man had to be rescued by the jaws of life. walnut creek b.a.r.t station around 5:30 p.m. this afternoon. firefighters had to fight through big crowds

.. >> our guest is assistant commerce secretary lawrence strickling. he heads the national telecommunications and information administration which advises the president on communications and information policy. >> host: lawrence strickling as administrator of the national telecommunications and information administration, in a broad sense what is the role of the ntia when it comes to advising the president on telecommunications and in implementing telecommunications policiesome. >> guest: right. we're not that well known an agency, but we think we're a very important one even though we're tiny. we are the statutorily the adviser to the president on communications and information issues. right now our focus is in three major areas. first is spectrum. we handle all the spectrum assignments, the federal agencies such as the department of defense, the department of justice and so we spend a lot of time focusing on spectrum. we also by the recovery act were assigned the task of putting out $4 billion of grants to expand broadband access and adoption across

lawrence. >> one more storm system. this will be a weak one. most moisture will be a little further to the north. skies beginning to part just a bit. still a couple clouds out there and a chance we could see a few more light scattered showers but those are quickly winding down. pretty impressive storm system. heavy rainfall early on this morning. strong gusty winds. a lot of that piling up in the sierra nevada. winter storm warnings continuing and probably into the better part of tomorrow as well. we will see more sunshine sneaking in especially in the afternoon. 60s inside the bay. 50s coast side. mid-50s as you head further inland. we have got another storm to deal with but it looks like we could see more rain pay a visit in the bay area. temperatures out the door right now running into the 50s outside. and those skies start to part we will see those temperatures cooling off even more so. pretty deep jet stream driving all the way down to southern california. cold front moving through. heading through the evening hours diminishing showers. sh

miguel, did you call emil lawrence? president miguel: emil lawrence. >> my name is emil lawrence. good afternoon. i've been a resident in san francisco county for 41 years now. two and a half years ago, i had a problem with a tenant or landlord that did 15 abatements on asbestos without filing any proper permits. president miguel: excuse me, sir, are you commenting on this agenda item? >> am i what, sir? president miguel: we are on a particular agenda item. >> this is connected with the fairmont is what i understand. president miguel: is it. >> yes, sir, i will bring it in line. on 52-unit building i understood you could do asbestos abasements without any proper permits and violation of federal laws under osha, asbestos is a deadly, deadly flake that you can't see, you can't taste, but you can breathe and once it gets into your lungs, it stays there until you die. if you look at the fairmont in terms of the tons of asbestos, i have seen no environmental report how that would be contained when san francisco has only one air quality man for the whole city. it's a major problem. i am

lawrence of anger to you now. most of his name was brought up in earlier in the program and a lot of people will say that when we when people are brought to the international criminal court and other courts on an international level that it's really a western powers they they're the ones that put people on trial that they don't like we have the sudanese president they want to put him on trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events that in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees it is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which says you refer to it had been indicted on bashir of sudan the international criminal cou

lawrence, this week ahead. >> looking good the next few days.time we look at next weekend, 20 to 30 degrees cooler and rain. >> enjoy the sunshine while we have it. >> soak it up. >> that will do it for this edition of eyewitness news. 60 minutes is next. we will see you at 11:00 on cbs 5. good night. [ male announcer ] san francisco. a land of natural beauty and economic opportunity. at bank of america, we live and work here, with thousands of employees, hundreds of branches and hundreds of atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion... from supporting the redwood forest foundation and california academy of sciences to funding the green music center at sonoma state university because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. which is why safeway has everything you need to get it all done. right now get a safeway frozen turkey up to 16 lbs for just $6.77 each. that's our promise.

and thank you, lawrence o'donnell for that. >>> kevin stacy joins us. playing the sleazeball, you might call him. you've got see this movie and what it was like playing a corrupted guy. that's an interesting for an actor. playing abramoff. >>> 23 senate seat of thes in 2012 republicans only ten. but democrats like their chances up in massachusetts where they hope to knock off senator brown. the warnings signs are there for brown. a democratic victory across the board. even governor deval patrick beat his republican challenger comfortably despite look vulnerable throughout the campaign and brown's 2009 opponent, martha coakley, she won by a sweeping 26 points. brown has a lot of work do in that state he wants to stay there in that blue area. >>> look at politicians and celebrities on the tv and in the newspapers. glossy magazines what do they see? i'm just like this them. that's what they say. i'm special. i'm different. i get any woman out there well guess what, you can't. you know why, because in reality, mediocrity is where most people live. mediocrit

but tomorrow, lawrence, weather is going to change a bit. >> storm brewing right now.is on final approach here. you can see the front making its way into california. snow in the northern parts of the state. showers just starting to head to the bay area. we are seeing scattered showers making their way into parts of north bay. nothing too heavy just yet. it will be picking up throughout the night tonight. you see this line here even a little pink showing up because it has got cold air out there. snow levels of this system down to about 2500 feet. more showers just some lighter stuff right now and south of the bay but still plenty more to come. looks like could be at least a wet part of the weekend. we will tell you about in your forecast coming up in just a bit. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> there is an effort to draw more locals to a place that's a major hot spot for tourists. joe vazquez joins us now with the multimillion dollars plan to give fisherman's wharf a makeover. >> reporter: bustling black friday here on the wharf. not a lot of pride from locals. i

lawrence. >> reporter: well, we have one last night. back to the deep freeze again, folks. we have freeze warnings up again in the north and the east bay. those temperatures dipping down to the 20s and the 30s inside the bay even frost, frost advisories up for san francisco, santa clara counties. also aloss the coast of the north bay. so watch out for that, the pets, pipes, plants and people. check the lows. it's going to be cold in the bay area. many spots inland down into the 21st century. and you can see some wind sheltered areas that hit down the low 20s but 26 in napa, 27 in santa rosa, about 28 degrees in fairfield. there is rain coming that's going to change everything. we'll talk about that coming up in just a minute. >> that will warm things up bring more clouds n lawrence, we'll check with you in a business. >>> during this cold snap it's all too easy to take for granted the things that keep us warm, homes, blankets, jackets. don knapp with more on those spending thanksgiving on the streets. >> reporter: here in marin county not many folks think that there are hom

anywhere you go it will be cold tomorrow, right, lawrence. >> it is chilly. even out near the ocean which is pretty amazing. cold air wherever you go. nice look from inside looking outside. holiday lights up already. freeze warning and frost advisories up for most of the area. this is probably the last night as we are going to see a big change as we head into the weekend and that means the possibility of some rain. how about the numbers outside right now? 30 degrees in fairfield. 36 in concord. 37 in livermore. 39 officially in san jose. some places already down at the freezing mark and below and going to get colder. high pressure still sitting overhead. we have a cold front bringing with it clouds. but not before we get another clear and cold night around the bay area for tonight. these temperatures again going to be very chilly in spots. overnight low of about 26 degrees in napa. 28 degrees in livermore. even in and around the bay you're going to go hovering right near freezing so lots of widespread frost when you get up tomorrow morning and ice on the wind

. >> lawrence, thank you. >>> neighbors are fed up with drugs, noise and crowds. don knapp reports some daly city community leaders tonight say it is time to try a new tactic to control the troubled venue. >> reporter: just because they live near the cal palace says marion brown neighbors shouldn't have to put up with the stress of wild parties. >> whenever they are out of control the police units come and get things organized. well, people run. they run from this cow palace and run around the neighborhood and go knocking on people's doors trying to get in because they are all -- the people nay have attended this have been on drugs, whatever. >> reporter: one week ago live 105 subsonic spook fest ended with 17 party goers hospitalized for drug and alcohol overdoses. six months ago another promotor's music event left two party goers dead and led to several drug arrests. daly community city leaders are saying enough. >> our community does deserve this notoriety. we can't have more kids go to the hospital or die. >> reporter: the leaders today say they are taking ste

also where people are scooping up giants gear tonight. >> i'm lawrence scott. a fabulous team here tonight in texas. it was extra special for the giants because they were here with their families. coming up. >>> also kochling up, how far would you go toward saving the earth when nasa says it can get you to dripg your own weight water. >>> a warm day across the bay area and postages. 50s and 60 tonight, clear and cool. dropping into the morning hours and we'll have your voting weather for tuesday and we'll look at the ticker tape parade weather for giants. d forhe t first time since 1954, the giants -- vehaeei s tid k thrinhe local t-ball league, and i always get a little worried when i watch the games, because they could hurt themselves... and doctors are so expensive and...what if -- [ umpire ] safe!! what do you mean he was safe? he was out!!!!! i just want to make sure they're okay, you know? [ male announcer ] we know health coverage isn't cheap. that's wy fwof e er whaa ide range of pls to fit your family's budget. blue shield. >>> you're looking live amon

>> yes. >> thank you, lawrence. >> you're welcome. >>> let's go to kim coyle. was the end of an era at berkeley. >> not exactly the story book ending that they wanted for the stadium. cal will close the books out on old memorial stadium and add another chapter to the 2010 season. >>> could the raiders be making another change at quarterback? sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, since the roaring 20s... the bears hoped to send it off in style today with a win that would make them bo >>> memorial stadium has been home to the bears since the roaring '20 s and they hope to send it off in style with a win that would make them bowl eligible. bears fans enjoying the final time from the legendary tight wad hill. cal led 3-0 at the half. third quarter, jake locker rolls out and launches it down the field. the bears appear to have it covered. but deandre goodwin wins the jump ball and splits got defenders and takes it in for six. an 80-yard touchdown to give the huskies a 7-3 lead. later in the third, locker under pressure. mike muhammad knocks it loose. it bounces right int

and thank you, lawrence o'donnell for that. >>> kevin stacy joins us. he's playing the melissa lsleazu might call him. you've got see this movie and what it was like playing a corrupted guy. that's an interesting for an actor. playing abramoff. and know inse getting bamboozled. and i will start after lunch...tomorrow. don't just think about it. introducing lendingtree's free "look before you lock" tool. enter the terms of your existing loan offer to instantly find out how it compares to other offers, areas you may be overpaying, and even negotiation points to help you get a better deal. only at lendingtree. [ smack! ] [ smack! smack! smack! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums i won't. ♪ [ female announcer ] clear some snow. ♪ or spread a little warmth. maxwell house gives you a rich full flavored cup of coffee so you can be good to the last drop. >>> 23 senate seat of thes in 2012 republicans only ten. but democrats like t

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am zero fans roussillon he is the director of the simon wiesenthal center in springfield we go to lawrence douglas he is a professor at amherst college and in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want it was sixty five years ago almost to the day the international tribunal military tribunals sat in nuremberg in judgment of nazi war criminals first of all i want to go to you douglas what is the overall legacy in your opinion sixty five years on was justice served. you know i think justice was served i mean i think it's it's probably i think we could all agree that it's the single most important precedent in the development of international criminal law and i think the most important basic principle that is stablished was that heads of state can be held accountable before international tribunals for the atrocities that are perpetrated in their name ok well if i could stay with you

i'm lawrence o'donnell.wo days after the republicans got wiped out in the congressional election of 2006, president bush invited democratic leader nancy pelosi and steny royer to the white house where they had a very positive discussion about moving forward. president obama extended a similar post shellacking invitation to republicans to meet at the white house today. they declined because senate majority leader had better things to do, like calling for the repeal of the health care bill. >> we're serious about repealing the health care bill. even as we vote to eliminate its worst parts. and we'll continue to fight nit the courts. >> of course, mcconnell is not serious about repealing the health care bill. in he had given any version of that silly little speech to the president in the white house meeting today, the president would have no doubt politely reminded him that his veto pen makes him more powerful than mcconnell ever will be. they also spent the day blocking unemployment benefits and trying to forc

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> lawrence yesterday told us no rain on halloween. thank you. >> i told you no rain. did i say that? >> no you are not tricking me. >> yes, there is your trick for the night. but the treat is we will see nice, clear skies and a great evening for all the trick or treaters outside. we are looking at good weather. let's take you live out there now. looking good over the city of san francisco. we have plenty of blue skies a. couple of clouds passing by as the cold front moved on through and left a couple of clouds. those are heading out. we are looking at a nice night around the bay area. it should stay dry and a great night for all the trick or treaters. most of the system that moved through is heading to the north bringing showers to the far northern part of the state. we stay nice and dry. we will watch the temperatures beginning to warm up. plenty of sunshine. mid-70s in the warm spots inland. 60s to 70s inside the bay and out to the coastline a lot of 60s. plenty of sunshine all day long. numbers are looking warm. 69 if you are headi

more from our meteorologist lawrence karnow. >> rain coming down very hard around the bay area. we have had lightning strikes as well. small stream flood advisory until 7:00 p.m. in the evening. san francisco. also san mateo valley. east bay as well. be careful on the streets. lots of water coming down right now all courtesy of thunderstorms popping up outside. we have seen a pretty good squall line making its way through the bay area. that line moving a little bit further to the south and as it does we have seen more lightning strikes where we are seeing those stronger storms. san leandro more strikes. another cell making its way onshore producing lightning strikes headed over towards palo alto and sunnyvale. and the possibility of snow in the bay area. we will talk about that in a couple minutes. back to you. >>> heavy snow coming down in the sierra right now. one of the biggest storms we have seen in recent years. up to 2 feet of snow is expected to cumulate. most of it fresh, dry powder and that is good news for skiers for the thanksgiving weekend. if you're going though, ch

. >>> lawrence is ready when they come in. >> i think that i might want to take a boat on the water. it is nice. what a weekend weather-wise. the temperatures running 5 to 15 degrees above the average. afew high clouds, but we are looking good. high pressure is in control for another day and then see changes. notice the cloud directions from the north and headed to the south off of the coastline. that's the onshore flow. it has air goes up it will be warmer. 70s inland, lots of 70s on the bay and at the coastline. another great beach day. 70s and 60s. check out the temperatures. 77 in livermore. 71 in fairfield. 69 in san francisco. you get the idea. you get the offshore winds. that coaches things pretty warm outside. it will be that way part of the night, but changes in the future and maybe rain returning to the bay area. right now, the dome of high pressure overhead is protecting the west coast. it will keep things warm and sunny for one more day. then changes. the ridge will start to breakdown and cooler air off of the pacific. the lows down in the 40s and 50s in the valley. then

lawrence and i were talking. he was mentioning that it's a cold snow. >> cold so you get that dry really powdery -- the skiers love that stuff. >> they are talking about the resorts, you know, having a great time this holiday. >> they have to be happy for the holidays. thanksgiving, you are going to have snow. and probably a couple more feet to come overnight in some spots. but hey, you know what? it is interesting enough here in the bay area. we have had some lightning strikes showing up outside. we have seen numerous strikes now making their way across the bay this evening and yes, that thunder continues to rumble outside and more on the way. pretty neat looking storm system on our high-def doppler radar. a lot of color out there right now and plenty of storms sliding through. let's take new for a closer look along the peninsula toward pacifica. the wave moved on by and one lightning strike here another one east and south san francisco, and more off the coastline so we are not done with the lightning just yet a

meteorologist lawrence karnow here with how much rain we got and what's next. >> hi, lawrence. quite a nice little soaker especially in the morning hours. that's when the main cold front was pushing through. >> we have places well over an inch of rain oakland. almost an inch and a half. but still a third of an inch and we are not done just yet. >> in towards san jose making its way south or looking towards gilroy and morgan hill. another wave of moisture bringing scattered showers into pacifica. you can see a pretty good cell just making its way into half moon bay. more scattered in parts of the east bay. but you can see a pretty good chunk. north bay more scattered showers. >>> a fire swept through a complex. the fire started just after 3:00 a.m. in the 3100 block of lone tree way. firefighters arrived to find a second floor unit fully engulfed. the fire was beginning to spread to the third and fourth floors. the lack of a fire hydrant in the complex made it harder to fight the fire. broken gas mains also fed the flames. >> went on the balcony and i saw smoke, fire and everyth