it was a total disaster. >> the siege at waco. next. >> waco, texas, is a quiet, moderate city surrounded by sprawling cattle ranches located halfway between dallas and austin, it's an unlikely place for a modern day armageddon. zoon we have a fire at the compound in carmel. the entire compound is going up right now. >> it was an epic debacle in united states law enforcement history. a deadly shootout followed by a 51-day siege that ended with more than 70 people dead in a raging inferno. all caught on live television with the whole world watching. two questions rise from the ashes of this american tragedy. who shot first and who started the fire? >> it began innocently enough. in 1935 a small religious group moved to waco. an off-chute of the seven day adventist church, they eventually called themselves the branch davidians. >> pretty stable leadership for a lot of years, and they were known in town as a swit somewhat bizarre but benign religious group that pretty much kept to themselves. >> the davidians bought property about te

the bay area car company now has a charging station in the city of waco.ose waco because it is a halfway point between austin and dallas, so you can get your juice. the charging station features eight stalls, and it's located in the parking lot of a bakery. nice. you can pick up some rolls as well. >>> tesla plans to open four more charging stations in texas later in year. >>> earlier this week he almost died, and now he gets to say thank you for saving my life. 43-year-old frank nunez's heart astopped at the san jose airport on monday. officer robert dales earnings saw what was going on. he jumped into action with his automatic o[defibrillator. >> he needs to get his heart started again. i pushed the button. it delivered a shock. >> he saved my life. i had to thank him. i had to save his hand or something. >> give him a hug. he thanked officer dale. the men exchanged gifts. nun ez gave the officer a personal coin. dale gave him a police department mug. snoo no wonder what he is miling. that's a real life hero, and he proved that the wax handle bar mustac

it's a life-like decal made by a waco company. this is taking marketing too far. the decal seemed so far too real for comfort or for good taste. >> i wasn't expecting the reactions we got, nor was i really anything that we certainly condone or anything else. it was something more or less we had to put out there to see who notices. >> critics call the decal depicting the woman as a hostage offensive. >>> in just hours, congress returns to washington. we've got some just updated numbers on how some members of congress may vote for or against a strike in syria. it looks like the president has a lot of work ahead of him. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, everyone. don lemon here. top of the hour. you're in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the big week ahead. congress returns to washington divided. many members still unsold on the president's plan for a military strike in syria as we look at live pictures from the capitol. their constituents want a no vote. the white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough took to the sunda

waco, texas, also seeing quite a bit of rain. waco, houston and then texarkana. way too much rain. they're going to see that start to subside, especially in texas. if you go into parts of louisiana, around new orleans, mississippi, even parts of alabama and florida today, you're going to see more rain. flash flood watches and warnings in place. how much rain are we talking? give you an idea. that area in red, peaks at two to four inches, locally more. your nation's weather coming up in a couple minutes. and a typhoon to talk about. >>> now, big developments in the war for your smartphone loyalty. apple released two new iphones and a new operating system. we did find one little guy who is not a fan of the software upgrade. check it out. >> what's different? >> everything. >> you're going to have to get used to it. >> no. i don't like it. >> that was my reaction when ginger told me it was the last week of summer. not everyone is complaining, though. lines out the door at apple stores across america. a lot happening on the smartphone front. >> this launch weekend so important to apple

it was the same case with the branch davidians in waco. >> reporter: the terrorists say the muslims of america are a front group also found by gilani. >> he would never tell us to kill our own people or tell us to do anything that would jeopardize our freedom in this country. that's dangerous. that's the gihaddists next door. that's where the us really needs to consider how we address these organizations. >> we're not about terrorism. we're about being the best people that we possibly could be and being the best muslims that we possibly could be, and that's not a bad thing. >> there's 21 families so about 21 houses. >> reporter: the muslims of america deny any connection to al fukra and we visited their village to explore the striking disconnect between internet fuel perception and reality. >> in many cases it's against the us or its allies. >> some disturbing information about the spread of homegrown terrorist. >> we feel normal. >> and then you turn on the news and read about yourself. like are you serious? i just volunteered with the united way and my wife works with red cross. so i

waco, 1993. the bolt brothers. we busted 'em. all 4 of 'em. yup.ht after that at the ranger museum. jimmy, you were saying... yeah, right, right. ok, walker, you find a $100 bill on the ground. it's found money. what are you gonna buy with it? i'd give it to kick drugs out of america. c.d.: i know exactly what cordell is saying. if you've got a roof over your head,

these people are the buckos from waco. you know, all the stuff you got on the media. well, wait a second, folks, because when those bullets started flying out of that compound and in some cases took the life of the government agents, that shows the power. now, one could sit and argue till the cows come home about whether or not the apocalyptic armageddon vision portrayed by david koresh was true or not true but the effect, the power that it has was extraordinary and, you know, that's a rather extreme example to start of the course with, but we'll see that over and over again and one needs to have respect for the power of religious belief. sure. [female voice:] are we going to discuss as well the power of the structures over people as well as the individual power gained through their individual beliefs? [dr. simons:] absolutely, as a matter of fact in our second class we'll look at the six dimensions of religion and when we get to the final dimension, the social dimension, we'll very much concentrate on the power of institutional structures and their effect on people.

that was our tease polly waco. is the foreign intelligence surveillance court starting a new trend of transparency well it might be too early to tell but according to an opinion issued today by u.s. spy court judge dennis saylor more disclosures are now justified to explain his opinion the judge referenced the unauthorized disclosures in june by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden and said that it has quote engendered considerable public interest and debate about section two fifteen section two fifteen is a provision of the patriot act that vastly expanded the government's power to spy on ordinary people through what was called a sensitive collection program this news comes just three days after the n.s.a. declassified eighteen hundred pages of documents that shed light on its bulk collection of american phone records that release was a result of a foil request from the a.c.l.u. and the electronic frontier foundation but now judge sailors' says that any opinions not already subject to litigation under the freed

the first half my book is devoted to the waco light shoots himself in the third that the acquisitionking out of this cycle is very, very difficult. every single day we look around us and we see one idea diffusion falling. the camera that is recording the show is like zoning. last year -- i read the news paper yesterday to keep $.5 billion. that's happened in 10 years. they've gone from the top two situation where people say openly they should package name. you know, this country, we talk about vietnam. there's never been an individual country as powerful as america was in 1964. what happened over the next 10 years in vietnam? we were humbled. so there is something i think profoundly humbling about what happened to giant, the goliath. so to be someone in position of great authority empowers a more precarious position and i think most people realize. >> host: vaidya goliaths shoot themselves in the foot? >> guest: well, there's many reasons. i explore just a couple. one of the strategies that make them krehbiel keep them create. and that's not true. to us they underestimate how useful

i also want to shout out to the baylor fashion studio from waco, texas, and they are in our audience. voice" last night? listen, first of all, shakira looked absolutely smashing. i thought that, you know what? this picture doesn't even do it justice, even though she looks great there. she looked smashing. almost like she acknowledged christina's coming in to take her old "voice" chair back and perhaps shakira would like to battle it out with christina next season for that chair, i don't know. i'm just saying, a girl from new york, sasha allen, she was one of the standouts last night. sasha is 31 years old. she ripped her dress open to reveal one of those rompers that i love so much. she's got her sparkly romper, she's singing, good hair. she's a standout. also, usher's contestant, shanelle, she sang a song "trouble" and he surprised her by having taylor show up. there she is with her keds and red shorts. in case you are wondering how tall taylor is, she's 5'11". we are the same height. someone is going home tonight on "the voice" tonight at 8:00 on a nbc. so let's wch together. inhe m

. >> in waco, texas. >> he claimed that he was the lamb of god. >> they truly believe that he was themageddon. >> god's word. >> reportedly he believes he was jesus christ. >> i had a radio mike in one ear with an agent pleading for his life, and i had this guy on th

waco. half of these ones i don't remember. i don't know what came of these i conflicts. i don't know if i remember and if some of them, i don't know if i care. we have won in iraq but 80% of america thinks we lost. >> the other thing, if you keep referring to this -- this is not a war. i mean -- you keep saying -- >> i mentioned these -- obviously we when we went into iran to save the hostages, that wasn't a war either. what is it? when one of our service members pull as rig other a tomahawk, he's not -- >> i hi the definition of a war -- >> blows innocent people collaterally. here's not a war? let me ask you this. if a tomahawk missile came into 48th and 6th would that be a declaration of war? when the japanese perk bombed pearl harbor was that a declaration of war? >> i put a list of all the times the u.s. intervened in conflict, the favor never seems to get returned. what do we get in return for it? it is usually a disaster which is why i'm not exactly too thrilled this time around. dana, votes in congress, could i ask you about the tally? >> it is looking fairly reas

that was the same case in the branch davidians and waco. >> reporter: terror experts say the muslims of america is a front group for a radical organization also founded by sheikh julani. >> he does not involve in that. he doesn't do that. he would never tell to us kill our own people or to do anything that would jeopardize our freedom in this country. >> that's dangerous. that's the jihaddist next-door. that's where the u.s. really, really needs to reconsider how we address these organizations. >> we're not about terrorism. we're about being the best people that we possibly could be and being the best muslims that we possibly could be and that's not a bad thing. >> there's 21 families, so there's about 21 houses. >> reporter: the muslims of america deny any connection to al fucra and we visited their village to find the striking disconnect between internet perception and reality. >> some disturbing information about the spread of homegrown terrorists. >> we feel normal and then -- >> you turn on the news and read about yourself and you're like are you serious? i just volunteered with

you bring up waco, brings up something. all you have to do is bring up these things.re's no more discussion. we know he's wrong about benghazi and irs so you say it. what's it supposed to do? when we're debating about act of war against syria. i don't see its intellectual content. >> well, i think there is a content if they're trying to say this president shows no consistency in how he deals with different events or long-term policy relative to foreign affairs or fighting these type of problems. >> what's irs got to do with it? >> when these are used to draw attention or fund raising ploys and so forth. >> also given a chance to bring up their latest effort to delegitimatize the president. it's called impeachment. here's john mccain last thursday acknowledging the impeachment threat to obama. he does it in the squirreliest way. >> no one wants american boots on the ground, nor will there be american boots on the ground, because there would be an impeachment of the president if they did that. >> it's a strange use of that. representative bill flores from texas took it

waco, about 96 degrees today. >> i feel like a 3-year-old in a sugar high.> it means it's going to be a great rest of the show. >>> here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." new questions about crossfit. it's a popular military-style workout. but wondering, could it be hazardous to your health. >>> are bill nye's dancing donees done? and the injury that could have him out of the ballroom. >>> high fashion for a lot less. wait until you see fashion designer to the stars. can't tell you who yet. she's going chic on the cheek. and our first-ever house band ever. scott bradley and the oakmont jukebox. coming up on "good morning america." ♪ got $20 in my pocket i'm looking for a kind of ♪ a can of del monte green beans? ♪ ♪ if i was a flower growing wild and free ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee ♪ ♪ and if was a tree growing tall and green ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves ♪ grown in america. picked & packed at the peak of ripeness. the same essential nutrients as fresh. del monte. bursting with life™. [ male announcer ]

waco, about 96 degrees today. >> i wish i could expect some marshmallow fluff over here.s. we have mostly cloudy skies across the region. inis still pretty chilly frederick, 40 eight degrees. 60 degrees in downtown washington. we'll see some sunshine this afternoon. beautiful >> i feel like a 3-year-old in a sugar high. this could only be bad news. what's coming up next? >> it means it's going to be a great rest of the show. >>> here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." new questions about crossfit. it's a popular military-style workout. but wondering, could it be hazardous to your health. >>> are bill nye's dancing donees done? and the injury that could have him out of the ballroom. >>> high fashion for a lot less. wait until you see fashion designer to the stars. can't tell you who yet. she's going chic on the cheek. and our first-ever house band ever. scott bradley and the oakmont jukebox. coming up on "good morning america." ♪ got $20 in my pocket i'm looking for a kind of ♪ a can of del monte green beans? ♪ ♪ if i was a flower growing wild and free ♪ ♪ all i

waco, about 96 degrees today. that's the weather around the nation. i love this >>> good morning.ate forecast. total sunshine and the warming trend begins today. watch out 1,000 feet in our hills and mountains, that high fire danger through 3:00 tomorrow afternoon and wet weather possible especially in the north bay, monday. today's temperatures in the low to upper 60s along the coast, low to mid-70s around the bay shore to the south bay and mid to upper 70s in the north bay and east bay valleys. accuweather seven-day forecast, lit will be >> i feel like a 3-year-old in a sugar high. this could only be bad news. what's coming up next? >> it means it's going to be a great rest of the show. >>> here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." new questions about crossfit. it's a popular military-style workout. but now, wondering, could it be hazardous to your health? >>> are bill nye's dancing donees done? say it ain't so. and the injury that could have him out of the ballroom. >>> high fashion for a lot less. wait until you see fashion designer to the stars. can't tell you who ye

waco to dallas, there's been overnight flooding. and continues in the morning, 4 1/2, 5 inches of rain in some of those zones. let me show you the good news and bad news of this. we want as much rain without the flooding that we're getting. look how much of the country is in drought. one of the highest levels in drought. they're about a foot behind in rainfall here. we think it's about four to six inches of rain coming in the next 48 hours. the problem is, dry ground, rain coming all at one time. that means flooding. but they need that rain. >> coming up in the next half hour, we're going to go over where it's cool and where it's warm. >> it's hot in here. >> thank you, sam. >>> coming up on "gma," she's the woman who became famous for her nonstop hiccups. now, on trial for murder. the bizarre twist in the courtroom right now. >>> and the brave letter to santa gone viral. a young boy that wanted everyone to stop bullying his twin sister. >>> and celiselena gomez forced cancel her concerts in russia. [fuzz pile] movies,music,space as

but there was certainly concern because texas has a history of having incidents, whether it be waco.gislature changed the age at which a person could marry with parental consent from 14 to 16. rebecca heard about the ranch, too. she wondered if any members of her family had lived there. she checked with the local sheriff to see what he knew. nothing, it turned out. but he did begin using rebecca as a sort of interpret ter. he would call me periodically and ask me, can you tell me about this or what this means to them? >> then on an early spring day in march of 2008, authorities in nearby san angelo got a call from a woman who said her name was sarah barlow, claimed she lived at the ranch, was being abused and held at will against her husband. >> she was a young girl. i think at the time of the phone call 16. she had already given birth to a child, and with her age, we were able to do the math and recognize that would have been a sexual assault of a child. >> so what was the plan then? >> to find sarah barlow. >> on april 3rd, 2008, the rangers, child protective services in tow, arriv

waco to dallas, there's been overnight flooding.nd will continue to be in the morning, at least 4 1/2, maybe 5 inches of rain, kind of in some of those zones. let me show you the good news and bad news of this. we want as much rain without the flooding that we're getting. look how much of the country is in drought. extreme drought. one of the highest levels in drought. they're about a foot behind in rainfall here. we think probably it's about four to six inches of rain coming in the next 48 hours. the problem is, dry ground, rain coming all at one time. that means flooding. but they need that rain. >>> good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your bay area microclimate forecast. today, we're going to see an increase in clouds and sea breeze. temperatures 7 to 12 degrees cooler than yesterday. watch out for rain in the north bay tonight, drizzle along the coast and san francisco. scattered showers for the rest of us tomorrow. and dry and cooler than average sunday through next week. temperatures today 60s along the

let's not forget about the american people in waco that were killed by our government. host: one republican that is supporting the resolution is adam kinzinger. here is his conversation with secretary kerry. >> thank you. we have had a couple of long weeks. i'm about to support this. i want to say the very beginning, my disapproval of the president's policies in the middle east. i believe that part of the reason we are having difficulty rallying an international coalition is they do not see the united states having lead on this until recently. as a veteran of the military, as a current serving military pilot in the air national guard, i am war weary. i want to remind americans of all on -- of what one of my favorite president said. war begins when the price of aggression is cheap. that is the situation we find ourselves in. listening to my colleagues, it has been amazing to me that we are seeming to paralyze ourselves and inaction. it makes me wonder, god help us, if we became a country that cannot do the right thing because i paralyze ourselves in action. what i have h

go to my senator here, kay bailey hutchison, to request my files to take it from the department in waco, transfer it to the center, and in three months, i had my 100% disability. i worked in the court system and stuff, i am able to put together my own appeal and have a tell congress what they federal judge in washington, d.c., and might disability was granted. guest: wow, good for you for not giving up. a lot of people do not know the system. i recommend that you do what they did, essentially you can get things moving. i know people that have gone through senator mccain, senator kay bailey hutchison, and various centers, and they have been able to get their ratings results. you need to have somebody advocate for you at times. this man did. it can go through the court of appeals, they can teleconference the hearing, they don't have to fly in for it. you can go onto several websites and learn what your process is. learn the ropes. you can go on to several web sites and learn what your process is. be inquisitive, educate yourself. if you have to get an attorney, there may be a fee taken ou

>> guest: yes, and a semester in waco.the reason i highlighted this is that when people are talking about why we judge them by publication, the first responses you can't really measure teaching, it is all subjective. you know that teaching many see it. i don't think that's true. i think that is a total copout. these are professors who have ways of measuring things. everything from this lecture style to the grading. it is all marked up. is there a sense of the professor is really engaged in this process with you, or are they just going through the motions? >> host: do you think by the time they are old enough, you will think it is a good idea to go to college? >> guest: is always part of this. >> guest: i think that if you pick and choose very wisely, it is possible to get a decent college education. you have to be really careful and it begins with the process of choosing a college. i can tell you the number of people that are going to visit colleges that are high school juniors in the middle of the summer. there is no teac

even in waco we used gas to kill a bunch of people. so i want to know, what is exactly our high ground here? because we use this kind of stuff all the time. and how would we feel if other nations would come in and go the u.s. is using chemicals and blonlkls, maybe we should go in and use some bombing. >> thank you for your question. i know people make allegations about certain things we've done in the past and one example is yes the united states took what i think in retrospect was a really problematic position with regards to iran and iraq and the use of chemical weapons in the 80s. but i would simply say that we don't need to make our past mistakes hereditary. if we failed to do the right thing in the past we don't need to make our failure hereditary. and i will say that today the question is what do we do today. we've been confronted with evidence and proof that the assad regime has used chemical weapons repeatedly against the syrian people, against civilian noncombatants. we are confronted with that reality. and we must choose how

but it's actually an optical illusion made by this sign company in waco. >> i wasn't expecting the reactions cobb is his name. signs and marketing are his game. he owns hornet signs. one of the company's specialties is car wrap advertising. which led to the idea of selling these. tailgate decals. >> it wasn't our intent was to make that the branding of our company. it was more of just what can we do with it? when you will put a wrap on the side of your vehicle, you want that image to be realistic and portray the image of your company. >> when an employee of hornet signs was tied up and photographed, this decal was made and slapped on the back of another employee's truck and public reactions have been one sided. >> it was an experience for us and short-term and i was really shocked at how much traffic that it did drive. >> we posted a photo of the tailgate on our facebook and asked for your opinions. a majority agreed with rhonda who said abduction or any violence against women is not funny or cute. a few sided with chris nelson who said this american business owner has a decal that made the

host: daniel from waco, texas, a democratic caller. caller: good morning. host: go ahead with your question or comment. caller: do we have an extensive plan to get out of, like to go in and get out of syria in like, i mean, military strike, where does that end, really? know what i mean? host: congressman have you asked those questions? host: the progressive caucus sent almost four pages of questions to the white house, outcome, exit strategy, how long, what's the intensity of his, everything from cost both politically and diplomatically to fiscal costs. we asked those questions precisely to know what the end game is because i think if there's a unified criticism of the discussion the administration has had on this issue, yes, there needs to be a punitive -- the point is there has to be a punitive attack on syria and the assaad government so they stop utilizing these chemical and biological weapons. given that, what's the end game. what is the end game for the united states, for the military, and quite frankly for the stability of that region and there's no

let's not forget about the american people in waco that were killed by our government.ost: one republican that is supporting the resolution is adam kinzinger. here is his conversation with secretary kerry. >> thank you. have had a couple of long weeks. i'm about to support this. i want to say the very beginning, my disapproval of the president's policies in the middle east. i believe that part of the reason we are having difficulty rallying an international coalition is they do not see the united states having lead on this until recently. as a veteran of the military, as a current serving military pilot if the international guard, i am war weary. i want to remind americans of all on -- of what one of my favorite president said. war begins when the price of aggression is cheap. that is the situation we find ourselves in. listening to my colleagues, it has been amazing to me that we are seeming to paralyze ourselves and inaction. it makes me wonder, god help us, if we became a country that cannot do the right thing because i paralyze ourselves in action. what i have here

we've seen it before in waco, we've seen it in boston and other places. it's something that we -- i assume is going to be with us. i don't know how it can be precluded. i will say this, though, i fully expected several of my liberal friends to try to use that as an excuse to come up with some more stringent gun regulations. i would only suggest, mr. president, that the district of columbia has the most stringent anti-2nd amendment gun control laws anywhere in the country and that's where this take place. so you can't really say this has anything to do. but i knew it was going to happen. another thing my friend talked about was the debt and all of this, talking about the different administrations. i would only remind you, mr. president -- and this is something that's incontrovertible -- the amount of debt that this president has had in his -- well, up to today, he has increased our deficit by $6.1 trillion, had is more than all of the other presidents from george washington on up through recent administrations combined. and -- and you wonder where is all t