During FBI siege, tank smashes through wall of Branch Davidian cult compound / fire starts and quickly spreads through buildings on compound, man on roof trying to get away from fire, people leaving burning building, helicopter flying near by. Fire starts on Branch Davidian cult compound on April 15, 1993 in Waco, Texas (Footage by Getty Images)

***FOR STORY INFORMATION, SEE ITEM RE-15MO & PY-07MO***

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File

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File video of 1993 Waco, TX fire

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UNITED STATES FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO DEATH



Video footage from the NBC 5/KXAS station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the standoff between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the Branch Davidians at the Mt. Carmel Center in Waco, Texas. Footage includes a press conference with a representative of ATF.

NEWSFEED: 2/27/07 ALBERTO GONZALES, KIDNAPPED BOY AT PRESS CONF, DICK CHENEY IN OMAN, SOME MEDICAL ;CIVIL RIGHTS GONZALES press conf. FL CLAY MOORE AT NEWSER everyone but Clay gets to talk ;IL CHICAGO ELECTION polling place. PALM BEACH NS eventually a good swarm of reporters outside courthouse ;EURO DRAWING PROJECT women at amateur art exhibit, girls painting banner. HONUS WAGNER CARD rare baseball card ;CHENEY ARRIVES OMAN chatting with chief on sofa ;MI KIDS KILLERS CHARGED NX cute house during light snowfall- a crime scene! OH FOSTER FATHER SENTENCED sentencing ;OH MAN WINS 2 LOTTERY PRIZES holding copy of winning lottery card, keno or lottery tickets for sale ;WHITE HOUSE ON CHENEY press conf (Helen Thomas- still seated in the front row- looks unamused); EVENING FIELD TEASE HEARTS 2 nurses attending person in coma ;2/28/1975 LONDON SUBWAY CRASH bobbies looking over wreck, nurse in amusing uniform attending wounded ;2/28/1993 WACO GUN BATTLE ATF agents firing, entering bldg ;GENE THERAPY Chinese doctor saying farewell to Western patient, man undergoing 'gene therapy' with agenda sign, lab ;

COVERAGE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO VIDEOTAPES RELEASED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) THAT THE FBI MAY HAVE COVERED UP THE USE OF INCENDIARY GASES IN THE ATTACK OF THE BRANCH DAVIDIAN COMPOUND IN THE STANDOFF IN WACO, TEXAS IN THE SPRING OF 1993

IT'S THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BURNING OF THE BRANCH DAVIDIAN COMPOUND IN WACO, TEXAS, WHICH PUT AN END TO THE 51-DAY STANDOFF BETWEEN CULTISTS AND GOVERNMENT AGENTS. THE MOTHER OF CULT LEADER DAVID KORESH, WHO DIED IN THE FIRES, IS AMONG THOSE RALLYING IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO DIED. OTHERS GATHERED INCLUDE SEVERAL SURVIVING CULTISTS, SUPPORTERS, AND STRANGERS. SPEAKERS BLAMED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEATHS OF KORESH AND DOZENS OF HIS FOLLOWERS. THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THE DAVIDIANS SET THE FIRE. SURVIVORS DENY IT. ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE SITE, PEOPLE ARE HAWKING VIDEOS, T-SHIRTS, HATS, BOOKS AND OTHER COMMEMORATIVE ITEMS.

Waco burns to ground

FOR STORY INFORMATION SEE NA-63WE\n\n --SUPERS--\nApril 19, 1993\nWaco, TX\n\nFBI HANDOUT \n\n --VIDEO SHOWS--\nCompound of Branch Davidians on fire on April 19th, 1993 after 51-day standoff with authorities.\n\n -----END-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\n WACO SIEGE STANDOFF RELIGIOUS COMPOUND BRANCH DAVIDIANS \n\n

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the ongoing standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians led by David Koresh at the Mt. Carmel Center in Waco. This story includes a press conference with federal agent Bob Ricks. This story aired at 5:30 PM.

NEWSFEED: 4/18-20/06 HISTORICAL, CRIME SCENES, PRESIDENT HU VISIT, QUEEN ELIZABETH BIRTHDAY, TROUBLE IN MIDDLE EAST 4/19/1993 WACO BURNS actually, this is the Davidian compound burning. Waco burning down would be a much bigger fire; 4/19/1995 OKC BOMBING Aerial smoke rising from federal bldg, ground scenes. 4/18/2005 NEW POPE ELECTED Vatican activity MA HWY STANDOFF ARRAIGNMENT prisoner, emergency vehicles blocking hwy. MI RAPPER KILLED NX crime scene sidewalk cordoned off TX CENTERPOINT ENERGY traffic signal flashing red, electric generator, power lines. WI THOUSANDS MARCH Aerial protest march; IN CHILD LEFT IN CAR Kroger PARKING lot, woman arrested. ATV ACCIDENT court scenes. TX FOUR TEENS SHOT school bus ;NX numbered evidence on street, crime scene. RUMSFELD ON RESIGNING press conf. CHINA WA PRES HU ARRIVAL Chinese welcome at airport; WA HU SUPPORTERS/PROTESTERS Aerial motorcade on hwy, protesters with banners along road. MO WORKPLACE SHOOTING Aerial onlookers ;Aerial ambulance. CHENEY VISITS 24TH INFANTRY speech. MI GOV TO SELL E-85 FUEL publicity stunt; MI RAPPER KILLED vigil. 4/22/1954 MCCARTHY HEARINGS Capitol, hearings. NO TITLE Aerial smoggy cityscape, pov from plane...more ;4/22/1994 NIXON DIES Clinton announces death. 4/22/1993 HOLOCAUST MUSEUM speech, Clinton helps light eternal flame ;CHINA YALE PROTEST HU VISIT Falun Gong members, Chinese counter-protest. MA GAS PRICES gas station, traffic, website ;PRINCE CHARLES TRIBUTE Prince CHARLES wishes Queen Elizabeth II happy birthday, young Charles & Anne, Elizabeth's coronation, Queen touring ;TX STORM DAMAGE NX commuters struggle thru heavy rainfall, city street, DX fallen tree, jack-knifed truck, broken window ;UKRAINE AFTER CHERNOBYL Danger sign, checkpoint, neat old Soviet sign, Lenin statue, nuclear power plant; MIDDLE EAST PROTEST NX crowd gathered, firing guns in air, vigilante group, armed men & reporters rush into courthouse ;MIDDLE EAST CLASHES WITH POLICE Israeli police carry away protester, arresting man, soldiers tussle, ambulance in city ;ITALY CARDINALS STANCE ON CONDOMS cardinal, Vatican. TX GAS EXPLOSION. NEPAL PROTEST CLASH riot police chase protesters, injured ;TURKEY BRITISH HOSTAGE FEARED DEAD. UK QUEEN BIRTHDAY DINNER Dusk kids sing & wave flags, guests arriving- Charles & Camilla etc ;NX Palace lit by laser beams, fireworks, Queen steps forth. IRAQ PARLIAMENT SENIOR SPOT hey! There's an ex-Saddam double!; MIDDLE EAST ORTHODOX EASTER CELEBRATIONS NX procession, candle-lit vigil, DX procession. NEW ORLEANS POLLS polling place ;LA CANDIDATES VOTING Ray Nagin. MIDDLE EAST DEMONSTRATE GAZA protest march. STRANGE FOOT BATH fish nibble on patients feet ;MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE blast in street, ambulance, bullet holes in windscreen, blood on sidewalk. BELGIUM PROTEST march ;NEPAL CURFEW IGNORED men throw rocks at riot police. BUSH GOES TO CHURCH MARINE BASE Marine I lands, GW Bush walks to chapel

FBI AGENTS HAVE HAD ENOUGH. TONIGHT THEY ANNOUCED THEY ARE CALLING AN ULTIMATUM TO THE WACO STANDOFF AND ARE DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE AND PEACEFUL ENDING TO THIS STANDOFF.

Clinton on Waco fiasco

/ three scenes of David Koresh talking (NO AUDIO AVAILABLE) Cult leader David Koresh on January 01, 1993 in Waco, Texas (Footage by Getty Images)

B ROLL / BRIEFING W/ INDEPENDENT COUNSEL / FORMER SENATOR JOHN DANFORTH FOR PETER JENNINGS CS VO ON THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION THAT OFFICIALLY CLEARED THE GOVERNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEATHS OF 80 BRANCH DAVIDIANS IN 1993 CLAIMING FEDERAL AGENTS DIDNT START THE FIRE OR SHOOT FIRST UPON THE WACO COMPOUND / MAP OF COMPOUND / WALK UP

Buildings on fire during FBI siege of Branch Davidian compound, people surrender, run from fire, fire engine arrives. Fire Raging on Branch Davidian cult compound on April 15, 1993 in Waco, Texas (Footage by Getty Images)

--SUPERS--\nFile\nMarch 13, 1993\n\n --LEAD IN-- \nWEDNESDAY MARKS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE WACO, TEXAS STANDOFF.\n --VO SCRIPT--\nON FEBRUARY 28, 1993....THE ATF ATTEMPTED TO RAID THE BRANCH DAVIDIAN RELIGIOUS COMPOUND ON WEAPONS VIOLATIONS. \nA GUN BATTLE ERUPTED...KILLING FOUR GOVERNMENT AGENTS AND SIX BRANCH DAVIDIANS. \nAFTER THAT....A SIEGE WAS INITIATED BY THE FBI THAT LASTED 51 DAYS. \nON APRIL 19, 1993....AGENTS MOVED IN WITH TEAR GAS IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS OUT. \nDURING THE ATTACK, A MASSIVE FIRE ENSUED.\nIN TOTAL.... 76 PEOPLE DIED... INCLUDING DAVID KORESH.\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nTEXAS STANDOFF DAVID KORESH FEDERAL AGENTS\n\n

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by about the fire that burned the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco. This footage was broadcast at 6pm.

NEWSER / PRESSER / PRESS CONFERENCE W/ ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO VIDEOTAPES RELEASED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) THAT THE FBI MAY HAVE COVERED UP THE USE OF INCENDIARY GASES IN THE ATTACK OF THE BRANCH DAVIDIAN COMPOUND IN THE STANDOFF IN WACO, TEXAS IN THE SPRING OF 1993 / RENO SHAKING

NEWSFEED: 4/17-18/2007 VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING, MEMORIAL/VIGIL, THE SUPREME COURT, THE TALIBAN, MADONNA IN AFRICA, LOTS OF MOVIE CLIPS ;NO TITLE GW Bush standing behind podium at Virginia Tech, receives standing ovation, condolence speech ;Bush takes seat, woman introduces Jacob Lutes III. VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING VAR memorial service in auditorium ;Police on campus on day of shooting, police car pulling up in a hurry, little memorial under tree ;TN SHOE, WIG & UNNATURAL SEX I like the fact that the shoe is mentioned...trial scene, platform shoe as evidence! ;FILE PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION Supreme Court bldg, P-In Alito (or is this Scalia), Supreme court posing for camera ;BUSH SUDAN SANCTIONS Bush speech no audio. DC GOODLING IMMUNITY HEARING ;BUSH ON VA TECH PROFESSOR GW Bush speech. VA GOVERNOR ON HOSPITAL VISIT ;BUSH TOURS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM Bush looks apprehensive. TALIBAN ADDRESSING BOMBERS outdoor rally of some sort, men wearing headbands ;Creepy guards on tower, speaker. MI US CASUALTY-SINGLETON men holding full-sized U.S. flags, cherry-picker hanging flag ;VA GOVERNOR VISITS HOSPITAL signing autograph in corridor, entering ward without us, leaving ward; NEW TOLKIEN BOOK blasphemy! 'The Children of Hurin', this has to be Christopher Tolkien being interviewed ;WHITE HOUSE press conf (Snow's substitute) on partial birth abortion ;CA GREAT QUAKE ANNIVERSARY NX downtown gathering of old fashioned cars and costumed people, 104 year-old man speaking ;DC BUS ACCIDENT taking gurney from ambulance, tour bus wedged against brick bldg, nice WS emergency vehicles on nice street ;IRAQ PELOSI & REID ON SUPPLEMENTAL. MA FLOOD WATERS RECEDE flooded street, traffic on flooded street, perhaps the mayor speaking ;NO TILE more bits about the Virginia Tech shooting, nice NX candle light vigil, flag at half-mast at capital ;Flowers lying beneath tree with cordon. MADONNA/DAUGHTER IN MALAWI fans holding welcome signs, young black men & boys behind fence ;And Madonna comes outside and hits the road in SUV. 4/19/2005 NEW POPE ELECTED that special smoke, bell tolling, spectators ;New pope waves from balcony, crowd cheers. 4/19/1993 WACO BURNS Davidian compound on fire, fire engines rush by on hwy ;4/19/1995 OKC BOMBING Aerial smoke rising from downtown bldg, demolished side of hi-rise ;Smoke rising over ruins, tending wounded, firefighter helping man down ladder. HOT FUZZ CLIPS ;HOT FUZZ SOTS movie poster, actors having picture taken, interview ;clips from ACANCY, CODE NAME: THE CLEANER, NOTES ON A SCANDAL, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, THE QUEEN with brief interview/actress ;

A BANNER DECLARING, ``GOD HELP US, WE WANT THE PRESS,'' WAS SEEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON HANGING FROM THE TOWER BUILDING OF THE COMPLEX. THE FBI HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT KORESH WANTS MORE ACCESS TO THE NEWS MEDIA.

Clinton on Waco fiasco