>> holy cow. we're talking about ranchers trying to ranch like they've been ranching for their whole life generational. >> their anger boiled over in 2014 when the government seized the cattle of a longtime rancher named cliven bundy. he had been illegally grazing them on land set aside to protect an endangered tortoise. >> the federal government is here with an army stealing my cattle is what it is. >> a contentious showdown brewing in nevada. militia member from as far away a virginia are joining forces with a nevada rancher who is locked in a standoff with the federal government. >> the protest nearly turned deadly. >> you need to leave now! >> that was an amazing thing to watch, our government go up against the american people like that armed the way they were. >> how did that experience change lavoy? >> he said, i've got to do something. the direction the country, i'm really worried. and i was watching this new man