it s the first time we have seen him like this. they have sources telling them that the fbi issued arrest warrants including one of the men who is sitting behind me under that blue tarp who says he is going to stand his ground and get his rifle. it is the first time we have seen someone carrying a gun out here. he says he is not going to jail if that means he is going to lose his life. there is nervousness among those who decided to continue to occupy this headquarters which is about a five-minute walk down the road behind me. they broke off and said they were concerned about the the reason they are here is because of the two ranchers who had to go back to prison after a federal judge determined their arson sentence was not long enough and sent them back to
get frustrated. schools have been closed because of this incident and yesterday, the sheriff sounded off. you said you were here to help the citizens of harney county. that help ended when a peaceful protest became an armed occupati occupation. the hammonds have turned themselves in. it s time for you to leave our community. the sheriff was alluding to the hammonds, the farther and son ranchers who began serving out the rest of an arson sentence. now the leader of the group here, that is ammon bundy said the protest will end when the hammonds are freed and the federal government gives up control of the malheur national forest. in town, as we said, there are frustrations, one man calling the standoff that s not really a standoff because there are no law enforcement officers here he said this is just