reporter: crense was killed last month, march 28 #th loo while working on his ranch. he radioed his brother but the only words his brother could make out were illegal immigrant and hurt. when his brother radioed him back, there was no response. and he didn t show up to meet his brother later on as planned. a ranger s helicopter spotted his body around midnight. his body was found alongside his vehicle. his guns untouched inside it. next to him, his dog, also shot. it s a tragic ending to something that according to crence had been building and building. his ranch is next to the mexican border and he had been worried about the increasing illegal foot traffic and criminal activity on his ranch for years. in 2005. it s being overrun and it s costing us lots and lots of money. reporter: despite his frustration, elgive food and water to those illegally on his land. his wife sue says all they wanted was to live in peace. i have been seriously, seriously violated.
immigration. here s the thing you may not know. some people say this new battle was triggered by a brutal act of violence that happened in douglas, a small town next to the border of mexico. it is there police say an american rancher was murdered and they suspect he was killed by an illegal immigrant. tonight s crime & punishment report, here s randi kai. reporter: bill mcdonald keeps one eye on his cattle, the other over his shoulder. he isn t taking any chances after his friend and fellow rancher, rob krentz, was killed just a few miles away. shot dead, the sheriff says, by illegal immigrants, drug smugglers. do you feel safe out here today? relatively safe. not as safe as i used to feel. reporter: you don t carry a weapon. well, i that s my personal philosophy. when i m out here i don t want to look threatening to somebody that might have a weapon and probably has me outgunned. reporter: krentz, who was 58, was killed just last month, march 28 27th, while working on
probably has me outgunned. reporter: crense was killed last month, march 28 #th loo while working on his ranch. he radioed his brother but the only words his brother could make out were illegal immigrant and hurt. when his brother radioed him back, there was no response. and he didn t show up to meet his brother later on as planned. a ranger s helicopter spotted his body around midnight. his body was found alongside his vehicle. his guns untouched inside it. next to him, his dog, also shot. it s a tragic ending to something that according to crence had been building and building. his ranch is next to the mexican border and he had been worried about the increasing illegal foot traffic and criminal activity on his ranch for years. in 2005. it s being overrun and it s costing us lots and lots of money. reporter: despite his frustration, elgive food and
today during the press briefing robert gibbs was pressed with whether the meeting in d.c. may 12 will happen. we heard about it when president obama had a surprise trip to afghanistan march 28. there was a lot of pressure on president karzai to route out corruption there. we got the announcement, the talks will continue in washington but since then president karzai made a number of comments that are troubling, including possibly joining the taliban which some say was overblown. also the fact he thinks there were international forces involved in the last presidential election that were fraudulent. gibbs said we ll continue to follow his remarks, see what else he has to say because we re requesting whether it s constructive to have the meeting. international forces. i m sure iran was involved. but if he s saying his group was not involved in fraud and ballot stuffing, he s trying to rewrite history and we shouldn t let him
senate. a fierce race with their first debate on fox news sunday march 28. but it s going to be the first time the two of them sit down, so the three of us in the fox news studio in washington. that thing s heating up and we re months away. i know how who they that will get, florida is a political caldron with problems, looking for solutions. absolutely. this is a battle for the control of the republican party between the so-called establishment and so called grass roots tea party movement. though it ends up being more complicated but it s an interesting test not only to choose the republican nominee in florida but also the direction of the gop. what do you make of cpac, the reserve active political action convention in washington. karl was saying a while ago, chris, he was like there are a lot of extreme groups in here. he wasn t passing judgment, just stating the fact.