bigger threat than ever. yet, economy mill just bought the stoller property and plans to move his family there. the violence will be here, like anywhere else. it will be here. to me it is a better lifestyle for my family to be out in the country versus being in the city. reporter: we asked what these current and former arizonans want president obama to say. i would like to hear him say we are going to secure our borders first. the only thing that would make us feel safe enough to go back is if the border were secured. come away the way they should, get their papers, fine. this illegal stuff, no. the heck with afghanistan and the heck with iraq and the heck with the rest of them. how about us? reporter: frankly, no matter what the president says later this morning about immigration reform or border security, most residents here say they are skeptical the federal government has the ability or the will to actually stop smuggling along the border. many people here say just a
said you you hit hard. reporter: the intruders tied up the hunts in this bedroom and fled in their vehicle. they were caught and sentenced to prison terms. the hunts feel fortunate to have escaped with their lives. the residents of this nearby house also escaped by selling their property and moving to montana where we spoke with terry stoller. we thought oh, my, that could have been us. reporter: another neighbor was shot and killed by a suspected illegal i am grant. when the rancher was killed, we knew we had to make a decision not to go back. it was no longer safe for us to be walking out on the ranches, hunting quail. we were not they would make quick work of us. reporter: even though government statistics show a decrease in violent crime in cities near the southern border, rural border residents say drug and i am grant smugglers are a
forward. a former vice president, a masseuse, and a sex assault case reopened. what happened in portland? al gore s people speaking out. we begin with those heavy rains and tornadoes that are pounding south texas as hurricane alex comes ashore. the season s first hurricane actually made landfall in northeastern mexico with 100-mile-an-hour winds. alex has weakened and it moved inland. it is now a tropical storm. still has the potential to trigger flash floods and mud slides. alex is having an impact on the oil spill cleanup hundreds of miles away. aftereffects of the storm could keep the skimming operation from resuming until this weekend. south padre island, texas, escaped the brunt of the storm but took a big hit. reynolds wolf is there. reynolds? reporter: what we have here is still plenty of wind, rain for the most part is gone. the waves continue to rock against the shores. some of these things have been monsters that have been coming along the coast here. the beac