our top story, the standoff in oregon. armed antigovernment protesters are dug in after they stormed headquarter of malheur wildlife refuge in eastern washington, it was an unoccupied empty building. as of right now, for federal authorities are keeping watch but also their distance, dan springer is in burns, oregon our report. reporter: one goal of the arm occupiers here, was to keep two local ranchers out of federal prison. today hammond and his son turned themselves in this afternoon at a low security prison in san pedro, california. >> we feel we havic exhausted all prudent measures and have been ignored. reporter: they say they are read to stay for years if needed, at issue federal prison sentences for father and son ranchers, the hamons convicted of setting fires they say were necessary to protect their land to protect it from wildfires, an appeals court rules said they must serve 5 year, the 73-year-old said he is ready event though he does not agree. >> i'm going to jail for 5 years for 127, seems like a bit of an o

we're going to move on to portland, oregon, to look at the roots of the land in the area of eastern oregon. janell ross, reporter for the washington post blog the fix. richard cohen from the southern poverty law center. when we come back, we will go to portland, oregon. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: specialist robert john bradberry passed away last week at the age of 62. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the obama administration -- we are going to talk for a moment about the land dispute that is going on in oregon. jacqueline keeler is with us. we are to turn to the issue now of land rights. the armed militia members have demanded that the land be "returned" to them. but who really has claim to this area? we're joined now from portland, oregon, by jacqueline keeler. she's a writer and activist of dineh and yankton dakota heritage who wrote about the 2014 bundy ranch standoff for the nation magazine and is now working on a new piece, which in part, examines the history of the paiute tribe's treaty rights to this very forest currently

but also we're hearing that shots were fired in oregon and one person is dead. another person is inside the hospital. we've been told for the better part of an hour that a news conference is expected so we can hear more about what happened. but ammon bundy arrested. other members arrested facing we'll be back in a moment. i was walking home. just picked us up two breakfast croissants for four bucks, when this bear attacked. with one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. then jack showed up and took care of the beast, so i could escape. and that's what happened to your breakfast croissant. and yours? it survived. share it with yourself. freshlycracked egg with ham and bacon,or sausage, >>> a blood howbd in alabama sniffed her way to the finish line. >> i love this story. runners say she escaped her backyard and took her place at marathon. the hound would cross are the finish line in 7th place averaging a time of seven minutes per mile. the owner states the hound is usually laid back and lazy. organizers say next year's race will be renamed the hound dog half

brooke returned home to oregon. she had a summer job in corvallis, about 30 miles from home, working at the oak park apartments, managed by her sister stephanie and stephanie's husband. and on monday, may 24th, 2004, she left the house where her sister jessica was getting ready for another day of seventh grade. >> she was kind of in a rush and walked out the door and left and about five minutes later she walked back in and she just yelled through the door, i love you. and walked out. and that was the last time i talked to her. >> by 9:00 a.m., brooke was at the apartments and an hour later hard at work. >> i could see through our apartment to the back window facing our patio and brooke was bending over filling up a bucket of water and that was the last time i saw her. >> at what point did you realize that she wasn't out there anymore? >> not until probably 1:00. i had fixed lunch for my children and for her, and she hadn't shown up. >> what starts going through your head when she doesn't come in for lunch? >> it's a

she is in burns, oregon, the men came out with a briefing for reporters. do we have a better idea who they are, where they are from, and what they want? >> reporter: we really don't. they have a name now. we were struggling to figure out do we call this is a militia or group of occupiers. and they came up with a name. freedom. and what they say they want to do is restore and defend the constitution. really, ray, there are only about 20 of these men and women out there right now, and they have been calling for recruits. last night on youtube they got into a truck in this refuge about 30 miles from where i'm standing, and did a video saying we want patriots here, we need you. and if you don't come, that's going to be bloodshed. and that's the first time i had heard anything about blood since this started. >> so that means they are at least contemplating the fact that somebody might get into a physical somebody. >> reporter: i think the police here and the sheriffs, and even the fbi who are here now are making sure that that doesn't happen. i was just talking

in grants pass oregon. when you look at this map of oregon, where is it? i-five north of the border. how close are you to wear ammon bundy is? lived: well, i previously in dance. i've been in the county area just where your pen is. several times, i re-create over there. we had all of these issues. but all the issues in oregon and actually the mining committee for the border commissioners, i have been personally involved with these issues with the dom. with the sugar mine. all of these people personally because of got up to their can't to investigate and see what they were doing. i have been involved directly with them. we were there for the organ state legislature testifying on issues. as many question you want. what is theof all, reason you have the involvement? caller: i'm a local citizen. i was selected by the board of commissioners to sit on their divisor committee. host: are you a rancher? help developly, i different equipment for different companies. i do some consulting for corporations that do mining. i'm also a local pastor. that is who i am. host

they are working with the harney oregon... oregon state police... and the united states attorney's office for the investigation. ((kirsten joyce)) michael... do we know if protesters are planning any sort of as of right now... cliven bundy says he doesn't know... he also says he's not sure when he'll talk to or see his 2 sons who are now behind bars facing ((kirsten joyce)) > we're learning new details about the las vegas teacher... accused of sexual misconduct with a student. jillian lafave was arrested earlier this month... she is a special education teacher at valley high school. an arrest report says she exchanged thousands of text messages with her special ed student... many of them sexual. police also say lafave admitted to kissing and having sexual contact with the student. we spoke with an 11th grade student of lafave's. he says the teacher was nice to her students...but he noticed something going on between the victim and their teacher: ((manuel/valley high school student: "when we were in class she used to like let him borrow everything sh

he would never come to oregon. he would be there forever, you know, playing this game. >> it was nearly a year before a new mexico judge finally ruled in january 2007, nearly three years after brooke disappeared, that joel courtney was competent to stand trial. >> we were on our way to san francisco and we got a phone call and he said, they found him mentally stable. and we got out of the car, the girls and i, and did a dance around the car. i just felt like the world was lifted and i didn't realize how close i was, maybe, you know -- >> close to what? >> to just a breaking point. until i felt that being lifted. and then it was like, okay, we can do this. >> later that year, in september 2007, joel courtney would finally plead guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting that university of new mexico student he snatched off the street. the young woman who somehow escaped. at his sentencing, another circus. >> it didn't take long for joel patrick courtney to tell district judge kenneth martinez exactly what he think

the oregon cattleman's organization. lou: no, i talked to the oregon cattleman's organization. i'm talking about the men and women elected to protect citizens and these ranchers are first and foremost citizens, where in the heck have they been? >> well, you know, i can't answer that question, i haven't been talking to them. i'm trying to figure out what's going on in the streets of burns and the deserts of oregon. i haven't got time to chase the political guys, they're not important to the story. lou: they sure aren't, because they haven't been a part of it. that's a shame for steve and dwight hammond and their families. >> lou, look, they are important because this is all about the federal government and overreach of the government, and it's their duty to respond to those issues. lou: amen, brother. >> but it's not my job out here in the field to get ron wyden and jeff mercly to explain themselves. that's for other folks to do. lou: i feel better just for mentioning their names and the fact that in my opinion, not performed their duty to the people of oregon. let's clear up on

a militia group stands its grounds in oregon and remains holed

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it will be dry except for a few showers possible near the oregon border monday. the next area of low pressure will approach wednesday with the next decent chance of precipitation. && .short term... few changes made to this evening. the weak upper low over southwest oregon is still expected to move southeast across western nevada tonight. the nam is now dry, but the gfs continues to show a weak band developing. have left the current forecast as is since the gfs/ec continue to hint at the band. any snow amounts in the band will be light and generally less than one inch. the focus would most likely be within 50 miles of a portola to austin line. after the low moves through, clearing is expected sunday as high pressure strengthens along the west coast. kicking a carson city sheriff deputy. they say andrew james hettrick refused after he was asked to leave a north carson bar. hettrick allegedly began kicking at officers, striking one of used to subdue him. he is being held on 30- thousand dollars bail. on charges of resisting arrest. secret witness is offering a 15-hu

>> well, the protesters that came to oregon were not invited to come to oregon, and the family did not ask them to come to do this. they are trying to do the right thing, peacefully turn themselves in. so it's a difficult situation at best. but we want to try and resolve this situation in a peaceful manner. deirdre: jerome, thank you so much for the time, thank you for sharing your insights, executive director of the oregon cattlemen's oh, -- saddlemen's association. right beside me is lou dobbs. i am so glad you are here because you are wondering out loud why no one is defending them. >> more than that, i'm calling out the entire delegation to the state government of oregon. they are an embarrassment to the state of oregon. all who remain silent about the plight of these two men, father and son, the hammond family. and by way, just to be clear, they have nothing to do with the bundies who are using this right now for their own purpose. and i think everyone should be calling them out for making, trying to make a profit -- deirdre: make that distinction because as jerome just said, the

the last holdouts still occupying the wildlife refuge in oregon... and the one thing they're waiting on before leaving./// < ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > eleven members of the bundy led militia in oregon now face felony charges of impeding u-s officials through force.. intimidation or threats. today three more people who had been holed up at the oregon refuge are in custody.. but several others are still there. carter evans is in burns oregon with the latest on the standoff: < (11 10 06) this is a free-for-all armageddon. that's the message from one man still inside the malheur national wildlife refuge. and he's calling for reinforcements. ore oregon militia web videos) they stop you from getting here, kill them! he and others are refusing to end the armed occupation. which began as a protest over federal land ownership. this -- even as their jailed leader ammon bundy urges them to go home. ( mike arnold / bundy's attorney) mr. bundy wants everybody to remember that somebody died and this is not just about him right now. bundy and several others were en

." >>> the standoff between armed protesters and authorities in oregon turned bloody. one person is killed when when the fbi and state troops close in on the occupation of federal lands. >>> fox news is getting dumped by trump. the republican presidential front-runner says he is not taking part in the cable's >>> and tragedy in indiana. a beloved principal puts her life on the line, pushing young students out of the way of a school bus, before it hits and killed her. r >>> good morning from the studio headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> this morning, the leaders of the armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge in oregon are under arrest. the situation at the wildlife refuge itself remains fluid. the fbi and oregon state police stopped the group on a highway near burns, owner regon, shots were fired and one member of the militia killed and another wounded. andrew denver of our portland station from burns joins us on the phone. andrew, what did you tell us. >> reporter: ammom bundy and some of his top ranking officials left

./// ((brian loftus)) > a standoff in oregon is not showing any signs of budging as the occupation of a wildlife refuge continues to support a father and son facing an extended prison sentence. how the local community is speaking out against the occupation./// monitoring the armed occupation of an oregon wildlife refuge. an anti- government group is protesting the sentence of a father and son for setting fires on federal land. they returned to prison monday. john blackstone is at the malheur national wildlife refuge, where there's no sign of >(david ward, sheriff of harney county oregon) (:05-:09, covered at top) "this began as a peaceful protest. it took an unfortunate turn when some of those folks broke off and began an armed occupation of the malheur national wildlife refuge." there was not a single law enforcement officer to be seen for miles in the wilderness that surrounds the wildlife refuge headquarters. but harney county sheriff david ward had a message for those occupying it. (david ward, sheriff of harney county oregon) "you said you were here to help the citizens of harney

(laughter) also, talking about oregon here. forget finding 20 black people to occupy a wilderness lodge, i don't think you could find 20 black people anywhere at any given time. depends on if the portland trailblazers are playing home or away that day, a big determining factor! (laughter) the point, is maybe there will be a peaceful solution or maybe the government will have to take back the compound with force. but i have a third way in mind. just let them have it. let the extremists have the remote wilderness refuge shacks. and i know, people, it sets a horrible precedent and blah, blah, blah, all these things, laws -- (laughter) but here's why i think it's the best solution. >> they're calling on supporters from across the country to come and join them here. they say they'll stay here as long as it takes, until their demands are met. >> we need you to bring your arms and come to the malheur national wildlife refuge, becoming a place for patriots to come from all over the country and be housed and live here. >> trevor: so, in

armed militia members in oregon - remain in jail... after a deadly confrontation left a fellow protester dead in oregon. the nearly month-long standoff between the government -- and occupiers of a oregon wildlife refuge - had been a battle over land rights. dan springer is in burns, oregon tonight -- with what happened. federal agents are racheting up the pressure on those still occupying a federal wildlife refuge in rural harney county oregon. armed checkpoints now surround the follows a fatal shooting last night and the arrest of 7 of the protest leaders. bretzing says: "it is the actions and choices of the the refuge that has led us to where we are today. they had to leave the refuge peacefully." killed in the gunfire was 55-year old lavoy finicum, an arizona rancher who was the activists' on a highway as they tried to take their message of government over- reach on public lands to nearby grant county. leader ammon bundy was among thos arrested. while the f.b.i. denies any wrongdoing, bundy's father, who had his own showdown with th

cliven bundy tells fox 5 the fight in oregon isn't over... and says he and his family will continue fighting for freedom. fox 5s cyndi lundeberg talked to him today. she has his side of the story from bunkerville. cyndi- cliven buundy tells me hs spent his day in arizona consoling the family of lavoy finnicum he calls lavoy a good friend a great father and a great american he says what happened short of cold blooded murder bb- he left with his hands in the air he was pleading do not shoot we have women in the car the bundy family describes what they say were the last moments of lavoy finnicums life... cb lavoy was only exercising his first amendment rights he was no threat to anybody cliven bundy says he has not spoken with his sons ryan and ammon since their arrest tuesday night but has spoken to the people they were with. cb they killed this man shot him like three times he got on the ground then they shot him lik 3-4 more times what kind of human with a dead man there you what kind of person does this? thats the person we are fed up with t

oregon for the past month. this is from koin tv in oregon. >>> tens of thousands of gallons of water are shipped to flint, michigan the outrage is pouring in.

so, the willamitte river system is a big river system in wtern oregon, ani think it as oregon's big river, because it really flows through our biggest cities and our richest farmland. i think in oregon, and nationwide, there's still a question in people's mind, "what--what's the value of a river?" and we've just gone through a couple of centuries of kind of disconnecting ourselves from rivers, and we're in the process of sort of getting back to that. so, my main motivation for this film was to really shine a light on what's really a national movement to reconnect to our rivers, and to begin to restore them. i hope that people will see in this film, um, lots of examples of how you can sort of identify yourself as living in a watershed, and living in a community of people that are connected by water. the choices that we all make in our different parts of that watershed affect each and every person. >> we are so lucky in portland to have the willamitte river. i mean, we're the bridge city. there are so many bridges, and people cross themo go downtown, and, um, i bet a lot of people don't eve

the sierra north of tahoe and along the oregon border monday afternoon. otherwise, it looks dry and have lowered pops considerably for monday into monday evening. the ridge will hold into tuesday as well and it appears some of the valley inversions will weaken some for milder temperatures, at least for areas near the sierra while the highway 95 corridor may remain a little cooler than normal. wallmann .long term...wednesday through saturday... the ensembles of computer model forecasts is showing fairly good agreement for a low- pressure system to reach the sierra by wednesday, while the high-pressure ridge which has been persistent temporarily shifts east over the rocky mountains. recent model forecasts are showing slightly more moisture transport with this is potential for travel impacts due to moderate or at times heavy snow wednesday into thursday morning. confidence is low- moderate regarding snow levels, with the current forecast calling for adaptive skiing opportunities is changing their name. every year. they help cash is to make the stuff you buy

oregon. anti-government protesters occupying a federal building. >> i am willing to lay my life down to fight against tyranny. >> and she's beauty, she's grace, she's miss universe 2015. but she wasn't at first. >> colombia! >> what she's telling us about that epic miss universe fail. and what she's planning for her year with the crown. >> go like this. voila. >>> number 1 in just 60 seconds. >>> good evening. friends. the clintons attended donald trump's most recent wedding. bill and donald have hit the golf course together. but today in the heat of a presidential campaign trump said clinton's previous sexual behavior is now fair game. so how are the clintons now responding? abc's david wright is out on the trail tonight. >> reporter: the first real blast of winter. make america great again means campaign season is finally heating up. land of the free the first votes due to be cast just a month from now. >> folks, we have a revolution going on. people are tired, and they're sick of the stupi

land in oregon. is federal land. across the west. most states, about half of -- it rises to 80% in a state like nevada. is there anyway, chris, for the family, community to come together with congressman greg walden, a democratic senator ron wyden, we could not even get a call back from these people, as mrs. hammond as your husband and your son are taken off to prison after having already served time in prison for the offense. what can be done here? chris in. >> we can keep fighting, we have to do something, we have to ask your elected officials to help us out, greggua walden has fought for us for a long time but we has not been able to get support from others. lou: you -- your family, has worked with the federal government, with congressman walden, you have done terrific work on balance at the interest of environmentalists and private ranchers, why in the world isn't there -- where sudden there anyone i there sudden there anyone in your -- isn't there anyone in your delegation to stand up, and say,

in oregon. it's being led by a member of the bundy family. so far the protestors have vowed to stay indefinitely. ammon bundy told cnn... they're protesting the governments control over the land. "we have no intention on using force or being aggressive or going on the offense. but just as all people have the right to defend themselves, that's exactly what that means." the standoff reportedly started after protesters and militia members converged on the small town of show support for dwight and steven hammond -- a pair of father and son ranchers jailed on an arson conviction from back in 2001. the father served three months.. the son, one year. a judge recently ruled their conviction too short.. sentencing them both to another five years starting monday. ammon budy is the son of nevada rancher cliven bundy. about a year and a half ago.. cliven led a showdwon with b-l-m after they came after his cattle when he refused to pay grazing fees. but it became much more tense...after what supporters called...a constitutional stand against federal autho

oregon strikes first, up 7-0. still in the first -- oregon up 14-0. royce freeman patiently finds an opening for the five-yard touchdown run. oregon takes a big 21-0 lead early. in the second quarter now -- oregon up 28-0. this time -- adams keeps it on the read option. and he's hit hard. that's the kind you don't like to see. it's helmet to helmet. and adams would have to leave the game. but oregon would take a 31-0 lead into the half. the biggest comeback deficit in bowl history is 31 points. so in the third quarter -- bram kohlhausen playing in place of a suspended trevone boykin -- finds jaelen austin for the 26-yard touchdown strike. t-c-u cuts the lead to 21. in the fourth quarter now -- t- c-u trailing by just eleven. aaron green -- gets the direct snap, races to the right side toward the pylon... ...and he's in! t-c-u converts the two-point try, and would hit a field goal to tie forcing overtime! and in the third overtime -- game tied at 41 -- kohlhausen keeps it on the option. and he awkwardly maneuvers around the ducks defense for the score.

along the way the fbi and oregon state police conducted a traffic stop on the group. that's when this was this confrontation. five were arrested on the spot, two more nearby, an eighth in arizona and there's now a ninth. as we're speaking, i want to send it to that news conference. this looks like the special agent in charge. >> for the past month the fbi, along with our partners with the harney county sheriff's office, the oregon state police and the many other state, federal and local agencies we have been working with have had a very deliberate and measured response. we have worked diligently to bring the situation at the wildlife refuge to a peaceful end, but because this is an ongoing investigation there are many specifics we cannot talk about at this time. there are still people illegally occupying the mallier refuge at this point. i will say that the armed occupiers have been given ample opportunity to leave the refuge peacefully. they have been given opportunities to negotiate. as outsiders to oregon, they have been given the opportunity to return to their fam

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in oregon. >> jim: and as they leave they are being arrested, three more have been cuffed so far. news 3 with team coverage tonight. vicky gonzalez live in bunkerville with reaction from outlaw rancher cliven bundy to his son being shot in the arm and his friend lavoy finicum being shot dead. >> >> jessica: we begin with reed cowan. >> reporter: late word tonight arrests outside the wildlife refuge, as it appears that those who occupy the refuge after yesterdays arrest and shooting are leaving. it's been a big day in oregon in the wake of the arrestses. >> it didn't have to happen. >> reporter: the sheriff dave ward describing the moments when ammon and ryan bundy were arrested. the takedowns on the spot where lavoy finicum died in a shooting. the f.b.i. and deputies have not elaborated on what happened in the moments just before, only to say -- >> we worked to ensure that we could do so peacefully and safely. >> reporter: protesters first toe wildlife refuge outside burns, oregon back on january 2. but now we've learned they may b they moved in. >> i've been working on a peaceful

carter evans is in burns oregon and brings us the latest. this video shows fbi agents and police intercepting militant leader ammon bundy and several oregon highway.not far from where they've occupied federal land since the start of the year. shots were fired, bundy was arrested, his brother ryan was shot but has non- life threatening injuries. "this is about your freedom to move about this country" lavoy finicum, a spokesman for the protesters was killed in the shootout according to ammon bundy's father cliven who spoke with cbs station koin "ryan bundy had been shot in the arm lavoy finnican had been murdered. cold bloodedly murdered." last night heavily armed officers stood guard outside a hospital believed to be holding one of the militia members. at least 8 people connected to the armed protest were arrested tuesday on a federal felony charge of conspiracy to impede officers. on january 2nd bundy and his armed followers took control of the malheur national wildlife refuge. they claim the federal government is forcing ranchers just days

carter evans is in burns, oregon with the update. this video shows fbi agents and police intercepting militant leader ammon bundy and several other militia members on a oregon highway...not far from where they )ve occupied federal land since the start of the year. shots were fired, bundy was arrested, his brother ryan was shot but has non-life threatening injuries... natsot lavoy too quick to font "this is about your freedom to move about this country" lavoy finicum, a spokeman for the protestors was killed in the shootout according to ammon bundy s station koin gfx cliven bundy phoner sot feeds folder: koin standoff "ryan bundy had been shot in the arm lavoy finnican had been murdered. cold bloodedly murdered." vo bundy last night heavily armed officers stood guard outside a hospital believed to be holding one of the militia members. at least 8 people connected to the armed protest were arrested tuesday on a federal felony charge of conspiracy to impede officers. on january 2nd bundy and his armed followers took control of the malhe

./// the f-b-i and oregon state the f-b-i and oregon state lice released helicopter video... of the operation that left dead. it also ended with the bundy brothers and other militia members in custody. ((brian loftus)) the f-b-i says they released the video despite the ongoing investigation... because there were multiple, different stories on how the shooting played out. vanessa murphy reviewed the video. we want to warn you... it may be difficult to watch. ((greg bretzing/fbi special agent in charge: it was a reckless action that resulted in the consequences that you'll see here today.)) ((vanessa murphy)) this video shows oregon state police troopers gunning down lavoy finicum tuesday. fight against the u-s government over states' rights. law enforcement tried stopping this vehicle finicium was driving with several passengers.... notice how an agent jumps out of the way as the truck avoids driving through a road block.... finicum gets out....hands up....and according to the fbi - he reaches toward a pocket at least twice where had a loaded handgun. troopers shoot and kill h