anytime a policy comes about that affects the way those lands are managed, you re having a very direct impact on a family that likely has been on that land for a long time. one thing we often forget is this beauty that we come out here and see has been preserved by these ranching families. and i think they feel forgotten. i think they feel ignored. so naturally you re going to have conflict, and that conflict over time doesn t just go away. it tends to grow and severity. and you see a moment where a lavoy finicum stands up and says, i m not taking it anymore. both tean and jeanette have taken the mantle from lavoy. i m willing to fight and defend our freedoms and to die for them. and i ask you, america, to stand with me. tean is speaking out as part of a young new generation of resistance.
martyr. how would he have felt to know about this outpouring. i think he would have been a little shy about this kind of attention. he would want someone else to be in that front row. we met at a singles church dance back in 93. i said, do you want to dance? and he said, oh no, vi no rhythm. and he was right. he had no rhythm. it was pretty awful. we had a whirlwind two weeks of dating and we were married on the 14th day in february. you got married after 14 days? yeah. what was it about lavoy that stole your heart? he was who he said he was. he was a man of integrity and he had principles and he followed them. throughout your relationship was lavoy always very political? no. no. no, he wasn t political. he was more of a quiet cowboy.
one thing to watch over the next four to five days, another shot of cold air comes down. i was just looking up, shannon, the coldest all-time nfl game played was negative 13. we re not going to be at that level. but this has a chance to be in the top ten coldest nfl games ever played in minnesota sunday. playoffs, baby, they don t care. i know. the fans do. but the players will be all right. all right, bill, thank you. it is the fifth day of the armed occupation of an oregon wildlife refuge. overnight protesters strengthened their blockade by moving in heavy equipment, including greaters and a scoop truck. last night on the last word with lawrence o donnell 55-year-old lavoy sat in a rocking chair under a tarp with a rifle on his lap. he told the reporter he s not moving. you re prepared to die? better dead than in a cell? absolutely. the protesters say they re not leaving until there s a plan in place to transfer federal land to locals. on nbc.com, fbi helped
session with local residents about the potentially violent situation and when it might be over. it could be a while. the protesters want two local ranchers convicted of arson freed from prison. moments ago they tweeted we have remained peaceful. if authorities raid us we can t guarantee that continues. we are prepared to defend ourselves. with more from princeton oregon. good morning. and one of those occupiers is lavoy. he spent the night out here. shaking hands. you spent the night out here with your cowboy rifle. yes i did. is it loaded? of course. why did you spend the night
he said this is what we re going to do. and i road with them once. and so by dang it i ll ride with them again. so i m here and i did not know i was going to be here. i thought i was going to be home. but here i am. thank you for your time out. and home is a rather big place for lavoy. he has 11 children and 19 grandchildren and two more grandchi grandchild p ren on the way.