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>> good to be with you tonight. >> what's going on? tell me the problem. >> well, i guess it's a range war. >> why are their helicopters and snipers? >> well, i had asked that question, too. i think we are in america but maybe not. it seemed like the united states government operating with unlimited power over we the people in the state of nevada. this started back in 1993 when we started this battle. what provoked the beginning of the dispute with the federal government, administrative regulatory views. the bureaus kept cutting our cattle, causing so much trouble we couldn't ranch.

When you said, cliven, this was going to be a range war, those words concerned me. what did you mean by that? >> that means we'll do whatever it takes to secure our liberty and life and cultures and we're going to stand up for state sovereignty, our constitution. that's what we're here for, to take a stand. we're going to be free in america. we're not going to fight the revolution or war over, i hope. >> i just don't want to see anybody lose their life over this. this has gotten way out of control. they need to pull back here and this has to be another way to resolve this. it's land -- >> well...

Agency. reid is talking about his next candidacy wants to make it clear that number one he can deliver when it comes to his promises and nobody will back him down and when it comes to the range war he's the one to back and i'm sure he wants everybody especially his donors to know that. >> what do you make of the timing of that? everyone in nevada was weighing in on this. everyone was taking a position. most were taking a position sympathetic to the ranchers, criticizes the fed's tactics but harry reid stayed silence until it was done and then double downed today. why is he talking tough now th...

Nothing. he's been in open violation of the law and owes the federal government over a million dollars. if all of that were true of someone else, conservatives would be calling them a freeloader. joining me now, eric boellert, senior fellow at media matters. this story seemed to come out of nowhere and just blew up in the conservative media. it was everywhere. how did this guy become this kind of almost overnight celebrity? >> right. if this had been a republican in the white house, this would have gotten five minutes for the right-wing media. democrat is in the white house, suddenly the gover...