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I gotta run. >> appreciate it. >> sandra: that was congressman jim jordan from ohio and our own peter ducey standing by. just spoke with the congressman. what more are you seeing happening there? peter? >> reporter: sandra, we're seeing that not everybody is trying to go right on down to the white house. there are members heading back to their offices. some members heading for the airport. it is a scramble now for some of these members. something that's interesting just now while one of your guests was speaking. some of the members are coming down waving to these protesters that from this view...

Nights ago. paul vercammen is live in burns, oregon with the latest for us. paul? >> reporter: michaela as you look behind me, overnight, one of the demonstrators decided to sort of hold guard or stand guard. in fact, he slept in his rocking chair. he says he has an old cowboy rifle. they moved in equipment behind me. the fbi is denying they issued arrest warrants or plans to be here. the leader of this group says they have fears that the fbi will try to raid the compound there. let's listen. >> if something happens, know it, that it is because of the actions of the fbi and because of their in...

To substitute their emotions for this family's emotions. this family wants calm. this family wants intelligent reaction and the family wants them to know that there will be a second trial in this case. and so they should not be upset. >> billy murphy, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. nice to see you. >> i want to go back to brian todd ton streets of baltimore. what's happening there where you are? >> reporter: well, wolf, for the first time tonight, protesters have actually blocked an intersection. we're at the intersection of north president street and east baltimore stree...

Crucifixion. they're displaying it as a warning to others. a source close to the family tells cnn, although he took part in the protests, he is innocent of the charges and that his conviction and harsh sentence are "revenge against his uncle." the uncle, the protest leader was convicted by saudi authorities last year. he's also facing the death penalty. cnn has reach out to saudi officials for comment on the case. but there have been no response. previous attempts by cnn to contact officials for comment on the case of his uncle also went unanswered. human rights groups, journalists and politic...

Do you think he's being targeted because of his uncle's actions? >> it's certainly possible. his uncle, the sheikh is one of many people in the eastern provinces of saudi arabia who were very critical of the government's brutality and repression. and his uncle has been given the death sentence of the so-called crime of disobeying the ruler. so it shows just how the saudi arabian government applies the death penalty. this is just one of many cases in which people are facing the death penalty or extended prison sentences for engaging in freedom of speech, freedom of expression. >> thank you so m...