katherine barret is near that center in oregon, and the local sheriff says he is going to meet with membersoverommunity. what is it that is of most concern to the residents there? >> well, i think there is a lot of general anxiety, knowing there are people up here with guns and not knowing what the ultimate outcome of the conflict is going to be, that is underlying everything. but having the schools closed is not helpful to working parents. as well they have been invaded by a media circuit, and law enforcement population, assisting in this case to try to seek a peaceful solution. and there is a sense that this is people outside of the community who are taking up a cause that is maybe not the community's own. the mayor of burns has heard from many of his constituents. >> the overwhelming feeling from the folks is, it's time to go home. we don't want you here any longer, and we want to get our lives back to normal. >> reporter: and the major also points out that having law enforcement monitor the situation round the clock for the last number of days is costing an amount of overtime in the budget

katheri katherine barret, al jazeera. >>> the dow has been up all morning, despite new government figureswing the economy bare grew this quarter. >> this was largely expected. let's take a look at the headline number. the economy grew less than 1%, 0.7% precisely, and that was pretty much in line with expectations. consumer spending decelerated but still on the positive side, growing 2.2%. consumer spending powers two-third's of u.s. economic growth. so let's look at the area of weakness. exports were down 2.5%. you can credit that to the strong dollar making u.s. goods more expensive to buy oversees, also the slowdown in the global economy. another area of weakness, business investmentment, down 1.8%, and you can credit that to low oil prices making it very expensive for relatively expensive u.s. shale oil plays to keep going. so not a fantastic report. >> something that was not expected. today the bank of japan slashing interest rates to less than zero. what does that mean in light of gdp and fed policy. >> this was unexpected. negative interest rates basically mean what they are doing

katherine barret is live with more on this. so what is the latest there katherine?porter: well, jonathan that hearing is still underway for the remaining defendants who have been arrested here in oregon. they were argued -- all of them to be a danger to the community. prosecutors filed papers earlier today arguing that they ought to be detained until their cases are resolved, also because they demonstrate an inability to follow the law. they have been given amble opportunity to do things that theyry fused to do. so that was an argument. and also because of the chance if they were released they could perhaps return to the refuge which is still actively occupied, or perhaps even arrive at another federal facility. the judge said that she would only consider release if and only if this occupation here were to end, jonathan? >> thank you katherine. >>> still ahead, three days to the iowa caucuses, the debates are over, but now candidates are making their final pitch to iowa voters. >>> plus america and oil, how a changing strategy has the u.s. less dependant than ever o