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Down which honor fallen highway patrol troopers there, but the court ruled they violate the constitution. alicia acuna has this story. how do they violate the constitution? >> reporter: well, the tenth circuit court of appeals located here in denver ruled that the crosses violate the establishment clause of the first amendment, that these 12-foot crosses on public land with official utah highway patrol logos give the impression that the government is preferring one religion over another. the thr...

Thats what i thought as an outside observer. >> a certain juror asked for that because they didnt feel the other person was acting under that oath. >> shepard: do you feel like theres anything that could have been done differently that would have allowed for the panel to come to a consensus either of guilt or not guilty? >> i do not. i feel we did everything in our power. took every approach, went through every piece of evidence. it wasnt there for that person. there was nothing else we could ha...

And yet, he seems to me inextricably bound up in politics, insofar as he cannot be a neutral adjudicator or observer or a sort of advocate about whether the war should continue or not, right? i mean, he seems boxed in. to the extent that were listening to him seems like were never going to get general petraeus saying, you know what, guys, this is not working. >> he wasnt set out there to be a neutral observer of the strategy and to sort of report back as a completely disinterested party. he was ...

And yet, he seems to me inextricably bound up in politics, insofar as he cannot be a neutral adjudicator or observer or a sort of advocate about whether the war should continue or not, right? i mean, he seems boxed in. to the extent that were listening to him seems like were never going to get general petraeus saying, you know what, guys, this is not working. >> he wasnt set out there to be a neutral observer of the strategy and to sort of report back as a completely disinterested party. he was ...

People are going through day after day trying to get food on the table. even if you are a hotel worker hoping that tomorrow you have a job and the first lady coming to stay at your hotel would help you out a lot. >> i think so. i think anybody who has been a casual observer of politics knows it is not just the obamas who get called elitist, it is every democrat who runs for president. whether it is john kerry, al gore. this is the same thing over and over again. so, i think it is actually an unf...

People are going through day after day trying to get food on the table. even if you are a hotel worker hoping that tomorrow you have a job and the first lady coming to stay at your hotel would help you out a lot. >> i think so. i think anybody who has been a casual observer of politics knows it is not just the obamas who get called elitist, it is every democrat who runs for president. whether it is john kerry, al gore. this is the same thing over and over again. so, i think it is actually an unf...

Obviously. does this mean that fidel castro is perhaps coming back to the scene? may perhaps be more in charge than he has been in recent years? or was this just sort of a chance to look at the old fidel? >> i think the most important part of fidels speech yesterday was actually what he didnt say. he chose to focus on international affairs and made no mention of any of the domestic issues that are plaguing cuba and frankly are the main concern of the people. and that would suggest that hes indic...

Economic policies. >> team now to call in you are on own list political analyst howard fineman, senior correspondent for news week. howard, good evening. >> hi, keith. >> despite what senator demint claims there, in the downturn that started two years ago or more and republicans policies were in place because there was a republican executive in chief. does anyone -- can anyone actually believe that the democrats had then done nothing and maintained that status quo that the current economic situa...

Stimulus was approved. money to give smart phones to those quitting smoking so they can call support groups when they are tempted to light up, which may create some jobs in china, but not here. >> the question should be posed how many jobs does it create? and obviously, with the projects, little or none. >> the white house would not address specifics but dismissed the report overall. >> do you think its a credible report? >> from what i read, no. >> reporter: in fact, two republicans dont disput...

Stimulus was approved. money to give smart phones to those quitting smoking so they can call support groups when they are tempted to light up, which may create some jobs in china, but not here. >> the question should be posed how many jobs does it create? and obviously, with the projects, little or none. >> the white house would not address specifics but dismissed the report overall. >> do you think its a credible report? >> from what i read, no. >> reporter: in fact, two republicans dont disput...