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Judge, where there will be a press conference. an investigate team is on the ground to find out why this mortar exploded prematurely. >> shepard: before we know what the cause or victims, already politicians are, well, bringing in politics. reporter: well, senator harry reid of nevada was on the senate floor hours after the accident. it happened in his home state of nevada. he used it as an example of how sequestration, those budget cuts, will harm military readiness. >> just not appropriate, mr...

Tax form. so the speculation is, the underground economy could be as large as 10% of gdp or bigger, and those people dont report the money they earn but they spend it. so it shows some spend budget not incomes. >> shepard: so one dollar out of ten, is a dollar that misses a layer of taxation. reporter: thats right. >> shepard: and those people are missing benefits. reporter: theyre missing benefits but it actually surpasses probably more than one laaxation because theyre not paying state taxes, ...

Cause hallucinations. >> shepard: now jodi arias, she says she does not remember stabbing her ex-boyfriend 27 times. her lawyers tried to explain that the memory lapse, with the help of a psychologist, and today in court prosecutors were not buying it. wait until you hear the tough cross-examination next. a teenager who killed three students in a school shooting last year, never showed any remorse, and for his sentencing he scrawled the world "killer" on his own t-shirt. how do you think that tu...

As a compromise between inaction and going in. so the chemical weapons story will have a strong bearing on that. >> shepard: from your reporting in this region, is it your sense that the politicians ever read a history book? they would look at the history book and see what has happened when we have armed people in that part of the world and how years or months later the arms come back around and kill americans. theyve read those same books, right? >> i think its clear they havent taken a close l...

The prosecutor making headway with the main defense witness. >> shepard: theres another witness coming up to help plug the holes in this story? reporter: yeah. after scrod diwas on the stand for 18 days, a lot of people believed that the defense had their work cut out for them so they have the his doctor and one more witness as well, but this one not going so well. the next one the defense has to hope will go better because those two witnesses are the ones theyre trying to rebuild their case. we...

>> shepard: the city would probably dry up and die if they didnt have a cigarette tax. one block from this building, less than a block, cigarettes are 16.57 a pack. thats a lot of taxes. >> thats exactly right. and -- thats appropriate. >> shepard: i wasnt saying it was inappropriate or appropriate, but they make a lot of money. >> people should have the right to smoke and should not take away the store oregon0s right to -- >> they can sell advertise it. they just cant show she actual cigarette....

Been islamist led, and it wasnt. now theres foreign intervention, lethal and nonlethal aid. if they can cop sol day support, the could hang on for quite a while more. >> shepard: also a foreign country drags you to food and water by leash, dont forget to look up and see whose hand is on the end of the thing. its important to take a close look. were doing that today and well let you know. now the vatican. word today tens of thousands of faithful gathered for the nonracing of pope francis. the p...

Stockpiles of chemical weapons. >> its important that as fighting in syria intensifies and the regime becomes more desperate, that the united states and international community make absolutely clear to assad that the use of chemical weapons would be totally unacceptable. the president was clear when he said if assad and those under his commend make the mistake of using chemical weapons or do not secure them there will be consequences. >> shepard: thats the white house. the pentagon spokesman sai...

It. so if it did in fact use the weapons and youre reporting earlier suggested it depend and i agree -- but it knows it jumps out there with state media first, putting the world out saying it was the rebels. you saw the russians very quickly piggybacked on to that, supporting the government line. that suggests to me not just that theyre allies of syria bought the know the seriousness of. the -- the consequences if the chemical weapons are used. >> shepard: big picture, if the syrian government c...

Helping train reservist, and he says he doesnt regret a day of service and still believes or troops made a difference in iraq. >> a culture of someone always putting their foot on their necks and i think the u.s. military, along with its allies, did a great job of trying to release that pressure. >> he says that spending all that time in those challenging conditions made him a lot more grateful for what he has back at home. >> shepard: thank you. the number of americans dying of alzheimers disea...