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>> shepard: the city would probably dry up and die if they didn't have a cigarette tax. one block from this building, less than a block, cigarettes are 16.57 a pack. that's a lot of taxes. >> that's exactly right. and -- that's appropriate. >> shepard: i wasn't 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 can't show she actual cigarette. >> isn't the real thing that mayor bloomberg is establishing himself a legacy so years from n...

Been islamist led, and it wasn't. now there's 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, don't forget to look up and see whose hand is on the end of the thing. it's important to take a close look. we're doing that today and we'll let you know. now the vatican. word today tens of thousands of faithful gathered for the nonracing of pope francis. the pontiff lived up to his growing reputation as a person of the pope -- mine a person of the peop...

Stockpiles of chemical weapons. >> it's 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: that's the white house. the pentagon spokesman said that he could not corroborate that anyone used chemical weapons in sir ra, but it will monitor t...

It. so if it did in fact use the weapons and you're 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 they're 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 could now have a new bad guy -- in other words, the united states or nato or our allies, sending we...

Helping train reservist, and he says he doesn't 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 alzheimer's disease is going way up. that's according to a report from the alzheimer's association. it found the de...