that will have a big impact. thank you, gillian turner. a federal appeals court ruling a pennsylvania county can keep the image on its 75-year-old seal. the court saying the cross is not a government endorsement of religion and that it appears on lehigh county seal with many other symbols. this coming two months after the u.s. supreme court allowed a 40-foot tall cross to remain at a world war i memorial on public land in maryland. there s a pattern. new york mayor bill deblasio facing off against hannity. plus this is there something generationally, geographically, that not only can win the primary, but most important, make sure donald trump isn t president come 2020. dana: montana governor s on the campaign trail at the iowa state fair. an exclusive interview with the 2020 democrat and what he says about some rivals on the left ahead. and be sure to check out the new episode of my podcast i ll tell
tribute to the veterans of the fist world war has stood for nearly a century. the court ruled the location of the cross on public land did not constitute government endorsement of religion. joining me now is justice correspondent pete williams. can you explain this decision ask what the rational is? reporter: sure, first of all. 90 years old, but 40 feet tall. but a very large cross just outside washington. a group sued claiming it was a government endorsement of religion. the appeals court agreed, but today by a 7-2 vote the supreme court reversed and said the cross can stay. and the majority basically cited two reasons. it was put up to honor world war i dead. and the cross was a symbol of war dead of all nationalities and all religions. think of the poem in philanders field. and that s one thing in the cross s favor the supreme court said.
religion case, religious exercise case. this involves a 40 foot tall concrete cross not far from here in washington in bladensberg, maryland. by a 7-2 vote, the supreme court said that cross can stand. it s known as the peace cross. it was put up to honor world war i dead, and it is in the shape of a giant cross. and a group sued saying this amounts to a government endorsement of religion because the cross is now maintained by the county and sits on county land in a busy traffic interchange. so this group said this is a government endorsement of religion. this is the county saying we re all about christianity. today by a 7-2 vote with justices sotomayer and ginsburg dissenting, the court said this cross can stand because it is a symbol of sacrifice. it s not primarily a religious symbol, it s not primarily a
joe biden and most of the field were there this weekend, where the state makes up 61% of the primary electorate and biden will have a chance to explain why he made segregationists part of his presidential pitch. moments ago we learned vice president biden called senator booker today to try to smooth things over. that s according to two biden campaign sources who say they will not comment further on the substance of the discussion. a world war i memorial in the shape of a cross will stay on public land in maryland. the supreme court announced the ruling today. fox news chief legal correspondent and anchor of fox news at night shannon bream has details. for nearly a century, the bladensburg piece crosses stood as a memorial to the fallen soldiers from world war i. for more than five years the american humanist association has been trying to take it down, arguing that the symbol on the public park equates to government endorsement of
deciding the state of a 40-foot world war i monument in the shape of a cross ruling it can stand and does not constitute government endorsement of religion. he wrote in his opinion, the cross as a christian symbol, but that fact should not blind us to everything else that the cross has come to represent, for some that monument is symbolic resting place for ancestors never returned home, for others it s a place for the community to gather and honor all veterans and their sacrifices for our nation. here now is shannon bream. i saw you this morning. what a case this was and we have been following it. what was the result? depending on your viewpoint the ruling is a big win for religious liberty or landmark setback for separation of church and state, that monument for