Democracy Now! Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Voters Head To Polls in Texas, Ohio, Vermont & Rhode Island
• McCain Could Secure GOP Nomination Tonight
• Memo: Obama’s Critique of NAFTA is “Political Positioning”
• Rice Accuses Hamas of Trying to Stop Peace Process
• Death Toll in Gaza Reaches 118
• Report: Democrats Set to OK Telecom Immunity
• Bush to Veto Bill Outlawing CIA Use of Waterboarding
• Pentagon Confirms U.S. Missiles Targeted Somalia
• Oil Prices Reach New High; Warrant Buffet Says U.S. Is In Recession
• Sami Al Arian Begins New Hunger Strike
• U.S. to Deport Man Acquitted During Terror Trial

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  Super Tuesday II: Today's Primaries and Caucuses Could Decide the Democratic Nominee; We Get Reports from Texas, Ohio and Vermont

  Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater, Harvey Wasserman of FreePress.org in Ohio and journalist David Goodman of Vermont discuss today’s vote. In Texas, Slater explains the state’s complex voting system and why the Clinton campaign is pressuring the Democratic Party not to release partial results from tonight’s caucus. In Ohio, voter integrity activists have secured new victories in their attempt to prevent more stolen elections. And in Vermont, town meeting members in Brattleboro vote on whether to “indict” President Bush and Dick Cheney. [includes rush transcript]

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  With U.S. Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Kill 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador

  Tensions are high in the Andes following a Colombian military attack in neighboring Ecuador. A leading commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–FARC–and twenty other fighters were killed Saturday when Colombian troops crossed the Ecuadorian border in a pre-dawn raid. On Monday both Ecuador and Venezuela rushed troops to their borders with Colombia and said they would cut their diplomatic ties with Bogota.