Democracy Now! Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Clinton Wins in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island
• McCain Secures Needed Delegates to Become GOP Nominee
• Report: “Nearly Impossible” For Clinton To Overtake Obama’s Delegate Lead
• Kucinich and Paul Win Contested Congressional Primaries
• Vermont Towns Back Indictment of Bush & Cheney
• Bush Backs Colombian Attack Inside Ecuador
• Bush Urges Congress to Pass Colombian Free Trade Deal
• U.S. Stations Predator Drones At Secret Base in Pakistan
• As Palestinian Death Toll Tops 120, Rice Defends Israeli Offensive
• Report: U.S. Profiling Immigrants Based on Nationalities
• Global Warming Deniers Gather in NYC
• FCC To Probe Alabama Station For Allegedly Censoring 60 Minutes
• Springsteen, Bee Gees, Eminem On U.S. “Torture Playlist”

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  As Clinton Stages Comeback, Democracy Now! Hosts Debate Between Vermont's Former Governor Madeleine Kunin and Obama Superdelegate Chuck Ross

  Senator Hillary Clinton won the crucial Ohio and Texas primaries Tuesday night, ending a string of twelve straight defeats in the race for the Democratic nomination against Senator Barack Obama. Clinton also won Rhode Island, while Obama won in Vermont. The final results of the Texas caucuses are not yet known, with the outcome likely to stay up in the air until later today. We host a debate between the only woman ever elected governor of Vermont, Madeleine Kunin, and Senator Patrick Leahy’s state director, Chuck Ross. [includes rush transcript]

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  Democrats Prepare to Grant Telecoms Immunity For Illegal Spying

  House and Senate Democratic leaders are reportedly preparing to cave in to threats by President Bush and grant some form of immunity to the telecommunication companies that helped the government spy on Americans. We speak to attorney and blogger Glenn Greenwald.

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  Iran Contra 2.0: How the Bush Admin Lied to Congress and Armed Fatah to Provoke Palestinian Civil War Aiming to Overthrow Hamas

  In its latest issue, Vanity Fair reports that the White House tried to organize the armed overthrow of the Hamas-led goverment after Hamas swept Palestinian elections two years ago. According to the article, the Bush administration lied to Congress and boosted military support for rival Palestinian faction Fatah in the aim of provoking a Palestinian civil war they thought Hamas would lose. Vanity Fair dubbed the episode “Iran Contra 2.0”—a reference to the Reagan administration”s funding of Nicaraguan Contras by covertly selling arms to Iran. We speak with David Rose, the journalist who broke the story.