Democracy Now! Thursday, June 5, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Sen. Clinton to Suspend Campaign & Endorse Obama
• Jimmy Carter Warns Against “Dream Ticket”
• Obama to AIPAC: Jerusalem “Must Remain Undivided”
• Palestinians Appalled by Obama’s Comments
• Revealed: Secret Plan to Keep Iraq Under US Control
• Judge OKs Blackwater Facility at US-Mexican Border
• US Food Policy Criticized at Emergency Food Summit
• California in Drought After Driest Spring in 88 Years
• Court Upholds Conviction of Cuban Five
• Ex-Sandinista Elected President UN General Assembly
• Massachusetts Sues H&R Block Over Lending Practices
• Ex-Bush Health Official Wins $11 Million 9/11 Workers Contract

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  Democracy Now! Special: Robert F. Kennedy's Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination

  Forty years ago today, on June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy had just won the California Democratic primary, a major boost in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Just after midnight, Kennedy addressed supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, in what would be the last moments of his life.

  Today, we spend the hour playing excerpts of rare Robert F. Kennedy speeches and the new documentary RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy. We also play a never-before broadcast address by Kennedy speaking to students at St. Lawrence University in Canton in 1966 and the man who recorded it. We also speak with journalist John Pilger who covered Kennedy’s campaign and was with him when he was shot, and we speak with labor organizer Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, who’s cause Kennedy championed.
  [includes rush transcript–partial]