So last time, if you remember or where we left off, we were of 1164 president ial election and the 68 midterms. And today we move on and are reading from evan on chapters nine and ten, which really takes sort of into the 68 campaign. And by the end of this class, Richard Nixon will be the president. So weve been waiting a long time to get to that point since january so to recap from last time, 64 was a terrible year for republicans. One of the four great landslides of the 20th century where arizona senator Barry Goldwater lost was defeated. Incumbent president Lyndon Johnson. So a terrible year for republicans. Conservatives. However, call it a great year. 1964. And remember, we talked conservatives were democrats, conservatives were republicans. They were divided. Its different than it is. The parties are configured. And in 64, if youre a conservative and still are a few goldwater conservatives around and we asked them today kind of talk to about 64 they dont talk like that. They went
Ride on the wild side. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Strike group and japanese destroyers are now operating within striking range of north korea. A show of force meant to counter leader kim jonguns continued missile test. In an interview with reuters on thursday, President Trump sounded a warning. Reporter his comments rattled u. S. Aally south korea, whose leaderes were surprised they pay 1 billion for a controversial Missile Defense system. The u. S. Installed it earlier this week, and last year agreed to pay for its operation in a signed accord. Its the most incredible equipment youve ever seen shoots missiles right out of the sky, and it protects them, and i want to protect them. Were going to protect them. Reporter despite mr. Trumps heated rhetoric, at the United Nations today secretary of state tillerson sailed the u. S. Is not looking for a fight. We much prefer a negotiated solution on this problem. Direct negotiations with north k
Building in the hands of officials with far less Foreign Policy experience. The fbi is investigating a hate creime at an american university. Someone used nooses to hang bananas with racist messages on the washington, d. C. Campus. The Antidefamation League says since september there have been more than 150 incidents involving white supremacist messages on College Campuses. This is where it was before i tore it down. Reporter right after spring break, freshman Adrian Rubenstein says she found hate. They were advocating for a country that was completely white, that no other race, no other ethnicity would be welcome here. Reporter last years president ial campaign exposed americas economic, social and racial divisions. Since last novembers election, at least 140 instances of racist posters and flyers have been reported on College Campuses in 33 states. It seems clear that the extremists feel emboldened in this political climate. Reporter Jonathan Greenblatt is ceo of the Antidefamation L
Mess killings there was a terrible accident today at an auto auction near boston. A suv driven by an employee tore through a crowd then smashed through a wall and into a parking lot. Three people were killed. Nine hurt, and at least two of them have lifethreatening injuries. The driver who was in his70s was not sear yes, sirly hurt. Today President Trump promised peace in the middle east. Meeting at the white house with Palestinian Leader mahmoud abbas, mr. Trump was optimistic that he can end the fighting that has raged since 1948. We will get this done, mr. Trump said. One obstacle, hough, emerged immediately. Abbas insists on a palestinian state based on says that is just too great a risk. To mark his 90th day in office, secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke to Department Employees for just the second time. Tillerson is planning big changes, doing more with less. Margaret brennan is there. My view of how you translate America First into our Foreign Policy reporter secretary of stat
Five other states. The news organizations say clinton now has enough backing from unelected superdelegates to secure the nomination. Bernie sanders is challenging the medias claims. Tomorrow in is that california, we have the most important primary. The people of california have the right to determine who is going to be president of the United States, not necessarily having to listen to ap or nbc. Amy the ap and nbc News Announcement about clintons nomination was made despite calls by the Democratic National committee not to report superdelegates tallies until the convention. We will host a debate between the head of californias state senate Kevin De Leon, who is backing Hillary Clinton and los , angeles city councilor gil cedillo, who has endorsed Bernie Sanders. And we will speak to radio host rose aguilar on the big election story in california the media has missed. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. T