Prevail. Amy we will prevail. From president s george h. W. Bush and george w to barack obama, that has been the message from the white house over the past 25 years as the u. S. Wages one war after another in iraq. Secretary of state john kerry just flew into baghdad on a surprise visit to address the latest crisis. We will speak with retired army colonel and professor Andrew Bacevich about his new book, americas war for the greater middle east. Stockrere is a need to take of u. S. Mimilitary involvementnn the region to recognize this failurure and therefore, to consider alternativeves and t is my personal judgment, that ere are alternatives to the militarization of u. S. Policy. Why plus we will look at the Obama Administration deported 85 refugees to bangladesh, india, and n nepal o were seekingng asylum after fleeing repression and violence in their home ununtries. All ththat and more, comoming u. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman
Assault on gaza. As the two candidates face off tonight at a debate in brooklyn ahead of the New York Primary on april 19, well speak with Stanford University historian joel beinin about the candidates positions on israel and palestine. Then to a Landmark Legal lawsuit 21 kids sue the federal government over Climate Change. Demanding the court to enforce climate recovery plans upon our government, to massively cut carbrbon for future, to honor or constitutional right to life, land, and liberty. Amy and we will look at students challenging Stanford University over the issue appraisal diversity. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. About 100 more people have been arrested in washington, d. C. C. ,s part of the ongoing democracy spring protests against political corruption and big money in politics. Wednesday marked the third consecutive day of mass arrests at the u. S. Capitol after 85 people were arrested t
Over donald trump. John kasich is a distant third. For the nomination, trump needs to win a little over 60 of all the remaining delegates. Thats doable, but it cant happen before the last big primary night on june 7th. For cruz and kasich, it is all about keeping trump from locking up the 1,237 delegates, forcing the g. O. P. Nomination battle into a contested convention in cleveland this july. Heres Major Garrett. Reporter ted cruz met voters at the mars Cheese Castle in kenosha today and predicted a victory in tomorrows primary. Wisconsin is going to be pivotal. It will be pivotal for the national debate. The entire country is looking at wisconsin. Reporter crzs campaign is focused on picking up delegates in states with caucuses and party convention, including utah and just this weekend colorado and north dakota. If we have a good night tomorrow, that will be four states in a row where donald trump has gotten whooped. Your vote is going to be very important tomorrow because the world
Tonight meet the brothers mothers. If villanova win, we win. U. N. C. Win, we win. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley on the eve of a possible gamechanger primary in wisconsin, our cbs news Battleground Tracker shows that ted cruz has a sixpoint lead over donald trump. John kasich is a distant third. For the nomination, trump needs to win a little over 60 of all the remaining delegates. Thats doable, but it cant happen before the last big primary night on june 7th. For cruz and kasich, it is all about keeping trump from locking up the 1,237 delegates, forcing the g. O. P. Nomination battle into a contested convention in cleveland this july. Heres Major Garrett. Reporter ted cruz met in kenosha today and predicted a victory in tomorrows primary. Wisconsin is going to be pivotal. It will be pivotal for the national debate. The entire country is looking at wisconsin. Reporter crzs campaign is focused on picking up delegates in states with ca
Tremendous to your tremendous governor, Governor Scott walker. Amy then we will go to iceland where the countrys Prime Minister has resigned just days after the Panama Papers revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of e