Then will unelected superdelegates decide the democratic race . A lot of people out there, many of the pundits and politicians they say, Bernie Sanders, you dropout. The people of california should not have the right to determine who the next president will be. Well, let me be as clear as i can be. I agree with you. We are in until the last ballot gets cast. Amy as Bernie Sanders wins in oregon and virtually ties Hillary Clinton in kentucky, we look at the secretet history of superdelegates a new expose by , in these times here in chicago. Then we speak to the journalist who exposed chicagos cover up of the Police Shooting death of 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has won the democratic primary in oregon, while Hillary Clinton has declared victory in kentucky. With 99 of kentucky precincts reporting, clinton leads sanders by. 5 . Sanders thanked his supporters in both states. Let me also take this opportunity to say a word of thanks to the people of kentucky. [cheers] somethingd primary im not all that and these asterisk enthusiastic about where independents are not allowed to vote [boos] defeatedretary clinton inack obama by 250,000 votes 2008, it appears tonight we are going to end up with about half of the delegates from kentucky. Amy meanwhile, donald trump has moved a step closer to cementing the republican nomination. He is projected to have won 70 of the vote in oregon, where ted cruz and john kasich appeared on the ballot, even though they have dropped out of the race. Well have more on trump and the results later in the broadcast. Bernie sanders victory in oregon comes amid tensions with the Democratic Party after sanders supporters erupted into protest saturday at the nevada convention. They say rules were abruptly changeged and 6464 sanders supporters were wrongly denied delegate status. Clinton ultimately won 20 pledged delegates to sanders 15. The state party chair, roberta lange, said she received Death Threats while state Party Headquarters were vandalized. Senate minority leader harry reid urged sanders to condemn the behavior of some of his supporters, saying he faced a test of leadership. In a statement, sanders rejected violence, and noted that during the nevada campaign, shots were fired into his Campaign Office in the state and his staffs housing complex was broken into and ransacked. He also accused Nevada Democratic leadership of uncle using using its power to prevent a fair and transparent process at the conventions on saturday. Well have more on sanders later in the broadcast. In the iraqi capital baghdad, a wave of violence has killed more than 200 people over the past week. On tuesday, at least 70 people were killed in a series of bombings, including one that struck a marketplace in the mainly shia district of alshaab. Isis claimed responsibility for that attack. The senate has passed a bill that would let the families of september 11 victims sue saudi arabia for any role it played in the attacks. This comes as the Obama Administration faces renewed pressure to release 28 classified pages of the 9 11 report, which are said to contain details on the saudi role. Saudi arabia has t threatetenedo sell off up to 750 billion in treasury securities and other u. S. Assets if the measure passes. White house spokesperson josh earnest opposed the bill. This legislation would change longstanding International Law regarding sovereign immunity. And the president continues to harbor serious concerns that this legislation would make the United States honorable vulnerable and other Court Systems around the world. The white house has threatened to veto a military spending bill that protects the pentagon from budget cuts. The house draft of the latest National Defense authorization act also includes barriers to closing guantanamo prison and measures the white house says enable discrimination against lgbt people. This comes as the senate has confirmed eric fanning as army secretary, making him the first openly gay leader of a u. S. Military service. Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto has proposed legalizing samesex marriage nationwide. Its currently legal only in certain states and mexico city. He made the remarks on the International Day against homophobiaia. To recognize as a human right that people can get married without any discrimination, that is to say that marriage will be allowed without discrimination regardless of ethnicity, disabilities, social conditions, health conditions, religion, gender, or sexual preference. Amy this comes as mexican president pena nieto faces renewed pressure over the disappearance of 43 students in mexico in september 2014. Multiple reports have pointed to a role by federal authorities and cast doubt on mexicos claim the students were killed by a drug gang. On monday, antonio tizapa, father of one of the missing students, broke down in tears as he testified before the u. N. Permanent forum on indigenous issues. He called for a u. N. Special rapporteur to visit mexico. 19 months demanding they be returned a live. 19 months seeking justice and we are waiting a visit to mexico by the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous People to resolve the conflict of 43 families and to find peace, even though we know they are not just 43. They are thousands and thousands full. Thousands and thousands. Amy in nigeria, a labor Union Representing millions of workers has launched a general strike. The Nigeria Labour congress announced the strike over the governments plan to raise gasoline prices. In france,e, as many as s 220,00 people took to the streets across the country to protest labor reforms backed by president francois hollande. The measures would cut overtime pay for Truck Drivers and make it easier for companies to fire people. On tuesday, Truck Drivers blockaded roads, police fired tear gas and Water Cannons and 87 people were arrested. Arlette perray joined the protests in paris. It is a disastrous law. We have not had anything l liket fofor more than 20 years. It destroys all the rights of them leads and retired people in the future of young people. I am retired and my place is here with the workers and the youth. Amy a number of protesters were reportedly banned from participating in the labor protests under frances state of emergency, imposed after the paris attacks and ahead of the november paris climate summit. Here in the United States, millions more workers could become eligible for overtime pay under new regulations being unveiled by the Obama Administration today. The rules allow fulltime salaried employees to earn overtime if they make up to about 47 47,000 a year. That is more than twice the current benchmark. About 35 of fulltime salaried employees will be eligible to receive time and a half for extra hours, up from the 7 who qualify now. In chile, the Supreme Court has asked the United States to extradite three former agents who worked for the military dictatorship of augusto pinochet. He rose to power in a u. S. Backed military coup, ouousting democratically elected president salvador allende, in 1973. The three former agents are accused of a role in the detention, torture and killing of spanishchilean u. N. Diplomat Carmelo Soria in 1976. In california, a Company Whose pipeline burst near Santa Barbara last year, spilling up to 143,0,000 gallons of crude o, has s been indicted on dozens of criminal countnts, iludiding for felony charges. Plains all american pipleine could face up to 2. 8 million in fines, a tiny fraction of the 43 billion in revenue it reported the year before the leak. An employee of the Company Faces three misdemeanor chargeges. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Chicago,the road in broadcdcasting from wywycc pbs chicago. Donaldld trump hasas moved a stp closer to securing enougugh delegates to win the repepublicn nomination. He is projected to have won 70 of the vote in oregon on tuesday. Although ted cruz and john kasich have suspended their campaigns both of their names , appeared on the oregon ballot. Each one about 16 of the vote. On tuesday night fox aired a , special with trump being interviewed by megyn kelly. Absolutely i have regrets. I dont think i want to discuss what they are, but i could have done certain things differently. I could have maybe used differentt language and a couple of instances. But overall, i have to be very happy with the outcome. I think if i did not conduct myself in the way i have done it, i dont think i would have been successful. If i were s soft, if i were, you know, president ial, in a way i t is a bad word because theress nothining w wrong with being president ial but if i would not have fought back the way i fought back, i dont think i would have been successful. Amy donald trump and foxs megyn kelly have been feuding since the first Republican Debate last august when kelly questioned trumps history with describing some women as dogs and fat pigs. Trump later said of kellys tough questioning of him, there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. On tuesday, Hillary Clintons susuper pac, prioritieies usa action, aired a Television Ad targeting trump. The ad shows voters lipsyncing some of trumps remarks about women as they wear tshirts bearing his image. You can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, bloodd coming o out of her whererev. Does she have a good body . No. Does she have a fat ass . Yes. If ivanknka worked my daaughteri would be dating her. And you can tetell them to go[bleleep] themselves. Does donald trump really speak for you . Amy as donald trump moves closer to securing the republican nomination we begin , todays show looking at trump is changing the gop. We are joined by rick perlstein, a chicagobased reporter and author who has extensively researched the conservative movement. His books include nixonland the rise of a president and the fracturing of america and the invisible bridge the fall of nixon and the rise of reagan. It is great to have you with us. Talk a about the ascendancy y of donald trump and what he represents. Fort is a complicated thing the republicans. S. On the one h hand he representsa continuation and almost apotheosis of decadelong patterern of playing to the reactionary rages of white middle class and lower middle class americans who feel dispossessed by changes in society. But he turns that dog whistle into a bullhorn. But on the other hand, he represents a break from how the Republican Party has handled ththat, which has always been wh a cecertain kind of delicacy. You can think of george bush visiting a mosque the week after 9 11. Donald trump isnt going to do that. But the other thing is, he really reeks havoc about the way republican elites think about economics. There is a decadelong project of creating a globobal trading regime. That outling to throw and risk a trade war, and that is very scary for the m mastersf the universe and the Republican Party. Amy so o what are they doing . They are actually joining the bandwagon, mostly. They are writing a tiger and they s see him as the person who has achieveved power in their party anand these are people who are students and followers of power and i guess they think they can control him. But in the clip wiwith megyn kelly, w we heard he equates the idea being president ial with the soft, which of course is the greatest sin in his litany. I think they might be in for a very dangerous year. Amy speaking in march 2012, rerepublican president ial nomine and former massasachusetts governor mitt romney delivered a scathing speech criticizing his donald trump. He focused especially on trumps economic policies. Is proposed 35 terroristlike penalties would instigate a trade war. And that would raise prices for consumers. It would kill our export jobs and lead entrepreneurs and businesses of all stripes to flee america. , and commendation with his r refusal to reform entitlements and to honestly address spending, would balloon the deficit and the national debt. Successfully bringing jobs on requires serious reforms that make america a place america want to come, want to plant, and want to growow. You cannot pununish bususiness o doing what you want. Amy that was mitt romney. Your response . Revealing clip. Most of f the things that t mitt romnmney criticized trump for in that speech he himself had done in 2012. He himself had baitited obama fr maybe not being bororin america. He himimself had played to the same kind of grievances. He really draws the distinction very hard at he is not treating business in the proper way with a popular trump knows that in fact, he is brought in stephen foundation,eritage the club for growth, to be his tax advisor. This is his attempt to mend fences with the traditional conservative republican elite. Amy Sheldon Adelson at first was not going to support trump. Now looks like 100 million. Pocket change. Yeah, these people hahave decidd that trump iss the guy. It is trump or nothing. It is veryry much like in 1964 when the party elites reaealized very goldwater was on a glide path to the nomination and tries to stop him and it was far too late. In 1964, they had d sort of the abandonlidity to goldwater. Inin trumps case, much more dangngerous f figure who basicay post of his indifference to the constitution. They have completely soiled themselves by jumping on the bandwagon. Amy during the campaign,n, dond trumump has repeatedly come undr fire for fighting his supporters to violence and critics say trump himself is setting the tone. This is a sampling of what donald trurump has said d about protesters at some of his rallies. So if y you see s somebody gettingng ready to throw w a to, knknock the crap outut of ththe. Seriously. I promise you, i will pay for the legal fees. I promise. Throw them the h hell out of he. To rip that whistle out of the mouth . I would rip should somebody do that . I love the old days, you know . You know what i hate . There is a guy totally disruptive, throwing punches. We are not allowed to punch back anymore. I love the old days. You know what these to do to guys like that in a place like this . They would be carried out on a stretcher, folks. Amy that was donald trump. Talk about what he is doing here. This is horrifying stuff. Like i say, previous republican you tapnderstood that into that kind of anger, but you certaindo so only to a point. This is very goldwater saying he would drop out of the campaign of his supporters began exploiting riots on his behalf. What is even scarier than setting his supporters against protesters is the idea of donald trump in charge of the levers of the american state and unleashing that attitude. Onone of thehe striking t thingi founund him saying that got no attention at all was that one of his litmus test for Supreme Court nominee the first thing he mentioned was the willingness to go after Hillary Clinton on her emails. Whatever you think of hilillary clinton and her emails, a president ial nominee saying his litmus test is prejudging a case and basically a pledge on behalf of that Supreme Court nominee to basically join his vendetta isinst a politicalal rival really beyond the pale. Youre not eveven supposed to, f you are a president ial candidate, prejudging criminal cacase a local level. That here is a guy absolutely it is worse than some guy beating up a protester, as awful as that is. Amy talk about Donald Trumps father, fred trump. Real was a very successful estate developerer. In queens, and brooklyn,n, and sort of the outer boroughs of new york. When i learned about donald trump and f fred trump a long te ago i thought, oh, fred trump was kind of cool. He was developing Affordable Housing for middle class folks and donald trump became this maniac who created luxury housing for the super rich. It turns out that fred trump was a very dangerous and frightening figure, too. In the 1920s, there was a klan march in queens. Police arrested people come all of them in lan robes. It was reported fred trump was one of those arrested. Donald trump has tried to scroll out of the more and more evidence seems to point out that fred was one of these guys. S. The group was in the pudding. We know about Woody Guthries song about f fred trumps racis. Amy the song from the 1950s, Woody Guthrie singing i suppose old man trump knows just how much racial hate he stirred up in the blood pot of human heart when he drawn that colored line here at his 1800 family project. Sort t of a big middleclass housining development in brookln or queens. This obviously was the c case tt this guy has a reputation as a racist. By the 1970s, the Justice Department goes after the Trump Organization by which time young donald is kind of studying at his fathers knee for gross violations of the 1968 civil rights act. Which guaranteed open housing for af