woodie guthrie covered. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report.my goodman. we will be speaking about fascism in our last segment. right now, we are talking to mickey edwards -- served 16 years as a republican congressman from oklahoma. he wrote the book "the parties versus the people: how to turn republicans and democrats into americans." let's talk donald trump. how did he rise to this point? as it surprised you? mr. edwards: it bothers me a lot, the things he says. i don't think comparing him to the rise of mussolini is unfair. i think there is this bias, this bigotry, this roughing up people who come to primaries -- i mean, to his rallies. i think that is valid. i do think that when people like obama and the left try to say this is republicans, i think they undermine their own credibility. if you look, there have been 23 republican primaries and caucuses. not one of them has trumped got got arity. -- trump majority. had 70% ofem, he has republicans voting against him. this is not the republican party, but there is some force out there that is a

you come from the state of woodie guthrie. mr. edwards: i do. although i can't sing. [laughter] mr.s: i come from the state of woodie guthrie, but also a lot of the top country-western people. the i want to ask you about supreme court. mitch mcconnell said his party would not hold hearings to consider any nominee put forward by president obama to replace antonin scalia. >> it has been more than 80 years since a supreme court vacancy arose and was filled in a presidential election year. that, mr. president, was when the senate majority and the president were from the same political party. the same political party. in 80 years. since we have divided government , it means we have to look back almost 130 years to the last time a nominee was confirmed in similar circumstances. politicians when were debating policies like free silver and a guy named grover ran the country. think about that. as senators, it leaves us with a choice, will we allow the people to continue deciding who will nominate the next justice or will we empower a lame-duck president to make that decision on his way out t

a researcher found lyrics to a a song that woody guthrie wrote over 50 years ago about donald trump's father, fred trump. i believe it was called, this land is my land and this land is my land, and this land is also my land. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this land is my land. this is all my land. [ applause ] that's right. someone found lyrics to a sound written about donald trump's father, and donald was like, "big deal. pink floyd did an entire album about me called "the wall," and i made them pay for it. [ cheers and applause ] seems like we're learning more about all the candidates. in a people magazine profile on bernie sanders revealed that he a friendly's parking lot. [ laughter ] in fact, a lot of the other candidates have come pretty -- have come up with interesting stories about how they got engaged as well. take a look at these. first, donald trump said i got down on one knee and told melania, "you're hot, i'm rich. let's do this." [ laughter ] [ applause ] that's romantic. >> steve: that's romantic. >> jimmy: that's romantic. >> steve: pure romance. >> jimmy: season

people here remember, when in the midst of hopelessness, woody guthrie said, ♪ this land is your landthis land is my land, ♪ from california, to the new york island ♪ that gave people an aspirational hope, because it tapped into a humanity. it is not just trivial entertainment, it is actually tapping into our consciousness as a community to reflect, and in that moment, being most like our creator. briefly as mortals, being immortal. tapping into something that actually may speak to another human being, in a place and time long after i'm gone. a piece of art that can change it. politics may change persons' behavior, art within politics can actually maybe change someone's mind. perfect example, here in texas, justice black, for the first time saw genius in the form of a black man when he heard louis armstrong in a little roadhouse bar playing back in the 20's. you can't tell me that didn't impact him when he sat on the supreme court in the middle of the 20th century, and said, "okay, we have some citizens who's saying "they're being treated like second class citizens." "we have to look

you can't get left politics out of woody guthrie or pete seeger.nt was there to celebrate people's culture. >> if you like the music, you were really signing on for their ways of looking at the world, too. ♪ and then, eventually, one guy emerges as being special. ♪ ♪ a bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers' blood ♪ >> during that time in the '60s, as that cultural revolution was slowly bubbling and kids were starting to question authority, question what was happening in their country, they're looking for answers. >> bob dylan thought that folk music was poetry. he took beat energy and mixed it with folk culture, and it's more lyrical intensity than anybody's put to song before. ♪ and the negro's name is used, it is plain ♪ ♪ for the politician's gain as he rises to fame ♪ >> up until the time of bob dylan, there were the songwriters and there were the singers. dylan started writing his own music. >> he says, i am going to comment on the world, i'm going to comment on the nature of this human experience. bob dylan was sort of in this whit

. ♪ [music break] amy: woodie guthrie. more than 2700 americans went to fight in the spanish civil war. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. is adam hochschild. his book is "spain in our hearts: americans in the spanish civil war." adam, i would like to ask about the ceo of texaco at the time of the spanish civil war. he made a deal with franco's regime. could you talk about that deal and what the implications of that deal came to be? adam: he was a remarkable man who had a remarkable effect on this period. it is almost unnoticed by historians. it went completely unnoticed by the foreign correspondents of the period. here were all of these correspondents, thousands of journalists reported to spain -- , everybody you can think of during the war. the big story was the bombing of madrid. were, the first european capital under heavy sustained aerial bombardment. they looked up at the aircraft in the sky, which had been sent by hitler, and they never stopped to think, whose fuel i

>> vermont, alabama, i thought you were going to sing a woody guthrie sign there. for the democratic race, hillary clinton with a lot of big wins. bernie sanders on the board. >> on the board. he's made it clear this race is going to go on for quite some time. when you look at the delegate numbers coming out of tonight, bernie sanders did not have a bad night at all. at least four wins that he's got up on the board. and he pulled it in a huge hall. and will be able to keep this race going. at the same time, he showed his limitati limitations, doing well in states that are white voters. hillary clinton really showed her dominance among african-american voters and looking in texas, she showed a huge lead among latino voters. showing that she does well in those traditional democratic sto strongholds. >> josh, marco rubio, he has a win in the win column. he has a mark in the win column. this is a big night for him. >> yes. marco rubio beat expectations, which is the crucial thing. by not losing everywhere? >> exactly. you can only win your first state once. and he's do

. >> they felt betrayed, like you're supposed to be our woody guthrie and you sold out. ♪ how does itd we utilized our music to be able to reach people. >> pop musicians in today's generation are in a fantastic position. they could rule the world, man. >> well, i don't argue -- >> they could rule the world, so why don't we do more of it? we can stop world wars before they ever started. >> i disagree. i don't believe -- >> you know who starts world wars? >> i for one -- >> you know who start world wars? people that are over 40. >> really, really -- >> that conversation was unstoppable. you couldn't shut it down. ♪ he's oh so good and he's oh so fine and he's oh so healthy in his body and his mind ♪ ♪ he's a well respected man about town ♪ ♪ doing the best things so conservatively ♪ >> i think ray davies from the kinks and pete townshend from the who were the two social commentators. ♪ people try to put us down talking about my generation ♪ ♪ just because we get around, talking about my generation ♪ ♪ things they do look awful cold talking about my generation ♪ ♪ hope i die before i get

of little woody guthrie. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] [chanting] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ steel deck this strategy in encouraging voters to do so for john kasich said politics reporter for the website his cleveland.com thanks for being with us. >> it is great to be here. >> explain what is going on. >> clearly they are making it a temporary alliance for what they see as the bigger threat which is donald trump. >> there is a number of polls showing kasich is ahead believe the low single digits so is the support across the state where is donald trump expected to do well? >> like many others it is hard to gauge because there are so many new voters coming '04 him especially in eastern ohio that democrats will ripple -- will pull republican ballots this time around. while the polls show he is ahead they could be proven wrong if these voters the reagan democrats in they will support tromped. >> it is significant it starts the beginning of the winner-take-all 66 is at stake in? >> correct. go back to the strategy of the rubio campaign encouraging voters to vote for john ka

[applause] maybe a little woody guthrie? >> ♪ as i went walking that ribbon of highway meaw above skyway,less below that golden valley this land was made for you and me this land is your land this land is my land from california to the new york island from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me i've roamed and rambled and i followed my footsteps to the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts and all around me soundingas made for you and me." this land is your land this land is my land to the new york island from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters land was made for you and me ♪ bernie sanders! [applause] vampire weekend! ♪ david bowie: ♪ there's a star man waiting in the sky he like to come and see us but he thinks he blow our mind he told me let the children boogie and all the children boogied ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ announcer: the current delegate count has 651 delegates separating bernie sanders and hillary clinton. the former secretary of state has maintained a lead above sanders

a little woodie guthrie. ♪ as i went walking. ♪ that ribbon of highway. ♪ i saw above me. ♪ right insaw below me. ♪ that golden valley. ♪ this land was made for you and me. ♪ this land is your land. ♪ this land is my land. ♪ from california. ♪ to the new york island. ♪ from the redwood forest. ♪ to the gulf stream waters. ♪ this land was made for you and me. ♪ i've walked and rambled and followed my footsteps. ♪ to the sparkling sand of. ♪ the diamond desert. ♪ and all around me. ♪ all was found. ♪ this land was made for you and me. ♪ this land is your land. ♪ this land is my land. ♪ from california. ♪ to the new york island. ♪ from the redwood forest. ♪ to the gulf stream water. ♪ this land was made for you and me ♪ note [cheering] bernie sanders! [cheering] bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! [cheering] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ note ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ bernie sanders in illinois, one of the states voting in primaries this coming tuesday. another ohio decided to allow voting by 17-year-olds in t

evening after he spoke speaking -- sing ising with the musical act this land is your land, the woody guthriedown south, he certainly does not show it. he is off to maine in the morning. is he going to some of those states to see if he can pull off more wins. megyn? >> mike emanuel. >> it's sad when they're all wrapped up early and guys cleaning up behind them. >> sounds like we may have missed a little moment with the singing and this lands is your land. >> we should have made mike do it. >> donald trump adding to his win total tonight. winning three more states this hour. alabama, massachusetts, and tennessee. but, several others still too close to call. >> coming up, the campaign cowboys will be back with their analysis as coverage of super tuesday continues. don't go away. you're an at&t small business expert? sure am. my staff could use your help staying in touch with customers. at&t can help you stay connected. am i seeing double? no ma'am. our at&t 'buy one get one free' makes it easier for your staff to send appointment reminders to your customers... ...and share promotions on social