kurt vonnegut. gore vidal.my: we will speak the nation's editor and publisher katrina vanden heuvel. we will speak about the hundred 50 year history, to politics today, from elizabeth warren, to ted cruz, to arming ukraine. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. former military ruler muhammadu buhari has defeated incumbent goodluck jonathan in nigeria's presidential elections. jonathan conceded after results showed him losing by some 2.7 million votes. it's the first time a nigerian opposition party has risen to power through a democratic vote. a spokesperson for buhari's all progressives congress party hailed the landmark result. >> we are all happy because we are witnessing history. this is the first time in nigeria that in -- a sitting government will be voted out of power using purely democratic means. before now, when governments are not popular, they are sit tight or removed by the military. amy: buhari's democratic victory marks

kurt vonnegut wrote "slaughterhouse-five" about it. whether you agree or disagree with the war this is an indispensable weapon and you can't give it up. john: senator dianne feinstein wants the whole program stem to stern to be analyzed. pat: well, you can never stop doing that, but the idea of giving it up is why not -- an impossibility if you are going to fight terrorism. john: mccain would like to give it up, too. eleanor: i agree with pat they're not going to give up the drone program. the think the president is ambivalent about these so-called signature drone strikes. you find targets and they appear to be muslim-looking men who are gathering and you make assumptions and if you can get to near certainty, you go ahead. but near certainty is not absolute certain -- certainty. but i think president obama owns the drone program even though it began under president bush. he has pushed it forward and i think the next president is either going to continue that or have second thoughts. john:two of the targets in this week's drone strikes,