South Carolina's Primary: The Beginning of the End for How Many Hopefuls?

The Democratic White House hopefuls locked horns in the latest of the party's 10th presidential debate, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) coming under a fierce volley of attacks ahead of Saturday’s primary in South Carolina.
What are the takeaways from last night’s scrum? This is still a crowded field and will Super Tuesday cull the herd?

There are two conflicting portraits of Julian Assange that are being presented at his extradition hearing. The US who want to try Assange on espionage charges, say that he’s an "ordinary" criminal whose publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military documents a decade ago put many people at risk of torture and death. Assange's lawyer countered that the WikiLeaks publisher was being victimized by a "lawless" US government that wanted to make an example of him.

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court barred a lawsuit against a Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa, for fatally shooting a 15-year-old Mexican boy, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca in the face in 2010. Guereca was on Mexican soil from across the border in Texas, refusing to open the door for foreign nationals to pursue civil rights cases in American courts in such incidents. The court ruled 5-4 to uphold a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit against the agent
What does this mean for immigrants going forward?

GUESTS:

Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of "Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression." He also writes at jackrasmus.com.

Richard Lachmann — American sociologist, specialist in comparative historical sociology and professor at the State University of New York at Albany. Lachmann is best known as the author of the book "Capitalists in Spite of Themselves," which has been awarded several prizes, including the American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award.

Walter Smolarek — Producer for Loud & Clear on Sputnik News Radio.

Maru Mora-Villalpando — Nationally known immigrant rights activist, co-founder of the Latinx organization Mijente and community organizer with Northwest Detention Center Resistance.

Carlos Casteneda — Attorney with The Law Offices of Perez & Malik, who specialize in immigration law.