Today, we further investigate the tragedy in Orlando. A California minister says the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting deserved to die. And although blood is needed for the shooting victims, bisexual and gay men are being turned away from giving blood. We discuss the tragedy, its aftermath and its implications with Jackie Goldberg, who was the first openly gay member of Los Angeles City Council.
Also, hundreds of thousands of protesters have hit the streets of France this spring, protesting proposed changes to French labor protections. This is on top of France's already tumultuous year; the country continues to be in a state of emergency following last November’s terrorist attacks in Paris. In yesterday's protests, 50 people were injured, including 29 police officers, and three people were arrested. What’s going on? Our guests are Diana Johnstone, a Paris-based journalist, and Nicolas Galepides, a trade union activist.
Plus, today is a crucial day in Haiti; it's the deadline to extend the time Haiti’s interim president can serve. The United States and European Union are still pressing for Haiti’s fraudulent elections to be accepted. We speak with Yvon Kernizan, an activist in the Lavalas movement in Haiti. Lavalas is the largest movement of Haiti’s impoverished and is headed by Haiti’s former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, who was deposed in a US-backed coup in 2004.