money. so donald trump solicits donations from wealthy people for the foundation, then doles that money out under his own name, which would be a weird and pretty misleading way to run a foundation even if all that money was genuinely going to charity, but if that money is being used to settle donald trump s own personal business legal problems, that itself is illegal. that can be called self-dealing, and trump used his foundation to do things like that again and again. it was the time a man who won a charity at a golf course sued trump for refusing to pay out a promised million dollar prize. they also settled. trump agreeing to donate $158,000 to a dhart of the man s choice. that donatio which was a legal settlement trump was required to pay also ended up coming out of the trump foundation coffers. other people s money. charitable foundations are also legally barred from making political contributions but trump used his to give 25,000 to the re-election campaign of the attorney general
he starts an online fund raiser to give karen the vacation of a lifetime. the goal, raise $5,000 in 30 days. i don t think anyone could have expected what happened. i could never have expected what happened. within three hours, the site reaches the goal. within three days, people donate more than $200,000. this whole internet community, 86 countries, they all came together to help this woman out. after 30 days of fund raising, the grand total is more than max ever expected. karen kline receives more than $700,000. i was blown away. i really was. i still am. karen retires from the school that dream intends on taking she also plans on donatio charities that are close to her heart. but karen s greatest treasure from this experience is the ourilovehe receives from around the world.
giving? i know early on in the recession a lot of charitable giving was down. how tough has it been to give donatio donations? you know, i think what we ve done, chris, is created an atmosphere that makes giving fun again. it makes it exciting and you can pick the person that you want to give to in the community that you want to give to them and so it really does help you feel confident about your give and it puts you in a mind frame that your gift is really making a difference because you know and since who the family that you re helping and you can track that family to make sure that your money went to where you wanted it to be earmarked for. andrew bo young ceo of give locally.net. thank you for coming on the program. good luck going forward. thank you. conatulations to all of those making the gre owe 100. you can find it at thegrio.com. alec baldwin says the dow is at 12,800. lots of troops are coming home.
martha: crossing on the ap newswires, the taliban saying the presence of foreign flood relief workers is, quote, unacceptable and are hinting in all of this, an attack, basically, the pakistani taliban spokesman is saying the united states and other countries were not really focused on providing aid to flood victims and had other, quote, intentions he would not specify and spoke with the ap by telephone from an undisclosed location, and the u.s., of course and other countries, mostly, you know, large dhe the largest donatio coming from the u.s., to aid those suffering in the tremendous flood and the taliban hinting they might retaliate against flood relief workers in that incredibly flood soaked zone and we ll keep an eye on that and any more development, we ll be sure and let you know. rick: new analysis of the health care overhaul. calling into question a major