Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, donald trump detailed millions of dollars that hes donated to veterans charities, which might have been a celebration except he could not conceal his resentment that he had been forced to do it. Reporters have been pressing the presumptive president ial nominee for details of these donations. Its the kind of scrutiny that any candidate faces, but we were reminded today trump is not any candidate. Major garrett was there. I have raised a tremendous amount of money for the vets, almost 6 million. Reporter 5. 6 million to be exact. For the first time donald trump identified the recipients and amounts. Folds of honor foundation, capitol hill 200,000. Foundation for american veterans, 75,000. This is a special night for me. Reporter trump said he raised the money for veterans groups in january while boycotting a debate in iowa. We just cracked 6 million, right, 6 million. Reporter but trump could offer
Stories. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. This is a special night for me. Reporter trump said he raised the money for veterans groups in january while boycotting a debate in iowa. We just cracked 6 million, right, 6 million. Reporter but trump could offer no proof he actually raised that sum, and finally, just last week, he made good on his donationave million dollars. Continued scrutiny led trump to divulge more details today. How personally involved were you in deciding which organization were going to be recipients and how much they got . I wasnt too involved in picking the organization, other than i gave 1 million to the Law Enforcement marine they are fabulous people. They honored me last year at the waldorph astoria. Reporter today donald trump torched reporters who questioned where the money went. The press should be ashamed of themselves. I should never received such bad publicity for doing such a good job. Reporter dont you believe yo
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Week, trump made even more controversial comments, like attacking the federal judge presiding over his Trump University fraud case. I have a judge who is a hater of donald trump, a hater. Hes a hater. His name is gonzalo curiel. Reporter and then tossing out to the crowd that the judge is mexican. So what happens is the judge, who happens to be, we believe, mexican, which is great. I think thats fine. Reporter but it is not accurate. Judge curiels parents may have been mexican, but he was born in indiana. During the gop primaries when trump made remarks about mexicans that made many in his party cringe, his popularity grew. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. And some, i assume, are good people. Reporter that was the first of many teflon moments for trump. Unconventional, even offensive statements not sticking. In fact, even helping with Republican Voters looking for someone different. The question now is whether that trump teflon still works with the general
Reporter of all the many revealing moments of trumps conference you think im going to change, im not going to change its a window into what looks like his primary campaign. Its rubio a steady stream of sound bites nobody would dare say. Let me tell you, these people are losers. Reporter but over the past week trump made even more controversial comments, like attacking the federal judge presiding over his Trump University fraud case. I have a judge who is a hater of donald trump, a hater. Hes a hater. His name is gonzolo curio. Reporter and then he tells the crowd the judge is mexican. But it is not accurate. His parents may have been mexican but he was born in indiana. During the primaries when trump made remarks about mexicans that made many in his party cringe, his popularity crew. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists and some, i assume, are good people. That was one of many teflon moments for trump, unconventional and offensive statements. The question now is