Wondering whether the 2016 games are cursed. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the the lead. Im jake tapper. Donald trump facing accountability questions on two fronts, his promise in january to donate 6 million to veterans groups and the lawsuit regarding Trump University, his controversial Real Estate Investment program. Mr. Trump addressed both today at his News Conference. Today we have new reporting going behind the scenes at the now defunct Trump University. Cnn Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin has more on that story. We begin with jim acosta outside trump tower. Jim, at mr. Trumps press Conference Today, he seemed angry about being asked some pretty basic questions on how much he actually raised for these Veterans Charities and where the money went. Thats right, jake. Donald trump tried to clear up some of the questions about the money hes raised for these veterans causes but he did not take any joy in doing so, accusing the news media of generating controversy
FLOC sees high demand for COVID vaccines among Latino and the Black community
FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez said the organization is planning to host a 48-hour marathon of vaccinations in May. Author: Roxanne Elias (WTOL) Updated: 12:06 AM EST March 13, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio The COVID vaccine has been in high demand among the Latino and Black community here in Lucas County.
For weeks now, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee has been trying to meet that demand.
Maria Suzana Martinez, a Latina, says the last year has been tough and it s why she s turning to FLOC. The hardest thing for us is well we had to stay home and everything. But we lost a lot of friends and we did lose one family member, Martinez said.
and republicans. he s a very fiscally conservative politician but he s socially liberal. he wants to legalize marijuana, he supports gay marriage, he wants to get out of afghanistan. those sorts of positions are appealing to democrats and it remains to be seen how he will break this this election, right now he s pulling equally from both sides. jon: mitt romney is in california making a pitch to hispanic voters. he s not going to win california but how is he doing among hispanic voters in new mexico? not good enough n. our poll president obama had 46% of the hispanic vote. mitt romney had 26%. he needs to improve on that dramatically if he hopes to win new mexico. i imagine he ll be relying on our governor, a very popular governor suzana martinez, who is hispanic. she pulled a 69% popularity in our poll. i would assume in the weeks ahead we ll see her a little more active for mitt romney in new mexico. jon: the president s numbers, the president seems to have
east, north africa and even beyond europe too. there has been a real weekend of deadly violence to tell you about. i m jamie colby. i m in for jenna lee. jon: thank you, jamie. thanks for coming in. also in lebanon the state department issuing a new travel warning for u.s. citizens this morning after hezbollah called for new protests there. in indonesia, protesters attacking police in jakarta and throwing rocks and makeshift bombs outside the u.s. embassy today. in pakistan at least one person killed as hundreds of protesters clash with police for a second day outside the u.s. consulate in karachi. this morning in afghanistan, protesters burning cars and throwing rocks near a u.s. military base in kabul. let s go to conor powell streaming live from kabul. he has very latest. reporter: this was not a large protest but certainly was a very violent one. it seemed like a riot rather than a protest. seemed the riot terse were out there to cause damage from the very beginning. th