NBC under pressure to cut Trump ties

More than 200,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling on NBCUniversal to cut its ties with Donald Trump because of remarks the Republican presidential candidate made about Mexican immigrants. The petition, written by Guillermo Castañeda Jr., requests that the network cancel Miss USA and Miss Universe, which are co-owned by Trump and NBC, as well as "The Apprentice," which Trump hosts. Castañeda accuses NBC of "supporting a hateful and narcissistic individual without any kind of values" and "supporting a growing trend of bigotry and division in this country."

The petition comes amid a public dispute between Trump and Univision that began when the Spanish-language broadcaster announced it would end its business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization based on what it described as Trump's "insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants." At his campaign launch, Trump had said he would build a wall to stop Mexico from dumping "rapists" and criminals on US soil. He later accused the media of trying "to distort my comments regarding Mexico and its great people."