New report says Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women at the height of his power

Welcome to NBC News Daily. This Wednesday, we start with those shocking allegations against the late labor lever leader Cesar Chavez and the claims that he sexually assaulted women and young girls for years. In a statement, Dolores Werta, the co-founder of Chavez's United Farm Workers Union, who is now 96, alleges that Chavez raped her 60 years ago and that the assaults resulted in two children.Her statement followed a bombshell report from the New York Times. It published the findings of a yearslong invest ...