AP News:特朗普为2020年连任积累优势

This is AP News Minute.

President Trump is building a big cash advantage heading into his 2020 re-election campaign. Figures provided to the Associated Press show the Trump campaign has raised 30 million dollars in the 1st quarter of 2019. That's more than the top two candidates running for the Democratic nomination.

South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg has announced that he is running for president. He joins a crowded Democratic field and says the country needs a new generation of leadership.

Secretary of State Mike Pumpeo has met with Venezuelans who has fled to neighbouring Colombia to escape their country's crisis. He visited 4 Latin American countries while putting pressure on Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro.

And a suspected tornado struck a rural Ohio town, sending at least half a dozen people to hospitals. This follows severe weather and tornadoes in states including Texas and Mississippi.