now is president trump being asked a different set of questions about race. >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> no, no, i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. the that i can tell you. >> so there you have it. two presidents, two republicans, two men claiming to be conservatives, yet a great divide between race even among two conservative republican presidents. but after all these decades of progress, here we find ourselves with the reactionary and, yes, some would say a racist president. good morning. it's monday, january 15th, and it is martin luther king jr. day. with us, we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor