We could hear from both the president elect and the civil rights leaders son. He was originally expected to be in washington today, but instead he is staying in new york city. Just four days in in just four days in washington we will see donald trump taking the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States. There will be a bit of a void in if the inauguration. A void of congressional democrats. More than two dozen now say theyll skip the inaugural, and it would be no surprise to see that number grow before friday. Donald trump, meanwhile, tweeted this. For many years our country has been divided, angry, and untrusting. Many say it will never change. The hatred is too deep. It will change. On this Martin Luther king day here in the United States, georgia congressman john lewis called on americans to stand up and speak up against injustice. Lewis wrapped up a speech just can a little while ago. He didnt directly mention his feud with president elect trump, but he told
Washington as they both fought for equal rights for africanamericans. The president elect attacked lewis saying he was, quote, unquote, all tack and no action. This after the georgia congressman said that trumps presidency was not legitimate, and that the russians helped trump win. Here is Martin Luther king iii just moments ago from trump tower. Let me briefly not just reiterate but state that we did have a very constructive meeting. The seminole right of the modern Civil Rights Movement was the right to vote. My father fought so diligently for it. Certainly congressman john lewis and many others, jose williams, fought for it as well. It is very clear that the system is not working at its maximum. And through an op ed that you may have seen, we provided at least a solution to begin to address a broken voting system. That was the dialogue, most of the dialogue that we talked about constructively. We believe we provided a solution that at least will give everyone an id. Do you know if c
It is tuesday, january 17. Im alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. Less than 80 hours until donald trump officially becomes president of the United States. And despite the president elects largerthanlife personality, the inauguration activities will be scaled back compared to recent years. There will be three days of festivities compared to five for barack obama in 2009. Just three for the inaugural balls, 14 for clinton in 1993, and the inaugural parade lasting only 90 minutes, the shortest on record. Still Trump Associates say they have raised 90 million in private money compared to 53 million for obamas first inaugural, ten official balls. The donors to trump will soon become public as a federal law passed under george w. Bush requires president s to reveal the names of contributors within 90 days of taking office. Though his term begins officially at noon on friday, trump said that the work will begin in earnest next week saying he will sign orders beginning, quote, day one, which i
Manager. We begin with details about that meeting at trump tower. We are learning a former Counter Intelligence offer also attended that meeting. Some u. S. Officials here is the top democrat reacted to this news. Its yet another very disturbing fact, if this is accurate, that another participant had not only russian ties but ties to russian intelligence. This is another disturbing turn of events. It provides another back to the kremlin that the Trump Campaign would accept the help of the russian government. Today donald trump jr. Said we know at least six people were there. There is still a whole lot we dont know. Where was then candidate trump . Yahoo news reported they found out about the russia emails weeks ago. Did they tell the president . And why didnt trump jr. Get all of the facts out there when this story first broke . Im more than happy to be trance pare transparent about it. This is everything. This is everything. Clearly it wasnt everything. There is a sixth person that ha
And later, Martin Luther king iii joins me on what his father would say about race relations, free speech, and activism in the era of donald trump. But first, President Trumps criticism of athletes protesting during the National Anthem continues to engage and divide the nation, and his language remains provocative. The nfl cannot disrespect our country. I saw this a year ago with kaepernick and i said this is a terrible thing. The nfl is in a box. They have to do something about it. I think theyre afraid of their players, you want to know the truth, and i think its disgraceful. The trump nfl battle is ongoing as taking a knee crosses over from protest to pop culture. We start this morning with this question, is the social justice message that originated in all of this being lost while his former employee employer gets to take the victim and has taken a knee an excuse to take a picture. Joining me now is dave zirin, Sports Writer for the nation magazine, adalius thomas, a retired super