wants unification with china. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news in taipei. we will continue to follow the story for you through the course of the night of course but we want to go to our special coverage now. with less than three days to go until the iowa caucuses, we ll take a closer look at the first presidential contest of 202a. every four years, the us state of iowa kicks off the presidential nomination process but how does the process work? let s break it down. the caucuses are how iowa voters from both the republican and democratic parties select their presidential nominees. the process is different from how most other us states make their pick. the caucuses are run by political parties, unlike primaries, which are typically organised by each state. and while primary ballots allows voters to cast ballots early or show up throughout election day, caucuses must be attended in person at a scheduled time. this year republican voters will gather at 1900 local time on monday, january 15
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
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 msnbc contributor mike barnacle. the chair of african-american studies at princeton university eddy gloud jr. cady kay. david ignatius and pull zer price winning historian john meechum. let me begin with you, john. history does not always go in straight lines. i do think, though, historians 30 years from now will be