Of kings assassination. This year the holiday comes as the us president has to answer the question are you a racist . On friday the president seemed to be revelling in the controversy he had stirred. Perhaps it would go down well with his supporters. But in a brief interchange with reporters at mar a lago this weekend, he was denying he had ever used the word, with which we are all now familiar. That was President Trump this weekend. To put that in the context of american history, here is Martin Luther king, writing from an alabama jail in 1963. Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty. Joining us now is David Ignatius from the washington post. Lets start with america. We hear those two lea d e rs start with america. W
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The biggest stories that weve covered here over the past seven days first off the Winter Olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand Opening Ceremony in the city. And any three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event however in the run up to the celebrations demonstrations and scuffles erupted outside the Olympic Arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another Group Protesting north koreas participation in the games clashed with police. Despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to find a solution to the long running conflict the south korean president says hes ready to accept an invitation to visit the north if certain conditions are met now this potentially sets up the first meeting between the countries in more than a decade the invitation was delivered by kim jong uns sister whos attending the Winter Olympics shes the first member of north koreas ruling family
I welcome his weekly with me kevin zero in here on r t r round up and big stories of the last seven days thanks for your time and taking that watches first in the Winter Olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand Opening Ceremony in the host city pyong chang nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event however in the run up to the celebrations there were demonstrations and scuffles outside the Olympic Arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another Group Protesting north koreas participation in the games physically clashed with police. Despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to try to find a solution to the conflict the south korean president says hes ready to accept an invitation to visit the north if certain conditions are met this potentially them sets up the first meeting between the countries and more than a decade the invitation was delivered by k