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On MLK Day, U.S. grapples with furor over Trump’s words

Season 2018 Episode 33 | 3m 01s

This year's memorials honoring Martin Luther King Jr. came amid the ongoing furor over President Trump's alleged comments and his views on race. While the president released a video commemorating the civil rights hero, his derogatory words reported last week about African and Haitian immigrants hang in the air, as partisan acrimony threatens hope of a DACA deal. Judy Woodruff reports.

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