Civil rights leader Martin Luther King III sits down with Kristen Welker to share his thoughts on the holiday commemorating his father, Martin Luther King Jr., falling on the same day of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr., said his father would be “quite disappointed” with the current world, but not surprised. King joined NBC News’s “Meet the Press,

Ahead of his inauguration, Kristen Welker speaks with President-elect Donald Trump over the phone. Republican Speaker Mike Johnson exclusively joins Meet the Press to discuss how he’ll work to implement Trump’s agenda.

The coincidence that Martin Luther King Jr. Day lands on the same  Monday as Donald Trump’s inauguration isn’t a cause for concern, Bernice King told NBC News, the late civil rights icon’s daughter.

Ahead of his inauguration speech tomorrow, the son of the late civil rights leader said the president-elect needs to "set the tone."

in my judgment.” Watch Martin Luther King III’s “Meet the Press” interview below.

An executive order by Donald Trump demands the nation's security organizations create plans to release confidential records regarding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters after signing a series of executive orders. NBC News Homeland Security Correspondent Julia Ainsley, NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez and NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur join Meet the Press NOW to explain the impacts of Trump’s presidential actions on immigration.

Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant

A White House memo ordering a temporary freeze on federal funding creates widespread confusion. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the Oversight Committee, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss how Democrats will respond to Trump’s latest actions.

Trump is banking on voters giving him a pass and continuing to blame former President Joe Biden for high prices.

Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of #AfghanEvac, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the impact of President Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. refugee resettlement program, especially for the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who served alongside U.