all developments that probably have russian president vladimir putin sitting back and chomping on popcorn. jim acosta is live for us at the trump tower. martin luther king jr.'s son visiting trump tower today. do we know how that meeting went with the president-elect? >> reporter: i can tell you, jim, that donald trump declined to speak to the cameras after the meeting. martin luther king iii came over and spoke to us for a few minutes. he said he didn't agree with donald trump's tweet that congressman lewis is all talk and no action. it's generating headlines around the world as he did as a candidate. on this mlk day donald trump met behind closed doors with martin luther king iii, the son of the civil rights icon. >> certainly he said that, that he is going to represent americans. he said that over and over again. >> reporter: but it was only a brief reprieve from the controversy swirling around his inauguration, the incoming 45th president is slamming german chancellor angela merkel for