he's never had a particularly strong relationship with theresa may. it's embedded in a deep, important, significant relationship. security, defence, intelligence sharing. there are very good reasons to take it seriously evenin good reasons to take it seriously even in the face of a leader who is on her way out the door. he's also laying the foundation for who comes next, he's looking to signal what it is the us wants from the next leader. that's why i think we will see a tough and certain position on china, that renewed threat that if the uk doesn't take a hard line on huawei that it will threaten future intelligence sharing. that is absolutely key to the relationship. that is obviously a considerable threat. would you expect that to be a threat that's seen through, where the uk to get a different way on huawei? i think it's a threat that the president will continue to find ways to put pressure on the uk until he gets what he wants. it's difficult to imagine that it would be in the interest of the us or the uk to let that intelligence sharing disinteg

he may not feel the same here. i'm sure he will say one word about theresa may. he has said likes her, they get on and that she was the first to visit him in the white house where they held hands as they came down the steps. that was the moment where she offered and promised him at this state visit. at the time, people said it was very quick to do that although there have been previous american presidents who have done it. i don't think he had even been inaugurated at this point. it was a quick thing to offer, something she may have regretted as things transpired with the controversy there has been. i think standing in those press conferences, and the questions donald trump may get from the british press he is not used to at home, all of these things make it something well worth watching. the camera shutters are clicking every time the door open. the us ambassador is coming out. mike pompeo as well. leading the way to the foreign & commonwealth office. i think we must be moments away from seeing the prime minister and the president emerge from number ten for that

theresa may and president arrived. theresa may and philip mae coming out of number ten to the couple. melania trump spent time with philip last year during that working visit while the president and theresa may had their meetings. so the two couples are now standing on the steps of downing street, just a a few days before theresa may stands down as the leader of the conservative party. and, norman, your thoughts on what we are seeing? it is a final farewell for theresa may, her last big moment, i guess, on the world stage. she will attend the d—day commemorations, but in terms of a major political moment, this is her farewell. it is a moment she would have hoped turned out very differently, she would have liked to have been this moment when she had completed a brexit deal, looking forward to a trade agreement with donald trump. instead, we have a much more subdued, low—key meeting. there will still be the news conference afterwards, which will be interesting in terms of more broadly looking ahead at the relations w

so what will theresa may be doing now? she stands down as the leader of the conservative party but she remains as prime minister. what does she do in this period of five weeks? well, it's a very good question, and it would be interesting to know from her what her plans are. it's possible she may wish to keep going with some of the legislation that's currently before parliament. it's difficult to see that she's going to make very much progress on the key brexit legislation, but there may well be things she wishes to do, and also, as you've just mentioned, there are lots of non—legislative things that she can be doing. you think back to some of the issues she raised when she first became prime minister, she may wish to sort of promote those, but clearly she's not going to have the time to introduce new legislation on these sort to things. sort of things. dr daniel gover, thank you for coming onto the programme. all eyes are now on who will take over as conservative leader and prime minister. in the commons on thursday mps

theresa may, a mature politician, says, no, i'm not going to respond to that. he also, i have to say -- >> but you knew that's what he would do. somebody hits him, he hits back five times harder. it's who he is. >> it's so predictable, it's very dull. but at any rate, the other thing that's rude about what he does is he's completely unprepared. he comes to a foreign country, our special relationship and he's reading those remarks for the first time. he reads them like it's a hostage tape. i would say that's an insult to the british people. and the other thing is, he's not prepared to negotiate. he doesn't have the details. all he says is, we'll see. we'll see what happens. there's probably nothing, not a single thing that was resolved in that bilateral meeting, because he's also negotiating with someone who absolutely has no powers. she's the lamest of lame ducks. and it's a kind of a potemkin village that they've set up for him and he responded to it. >> hallie jackson is back. hallie, are you there? >> reporter: steph, apologies. in the crush to get out of th

what will theresa may be doing now? she stands down as the leader of the conservative party but remains as prime minister. what does she do in this period of five weeks? good question and it'll be interesting to know what her plans are it's possible she wishes to keep going with legislation currently before parliament but it's difficult to see her making much progress on the key brexit legislation, but there may well be things she wishes to do, and also as mentioned, lots of non—legislative things that she can be dealing, thinking back to some of the issues she raised when she first became prime minister, she may wish to promote this, but clearly she cannot have the time it to introduce new legislation on the sort to think. doctor daniel, thank you for coming onto the show. all eyes are now on who will take over as conservative leader and prime minister. in the commons on thursday mps picked up on comments by one of the leadership contenders, dominic raab, who's suggested he'd be prepared to shut down parliament to en

what will theresa may be doing now? she stands down as the leader of the conservative party but she remains as prime minister. what does she do in this period of five weeks? it's a very good question and it would be interesting to know from her what her plans are. it's possible she may wish to keep going with some of the legislation that's currently before parliament. it's difficult to see that she's going to make much progress on the key brexit legislation, but there may well be things she wishes to do, and also as you've just mentioned, there are lots of non—legislative things that she can be doing. you think back to some of the issues she raised when she first became prime minister, she may wish to sort of promote those, but clearly she's not going to have the time to introduce new legislation on these sort to things. dr daniel gover, thank you for coming onto the programme. all eyes are now on who will take over as conservative leader and prime minister. in the commons on thursday mps picked up on comments by one

president trump will be meeting with prime minister theresa may. her conservative party is going to remain in power and there are a number of things the countries should be cooperating on. there's a number of challenges in the middle east from the ongoing war in syria, efforts to address the palestinian israeli peace process and i think the u.s. is more effective at addressing challenges when we're able to work in cooperation with european partners. >> there was a piece in one of the papers leading up to this, the london school of economics, speaks about this. saying this, thoughtful analysts agree that maybe the worst strategic move theresa may flowed catastrophe africa tast fee was to refuse trump's invitation right after his inauguration to get on with an anglo-american free trade agreement. >> the reality is as long as the uk is a member of european union, it is not able to have free trade with other countries as it signed up to in the european union. certainly once the uk leaves the european union it will be interested in negotiating free trad

she is with theresa may's husband. this is what spouses do while the leaders of their countries are trying to cobble together some sort of agreement. it has been pleasant weather in london. remarkably, for this entire visit. what should we expect when they come out today? >> it's miserable out here. >> thank you for clearing that up for us, clarissa. >> you look so sunny. >> reporter: gale force winds. >> i must say the backdrop behind clarissa has gotten decidedly more london with its shroud of fog there. thank you for the reality check on that. john, when theresa may and donald trump come out, what should we expect? >> look, as much as i and everyone would love to see a love actually moment and a lake duck prime minister should be in a position to deliver it and it might do her legacy some good in terms of domestic politics don't expect it. i think they will be talking about their common amounts, facing the future, unshakeable atlantic alliance which is bigger than any president or prime minister. that's the key thin

president trump will be meeting with prime minister theresa may. her conservative party will remain in power. there are a number of things our countries should be cooperating on. there are a number of challenges in the middle east from the ongoing war in syria to efforts to address the israeli and palestinian peace process. i think the u.s. is more effective at addressing these challenges when we work with our european partners. the: there was a piece from london school of economics that speaks to the trip, maybe the worst strategic mistake theresa may made was to refuse trump's invitation right after his operation to get in on an anglo-american free-trade agreement. guest: there will be continuing discussions about a free trade agreement between the two sides. as long as the u.k. is a member of the european union, it is not able to conclude free-trade agreements with other countries paid that is part of the nature of the economic commitment it signed up to. the u.k. leaves the european union, it will be interested in negotiating free-trade agreeme

the idea that theresa may would have any influence on him! theresa may would have any influence on him i think is a nice, hopeful thought. i threw it out as a possibility. final word on the us president, taking us to the front of the metro. he did use the word nasty, because it is there on tape, but he says he didn't. yes, he is lying is what he is doing here. he was asked about ragan markle. lying is what he is doing here. he was asked about ragan marklem this is in the sun interview. -- meghan markle, yes, she was criticism of him, which she is entitled to be, and he said, i didn't know she was nasty, and he doesn't pull his punches in criticising his opponents, but he is now claiming he didn't say it, i never said she was nasty, made up by the fake news media, will they apologise? doubt it. we should call it what it is, he is lying. he is caught on tape, there is no ambiguity here, no case if he meant something else, maybe he did, but he said it, and i would rephrase that headline if i had been in charge of the metro front page. maybe they

a grand leaving day for theresa may. clear even from the niceti, e two had sometimes clashed. prime min. may: i've always talked openly with you, donald,t when we haen a different approach and you have done the same with me. i have always believedhatd cooperation mpromise are the basis of strong alliances, and nowhere is this more true than in the special relationship. laura: for any british and onamerican pair, this relaip matters. nothing ever knowingly undersold by donald trump. pres. trump: prime minister may, it has been a true honor. i have greatly enjoyed working with you. you e a tremendous professional and a person that ves your country dearly.u thank ry much. really an honor. the american and the british people, it's the greatest alliance the world has everow thank you, prime minister. thank you. laura: as the u.k. stumbles towards leaving the eu, the president has questioned the prime minister's ch. prime min. may: i seem to remember the president suggting i sue the european union. which we did and do, this which we did not -- which we did not do, we went into negot

a grand leaving day for theresa may. clear ev from the niceties, the two had sometimes clashed. prime min. may: i've always talked openly with you, donald, when we have taken a different approach and you have done the same with me. i ha always believed that cooperation and compromise are the basis of strong alliances,hi and nowhere ismore true than in the special relationship. laura: for any british and pamericr, this relationship matters. nothing ever knowingly undersold by donald trump. pres. trump: prime minister may, it has been a true honor. i have greatly enjoyed working with you. you are a tremendous professional and a person that loves your country dearly. thank you very much. really an honor. the amer people, it's the greatest alliance the world has ever known. thank you, prime minister. thank you. ura: as the u.k. stumbles towards leaving the eu, the president has questioned the prime minister's approach. prime min. may: i seem to remember the presint suggesting i sue the european union. which we did and do, this which we did not -- which we did not do, we went into ne

warm smiles on the steps but some difficult issues to discuss with theresa may. earlier mr trump said there was a great opportunity to do a deal. i think we'll have a very, very substantial trade deal. it will be a very fair deal and i think that this is something that your folks want to do and my folks want to do and we want to do. asjeremy corbyn prepares to address anti—trump demonstrators in london, labour defend his decision not to go to last night's state banquet. we don't think that it is appropriate for him to have a state visit and we never have. a state visit is an honour and we don't think that this president deserves an honour. and it's been announced that tory leadership hopeful michael gove has been invited for talks with donald trump. we'll have all the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime. police arrest a man in the australian city of darwin after a mass shooting that's left five people dead. remembering tianemen square. 30 years since the brutal crackdown that ended pro—democracy protests in china. and waitrose wages war on packaging.

how much praise he heaped on theresa may. he has constantly undermined her and questioned her leadership abilities. he said he was crowd of her, she doesn't get the credit she deserves. that was pretty i can strooing. i thought it was interesting when the subject of the london mayor came up and jeremy corbin the labour party, he said people should be more constructive. he doesn't like people who are negative. there is this thing called twitter, you could read the president's twitter feed. he is a very good practitioner of criticism and negativity but at least for a few moments he decided to be the nice more diplomatic donald trump. >> it is notable although the president in that press conference did praise theresa may's negotiating skills, saying they are perhaps better than his own and said that she really sort of brought the ball to the finish line on brexit, it was just a few days ago when he was doing interviews with the british press that he says he thinks the uk allowed the european union to have all the cards. so the q

the first lady will be setting next to the duchess or cornwall and theresa may's husband, mr. may. president trump will be sitting between the prince of wales and prime minister theresa may. so let's and listen together. >> shepard: they call this technology live u. essentially what it does, it transmits a television signal with audio through internet technology rather than having to have a satellite truck out there every now and then when the internet signal is rough or when you're in a highly secure zone like a place where a president of the united states and royals might be, live u doesn't work perfectly, which is why you see the camera break up. here's another camera in the same room. when you have two, you might as well use them. we may have a couple of words spoken. there's the president, the first lady. you might have since next to the prince is sarah sanders. a position of great honor in that spot. looks like they have given them a spray and now we'll exit them out the door. sometimes the press will like the children. see and be seen but not heard. that's sort of what has h

he was very warm towards theresa may, which hasn't a lwa ys towards theresa may, which hasn't always been the case. there were some things he said which would have pleased the british. on huawei, having part of the five g network here, he said he didn't think it would damage the intelligence relationship and i think they will be pleased about that. then he talked about that phenomenal trade deal. i think that ministers will be simultaneously delighted and terrified, delighted because there isa terrified, delighted because there is a potential there when britain eventually leaves the european union that there is a big trade deal on offer. terrified because the americans won absolutely everything. he said, i'd like a piece of the national health service please and we'd like some of our agricultural to come in, even though there are different standards in the us to the uk. that is the bit that will terrify them. i think that will be quite a lot of going backwards and forwards on all of that. what donald trump does about it, well we don't know yet, because he has to wait and see who the

president trump will be meeting with theresa may in a couple of hours. not only if that are protesting, -- it's not only the people that are blo protesting today. today also the politicians will be protesting. some say it's an opportunity to stand in som l in solidarity. after a perfectly executed first day, there has been widespread praise of the president from the government. the foreign secretary saying this. >> i actually agree with him, that it's totally inappropriate for the labor party to be boycotting this incredibly important visit. this is the president of the united states. >> reporter: so the organizer are hoping for around 250,000 people. the crowds are starting to build. we'll see if they reach that number. the weather's turning so we'll see if the rain keeps some people away. there are signs and posters from a variety of people supporting pro palestinian causes, climate change causes. that gives a sense of the people who are protesting here. we'll see if they manage to shut down parts of london. back to you. lauren: thank you very much. ce

if theresa may agreed to a deal. he declined to specify anything as far as the details, but did reiterate that theresa may wants to do something that would jeopardize or undermine the safety of the uk. chris? >> we'll talk more about protests. and we played a little bit of that bite. he doesn't think that anybody reports that there are big protests there doing anything but fake news. i want to go back to the idea of him getting involved as other presidents have not in domestic politics when he's visiting a foreign country. of course, one of the big headlines over there, as well as here, has been the back and forth with the mayor of london. that was a question at this news conference. the president called him a stone cold loser during the flight over and i want to play what the mayor said about the president earlier just this morning. >> now, this is what you expect from an 11-year-old, but for him to decide how he behaves and not for me to respond and it's beneath me to do childish tweets and name calling. >> what is

ri theresa may. anti-trump protesters are on the streets of london. once again they were flying the trump baby balloon over parliament square. >> cnn just spoke with one of president trump's biggest critics in london, mayor sadiq kahn who discussed their ongoing feud. we will bring you a clip from that interview. >>> british broadcaster itv is reporting that president trump and bore vis johnson did speak. they spoke on the phone today for 20 minutes. johnson reportedly turned down a face-to-face meeting that president trump was offering. so we are standing by waiting for president trump and theresa may to wrap up their meeting at 10 downing street. they will hold a joint news conference within the next few minutes we're told to tell us what if anything they agreed to during their meeting. we will carry that event live for you of course. so here to discuss we have dana bash, cnn chief political correspondent. we will be joined at some point by charissa ward who is on the ground and also john avalon he

i thought theresa may bullet dodgedlj would thought theresa may bullet dodged.” would use a different metaphor. i think they approach the rapids and the water was thundering and they navigated sublimely through. together, which is even more bankable! paddling in the same direction. we could say on either side there was relief. there was a little bit on the national health service but that is all for the birds and the trade agreement is a long way off. we say a bullet dodged and whatever the metaphor is the ambassador would like to use. but the president has arrived you have insulted the mayor of london and he insulted the mayor of london and he insulted him again today, saying not very nice things about a member of the royalfamily, very nice things about a member of the royal family, have very nice things about a member of the royalfamily, have wejust changed a metric about how we measure donald trump's visit? what they remember is a very dignified and beautiful visit to the palace and beautiful visit to the palace andl and beautiful visit to the palace and i am reminded on occasions

may's successor, even before he meets with theresa may. he's also thrown behind another character you may have heard of, a prominent brexiter, as well. he said he should be part of the negotiations for brexit up until the end, up until fall. the politics tomorrow and the protest and the hundreds of thousands of people who are expected to flood the streets, that's going to be something to watch, hallie. >> and right now, matt, we are watching president trump and first lady melania trump arrive at westminster abbey. i want to listen and see if the president makes any remarks. >> some inaudible conversation. greeted by the dean and the president will now lay a wreath at the grave of the unknown warrior. you can see the trumps shaking hands and performing the greeting there. we have been cycling through some of these live pictures. we will get an opportunity to watch this, essentially as it unfolds. with president trump and the first lady here for what is an emotional and powerful visit by the two of them. their family, aides, you've seen on c

as you say, theresa may on june seven line to take. as you say, theresa may onjune seven is resigning as leader of the 70 party. it will be a tense final meeting. —— conservative party. the guardian and the other papers are taking the view on the protests. it will be logistically ha rd to protests. it will be logistically hard to get around, for those of us who are here. there will be massive protests on lots of issues including climate change. british newspapers are firmly down the line on where there politics are. the daily mirror, the left—leaning paper, a quarter of a million people will come out and protest, jeremy corbyn, et cetera. he will be in amongst the protesters. he was not at the banquet last night, he refused to go. and of course is thinking the next elections though go. and of course is thinking the next elections thoutheremy corbyn is playing to who the people are he hopes will vote for him and they are often seen to be —— said to be anti— trump often seen to be —— said to be anti— tru m p protesters.

he has been invited by theresa may in her infinite wisdom. you are fake news. protesters came armed with humour, mocking rather than welcoming the president. i'm a very stable genius. it was thousands rather than hundreds of thousands who filled trafalgar square and marched down whitehall, the sounds of protest drifting into downing street as he met the prime minister. why are you marching today? i'm just sick of donald trump getting special treatment. the biggest problem with him is that he is racist and the fact that the queen of england stood next to an open racist yesterday was absolutely and utterly disgusting. what about other leaders that have come to this country? i would have the same response with regards to someone like china and saudi arabia. i understand he is the president of the usa and we have to interact with him and perhaps have him here but i really don't think it warrants a state visit. the crowds are substantial and they are noisy but what they haven't done is stop donald trump coming to the uk, coming to central london and having his state

so today the journalist asked if theresa may thought he was a stone cold loser. she kind of brushed that question off saying instead this is something as they preferred more positive people as the president said who gets things done. they kind of pushed that one to the side. not really walking back those comments instead both trying to focus on perhaps more of a positive relationship and pam, that is something that we really saw from this press conference as both leaders trying to taut their special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. take a listen. >> we can also on the challenges we've faced. i've always talked openly with you donald. >> prime minister may it's been a you are a tremendous professional and a person that loves your country dearly z. thank you very much. >> and some of the topics they said they talked about iran and how to keep nuclear weapons out of that country. the climate change issue and one of these differing issues is climate change. they also spoke about trade. the president said he hopes to have a tremendous deal in place. of cours

on tuesday he'll meet with prime minister theresa may. although the visit is designed to underscore u.s.-uk ties, the president has been critical of the prime minister's handling of brexit negotiations. he's told british newspapers the prime minister should send the brexitere for talks. thank you very much for being with us. let's stay away a bit from the brexit aspect of it. i want to get your sense being based in the states and getting the view from the domestic audience what this trip will mean for president trump. he will love the pomp. he will love the pageantry. how much of this carries politics as well? because although theresa may is on her way out, he will be looking -- this is trump post-may era, isn't it? looking for the next candidate. >> yes, this is an opportunity for the president to get away from the impeachment politics happening in the u.s. and have a celebratory atmosphere here in the uk. he's going to have the red carpet rolled out by theresa may and the royal family. he likes those types of opportunities. you have to

but imean respectful towards theresa may. but i mean the fact is that he knows that theresa may is only going to be tory leader for the next two or three days and he is looking to the future stop and the first is going to be asked are going to be all the difficult questions. those that we wa nt to difficult questions. those that we want to know, why are you backing borisjohnson? want to know, why are you backing boris johnson? do you want to know, why are you backing borisjohnson? do you think nigel farage could negotiate a better deal? why do you think he could? and what do you think about your ambassador's comments on the us taking parts of the nhs or selling chlorinated chicken? those are the questions that are going to be the ones that everyone is looking forward to. there will be a couple of others when the two one about huawei. what about climate change and what did prince charles have to say about that yesterday? absolutely. on climate change i'm sure that he will do his usual i'm taking it seriously but we all know th

on theresa may's side this was pressure for a purpose. yes, the signal national front at an attack on british soil, but more than that, to reassert britain's status as a global player, deserving of respect in any situation and certainly should not be treated in this kind of way. there was a certain grim satisfaction then in government circles when the international community, america, europe, reacted in the way they did at the salisbury attack, joining britain in penalising russia. today, theresa may was very keen, it seemed to me, to be asserting her place, speaking for that wider international community. i don't think anyone in government, any official, any minister imagines russia is about to suddenly change its ways or show a great contrition, but this was about a very public, very clear show of displeasure, to be taking a leading role, a leading voice, and perhaps in that at least theresa may may have succeeded. and john, just this question of britain's relationship with russia, does this feed into the conservative party leadership c

i mean, if you were theresa may or if you were -- forget theresa may, if you were the incoming government, would you begin to sort of walk that path. >> i'm not sure the incoming government has much of a choice at this point. >> perhaps not. maria: in terms of the broad issues that this market is focusing on, it's obviously trade, it's also technology. >> yes. maria: silicon valley under the microscope. we want to talk about the biggest names in tech, they got slammed yesterday on wall street, down 7%, 6% amid a regulatory threat. congress, the justice department and ftc all setting their sights on the industry's largest companies, facebook and google. your reaction? are we going to see a different regulatory environment these companies face? >> we will, for sure. and i would say that the issues facing big tech are so complex and they include privacy, trade practices, just simply how social media affects our children which we see every day and all these issues are all sort of mixed up together and big tech has managed to actually unify republicans and democrats against them which is quite

theresa may was not willing to do it. the president is willing to weigh in, maybe by them a way out? >> look, i think that it is important to remember that he did write "the art of the deal" and the art of the comeback. he knows this business. he has been a very tough negotiator his whole life. i think that is why he likes boris johnson as potential conservative leader. i think he is basically right. they would have been much better off saying to the europeans, you have 60 days to figure this out. we're going. sue us. we'll not pay. they have to eventually doing something like that, the europeans are deliberately making it as painful as possible, to send a signal to italy, greece, hungary, poland, this is what it is like to try to leave. they're terrified if the british have a successful departure, there will be four or five more countries waving good-bye in the near future. ainsley: what was your reaction to the london mayor saying that the president was a global threat and the president fighting back and saying that he

we have definitely seen donald trump undercut theresa may in many a way. you know, brexit is the biggest example of just basically saying she messed it up. it was so different this time. why do you think that is? >> you know, they had just come out of a meeting. and they have known each other for a while. and he clearly showed something that we have not seen a lot from him, and that's empathy. on a personal level. and he was very open about the fact, with her standing next to him, again, that she didn't go about getting brexit actually done. and through parliament in a way that he recommended because shockingly he recommended going through the courts. >> exactly. >> it's quite a different system. quite a different system. separate from that, it was really striking that not only did he appear deferential, he gave her the best possible compliment that he could give anybody, which is that perhaps she's a better negotiator than he is. and i think that it was a moment, and i'm glad that we're sort of taking a beat to talk about it, that is so rare. >> yes. >> w

donald trump sitting down with british prime minister theresa may on the second day of his state visit to the u.k.. this is prprotesters gatather as london rolling out not just the blimp but but -- more. tech giants are facicing mountig pressure in n the u.s. as regulators and congress prepare toto launch antitrust probes. as the world marks the 75th anniversary of d-day this week, we will hahave the next in our special series on the normandy invasion to take on the intricate planning of f e assault. that's our top story, live from paris. first in sudan, security forces killed at least 35 civilians in a crackdown on t the ongoing s t in. break upnment tried to the demonstrations that had been going on for weeks now. protesters had been negotiating with the interim army leaders to replace omar al-bashir that was pushed from power in april. the government says all talks are off and will call elections in the next nine months. taking partctivist in the city enjoins us -- on the sit in joins us. were you there yesterday? >> i left about half an hour before the crackdown started. this has b

may, and earlier theresa may had the opportunity to read out a letter written by one of those he was preparing to go off and fight, let's hear that letter again, because it isa hear that letter again, because it is a reminder of some of the emotions as far as they were able to express them. my darling, this is a very difficult letter for me to write. as you know, something may happen at any moment, and i cannot tell when you will receive this. i had hoped to be able to see you during last weekend, but it was impossible to get away, and all the things i intended to say must be written. i am sure that anyone with imagination must dislike the thought of what's coming, but my fears will be more of being afraid and of what can happen to me. you and i have had some lovely years, which now seem to have passed at lightning speed. that was theresa may reading a letter from captain norman skinner, which he sent home to his wife gladys, and sadly he was not able to see her and his children again. with me is admiral lord west, former first sea lord and government minister. this is the slow progr

theresa may talking about how this can be deepened and strengthened. after this meeting, president trump will be coming here to downing street. he may get a glimpse of some of the protesters on the streets in london, and not so numerous as yet. they are putting up that now infamous trump baby blimp. that is going to be hoisted up in the air this morning, but we understand from the police that they won't be able to, the protesters won't be able to get close to where president trump and theresa may will be meeting in downing street, although they will get just down the road from here. they will not be in a position to have sight of downing street, therefore president trump may not have sight of them. the protesters may again be elusi elusive to him, however many they are in number. >> joining the trump baby is a 16 foot trump on a golden toilet tweeting. nic robertson, get us photos of that later on today. thank you. >>> president trump and the first lady attended a state banquet last night hosted by the queen at buckingham palace. the president walking

weighing in on the successor to prime minister theresa may. the kind of things most presidents would avoid on a trip like idthis. just the other day calling one of the newest royals, meghan markle, referred to her as nasty because of some comments she made about him in 2016. we do expect the president to disembark shortly and then he has a ceremonial welcome awaiting him this morning. >> we're going to have all day coverage on msnbc and throughout morning joe as well, of course his trip to london. there's going to be a lot of pomp and circumstance with these sorts of trips, and i'm sure you've covered these sorts of trips before with the white house. >> it's thee kind of thing he loves. >> he likes the red carpet rolled out for him. he likes the visit he's going to be making to buckingham palace and the tea with prince charles and the lunch with the queen. this is what the president enjoys the most. we saw it oversea ins saudi arabia, and the pomp and circumstance that was laid out for the president there and of course what he's going to be re

theresa may steps down as conservative party leader this friday. there is a short list of two candidates among 11 from which tory leaders will choose for the new leader. a third day of talks between the u.s. and mexico on trade and migration set to avert import tariffs donald trump is threatening to impose. plus, the african union suspends sudan as heavily armed para-militaries remain deployed streets. over 100 people are reported to have been killed. coming up, we will bring you coverage of the women's world cup kicking off in the capital this evening. climate change and sustainable development will be .n the agenda more on this story in our business updates. ♪ >> thank you for watching. we start with the top story this morning. may'ss the end of theresa leadership after failing to complete an important task at limbering brexit. she is paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. jostlingtriggered the of candidates vying for her job. we take a close look at those jockeying for control. boris johnson is the runaway favorite. >> wi

in the next two hours, theresa may will be spending a lot of time together. first up on the schedule, a business round table at st. james palace. then the president and prime minister hosts a breakfast attended by the duke of york and prominent british business leaders. talks follow later in the day and it is anyone's guess how this will all go. the two leaders already had a rocky relationship before the president publicly second guessed the prime minister this week on her brexit strategy. let's go live to london and bring in cnn's nic robertson. could be an interesting day there. good morning, what's in store? >> reporter: good morning, well, right now theresa may, president trump sitting down with five or ten ceos, you have glaxosmithkline, ba systems, j.p. morgan to name a few of the companies, and what theresa may is likely to say, we already do a lot of business with the u.s. british companies overall employ more than a million americans. look at the round table here, the british businesses here employ in the united states and britain about 176,000 peopl

he has always said he really likes theresa may. theresa may was the first foreign leader that he met in the white house after he had been inaugurated. there is a relationship there. but i think that donald trump is real politics. the king is dead, long live the king. he will have thought, why am i even bothering to me to theresa may for a bilateral tomorrow at downing street? there was an interesting phrase on a white house schedule which suggests he will only go to downing street for a press conference. downing street said, no, that's not right. i am sure he would have been thinking, what is the point of that? i ought to be seeing jeremy hunt, boris johnson, whoever else is going to be the next prime minister of the united kingdom, because that is the person i am going to be dealing with. and of course when that invitation was extended to the president to come here for a state visit, i president to come here for a state visit, lam president to come here for a state visit, i am sure president to come here for a state visit, lam sur

theresa may will raise the issue of climate change with the president. so it's worth having these bilateral conversations stop yellow ——. these bilateral conversations stop yellow --. i hope they have very worthwhile conversations. action needs to happen right now, there is all this talk about climate change, the uk parliament has declared a climate emergency but friends of the earth will only believe the action that politicians take and donald trump pulling out of the paris agreement is not something we want to happen if we are going to be serious about stopping runaway climate change. pulling out of the paris accord is what has happened. the point is, how do you respond to it with mike if you're interested in helping america to make the right decision on climate change, the way to do it is engage with their elected leader. what you may want to do is encourage americans not to vote for donald trump at the next election but in the meantime, certainly i don't have a vote on the american election and i think what you have to do is lobby what you've got

may, gabby williamson is at the heart of the operation, just as he was for theresa may. when he came onto her team, it was a huge boom, because as david cameron's pps later on chief wit, he knew everybody. he knew, and was able to speak to them ina way knew, and was able to speak to them in a way where he could sort of get down into their soul and work out whether they wear, whether they were telling the truth or not. the danger is. he's got that trench was better as well, hasn't he? the problem is that every and few things they are a campaign manager. they all think they can do this mother than the next person, and the danger is that they all do it in different ways. so you have some who might've decided or decreed that the person better suited for borisjohnson or decreed that the person better suited for boris johnson to go up against might be say itjeremy hunts, others might say sajid javid, so they end up splitting the vote, and this was a massive headache for theresa may point of view at that time, when she wasjust thinking you just come and vote for me if you actua

you heard it from the president and theresa may. she hopes the economic relationship between the two countries will only grow broader and deeper. >> absolutely. i think what is striking to me is you look, they're there commemorating d-day. we're at a time when we may see this relationship between these two super powers change. and morph. it is fascinating to watch and see what is the future going to portend in terms of trade, for instance, are we going to get a deal? can the president do a deal with britain at the same time he is trying to deal with issues involving trade in china and mexico and other countries? then also you look at other issues that the countries are a part of now. issues like the environment has been very, very charged issue. what will happen with huawei? there are a lot of issues on the table. prime minister may is on her way out. can they reach that kind of deal? >> bill: i felt as we saw last summer the two leaders show a lot of graciousness toward one another. that special relationship has been captured. here

may see president trump and prime minister theresa may. this is bloomberg. ♪ is francine, a beautiful street, the clearance house is there at st. james ballots. -- palace. francine: the security is amazing, a lot of european , we saw him go from buckingham palace to st. james and to downing street to meet the prime minister. tom: where will the protests be, in cornwall? [laughter] francine: the authorities have done their best to make it more comfortable or the president, as usual, but we expect protests in large numbers and he is not addressing the house of lords for that reason. tom: stephanie baker is with us and derek neilson -- erik nielsen. you are on optimistic but multiple trade wars, china, mexico, if it is friday, let's go after india and saturday, let's go over -- after australia and now the united kingdom, why would the president want to be adversarial with the united kingdom? erik: i do not know why trump does what he does. he is a divisive figure. he is a person who creates enemies to boost his standing in his constituencie

we asked you earlier about theresa may's last day at work. she is leaving as leader of the tory party, although she will still be prime ministerfor a while longer. we wa nted prime ministerfor a while longer. we wanted to know what you would do on your last day of work, or indeed what you have done on your last day of work. we have had lots of tweets in response. one viewer says, my last day was of indifference to managers, who were devious and corrupt, but a joyful goodbye to my team, followed by a measured egress. no spite or venom, just dignity. never says i would stay in bed. james says, i would take everyone for lunch and request forgiveness for lunch and request forgiveness for all my errors. that is nice. another says, i would take games in. malcolm said, i would spend it with you and victoria fritz. kind of creepy, because we don't work together. another says, iwould smile. optimistic brewer says, together. another says, iwould smile. optimistic brewersays, i would go around all the backstabbing two —fa ced would go around all the b

it seemed very much to be a decision that theresa may had personally put forward. the way the wind is blowing appears clear. we don't know what borisjohnson's view is, appears clear. we don't know what boris johnson's view is, he appears clear. we don't know what borisjohnson's view is, he is appears clear. we don't know what boris johnson's view is, he is the favourite to be the next prime minister, but i imagine he would ta ke minister, but i imagine he would take a very similar stance tojeremy hunt. he is best friends with trump. so it is pretty clear that that decision is going to... it doesn't put huawei in a very good position, it doesn't help those of us who have a tablet from huawei. and there is a key by—election in peterbrough. the guardian has a front—page piece about this, and this is with particular reference to labour's candidate. there has not been much focus on this by—election on thursday because of all of the stories that are happening around it. but it is a crucial by—election. people might remember we are having it because the labour can

prime minister theresa may, it has beena prime minister theresa may, it has been a true honour. i have greatly enjoyed working with you, you are a tremendous professional and a person that loves your country dearly. thank you very much, it has truly been an honour. thank you for the invitation to memorialise our fallen heroes and for your partnership in protecting and advancing the extraordinary lives between the american and british people. it is the greatest alliance the world has ever known. thank you, prime minister, thank you. thank you very much. applause thank you, we are going to take two questions from the uk media and then from the american media. beth rigby, firstly. thank you. thank you, prime ministerand firstly. thank you. thank you, prime minister and president strom. firstly. thank you. thank you, prime ministerand president strom. beth rigby, sky news. residents trump, as you hold talks with the current prime minister, the leader of her majesty's opposition has been addressing a protest rally against your visit in trafalgar square. —— president strom. he sai

obviously you described theresa may as a lame duck. she is resigning going to buckingham palace to resign as prime minister. she's not getting a one on one with president trump within downing street. what she's going to have is a round table involving many members of government. many of whom are running to replace her. jeremy hunt among them. also they'll get a tour of downing street. there will be drinks in the backyard. another history moment in there. it's a bit of a cabin. it's like you go in and it looks like a quaint little lobby there, and then it goes the corridors go on and on and on. i think he'll be fascinated to see what he finds in there. also i think what's going to be interesting is where i am. later on there's a gap between his westminster meetings and his banquets at the embassy or the residence behind me later on. there's a four-hour gap. we're wondering what's going to be happening in that private time as it were. and lots of speculation about whether or not he'll be meeting farage, boris johnson and potentially mich

how useful is it to have theresa may at this meeting? she is the outgoing prime minister and no longer the leader of the conservative party. on one hand it will stick in a lot of people's craw given what happened in salisbury, but also, diplomatic conversations are not a prize for good behaviour. but secondly, i think it is really important because while on the one hand the russians will not put much weight on theresa may the politician, precisely because she has one foot out of the door, on the other hand she does represent the uk. toutant is pretty much insulated in a bubble of courtiers and advisers, and probably does not get to really hear the bad news. i think it is very important that world leaders can look at him face—to—face and say you messed up, and russia still has to pay for that. we have two men who are vying for leadership of the conservative party now. both have experience as foreign secretary, of course, boris johnson and jeremy hunt. thinking about their relationship, the meeting is happening, but one of us is going

we don't have one because theresa may is effectively a tame duck. it will be for the new prime minister to dictate what their no—go areas are on a deal with the us, a trade deal. i very much doubt that a british prime minister would say that the nhs is open for grabs. labour will want to put that idea out there, but it is certainly not one that i see as likely. what make interesting that he spent some time, we'll spend some time this evening with michael gove who is one of the frontrunners in the leadership contest. is that an advantage to michael gove to get an endorsement? it is debatable, i think amongst the grass root of the conservative party it will be and if advantage, whether it will be and if advantage, whether it is in parliament is another matter. i think most people are mature enough to realise that whether they like donald trump or not, if we are leaving the eu, and thatis not, if we are leaving the eu, and that is what the british people want, then a trade deal with the us is very important and therefore a good relationship with the

that's exactly why theresa may is now the outgoing prime minister. what do you think the next prime minister will need to do to fix what feels like a completely unfixable situation? >> well, for those who don't know, watching this, last sunday we had the results of a national set of elections for the european parliament. and i was so upset and i us frot happened that i formed a new party. we won those elections. there is now a direct electoral threat. i would say this to you. the next date we could leave is the 31st of october. it got pushed on from march 29th. unless the next conservative leader who succeeds theresa may, unless he or she deliver brexit on the 3 31st of october, we may see a conservative party that dominated british politics for 200 years literally disappear from view. the stakes here are incredibly high. >> by october 31st, nigel, do we have a brexit and if so, is it hard or is it soft? >> these are terms invented after the referendum. either we're an independent country with our own courts, our own ability to make our own laws or w