we are going to block up the border, we are going to stop the border, mexico is making hundreds of billions of dollars for many, many years, and they have to do something about the border. everyone is coming through mexico, including drugs, including human trafficking, we are going to stop it, or we are not going to do business, and that's going to be it. and this is a man whose presidency has often been marked by the confront —— controversial rather than the diplomatic. that is very much in evidence as he makes his way here to the uk, due to arrive within the next 15 or 20 minutes. let us get this report from james landale. day one of donald trump's state visit, and the focus is on ceremony. the queen will welcome the president to buckingham palace with an extended gun salute, a guard of honour and lunch. there will be a visit to westminster abbey, tea with the prince of wales at clarence house, then a state

banquet back at the palace. but even before he's arrived, president trump has been causing headlines by saying britain should pursue a no—deal brexit, it should avoid doing a deal with the chinese telecoms giant huawei, and it should back a trade deal that his ambassador admits would involve the nhs. —— could involve. such is the concern of some, they say the state visit should not even be taking place. tens of thousands are preparing to protest on the streets of london. i think we've got to send a message on tuesday that people need to stand up to this kind of toxic politics, to this deeply bigoted and reactionary kind of politics that he represents, and if we do stand up, actually, we can start to turn the tables on him and everything that he symbolises. the outgoing prime minister, theresa may, insisted britain's relationship with the us had underpinned its security and prosperity for many years — but it is a relationship that is under pressure.

this state visit is supposed to emphasise britain and america's shared values, history and sacrifice, particularly in the second world war. the risk, though, is it also highlights differences of policy. james landale, bbc news. well, let's take a look at the schedule of the president and the first lady of the next few days. —— over the next. president trump and the first lady will begin their three day visit when the presidential plane, air force one, touches down at stansted airport shortly. they'll then board the presidential helicopter, marine one, to make the shortjourney to us ambassador woody johnson's central london residence, winfield house. the queen, joined by the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall, will officially welcome the president and mrs trump in a ceremony at buckingham palace, which will include an inspection of the guard of honour.

after a private lunch with the president and first lady, her majesty will invite the pair to view a special exhibition in the picture gallery, which includes items of historical significance to the united states. the duke of york will then join mr and mrs trump on a visit to westminster abbey, where the president will lay a wreath at the grave of the unknown warrior. the president and the first lady will then join the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall for tea at clarence house in the evening, the queen will host a state banquet at buckingham palace where she and the president will both make speeches at the start of the meal. the president and first lady will then return to the us ambassador's residence, winfield house. from pomp and ceremony, to the nitty gritty. tomorrow morning, president trump and theresa may will co—host a breakfast meeting at st james's palace with senior business leaders from both the us and the uk.

the president and first lady will then travel to downing street, where they will have lunch with the prime minister and hold talks. in the evening, president and mrs trump will host a return dinner at winfield house. the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall will attend on behalf of the queen. on wednesday, the queen, the prince of wales, president trump and the first lady will travel from central london to portsmouth, where they'll attend the commemmorations at southsea common to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings. they'll be joined by 300 d—day veterans. the queen will formally bid farewell to the president and mrs trump in portsmouth, who will then depart later in the day and travel to ireland.

well, we are waiting on the arrival of the president and mrs trump. the president's four adult children are also coming to the uk with him, and this is very much a mix of the pomp and ceremony with the practical, if you like. questions, i suppose, being raised about whether anything substantial could come out of these talks with prime minister who no longer will be prime minister in a few short weeks, and indeed who is standing down as leader of the conservative party on friday of this week. the us administration senior officials have been keen to stress, though, that conversations continue ata though, that conversations continue at a bilateral level on all sorts of subjects, irrespective of the

personalities who are in place, and amongst the topics, we know the two are going to be discussing the subject of huawei, the us concerned about security risks, they say, over the uk's proposals to involve huawei in the 5g network. downing street has also said that mrs may will be talking to president trump about climate change. i wonder if that's something the prince of wales will also raise with the president during their conversations. well, we can talk now to tom newton—dunn, who of course rather famously had a couple of high—profile interviews with the president stop what do you make of this visit and the fact that he is making some pretty controversial comments? no great surprise, though, i guess? no, not really.

everybody fully expected him to arrive with quite a loud bump. this is what he does. he gave us an interview last week which we ran on saturday, which was full of controversy, and in the sunday times on sunday. but i don't think there is any particular malice in what he does, i don't think there is any grand plan or strategy either, this is just grand plan or strategy either, this isjust simply grand plan or strategy either, this is just simply who donald trump is, he shoots from the hip, he tells it like it is and i'm not sure he really cares who he offends. the most important thing is that he keeps it going and frankly we all pay him a huge amount of attention stop what we do, and i was mentioning a few minutes ago that this is a president who is all about the controversial rather than the diplomatic. do you think he really thinks about it in those terms?|j thinks about it in those terms?” think his game plan is to get re—elected, to be loved by american voters. he is not too different to huge amounts of us leaders in the

past. america, if you go there or worked there as a journalist or the american troops abroad, it's amazing how little they really care about the world's reaction to them. they are very american focus. unlike any other world government or press corps you might find because that is what matters in the states, it's the us audience primarily. so donald trump will be looking at this visit, clearly he wants to be liked, that certainly came across in the interview, he has a lot of affinity with this country, and clearly he wa nts with this country, and clearly he wants that to be reciprocated. but what matters most to him is how this visit plays back in the us. he would like to see it go smoothly certainly with members of the royalfamily, if he ends up upsetting a few politicians, maybe some left—wing ones, frankly that is all the benefit to him but it's not the top of his mind at all. i'll remind our

viewers about an interview you did with president trump last year which came out, i believe, during that dinner at blenheim palace when he said he thought borisjohnson would make an excellent prime minister. he appears to have endorsed, if i can use that word, boris johnson appears to have endorsed, if i can use that word, borisjohnson again. do you think that will have any impact on the race to become the next conservative leader and prime minister? he told us last week he thought boris johnson minister? he told us last week he thought borisjohnson would be excellent as prime minister. he barely seemed to know any of the other leadership contenders, interestingly. we discussed michael gove, he didn't have much recollection of him although michael gove interviewed him back in early 2017. jeremy hunt he did know, he remembers him as foreign secretary and quite likes him. so he is obviously saying the right things. personally if you're a borisjohnson fan, you might be tempted to vote for him if you are a tory member,

you would expect president trump to like him. likewise if you were a tory mp or member who is not going to vote for borisjohnson you will not be hugely influenced by that endorsement. it is one of these things that really confirms what we know, so i would be surprised if an endorsement from donald trump or likewise a lack of endorsement for any of the other candidates would move the market at all. 0k, tom, thank you very much. let's head over to sta nsted airport, thank you very much. let's head over to stansted airport, lorna is there for us. just tell us about the build up for us. just tell us about the build up there before the arrival of air force one carrying the president and mrs trump. a lot of planning goes into these trips, woodyjohnson the us ambassador last week said there is about 200 people involved in the long build—up planning, considerably more 110w long build—up planning, considerably more now that president trump is close to arriving. in the last half

hour we have seen a fleet of us military helicopters touch down here at stansted, military helicopters touch down here at sta nsted, among military helicopters touch down here at stansted, among them three chinook helicopters and the two white hawk helicopters, one of which operates as marine one when it has the president on board. in the last minute or so we have seen a support aircraft land emblazoned with the united states of america, these are all signs that air force one is close. they choose stansted because it isa close. they choose stansted because it is a larger pot, an airfield that is easy to secure —— a large airport, and they are able to take the plane to a part of the airfield that doesn't interfere with the operations at the main terminal. what you can't see from the view you get on this camera is the operation going on behind—the—scenes. there is a support motorcade here if for some reason the president has to travel by car into central london, and of

there course is a considerable media presence here as well. i would estimate between 20 and a0 photographers waiting for that key moment when air force one touches down. once it does touch down on uk soil it will taxi from the end of the runway and come to a stop just behind me. it all happens injust a few short minutes, he's quickly transferred to marine one along with his wife melania. trump is accompanied on air force one with other senior us administration officials, his children however are not on board, some of them have already arrived here in the uk for this state visit, which is expected to last three days. so president trump expected to touch down on air force one here at stansted within the next few minutes. 0k, lorna, thank you very much. here with me is

our correspondent richard galpin. good morning to you. let's talk about the political controversy that donald trump is bringing with him before he even sets foot on uk soil again particularly the comments around boris johnson and again particularly the comments around borisjohnson and nigel farage. do you think he will end up meeting either of those men when he is here? i think it is distinctly possible. downing street didn't want them to have an official meeting but it's possible that during downtime, maybe he will actually invite them over and they will have some kind of informal meeting, both borisjohnson and nigel farage, we don't know for sure but can't rule it out.” and nigel farage, we don't know for sure but can't rule it out. i am going to stand a little closer because there were sound problems with your microphone. of course, there is the controversy around that taped interview where he talks about the duchess of sussex as well?

that's right. he is denying it now, denying he described her as nasty. this goes back to the 2016 election, meghan markle clearly expressed her dislike of donald trump, didn't want him to become the next president, said she might move away from the united states to canada and this is what sparked this. he has denied he ever what sparked this. he has denied he ever said she was nasty, but the bbc did geta ever said she was nasty, but the bbc did get a hold of the tape and listen to it again and he does say it so it's another of those trump —type facts and fake news. it so it's another of those trump -type facts and fake news. this goes to one of the key thing is that protesters will be on the streets again, angry about this visit, i dislike about president trump, they say he tries to create this alternative reality, if you like, and that's something they disagree with. yes, and we don't know exactly at the moment how big the protests will be, but they could be very big

if there is anything like during his previous visits, it could be thousands upon thousands of people who are very angry exactly about the issue of fake news and what seemed to bea issue of fake news and what seemed to be a lot of lies being told or misinformation being spread. that is obviously a huge issue. protests also by political leaders here including sir vince cable, jeremy corbyn, who is saying they do not wa nt to corbyn, who is saying they do not want to attend the banquet at buckingham palace this evening. richard, thank you very much. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. good morning, norman. much of the focus of the visit will be on the royal ceremony and the d—day commemorations on wednesday. how significant will the political aspect of it be? curiously, i think there will not actually be much hard politics to this visit, just because of the fact that obviously mrs may

is going. from the president's point of view there is limited mileage in delving into some of the difficult nitty—gritty issues and current anglo—american relations, whether it is in terms of our approach to iran, whether it's in terms of climate change, the one area where there might be some hard politics is around the decision on huawei and whether we give the green light to allow them to be involved in 5g. but overall it's going to be a slightly underpowered political event, just because, let's be honest, britain is in flux notjust in terms of who the next by minister will be but also our international position vis—a—vis brexit, whether we are going to leave the eu and what that means in terms of a trade deal. so slightly not the moment, it seems, when we are going to get down to some serious, heavy duty politics. therefore it will be an occasion, i imagine, people will try to be on

their best behaviour, it will be more about symbolism, more about our historic ties, of course the d—day landings in the second world war, and it will be more big picture stuff rather than the sort of nitty—gritty of hard politics, which you might normally expect in the bilateral you would get in the sort of visit. and what about his comments on boris johnson of visit. and what about his comments on borisjohnson and nigel farage, are you getting any sense that meetings between the president and those two men will take place, perhaps here at winfield house? that would seem the obvious location, in amongst all the other activities on the agenda. nothing confirmed, but as we the agenda. nothing confirmed, but as we know, president trump is nothing if not utterly unpredictable. it's quite possible that boris johnson and unpredictable. it's quite possible that borisjohnson and nigel farage may turn up for dinner. i don't know how much impact that will actually have in a domestic political

situation, certainly in terms of borisjohnson, the situation, certainly in terms of boris johnson, the president situation, certainly in terms of borisjohnson, the president has a lwa ys borisjohnson, the president has always made his admiration for boris johnson clear, he did during his last visit when he met theresa may at chequers. in terms of boris johnson, ijust think people have pretty fixed views about boris johnson regardless of anything the president might say. so although in diplomatic terms it might seem unusualfor diplomatic terms it might seem unusual for the president to diplomatic terms it might seem unusualfor the president to be wading intoa unusualfor the president to be wading into a domestic political debate, the actual impact it will have on that debate, i would suggest, might actually be quite minimal because i think people —— people have probably factored in already that boris johnson has people have probably factored in already that borisjohnson has much closer ties with the president than some of the other contenders. whether it will boost his standing even whether it will boost his standing even further in the leadership contest, i would be a little bit cautious about. so, given theresa may is standing down as conservative leader at the end of this week and there will be a new prime minister next month, when us officials say

even next month, when us officials say evenin next month, when us officials say even in times of political uncertainty, the us and the uk stand shoulder to shoulder, and there were ongoing bilateral contacts with a whole range of issues, is thatjust them being diplomatic?” whole range of issues, is thatjust them being diplomatic? i think that is very, very genuine. certainly, the president, you know, he has already emphasised his scottish ancestry. —— mackie has always emphasised. he brought the bust of churchill to the oval office. in contrast to president obama who looked more towards the pacific, tilting away from classic atlanta cyst relation. —— atlantic. so the president has always been acutely aware of the ties between britain and america. likewise from a british context, we have always seen ourselves to some extent as a bridge between the eu and the united states. so i don't think there is

anything hyped up about it, i think it isa anything hyped up about it, i think it is a genuine sentiment. it's also a genuine foreign policy objective of britain, to remain close to america, to retain the very close security ties, intelligence ties, quite apart from the historic links. i think that is probably what you will see emphasise most during the next three days or so. i don't think you are going to get really any surprising political announcements or developments. instead i think it is overwhelmingly going to be the big picture, historical narrative thatis big picture, historical narrative that is emphasised during the visit. 0k, that is emphasised during the visit. ok, norman, thank you very much for those thoughts, much more from norman later. let's take a look again here at the scene at stansted airport. air force one expected to touch down soon, carrying president trump and first lady michael true ——

melania trump, along with many officials that company the president on foreign visits such as this. a huge security operation already in place. last year and the working visit, it cost close to £80 million and it's thought it could be more than that this time round. —— £18 million. it was interesting looking through the details of a briefing that senior administration officials gave to journalists a few days in advance of this visit, and one question that was asked was, is the president going to weigh in on the subject of who he thought should be the next conservative leader? journalists were told, well, as the president himself has already said, he doesn't want to be drawn into speculation, but then within a matter of hours, the president is talking about borisjohnson again, as he did last year in an interview released in the middle of that

working visit. so although the town, the nature of the visit is different this time round, certainly the controversy that donald trump brings in his wake is very much still in evidence, with big planned protests for tomorrow especially. among those attending the protests, the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry. as for donald trump's part and his administration, they say there is no better time to have a state visit to the uk than the 75th anniversary of d—day. a key time to honour a shared sacrifice and service, the administration says. they say the

relationship between the us and the uk isn'tjust relationship between the us and the uk isn't just based relationship between the us and the uk isn'tjust based on personalities, it is based on a long shared service and sacrifice, underscored by d—day, talking of an enduring alliance. well, we understand that donald trump is tweeting right now about sadiq khan, and they have had a pretty tempestuous twitter relationship, i think it's fair to say! you can see it on the screen right now.

and i think there is another tweet coming, which we'll show you now. that's really quite something coming from the president, as he arrives in the uk. so, personal insults directed at the mayor of london, as i say, the two have had several skirmishes on twitter, certainly about crime in london, that has been the subject of one of those skirmishes, and donald trump referencing that again in

these latest tweets as he arrives in these latest tweets as he arrives in the uk. sadiq khan said in advance of this visit that although it was right that the us president was in the uk to mark the 75th d—day anniversary, he did not think the red carpet should be rolled out for donald trump. remember, this is only the third time that a us president has been accorded a state visit. and there we can see air force one coming into land. george w bush and barack obama coming into land. george w bush and ba rack obama have coming into land. george w bush and barack obama have also been given state visits to the uk, so it hasn't been a natural consequence that every us president has been invited ona every us president has been invited on a state visit. sadiq khan has been saying in this case he doesn't think donald trump should be given that red carpet welcome. but that is what he is getting. invited by the

per minister, theresa may, in behalf of the queen. —— the prime minister. richard galpin is still with me at winfield house, the residents of the us ambassador, woodyjohnson, and is where donald trump will be spending much of the morning before he goes to buckingham palace for that official welcome. richard, these tweets as the president is about to land, poor he has even touched down about sadiq khan. —— before he has even. about sadiq khan. —— before he has even. quite something! but not surprised, frankly. they have been sniping at each other for several yea rs sniping at each other for several years and this has happened before. what donald trump has said is in response to an article or an interview which sadiq khan did over the weekend. i have the quote in which he said donald trump was one of the most egregious examples of the rise of the far right around the world and he was a threat to liberal democrat x society. so sadiq khan

has made his opinions very well known. —— liberal, democratic society. now donald trump has responded typically using, obviously, twitter tom white yes, and using quite personal language as well. but this is grist to the mill for donald trump, he obviously enjoys getting into this sort of discussion, if you want to call it that. i think he thrives on it, he seems to love it, he wakes up early in the morning and fires off some pretty heavy duty tweets and he sees what the response will be so this is typical behaviour. but once again, it's obvious they not going to help the atmospherics and make it somewhat difficult for the prime minister when she has her meetings with donald trump tomorrow with all of this going on, and lots of other controversies as well. there is a whole list... i can see your notebook! absolutely, including,

actually, being critical of theresa may herself, her brexit negotiating strategy, he said britain should go for no—deal brexit if it doesn't get a deal at once. he has also threatened to reduce intelligence sharing with britain, if the uk goes ahead with any kind of deal with huawei to build the 5g network in this country. so a clear threat. all of this makes it difficult in terms of this makes it difficult in terms of the negotiations which are supposed to go on tomorrow with the prime minister. we can see those shots now of air force one taxiing at sta nsted shots now of air force one taxiing at stansted airport bus to richard, what do you think these tweets will do to the atmospherics with mac you mentioned that in terms of the diplomacy around a typical visit like this, what is it going to do? he smashes all typical protocol, doesn't he he just has total disregard for it. i think officials in this country, the foreign office,

diplomats, are getting used to it and they just push diplomats, are getting used to it and theyjust push it to one side, this is what he does. but a lot of this is what he does. but a lot of this now has personal —— has got personal with sadiq khan so it is tricky. but i think it effectively is discounted and i think there will bea is discounted and i think there will be a determination to push ahead with this deal because for britain, the relationship with the united states is absolutely vital, and it's vital it continues if and when brexit occurs. do you think these comments will energise the protests tomorrow? i wouldn't be surprised. such a personal attack on sadiq khan. yes, ithink such a personal attack on sadiq khan. yes, i think it's very likely. at the moment we do not know how big the protests will be. i willjust get you to pause, richard, thank you, as get you to pause, richard, thank you , as we get you to pause, richard, thank you, as we watch air force one taxi, soon to a standstill at stansted airport. and the president and

melania trump will be coming to the residency of the us ambassador in central london, where we are. welcome to viewers on bbc two, joining viewers on the bbc news channel as we watch air force one about to come to a standstill at sta nsted about to come to a standstill at stansted airport, about to come to a standstill at sta nsted airport, touching about to come to a standstill at stansted airport, touching down in the last few minutes, bringing on board, of course, the a5th president of the united states, donald trump, along with the first lady, melania trump. as he was in the airjust before he touched down, donald trump tweeted about the mayor of london, the city in which he will spend the

next two days, saying sadiq khan, who by all accounts