this is bbc news at 9 o'clock. i'm annita mcveigh in downing street, where president trump is due on day two of his state visit as the focus turns to business and politics after the pomp and ceremony. toasting the "eternal friendship" — last night, the queen and donald trump celebrate the alliance between britain and america. this morning the president is meeting business leaders before holding talks with theresa may and her senior ministers to discuss climate change, huawei and iran. i'm joanna gosling at buckingham palace, where president trump is due to arrive shortly to begin the second day of his visit. but not everyone is happy to see him — big protests are planned in london

and other cities around the uk. good morning from downing street, where, after all the pomp and ceremony of yesterday, president trump gets down to the business end of his three day state visit. after a glittering state banquet at buckingham palace last night, where the president praised the "eternal friendship" between the uk and us, he'll come here to meet theresa may and her senior ministers. lets ta ke lets take a look at what we can expect today.

first though, the president and prime minister will co—host a breakfast meeting this morning at stjames‘ palace — with senior business leaders from both the us and the uk. president trump and the first lady will then travel to downing street, where they will have lunch with the prime minister before those talks begin. and this evening, president and mrs trump will host a return dinner at winfield house — where the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall will attend on behalf of the queen. well, in around two hours‘ time, mr trump will meet theresa may, to discuss a range of issues, including some they don't see eye to eye on, as our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. ‘god save the queen' plays last night, pomp and ceremony at the state banquet.

mr president, i'm delighted to welcome you and mrs trump... and a celebration of the close links between the uk and the us. on behalf of all americans, i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations, and to the long cherished and truly remarkable reign of her majesty the queen. critics of the president, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn and the lib dem leader sir vince cable didn't turn up. and there are some underlying tensions even amongst close allies. today the prime minister and president will exchange gifts, but they'll also exchange views on issues where they don't see eye to eye. the prime minister is likely to be critical of the us administration on climate change. there are differences on how to handle iran's nuclear ambitions. and tensions over the chinese tech firm huawei.

the president doesn't want america's allies to give contracts to a firm he thinks is too close to the chinese government. but the prime minister hasn't ruled out doing business with them entirely. theresa may will have opportunities to chat on a one—to—one basis with donald trump today. but their main meeting will also be attended by other ministers and advisers. with theresa may's time at number ten coming to an end soon, the us administration may well want to take an overview of the candidates who are vying to replace her. iain watson, bbc news. let us take a look at what is going on in parliament square. that is where, i bet you can guess what that is, it is the trump balloon, the focal point for those protests during last year's working visit, and it is being inflated because it

is going to be flying in the london skies again. let us see how big the protest is this time round. big protests last year, you may remember, when the news emerged donald trump was coming for that working visit in july, donald trump was coming for that working visit injuly, well, huge protests a nd working visit injuly, well, huge protests and lots of signatures, 1.8 million on a petition saying he shouldn't be coming for a working visit, a state visit or anything else but he did come and huge protests accompanied that visit. although the president basically travelled between all the locations he was attending by marine one, the helicopter, so he was kept well away from any protesters. will he see any today? as we have from experts, there are three stages of the cord and between the president any one time so maybe he will catch eclipse this time, but the protesters kind of merging under that strop —— stop

trump coalition, are hoping he will. let's speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith. what do you think theresa may and donald trump will be hoping to get out of the day? it's really hard to think what they actually want, because this is such an unusual event. normally it would be a huge diplomatic and political moment, both would have key issues they wa nted both would have key issues they wanted to press and get out, but today just simple because wanted to press and get out, but todayjust simple because theresa may will not be around much longer, there is a limited amount the president will want to invest in terms of building a relationship with theresa may, trying to settle some of the differences over huawei 01’ some of the differences over huawei or whatever, all of that i suspect will be pushed to one side because he's going to be looking over her shoulder to look at who is coming next. for theresa may, she really can't decide anything, it will be left to her successor so it is a curious limbo land meeting. it

wasn't even clear they were going to have a bilateral. team trump didn't seem that keen on it, perhaps not surprising. so we have ended up with a much bigger bilateral, it will not bea a much bigger bilateral, it will not be a one on one, it will be a sort of broader cast list of some ministers, some officials, and they will kind of go through the paces. president trump will raise huawei, mrs may no doubt will raise concerns about us policy towards iran. but it's a slightly phony meeting in that sense. and i wonder, actually, if the real drama of the day will come afterwards and we get the press conference, for a couple of reasons, firstly, donald trump of easy shoots from the lip, says what he thinks, he will no doubt cause waves. interesting too for mrs may because this i think is probably our last major news conference. so for her it isa major news conference. so for her it is a big moment and i wonder whether she might be pushed at all into

giving another sort of fairly resounding defence of her doomed brexit deal. so that might be the political drama of the death top elsewhere we havejeremy corbyn just up elsewhere we havejeremy corbyn just up the road speaking to demonstrators. —— political drama of the day. i can't recall another leader of the opposition notjust boycotting a state visit but actually addressing the main protest rally. he has come in for some criticism, including from liam fox. we are at the heart of nato with the united states, we are the fourth biggest military budget in the world, and we take our global security responsibilities very seriously. we've got a permanent seat on the security council, along with the united states. so there are those very strong bonds which i think were being celebrated, and i have to say, which is why i thought it was so bad that the leader of the opposition stayed away. the president is there as a guest of the united kingdom. he seems to want to alienate the united states,

as well as dropping our nuclear weapons, which of course have been part of the preservation of that peace for so long. whatever the criticism of jeremy corbyn that decision within the labour party seems to be hugely popular and there will be other significant labour figures speaking at the demonstration, including emily thornberry, who was arguing this morning that it wasn't a protest against america, she was a big fan of american values, it was a protest specifically against donald trump. our position goes like this. of course we do business with donald trump, and it's not that we are boycotting donald trump. if he wants to see us, we are more than happy to see him, and more than happy to discuss matters with him. but we don't think it's appropriate for him to have a state visit, and we never have. a state visit is an honour, and we don't think this president deserves an honour. norman, theresa may obviously has been stung by comments made by

donald trump, if we think back to last year, codes amounts from an interview he did saying he thought borisjohnson would interview he did saying he thought boris johnson would make interview he did saying he thought borisjohnson would make a good prime minister. how wary will she be, and her officials, how wary will they be about what might unfold today? i would initially say of course they will be approaching with trepidation because donald trump tends to go off piste when he has at these news conferences. but in a curious way i think it has been factored in, i'm not sure there is much more he can say, he has already said he thinks we should leave without a deal and he actually thinks borisjohnson would be a pretty good prime minister. you mentioned the last news conference when he was at chequers, it was a staggering event, he loves these occasions, he eats up journalists for breakfast. i remember him telling the reporter from for breakfast. i remember him telling the reporterfrom cnn for breakfast. i remember him telling the reporter from cnn to sit down, that he was fake news! he loves it. theresa may hates it. you can see she hates it. she is

uncomfortable in those sort of environments. it's an extraordinary contrast between two very, very different operators, at two very different operators, at two very different times in their lives, mrs may on the way out, donald trump at the moment riding on the back of an economy that's doing well, and the dynamic is incredibly different. will she find it difficult or embarrassing if president trump extols the virtue of borisjohnson, 01’ extols the virtue of borisjohnson, or starts criticising her approach to brexit? i don't think so, i think it is almost factored in. i think the interesting thing be how mrs may handles that news conference. because it is her last news conference and to what extent it becomes a sort of valedictory occasion and to what extent she uses it to again defend her brexit deal, because it is interesting listening to the different tory leadership candidates, a good number of them seem candidates, a good number of them seem to be coming round to a not hugely to similar position to her, which is, we have to accept a deal of some sort and they are not going

to reopen the withdrawal agreement so to reopen the withdrawal agreement soi to reopen the withdrawal agreement so i wonder whether she might again use this final news conference to say in terms of, my brexit deal is the best we are going to get. and the best we are going to get. and the fact the uk has not sorted out its future relationship with the eu, thatis its future relationship with the eu, that is one huge barrier to any discussions between the uk and any other potential partners, in this case the united states, but in trade agreements. and i suppose the other great unknown today is whether that meeting will go ahead with boris johnson and donald trump. we know mr trump mooted the idea before he arrived, borisjohnson‘s team had said there was no invitation. but i imagine for boris johnson, said there was no invitation. but i imagine for borisjohnson, he would think that puts a little bit more rocket fuel in his leadership campaign, because if you are a tory voter wondering who to back and you see borisjohnson with donald trump, you're thinking, ok, this is a man who can hold his own with the big

hitters and potentially get is that crucial trade deal with america once we leave the eu. let us see if that meeting happens. much speculated about. for the moment, thank you very much. i can see the sniffer dogs, huge security everywhere including downing street, much of the focus will be here on this day, the focus will be here on this day, the second of the president's state visit. as well as the politics, it's also a day about protest, as norman was saying, jeremy corbyn and emily thornberry and one of the lib dems leadership candidates ed davey will be at the process. —— protests. leigh milner is at parliament square. yes, well, the infamous baby trump blimp has made a comeback to parliament square, just metres away from downing street, where the president will be meeting theresa

may. so, no doubt he will see this blimp, which is currently being inflated behind me, he is on his face at the moment and he's attracting quite a crowd, to be honest! we have american press, press from the uk and members of the public. this is six metres tall so no doubt he will see it. the people in right behind me, they are his baby—sitters. you in right behind me, they are his ba by—sitters. you look in right behind me, they are his baby—sitters. you look after the baby—sitters, you baby—sitters. you look after the ba by—sitters, you are baby—sitters. you look after the baby—sitters, you are from the stop truck coalition. why have you brought him back again? he's back by popular demand. when the blimp organisers said they wanted to bring him back when the state visit was announced, they did it on condition that £30,000 would be raised for a numberof that £30,000 would be raised for a number of charities. hard—working people in britain and across the world dug into the pockets, got the money out, and said, we want this fella back. don't you think it is disrespected? i think donald trump is deeply disrespectful and his policies of this respectful and many

other things too. this is a fun and humorous way of people here protesting against a president that some of us don't agree with. but what would you say to the people who do agree with him, who are currently living in this country feeling quite ashamed we are putting on such a display? i would say don't feel ashamed, come out and have fun, if you support him that is your democratic right, he has the right to be in this country, we have a right to protest him. because that's how democracy works. he has been travelling around the world, raising money as well, £30,000 for some of those organisations. what's your plan for the rest of the day? we plan for the rest of the day? we plan to have a fun: level of resistance against the trump administration's policy. —— is a fun corner. the money is being raised for women's rights organisations, reproductive rights organisations, refugee organisations, organisations fighting racism, so many reasons to be out on the streets to protest

this president. that is why the blimp is back. we are expecting president trump later today to go past the road right behind my cameraman so no doubt he will see it, let's see what he tweets about this! thank you very much. our guest was saying so many this! thank you very much. our guest was saying so many reasons this! thank you very much. our guest was saying so many reasons to be on the streets to protest and i think if you compare on —— donald trump to other presidents, the protests against george w bush were largely about the iraq war, but the protesters today are protesting over a wide range of issues. let us see how big the protest turns out to be today, both in london and in other cities around the uk compared to the huge one in london last year winding its way through the streets of westminster. let's go now to buckingham palace — joanna gosling is there. it's a good place to keep an eye on the comings and goings of marine one. good morning, joanna. good

morning. marine one is due to land here any time and bring president trump to the palace again and he will be leaving from here in the beast, that nine tonne armoured vehicle that transports him around the city whenever he is not going by helicopter. we saw the motorcade arrived earlier, you may have seen it, it has an ambulance complete with the president's blood on board, and the beast and numerous other vehicles. but no sign at the moment of marine one bringing the president. let's go to winfield house and we can join president. let's go to winfield house and we canjoin richard galpin. has it left there yet? not as far as we know. we don't have a clear view of winfield house from here. we can hear some helicopters in the air, but we are not sure whether he has actually left here so far. obviously he is staying there, and the set piece event today

politically is the news conference in westminster. but the big event tonight is going to be that banquet hosted by the ambassador? yes, that's obviously going to be an important event, a dinner, a lot of guests will be coming here this evening, what we don't know is whether people like borisjohnson are going to be there, have been invited or whether nigel farage will be turning up. there have been a lot of rumours about whether mr trump will try and meet the two of them. but so far we have not had any word about whether that will happen. there is a bit of mystery about a sort of for our gap in the schedule when the banquet —— before the banquet begins, when the prison arrives back where you are and there is speculation as to what might happen in that time. they mayjust wa nt to happen in that time. they mayjust want to rest. are you hearing anything about what they might do in that time? now, but they do always

build in some downtime during these visits so that the president is not co nsta ntly visits so that the president is not constantly on his feet running around. so it's not unusual that you have a bit of time to just take a breath and pause and wait for the next event. but now, we don't know much more about that at the moment. —— but no. we arejust much more about that at the moment. —— but no. we are just seeing that donald trump has been tweeting again in the past few moments, actively tweeting throughout this visit! some more controversial than others. the latest one is a video of inside the palace when he was being shown around by the queen and being shown some of the treasures inside the palace that are particularly releva nt to palace that are particularly relevant to the united states, and also we can see him going into westminster abbey, along with melania, at the tomb of the unknown

warren air —— unknown warrior. it is a very busy tour and the focus today is on the politics. obviously with this meeting with theresa may and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, they will be going through a whole range of issues. but i think it is somewhat muted, in the sense that theresa may is standing down this week as leader of the conservative party, and we think mr trump, well, we know he has backed borisjohnson to be the next prime minister so he has already been looking ahead in some ways. but obviously a lot of important issues to be talked about, particularly the trade deal, we understand the prime minister will also raise the issue of climate change, something which britain very much disagrees with the approach of donald trump, he seems to be a climate change denier. so those talks will be going on later, then

there is the press conference and i'm sure everybody will be holding their breath a little bit during that as to what mr trump may or may not say. he will shoot from the hip, not say. he will shoot from the hip, no doubt. and obviously theresa may is going so this will be her last big set piece news conference before she leaves office this week. it feels like it has come full circle since theresa may invited president trump to come to this country for that state visit and now it's happening in the last week of her being in office. yes, that's right. i also must say that there were earlier tweet spine donald trump in which he has been saying that this visit has gone very well. —— tweets from donald trump. us officials are saying the same thing, they are delighted with the way in which this visit has gone for donald trump. obviously, the optics, as the americans say, are very, very good for him, the fact he has spent an entire day with the queen and with

all the other senior royals, that will play very well for him back home, all this coverage being broadcast in the united states. and the key thing is next year in the united states, it is an election year and donald trump, we assume, will be looking to go for a second term. to all the imagery today burnishing his image is going to play very well for him and help him next year. richard, thank you. it looks like they might be running a bit late, we were expecting marine one to be landing at buckingham palace about now. so we are keeping an eye on the sky to see when marine one does arrive. the state visit is understandably being watched very closely in the united states, as we we re closely in the united states, as we were hearing. i think we can hear from a cbs news correspondent. tonight on the cbs evening news... fanfare and feuds, as president trump begins a state visit to britain.

the official royal welcome came earlier in the day out in the palace garden. the attire, undeniably british. the music, unmistakably american. in london, the president did what presidents do, including laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown warrior. and just minutes before touching down in london, he called the city's mayor, sadiq khan a stone cold loser. khan says president trump does not deserve a state visit, preferring instead that the royal family roll up its red carpet. let's speak to cbs news correspondent tom hanson, who joins me from new york. what is the view from there, tom, in terms of how this is going? politically for the most part, it falls along party lines. one person who has been particularly outspoken is bill de blasio, the president was very critical of sadiq khan going

into this visit, but bill de blasio was likened to sadiq khan in a tweet by the president right before he landed. so he responded saying he supported sadiq khan so any comparison was a compliment. this was a response to the tweet saying sadiq khan was a loser. solar —— so there are two things to look at. washington has a full plate, the house democrats are considering whether or not to move forward with impeachment proceedings. and much of the political talk is expected today so the political talk is expected today so all eyes will be on the agenda coming out of the state visit with theresa may. tom, thank you very much. joining me now isjonathan stock, former special advisor — he was was a key aide on the pm's events and visits team. you were actually involved in the truck visit last year. that was the dry run, i guess! —— the trumpet

visit. it feels like things have come full circle because the invitation was extended only six months into theresa may's premiership. i think there is some real urgency to house the president sooner than the state visit could potentially be accommodated so they we re very potentially be accommodated so they were very keen on facilitating this visit when they could. as you say, circumstance has determined the timing in terms of the prime minister's departure and that is notable in terms of how the political outcome of the visit will be determined. we are seeing now marine one is in the sky, heading pairto marine one is in the sky, heading pair to the palace, grey skies today, quite different from yesterday but that is bringing the presidents then he will get into the motorcade. as we saw, the beast is there and that is what he will be travelling in, we may get a glimpse of him, you will certainly get a glance of the protesters. there was quite a lot of controversy last year in terms of him not wanting to come up in terms of him not wanting to come up close to those protesters. it

will be unavoidable today. the visit last year was not a state visit so it gave the government the ability to arrange it so many of the events took place outside of london. the only thing that took place here was the president staying that —— staying at the ambassador's residents. the bilateral meeting took place at chequers and the royal audience wasn't quite the state banquet that we saw yesterday, it took place at windsor. that was primarily to keep the president outside of town and out of the way of the huge protests we saw this time last year. today is, i think we're just the helicopter coming in... the advance helicopters, actually, we can't see marine one at the moment. the advance helicopters are coming in over the palace. there isa are coming in over the palace. there is a decoy operation just ahead of marine one, which will be coming on shortly, we expect. lots of security on the roof of the palace again,

obviously, for this visit. how much do the president's team get involved in deciding the schedule? today we have been hearing there was a lot of speculation as to who donald trump meet in potential —— in terms of potential future tory party leaders. there is a lot of diplomacy and negotiation of sorts in terms of fixing the programme, and the president's team will have a good sense of what they want to achieve from the visit. there is also a lot of protocol and almost a formula to which the programme will be devised. is this marine one? us have a look. there you go. we can see marine one is just there you go. we can see marine one isjust coming in, heading into the grounds of buckingham palace, just a quick touch down here, then the president will transfer to transport

by road, just up the road to st james's palace, where there will be that working breakfast, along with business leaders and theresa may and the duke of york is also attending, american and british business leaders will be at that working brea kfast. leaders will be at that working breakfast. in terms of what this is going to achieve, jonathan, he is dealing with outgoing leader but obviously there will be business leaders there. how productive do you you expect this meeting to be?m wouldn't surprise me if the engagement was been devised to play to the president's strengths. he's very comfortable with the business the evening engagement we arranged last year was also business participants. i guess it very much draws attention to the strong trade and —— tried objective in terms of britain's relationship with the united states. despite the

forthcoming departure of theresa may it will continue to be a key theme of our bilateral relationship going forward. huawei is an interesting one in that theresa may has said there will be limited use of huawei technology in the 5g communications network, it has been indicated that thatis network, it has been indicated that that is a red line for the trump administration, and it may see the end of communication on security issues between the two countries if that were to be the case. will he really care what theresa may has to say on that today? it is uncertain, in all honesty. whoever has the greatest insight into the mind of the president must be earning a lot of money out of it in that respect. he has been very public about his position on china particularly and huawei, i think it's a real characterisation of the increasing influence between diplomacy and state to state relationships and also staked a business relationship.

the 56 also staked a business relationship. the 5g network is undoubtedly key to our fourth growing prosperity and there is a balance to be found in there is a balance to be found in the uk government between managing those relationships when it's at diplomatic level and also ensuring that the uk growth will continue. jonathan, thank you. marine one is on the ground in buckingham palace and the president to shortly due to step out and head to shortly due to step out and head to st james palace. to shortly due to step out and head to stjames palace. there is another one coming over. it's all happening here. there are two big helicopters. the first one probably isn't bringing the president, it will be this one. he has a big entourage. this is most likely the president coming in to land in this second

helicopter. neil woodford has suspended trading in his largest fund because of a big rise in investors wanting to take their money out. it's reported the fund was frozen after a particularly large client, said to be kent county council, asked for its money to be returned. our business presenter dominic o'connell is here. what's going on? lots of people follow neil woodford, he's one of the few star names in fund management. he did very well over a long period of time, went out on his own and a lot of people followed him. he's had a terrible few years with his biggest fund, the aquity income fund. he can stop withdrawals, it's not like a bank account. but he can stop you selling

out the shares because he says it's in the wider interest of everybody in it. if he has to sell all the assets, you end up having a fire sale and people get out a lot less than they put in. what we don't know is when the gates will be opened again. it gets reviewed every 28 days but there has been an indication as to when people will be able to trade. very bad news for those investors i'd explain why he has been such a star and his star has been such a star and his star has fallen. it's very hard to be a star stock picker year after year. he was known for his contrary style, going for undervalued companies. in recent yea rs going for undervalued companies. in recent years he's tried to continue that but he's picked some pretty tough companies. yesterday kia put

out a giant profits warning and their shares slumped by a0%. he also has gone for private companies, and that rather exacerbates it. you can't just that rather exacerbates it. you can'tjust go to the stock exchange and sell the shares, have to wait for the buyer to come along. it's been exacerbated by his decision to buy some private companies with the hope of great returns. it's a micro problem about him and his strategy rather than anything about the wider economy or bigger issues? this is limited to his single fund. it's a problem about the performance of the fund, a loss of confidence and all of that has exacerbated the run on the fund. the money is still there, it's just that neil woodford doesn't

wa nt to it's just that neil woodford doesn't want to sell the underlying assets quickly. we are going straight back to buckingham palace. we are expecting the president to get out of marine one and into his armoured vehicle which will take in the short distance to st james's palace where there is going to be a working brea kfast there is going to be a working breakfast along with theresa may and business representatives from the usa and uk. he's going to see the protests on the streets when he heads from here, so let's run you through what his schedule is for the day. he's going to be going to st james's palace for that morning meeting and then he will be heading off 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 returned dinner at winfield house. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall will attend on behalf of the queen. tomorrow the queen, the prince of wales, president trump and the first lady will travel to portsmouth where they will travel to portsmouth where they will attend the commemoration is at southsea common to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings. they will be joined by 300 d—day vetera ns. they will be joined by 300 d—day veterans. the queen will formally bid farewell to the president and mrs trump in portsmouth and they will depart and travel to ireland, where the president has a golf hotel. let me bring in a couple of protesters, they a re hotel. let me bring in a couple of protesters, they are both dressed as handmaids. welcome. explain why you are dressed the way you are. we are

dressed as handmaids from margaret atwood's pick the handmaids tale. why? there are many reasons. the book covers a lot of issues. 0verall it's a symbol against the far right and not to be complacent and to use your voice. why have you decided to do it? dystopian fiction is supposed to be fiction but a book written nearly 20 years ago, there are alarming parallels with a lot of the decisions happening in america through the trump administration around women's rights, around the treatment of the lgbt community, around people of colour in the treatment of immigrants as well. the convoyis treatment of immigrants as well. the convoy is just leaving buckingham palace and you can see the extensive

convoy, both vehicles brought in for this visit. last year when president trump was here, it was the helicopter that carried him around. this time he is in that armoured vehicle, that nine tonne vehicle and thatis vehicle, that nine tonne vehicle and that is going to be taking in the short distance from here to st james's palace. you will seejust behind, there are further down in the convoy is a vehicle with flashing lights. that is the ambulance that carries the president's blood, that is always the case whenever a us president travels. so, that convoy carrying the president, the first lady and the president, the first lady and the entourage just giving the short distance, which means he will see the protests on the ground. last year, in order to avoid coming

face—to—face with protesters, the president travelled around by marine 0ne president travelled around by marine one and one of the events was blenheim palace outside of london and in order for protesters to have their message seen in some cases there were messages carved in the form of crop circles. here, he may well be able to hear but certainly see the protesters who are going to be out in force around london today. asi be out in force around london today. as i said, we arejoined by two protesters. you are just explaining what it is you are concerned about about the trump administration that has made you protest. speaking as an american, we are at a dark point. the trump administration is being

ruled in a despotic way. the decisions they are making, they are continually assaulting people of colour, the lg bt continually assaulting people of colour, the lgbt community, women, children, immigrants. there is nobody they won't go after and it's really important for us and other protesters that we are standing up saying we see you, we hear you, we are your allies and will not tolerate this. when you say continually assaulting, explain about what specifically. if you look at the decisions and changes made across the last two years to women's rights. take the recent situation around abortion is no longer legal in missouri. that's a back step 50 yea rs in missouri. that's a back step 50 years to women being basically the property of men and not having rights and not being able to decide what they want to do with their own bodies. it's horrifying, the

parallels, when you look at books like handmaid's tale, we aren't very far off scary totalitarian decisions. it's obviously a long way from what you're talking about your concerns from where we are now, but i guess you're this sum things up. absolutely. a lot of people say why are we bothering. will it change anything, will it matter? to him, no. but perhaps to someone he feels marginalised, perhaps to the vetera ns marginalised, perhaps to the veterans who have lost their health care, perhaps to the children who are being targeted, perhaps it will give them confidence and make them feel that yes i should stand up for myself. thank you both.

let's ta ke let's take a look at the trump baby balloon, a familiar image from the protests on his working visit last year, lastjuly. now he's back for the state visit and the balloon is back, almost fully inflated and ready to fly in parliament square. the stop trump coalition, a wide range of groups coming under that banner, protesting against president trump for various reasons, taking to the streets again today, notjust here in london but around the uk. from edinburgh to exeter and lots of places in between. will they reach the size of the protests last year? let's see as the day unfolds. it's

very much about the business end of the visit, the meeting with theresa may, the business breakfast at st james palace and then a short distance to downing street for lunch. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. we are here for quite awhile, waiting to see what happens. this is obviously an important day for theresa may, albeit she is standing down on friday and by next month there will be a new prime minister. i wonder how important it is the donald trump, given that she is on her way out of number 10.|j donald trump, given that she is on her way out of number 10. i don't think that important in terms of government to government relations. the importance of the mr trump is in terms of how this visit is portrayed in the states, particularly those shots inside the palace and with the queen. there is nothing theresa may

can offer him in policy terms because she's leaving. he will have to wait for whoever comes next in terms of the policy ask. top of the list at the moment appears to be an assurance about the 5g network. we've heard from successive american politicians sounding uneasy about it and it looks like they could be a change of stance on that. although no final decision has been all the indications were we were allowing huawei some role. everything is on hold until the new prime minister is elected. that certainly will be on hold and you will listen to some of the main contenders, they had struck a decidedly sceptical note about the idea of bringing in huawei. i think

a new contender, a new prime minister coming in, wanting to build good relations with america, you would think the balance was moving against a deal with huawei, albeit george osborne trying to build ties with china. he saw immense economic opportunities in terms of building a better relationship with china and i guess the danger is you put that at risk. 0ther guess the danger is you put that at risk. other countries will take advantage of it if we step back from closer ties with china. one question is whether president trump will meet with boris johnson or is whether president trump will meet with borisjohnson or with nigel farage. the short answer is we don't know. mrjohnson's people and nigel farage's people said they had received no official invitation. i think it's quite possible, donald trump strikes me as the sort of man who might say, what the hell, let's

get boris n. yes, a coup of sorts for borisjohnson get boris n. yes, a coup of sorts for boris johnson and get boris n. yes, a coup of sorts for borisjohnson and it will play well with tory party members who are the crucial electorate in this leadership contest. they will think, 0k, boris johnson is leadership contest. they will think, 0k, borisjohnson is clearly held in high esteem by the president, that must increase the chances of the trade deal. let's be honest, lots of other issues will be decisive in the leadership contest. i wonder, may people have factored in that donald trump likes boris johnson people have factored in that donald trump likes borisjohnson anyway so it might not be that big a cave. if it might not be that big a cave. if it happens, nothing it has actually been agreed. obviously there can't been agreed. obviously there can't be any substantial trade talks because we don't know what the future relationship with the eu is going to be. i wonder who will become the next prime minister, whether they are looking at how the us has behaved with its closest neighbours in terms of trade and

think perhaps the uk needs to be slightly cautious because actually the trading relationship with the us is already pretty easy.|j the trading relationship with the us is already pretty easy. i think one of the interesting things is if you look at the key areas of policy difference between britain and america, almost every single issue, the british government sides with the british government sides with the europeans. we have a much more european outlook to our foreign policy than we do an atlanta cyst one. if you look at our approach to the middle east peace process, approach to climate change, actually we are much more in tune with the likes of angela merkel and the rest of the eu than we are with donald trump. when we have a new leader, will they then pivot to a much more pro—american policy, one that is much more distant from europe? that would be a huge change in british foreign policy but maybe that's where we are heading. at the moment, everything we hear from ten macro is that there are still issues with the

british government is still in tune with european thinking —— number 10. it's very busy here in downing street. i'm just looking over my shoulder at my monitor. let's have a look at parliament square where the trump baby balloon, the image of the protest from last year, it's back and the stop trump coalition back, they never really went away because this state visit was very much anticipated, a broad range of groups coming together under that umbrella to protest about the president being backin to protest about the president being back in the uk. here in downing street, a huge number of members of

the media. sniffer dogs have been around and over my shoulder you can probably see larry the cat who looks not very bothered by the fuss. he has seen it all before. he is on the windowsill behind you! it has all gone quiet here. we had the noise of the helicopters arriving and then the helicopters arriving and then the site of the splendid motorcade leaving. not many people here to see what was going on. whether you would have expected more people for a presidential state visit, i'm not sure, but there aren't that many people here outside the palace. at 11am we had the changing of the guard as well. let's get a flavour of what is going on with some of the people around. my colleague is just

behind me. who had he been able to talk to and what are they saying? there aren't any protesters here but there is a heavy police presence in central london. there's been a lot of activity, lots of helicopters, police vehicles and motorbikes. you may be able to see some of the officers who have been dispersed every five to ten metres, just outside the palace. ahead of what is expected to be a very busy day in terms of the mass protests expected right across the capital and in other parts of the uk. as of yet, there aren't any protesters but we are expecting some to arrive. if it's similar to last year on the working visit, we are expecting thousands of people. the security operation is huge here. there are already hundreds of police officers

in central london, thousands expected to be working throughout the day and tomorrow as well. we know that up to a quarter of a million people are expected to demonstrate in the capital. this is going to be a busy and lively day. at the moment it's looking fairly quiet. thank you, adina. we have been joined by leslie vinjamuri, head of the us and the americas programme at chatham house. welcome. what do you think about the reaction there has been to the state visit so far? it's been surprisingly muted. the first day was ceremonial, it was lovely. i was struck when i walked down to buckingham palace that, yes, there were people there but not as many as i would have imagined. it wasn't that hard to make my way through. today is a more

significant day from the point of view of policy. yesterday was affirmative, it put common values forward , affirmative, it put common values forward, the queen and donald trump spoke quite well and stayed largely to script. today, we are going to see that breakfast with the uk's leading business leaders, a meeting with theresa may and jeremy hunt and others, and those tough issues that have divided the us from the uk and europe over the last two years are going to be on the table. we will see probably quite a tough press conference, i would see probably quite a tough press conference, iwould imagine. whether it's about the us uk free trade deal which is the uk's primary aspiration but a long way off. i think the president will take a tough line on china, he wants to see the uk take a harder and cleaner when it comes to the role of huawei and 5g technology. i think the president

will see there is a lot to play for and he will make that a key point of conversation. especially the uk is going to be looking to push the president quite hard on trade, on iran, on climate, on any number of issues which they haven't been on the same page as. was the president be thinking, whatever theresa may says, she's out at the end of the week. yes. this is a president who senses weakness. 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 disintegrate. it's phenomenally important when it comes to any number of things in the uk has different capabilities to the us. it's a mutually dependent relationship. it doesn't mean he will back off the pressure on china, he will continue to find ways to

continue to leverage. sometimes when he can't get his way on one thing, he can't get his way on one thing, he makes life difficult in another area. we are seeing that on trade politics and his willingness to link trade and national security. a challenging day and interesting to see how that press conference goes. and whether they manage a degree of stability in the face of troubled time. who really does help the power in terms of delivering a trade deal in the us? is it the president or congress? it's bait. obviously the executive has to be on board and congress needs to be on board. we are talking so much about a uk us free trade deal because it's tremendously important to the uk. not as important as its trade with the eu, which of course is the thing that's up for grabs right now. the future of that relationship. until

that's resolved, there will be no uk us free trade deal. it remains largely aspirational for the near future. at buckingham palace last night, the queen pointed to the international institutions that were built up after the second world war, designed to try to ensure peace in the future. how do you think those words went down with the president? the president was standing there and he adores the queen. the american people are very strongly supportive of the royal family, people are very strongly supportive of the royalfamily, so it was quite a moment. ithink of the royalfamily, so it was quite a moment. i think he will have been taking it in more than listening to the words. i don't think the principle is one he rejects. he certainly rejects the strategy, he doesn't like multilateralism, it's fine if it's there as long as he is not constrained by it. there's been a bit of that, wanting to create

institutions but not be fully constrained by them. i think the queen was brilliant in terms of reminding the president of the importance of the relationship, the importance of the relationship, the importance of the relationship, the importance of those institutions for peace, prosperity. of course, she's thinking about the d—day commemorations coming up soon. i think it was an important moment but whether it will actually change anything the president does, seems very unlikely. thank you. based d—day commemorations are tomorrow, today it's all about the politics. but business breakfast is under way, we will keep you updated throughout the day. now the weather. it morning. cool and cloudy as the order of the day with some brightness around. the rain has started to move into south—west england, pushing into wales and

north—west england for all of us we are going to remain fairly cool and cloudy for much of the day. low pressure in the south and west bringing in the rain. at times it could be heavy. the extent of it on the radar image, this is thejourney it has taken. under a shower is pushing into south—east england and east anglia. if you're heading to the cricket in cardiff, there will be some interruptions to play. showers at times but it looks as though it begins to dry up later this afternoon. here is the rain trundling north and east as we head through the morning and into the afternoon. down to the south and east, the showers could be heavy and thundery. the best of the fine dry weather across northern scotland but for the northern isles, quite blustery. light winds elsewhere. the

cloud and with the rain feeling cool cloud and with the rain feeling cool. in the far south—east we could see temperatures reaching 20 or 21. into this evening, our area of rain continues its journey north and east. it will be draped across parts of scotla nd east. it will be draped across parts of scotland and back into northern ireland overnight. we could see one or two mist patches as we approach dawn on wednesday morning and not particularly cold. 0ur area of rain at staying its welcome across parts of scotla nd at staying its welcome across parts of scotland where it will be persistent. elsewhere, some dry, bright and sunny intervals. feeling pleasa nt bright and sunny intervals. feeling pleasant in sunshine. temperatures below par for the time of year and we could have one or two heavy downpours. another area of low pressure on thursday will see rain skirting up the east side of the uk. some fairly heavy downpours and elsewhere, dry and bright intervals

with heavy showers. 0nce elsewhere, dry and bright intervals with heavy showers. once again, there is temperatures on the cool side. below average for the time of year. remaining unsettled as we head into the weekend with rain but also sunshine.

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