after the pomp — the politics. president trump hails the relationship with britain as the greatest alliance the world has ever known. a hand of friendship between the two leaders but president trump reveals he refused an invitation to meetjeremy corbyn. never met him. never spoke to him. he wanted to meet today or tomorrow, and i decided that i would not do that. meanwhile the labour leader led anti—trump demonstrations in london as thousands of people took to the streets. i want to be able to have that dialogue to bring about the better and more peaceful world. the health secretary hits back at the president after he suggested the nhs

was on the table in trade talks. and the politics continues this evening, nigel farage is now with president trump ahead of tonights banquet. good afternoon, i'm christian fraser at buckingham palace. president trump has been meeting theresa may at downing street — on the second day of his state visit to the uk. afterwards the president praised the "extraordinary" alliance between the us and uk — and also revealed that the labour leaderjeremy corbyn had requested a meeting with him which mr trump said he declined. at a joint news conference with the prime minister, mr trump repeated his belief that brexit would be good for the country and said the prime minister deserved a lot of credit.

he also criticised sadiq khan once again, and said that he hadn't noticed any protests against his visit. mr trump described the special relationsip between the us and the uk as the "greatest alliance." he said that "everything" was on the table as part of any future us—uk trade deal — including the nhs. then he went on to speak about nato — he said those allies must contribute more. in response the prime minister said the two countries have "a great relationship to build on" and mr trump had glowing words for the queen — who he said was a "fantastic person and a fantastic woman". let's get the latest on the day's events from our political correspondentjessica parker. two political leaders so different in so many ways. but at this afternoon's news conference, finding some common ground. for generations at the heart of the transatlantic alliance has been our shared democratic values, our common interests and our commitment to justice.

and some warm words for a prime minister who's in the last weeks of her premiership. prime minister may, it's 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, really an honour. if you were expecting the unexpected from donald trump, here it is, revealing that he's turned down a meeting withjeremy corbyn, the labour leader, who's spoken at an anti—trump rally this afternoon. i don't knowjeremy corbyn, never met him, never spoke to him. he wanted to meet today or tomorrow, and i decided that i would not do that. i think that he is, from where i come from, somewhat of a negative force. labour says thatjeremy corbyn is ready to engage with the president on a range of issues. for the prime minister, she says they openly discussed their differences on approaches to things

like climate change, iran, and how to do business with china. he expressed optimism about a trade deal, although some might be dismayed about what he says that could entail. look, i think everything with a trade deal is on the table. when you're dealing on trade, everything's on the table. so, nhs or anything else, or a lot more than that, but everything will be on the table, absolutely. 0k? the point about making trade deals is, of course, that both sides negotiate and come to an agreement about what should or should not be in that trade deal. also a nod to brexit, and a recollection that they haven't always seen eye to eye. the president suggested that i sued the european union, which we didn't do. we went into negotiations, and we came out with a good deal. yeah. that's not... i would've sued, but that's ok. laughter. i would've sued and settled maybe, but you never know. she's probably a better negotiator than i am, jeremy. sometimes this pairing has seemed awkward, but today,

the two leaders appeared more at ease. but of course, she is on the threshold of leaving the stage as a world leader, so he will soon be dealing with someone else. jessica parker, bbc news. perhaps by donald trump's standard fairly incident free this afternoon. we can cross to downing street and talk to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. some good humour along the way but two things that really stood out, the first what he had to say about the first what he had to say about the opposition leaderjeremy corbyn. of course, this is a fractious relationship in the sense that they don't know each other but already jeremy corbyn has decided not to attend the state banquet. the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry saying some pretty rude things about the president, accusing him of misogyny, being a racist and demeaning the office of the united states and that is there

justification for not going to the state banquet. then we discover they had asked for a meeting but as donald trump just said, had asked for a meeting but as donald trumpjust said, he said no. jeremy corbyn's decision to attend a protest against the visit and speak, has divided opinion. some think that he needs to recognise that one day he needs to recognise that one day he may be prime minister and he has to deal with people he may not agree with and speak to them face—to—face. others say that jeremy corbyn are simply standing by what he says in public criticising the president and he was right to do so. but donald trump as ever not being particularly diplomatic in his words about jeremy corbyn. do you think when it talks about the trade deal and everything was on the table including the nhs he properly understood how totemic thatis he properly understood how totemic that is in british eyes? obviously he is repeating what the us ambassador to britain said on the weekends but i got the sense that he didn't fully understand just how important that is the british people, vicky. there was confusion

because when the question was asked he clearly didn't hear it properly so he clearly didn't hear it properly so theresa may had to actually say to him again national health service, that is what they are asking about. in some circumstances theresa may is right, these trade deals can take years and everything is on the table very quickly —— everything is on the table at the beginning but very quickly each side shows their red lines. of course, the uk can't discuss any of this until they have left the eu and can't start signing off new trade deals. there are other issues as well. people talk a lot about chlorinated chicken, animal feed with antibiotics in its, things that wouldn't happen here but that the us might want to sue exports. the issue of the health service is particularly totemic for british politicians and already we have had the conservative health secretary matt hancock making his views very clear. there is absolutely no way

that the nhs will be on the table for trade talks with the united states, or with anywhere else for that matter — full stop. and if i'm prime minister, the nhs will never be for sale. not on my watch. others including dominic rob, the brexiteers saying that the nhs is not for sale, so pressure will be on the other contenders to have their say on this. —— dominic raab. he talks about his conversation with borisjohnson and talks about his conversation with boris johnson and also about michael gove even though he hasn't met him. incidentally nigel farage not in the race of course for the tory leadership but he is seeing him as well this evening. probably met the three frontrunners in the race so far. thank you very much for the

moment. let's bring you up to speed of where we had to because there is a two hour long before the dinner at winfield house this evening so the president has some down time and about an hour ago there were photographs of nigel farage making his way into winfield house shortly followed by donald trump. lohan is watching events for us there this evening. it was possible that he is trying to meet someone who considers a friend? nigel farage said that no meetings had been scheduled but if the president's team calls him then he would find the time to meet. so it has turned out. presidents trump and his wife arriving back you read winfield house just after lipm. and his wife arriving back you read winfield housejust after lipm. there was some suggestions they might take marine one back here but as it turns out it was the motorcade that

brought the president back and about ten minutes later nigel farage was brought in as well. of course the two of them have a relationship that goes back some way. they have met before and donald trump speaking a few days ago said that nigel farage was a good guy. so that is amazing that we know about far. we are waiting of course to see if michael gove appears here at some point as well. just a word on this evening's events, it is the return dinner, who will be coming to the ambassador‘s residents? well, no guestlist has been released from official sources, there is no details of the menu either. so we know of course it is likely donald trump of‘s family will be there but as to the others, little information thus far being released. the side entrance has been pretty busy all day bringing in

goods and perhaps of the band as well, of course the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall will be there representing the queen. that will all kick off a little bit before 8pm. as to who else will be there, no information thus far. we'll keep our eye on that. lorna, though for the moments thank you very much indeed. earlier today, labour leaderjeremy corbyn addressed thousands of protestors in central london. he spoke about his political differences with donald trump. only moments later, the us president announced at a press conference that, when he was approached by the labour leader, he declined the offer to meet. let's talk now to the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry. good to have you with us, emily. thank you forjoining us. there is a whiff of hypocrisy about this, jeremy corbyn turned down his invitation to the state and quit but unbeknownst to us asked to meet the president on that offer was turned down. you're not paying attention if it was unbeknown to you. we have

a lwa ys it was unbeknown to you. we have always said that we were more than happy to speak to donald trump on a business level. we would be very happy to meet him. i have said that ifjeremy were seeing donald trump i would be beating down the door to get into the room as well because i have a lot to say to him. the bottom and top of it is we don't think that the president deserves the honour of a state visit. only three american presidents have now had it and it is a very special thing to be given a state visit. given that we didn't agree with a state visit we were hardly going to go to the state banquet. but of course we would meet him and talk to him. we have a lot to say. we think he is undermining the world order. we think he is undermining peace in the middle east. we think it is wrong he sells arms to saudi arabia which is continue being used to flat in yemen. we think it is wrong for him to have a muslim band. we think it is wrong for him to cage children. we think his attitudes to women is wrong. there is a long list. we

think he is undermining international institutions and we would be more than happy to speak to him ina would be more than happy to speak to him in a full and frank way but it isn't as sort of thing you would wa nt to isn't as sort of thing you would want to say in front of the queen. but you could have engaged the american side last night at the banquet as many of the ministers did. we heard of liam fox today. prince charles there mentally disagrees with president trump on issues like climate change but he sat down with him yesterday and had tea. isn't that the kind of peaceful protest thatjeremy corbyn was advocating this afternoon? of course. we were more than happy to have a business meeting with him but we don't think he should have been given the honour of a state visit which is why we didn't go to the state banquet. a state banquet is not the place to have a business meeting. it has its own form and seating plan and is a very formal occasion and it certainly wouldn't have been the time and it wouldn't have been the time and it wouldn't have been the time and it wouldn't have been appropriate for us to discuss what we want to discuss with president trump. let me ask you

about the comments the president made about the trade deal that everything would be on the table. liam fox said there would be provisions and exemptions for certain parts of our infrastructure, the nhs, services under government control. there are similar exclusions under the canada deal with the eu and that would exist for the us deal, wouldn't it? the thing is we have a different starting point. we think that if we need to leave the european union what we should do is have a close relationship with the single market and we should be in a customs union with the european union. not only does that help guarantee 50% of our trade which is what happens with the eu but also when it comes to new trade deals we would be doing it in conjunction with our friends and our brothers and sisters from the rest of europe and we would be a much larger economic group and we wouldn't be able to be taken advantage of in the way in which president trump would try to take advantage of it we were to leave the

european union with no deal. it is oui’ european union with no deal. it is our view that we do not turn our back on europe completely and sail off into the mid—atlantic and put your fate in the off into the mid—atlantic and put yourfate in the hands off into the mid—atlantic and put your fate in the hands of an erratic leader like donald trump. a lot of people will applaud that sentiment but i just people will applaud that sentiment but ijust wonder ifjeremy corbyn becomes the prime minister in the months ahead how on earth would he engage with donald trump and would that be the end of the special relationship? it would never be the end of the special relationship. our relationship goes very deep and is extremely long—standing. tomorrow i will set off to france where i will be honouring the dead of america and britain of people who gave their lives in order to protect democracy, to protect multilateralism, protect all the values that we hold dear and frankly most americans do but the bottom and top of it is i don't believe president trump holds those values close to his heart. we

shouldn't be afraid to say that we disagree. i do think that our current government is so weak that they are incapable of saying these truths. if we are good friends and it is right for us to say two good friends, we disagree with you, we vehemently disagree with you, this is the way in which democracies work. shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, thank you very much for your time. just to remind you that the state dinner, actually the return dinner at winfield house is taking place tonight, the second biggest destination in london after buckingham palace. we will bring you the guest list and the menu when we get it.

with me now is the former deputy head of the united states embassy in london, lewis lukens... he got incredibly warm welcome from the royal family yesterday. he got incredibly warm welcome from the royalfamily yesterday. donald trump wears his heart on his sleeve and if he wasn't happy he would tell you. he seems to be in very good humour. he would have been thrilled with yesterday. he was welcome and was the centre of attention, the vip treatment is, i don't think he had anything to complain about. there was a theme i spotted today, the prime minister gave him a copy of a charter signed by roosevelt and churchill. it echoed something that the queen said last night to me. just take a listen. britain and the united states worked with other allies to build an assembly of international institutions to ensure that the horrors of conflict would never be repeated.

while the world has changed, we are ever mindful of the original purpose of these structures. nations working together to safeguard hard—won peace. she is referring of course to nato, the wto, the un, which donald trump is criticised for undermining. the wto, the un, which donald trump is criticised for undermininglj think is criticised for undermining.” think it was a may be not so subtle message from the queen and the prime minister to stress the importance of these multilateral institutions which are bought peace and prosperity to the world puts donald trump at times seems to want to tear up. something that might not be picked up by some people is the ta riffs picked up by some people is the tariffs he will impose on mexico in retaliation for those people who are crossing his southern border. he is going to push tariffs up 5% every other week until it hits 25%. is that a warning for the uk that if

donald trump doesn't like the way negotiations are going he can act, you know, he can surprise people of the way he reacts. that is a fair point. he has been negotiating with canada and mexico for two years to reva m p canada and mexico for two years to revamp the nafta agreement. both sides made concessions to work out an agreement but in the last minute he throws this wrench into the works. i think it is a fair warning to the united kingdom, be careful when you negotiate with president trump because you don't know where it will go next. so when we talk about the nhs and agriculture and other foodstuffs that will come from the united states which might standards here in the uk, if he doesn't like it he may walk. and thoseissues doesn't like it he may walk. and those issues are all clearly on the table as the ambassador said this weekend and the president reiterated today. everything that makes part of the service sector here in the united kingdom will be up for

negotiation. he is very warmly speaking about this trade deal today and his appetite for it. we should remind people it is not really in his power to sign off a trade deal, thatis his power to sign off a trade deal, that is for congress and if you look at the deal they agreed with canada and mexico to replace nafta, that are still not been signed off and they are threatening not to sign it off. exactly. it is not in his power. he leads the administrative side of the government which will negotiate but it is up to congress to approve the deal. i think we are still a very long way away to know what the deal will look like. it will all depend what happens on brexit and the uk's relationship of the eu. in your experience from working in the us embassy, for years the two sides have been trying to get a trade deal off the ground, it is not something that will happen if he snaps his fingers within the space of 12 or 18 months. this will ta ke space of 12 or 18 months. this will take some time to set out. at least one year, probably longer. this is so one year, probably longer. this is so complicated and complex and we

are so complicated and complex and we a re really so complicated and complex and we are really starting from the very beginning. with there have been talks about the framework and what negotiation might look like but nothing on substance because that depends on a relationship with the eu. does it matter on the us side thatjeremy corbyn boycotted the banquet and was in trafalgar square talking about donald trump. will the president care about that? will the public care? i think the public won't care. i think it is too bad because it will be good forjeremy corbyn to meet with the president to have that discussion is you are saying. especially if he becomes prime minister in the next year or so prime minister in the next year or so it would have been helpful to have that initial contact and relationship building. one part of that conference that made me laugh was when he said he doesn't like interfering with matters overseas but of course he has involved himself very much so in the

leadership contest, speaking to borisjohnson leadership contest, speaking to boris johnson today, leadership contest, speaking to borisjohnson today, meeting michael gove and being in the company of jeremy hunt. having said that, you would expect the foreign head of state to try and engage with the people it could be going through the door of number ten. he would expect them to engage quietly behind closed doors, not talk about it in your interviews and tweet about it. thank you very much for your time this afternoon. there is a churchillian theme about what is going on in the last couple of days. he saw things in the private collection of the palace yesterday which referred back to the second world war and he has been given the atlantic charter, a copy of it, and in the last few hours he has been to see the war rooms where of course churchill plotted the allied advance into france and germany. he has been treated to that this afternoon

before returning to winfield house where he is having a couple of hours of rest before he welcomes his guests of rest before he welcomes his gu ests to of rest before he welcomes his guests to the embassy and the residence of the us ambassador. i'm joined by the cbs correspondent, steve dorsey. he's been watching events from an american perspective. what did you make of the press conference?” think it went as well as it could go for president trump. touching on many topics that have been very controversial here and in the us. he talks about mexico, tariffs, immigration, boris johnson, jeremy corbyn, brexit. the list went on in these reporters were sharp. lots of curiosity about brexit from american supporters who were trying to really pin down theresa may and donald trump and it seems likely got away with a few cuts. it's interesting you put it like that because i was thinking today that no world leader has really thought out how to think about the right strategy with donald trump. we saw a manual wrap two

emmanuel macron rolling out the red carpet and what is the right strategy with donald trump? he doesn't want to strategy. he wants that opaque personality where he keeps leaders guessing. that is very similar strategy you see from other strongmen leaders like vladimir putin, kim jong—un. it strongmen leaders like vladimir putin, kimjong—un. it is strange strongmen leaders like vladimir putin, kim jong—un. it is strange to compare the lead of the free world with guys like these but he is employing similar strategies from their playbook to try to get the concessions he wants especially when it comes to a trade deal which is what he is most interested in when he talks about brexit. the american public has been familiar with theresa may over the last two years. how familiar are they with the people that might succeed her! he is meeting michael gove today. they might know...

they are names of most americans won't be familiar with. especially michael gove who is meeting with. notjust for the michael gove who is meeting with. not just for the american public michael gove who is meeting with. notjust for the american public but for the president himself, he is not familiar with all the key players on the side of the world. this will be a chance for him to test the waters. it is unusual for him to snubjeremy corbyn because that special relationship might not be so special if the us is partnering with a corbyn led government. he is not very good at assessing the size of crowds, is he? there was a bit of revisionism today. he said there we re revisionism today. he said there were thousands welcoming him into london. i have seen people here in favour of the visit but i haven't seen though sort of numbers. and yes, it wasn't that big in trafalgar square today but it was sizeable. this is not the first time we have heard the president exaggerate one way or the other. his press

secretary said it was the biggest ever inauguration crowd size and that was inaccurate. he is in a presidential bubble and doesn't seem much of what is going on because he is being moved around by helicopter. the people around him like to keep him in good humour and don't tell him in good humour and don't tell him what is going on? it is hard to know with president trump because you can see it in your own eyes. the motorcade passed by the big orange trump baby so he must have seen that. what to him as a large crowd? what to him is something he would see it in the news which would indicate a large crowd? he would just dismiss it as fake news anyway. a good week for donald trump anyway? he has been shown as presidential like and also as a tough negotiator so like and also as a tough negotiator so yes. they need something for his base to be optimistic about when it comes to the 2020 election and he

will make that a central part of his form. good to talk to you, steve from cbs. the 1922 committee of conservative mps has proposed a significant rule change for the party's leadership race — which is likely to speed up the elimination of many of the candidates to replace theresa may. one senior party source speculated that it was now possible the contest would be down to just two candidates by the end of next week — as the significantly higher hurdles wannabes have to clear could encourage a significant number to drop out. we can cross to our westminster studio and speak to out political correspondent nick eardley. tell us about the rule change. how would we get to two candidates by the end of next week? increasingly there are conservatives who are worried that the 12 or so candidates that have put their names forward at the moment isjust that have put their names forward at the moment is just too that have put their names forward at the moment isjust too much that have put their names forward at the moment is just too much so they wa nt to the moment is just too much so they want to whittle that down as quickly

as possible. the idea that the conservative backbench committee in parliament has put forward today is to get on any ballot paper in the first place you would need eight mps backing you, saying we want this person to go forward in this process. they would then be a first round of voting where anybody who didn't get 16 mps backing them would be eliminated. then after that second round where you would need double that number. you would need 32 tory mps backing you to stay in the race. the feeling is that that sort of number would whittle it down potentially to three or four but perhaps even to two and once it gets to two it is out of mps hands and that goes to a vote of the conservative membership. so what is the timetable that we are looking at? the parliamentary hustings are speeded up but it still has to go to

the country. so when might a new leader be in place? i expect we will get more information on dates perhaps in the next few hours or perhaps in the next few hours or perhaps the next few days. what is likely to happen is that the nominations open on monday and we know that for sure. they also close on monday so the voting in those rounds could start pretty soon, as $0011 rounds could start pretty soon, as 50011 as rounds could start pretty soon, as soon as the tuesday potentially that you could have two or three rounds within the week, so by the end of next week potentially, nothing certain here, we could be in a position where that vote goes to the conservative membership around the country. that will take a few weeks though so we're still looking probably towards the start ofjuly for that process to be completed. but what this is supposed to do and what this proposal is supposed to do is focus the minds of tory mps and basically say, look, we have had a lot of people discussing the ideas

for the party's future, let's get on to finding out who we like, who will be the serious players and show them to the country. i should say that the board is meeting about now to finalise whether it will accept those plans so perhaps within the next two or three hours we will know for sure whether that is going to happen. right. interesting. thank you very much indeed. when we say go to the country we are talking about the hundred and 40,000 conservative members. having spoken to the conservative party chairman in recent months they were very angry last time there was almost a combination for theresa may and are looking forward to proper debate and two candidates going to the membership for them to take a vote in the coming weeks. we will watch that with interest. a rule change from the 1922 committee which will at least speed up the processed in parliament. time for a look at the weather, with stav. it did look pretty grey and damp out

there, low pressure has brought a pretty wet day to much of the uk. some pretty heavy rain pushing up initially into south—west england, wales, and then into western parts of england and northern ireland very wet indeed. that rain has become more widespread across the midlands and into northern england. some thundery downpours just off the south—east coast which will push into the north sea overnight. it looks like the rain will park itself across parts of scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england. it will be pretty wet, the rainfall totals merely that it might really mounting up. there could be mist and fog around. it means a better day for wednesday for southern and eastern england. it will be hazy at times. still wet, dampfor eastern england. it will be hazy at times. still wet, damp for parts of scotla nd times. still wet, damp for parts of scotland and northern ireland. we could see heavy shower for western england and wales. top 20 or 21 degrees, it won't feel too bad across the south east. further north, the mid—teens with the rain. it stays wet into friday and for the weekend. some heavy rain across southern, central and eastern areas.

it will feel cooler for all of us over the weekend. we will have plenty more from here at buckingham palace. we will talk about the trade deal which is on the table, we will also talk about change uk because six mps walking away from change uk this afternoon. still lots going on in a british politics at the moment. before we do that, let's look at the sport. johanna coup d'etat has reached her third grand slam semifinal. the british number one had never won a match at the french open with four but today she swept aside last yea r‘s but today she swept aside last year's runner—up but today she swept aside last yea r‘s runner—up sloane but today she swept aside last year's runner—up sloane stephens in a straight sets to reach the last four. she is the first british woman ina36 four. she is the first british woman in a 36 years to make it that far at roland garros. johanna coup d'etat‘s revival on the clay has been one which few would have predicted, with her performance here so far, it is remarkable she has never won a major match in paris until this year. having come so far, she would relish

this. with confidence and patience. sloane stephens delivered some technical finesse, but the sloane stephens delivered some technicalfinesse, but the british number one had plenty of that, and then some. the opening set was immaculate, and all of that followed was a paste. coup d'etat‘s serve has been magnificent in this tournament, —— johanna coup d'etat‘s serve has been hard. shejust continued to impress. stephens could only look on. as johanna impress. stephens could only look on. asjohanna konta smiled her way to straight sets. signing off as a french open semifinalist. and he johanna konta will play. roger federer is two sets to one up. phone dial is two gain from victory. ——

raphael and adele is two sets from victory. today's cricket match between sri lanka has been delayed in cardiff. they are the two lowest ranked teams in the tournament but the match has been eventful so far. no other nation values their place in this world cup like afghanistan. the sport has grown from almost nothing, despite war, invasion, terrorism, despite everything. so there is a spirit in this side which has survived sri lanka's fast start. a belief they could recover. the bowler here had been there from almost the beginning of his country's journey. three times almost the beginning of his country'sjourney. three times he struck in one over, spin, edge, catch, repeat. sri lanka caught in a loop. by the time the top scorer went, they had lost six wickets for just 36 runs and were thoroughly bedraggled, even before the rain.

that took nearly three hours out of the game, so by the time the ground and the sri lanka popped up, they had a target of 187 runs and 41 overs to do it in. they sensed a chance. afghanistan had only ever beaten scotland in a world cup match, but no sign of pressure here. the fourth ball from this bowler for six. sri lanka still had a special few moves of their own and were gaining ground. this stunner removed the third wicket. these might officially be the two weakest side in the com edition, they are producing some match. they are currently 60—5 after 14 of the 41 overs they have now got. we are just a couple of days away from the start of the women's football world cup. scotla nd ta ke of the women's football world cup. scotland take on england in the opening game on sunday. the lionesses have arrived at their hotel this afternoon at the head of this match in nice. here is an

enthusiastic welcome party. scotland arrived tomorrow. just days after liverpool became european champions once again, the club has announced that both daniel sturridge and alberto moreno will be leaving this summer. alberto moreno will be leaving this summer. both players had reached the end of their contracts. staying on merseyside, it has been announced in the last hour or so, the former england defender philjackie elko will be leaving everton at this year. he had spent 12 seasons on loa n year. he had spent 12 seasons on loan at goodison park. six as captain. we will have more from sports day at 6:30pm. welcome back to buckingham palace. earlier this afternoon, president trump held a news conference with theresa may this afternoon. mr trump repeated his belief that brexit would be good for the country and said the united states was ready to make a trade deal with the uk after it left the european union. he added that he expected the national health service would be

a part of that deal, a move which could be unpopular in the uk. he also claimed he had turned down an invitation to meet labour leaderjeremy corbyn while he was here. let's listen to what he had to say about that. (tx let's listen to what he had to say about that. i don't knowjeremy corbyn, never met him. never spoke to him. he wanted to meet today or tomorrow, and i decided that i would not do that. i think that he is, from where i come from, somewhat of a negative force. i think that the people should look to do things correctly as opposed to criticise. i really don't like critics as much as i like and respect people that get things done. so i've decided not to meet. as far as the protests, i have to tell you, because i commented on it yesterday, we left the prime minister, the queen, the royalfamily, there were thousands of people on the streets cheering. and even coming over today, there were thousands of people cheering. and then i heard that there were protests, i said, "where are the protests?

i don't see any protests." i did see a small protest when i came, very small. so a lot of it is fake news, i hate to say. but you saw the people waving the american flag, waving your flag, it was tremendous spirit and love. as the uk makes preparations to exit the european union, the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the us and the uk. there is tremendous potential in that trade deal. look, i think everything with the trade deal is on the table. when you are dealing with trade, everything is on the table. so nhs, or anything else. a lot more than that. but everything will be on the table, absolutely. but the point about making trade deals is, of course, that both sides negotiate and come to an agreement about or should not be in that trade deal. i still believe, i personally believe that it is in the best interests of the uk to leave the european union with a deal. i believe there is a good

deal on the table. obviously it will be for whoever succeeds me as prime minister to take this issue forward. what is paramount, i believe, is delivering on brexit for the british people. i seem to remember the president suggested that i sued the european union, which we didn't do, we went into negotiations, and we came out with a good deal. yeah, that's not such a... i would have sued, but that's ok. laughter i would have sued and settled maybe, but you never know. she's probably a better negotiator than i am. but you know what, she has got it, in a sense, john, that deal is teed up. i think the deal is really teed up. i think they have to do something, and perhaps you won't be given the credit that you deserve if they do something. but i think you deserve a lot of credit. i really do. i think you deserve a lot of credit. 0k, yes,john? so i know boris, i like him, i have liked him for a long time. he is... i think he would do a very good job.

i knowjeremy, ithink he would do a very good job. i don't know michael. but... would he do a good job? laughter president trump talking tojeremy hunt their about michael gove. the two of them against each other in that leadership contest. while you are watching that, the blue sky came out at buckingham palace just in time for them to turn on at the sprinklers, as if we needed more water. let's hope they keep pointing that way so we don't get drenched. there has been a tweet while you are watching that from nigel virage who has been in discussions with the president. he has been at winfield house, this is the tweet. he has been at winfield house, this is the tweet. i'm joined by ben harris-quinney, the chairman of the conservative think tank, the bow group. he is also staying out of the water, just about! when i watched that

press c0 nfe re nce , just about! when i watched that press conference, i sensed there was a sort of a woman relationship between him and theresa may, i don't think it has been the easiest relationship along the way, but it was certainly warmer than the press conference we got at chequers last year. got back i think it recognises that theresa may has had a tough job. she has come to the end of her tether and hasn't achieved what she set out to achieve. i think it was right that he commends her on trying. i think it was right that she wasn't the best person to negotiate the exit from the eu. we will talk about... we have heard from emily thornberry in the last hour about her concerns that it might lead to the privatisation of the nhs. 0n the flip side, they could be opportunities in terms of drug prices. i think that this was going to be part of a trade deal, it has to be a plus and not a minus. it was actually labour which introduced a lot of the pf are like many privatisation schemes of the nhs.

a lot of the pf are like many privatisation schemes of the nhsw wasjohn major that privatisation schemes of the nhsw was john major that started it privatisation schemes of the nhsw wasjohn major that started it but it was labour that rolled it out. there are elements of the nhs which are privatised, but i don't think the british people want to see the nhs privatised and sold off to americans. i think trump was taking a negotiation position which i think he likes to do. i very much doubt if a future prime minister would privatise the nhs to the americans. i think it is a talking point but i don't think there is much there. obviously, he needs to drive a hard bargain. he is the big brother., thatis bargain. he is the big brother., that is the concern. liam fox made the point today that in similar trade deals, they're our opt outs and provisions on things that are under government control. the pub and we have at the moment that theresa may made the point that a british prime minister would want to put their own yeses and nose into a agreement. 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 us is problem be more important than it has been in recent years. so i think that trump is doing the right thing to reach out to potential leadership

candidates, i would to reach out to potential leadership candidates, iwould hope to reach out to potential leadership candidates, i would hope that they would reciprocate. borisjohnson has made a few off—colour remarks about trump in the past, he obviously snubbed him for a meeting today. it will be interesting to see what they will be interesting to see what they will have to say about trump considering he has made a significant contribution to the debate so far. boris johnson's team say they are in a hustings tonight so they don't have time to meet him. it is quite important, he is the president of the us. you might change your schedule. are you happy that the president has singled out the candidates he has or would you have liked to have seen him single out others? i think candidates like esther mcvey are more value aligned to trump. i think what trump is trying to work out on this trip is, he has acknowledged that theresa may is on her way out, he has thanked herfor her service to is on her way out, he has thanked her for her service to the uk and the us aren't working on the preliminary trade deal. now he wants to know who is going to take over. he is doing the right thing, i think, from a us point of view which

is reaching out to potential candidates and seeing if he can build a relationship there to take us build a relationship there to take us forward over the next few years. there has been a rule change this evening within the 1922 committee to speed up the process. james cleverly pulled out earlier today. i have just seen that kit malthouse has decided to withdraw. he said thank you to all of those who supported him, he has decided to withdraw from the contest for the leadership. do you think the rule change is going to sort out the wheat from the chaff? i'm not saying that he is the chaff, but he didn't have the backing that the three candelas we just discussed do it.” backing that the three candelas we just discussed do it. i think it is a shame that one of the conservative, the conservative party is one of the least democratic organisations in the country. i think most of the public who don't understand the minutia and the ins and outs of how the party works are not sure why 300 people get to decide who the future prime minister will be. i think the process so far has been to westminster focused and

not enough public — focused. the reforms that are being put forward seem to make it more westminster — focused, as they would, because it is being voted on by members of parliament. i think any candidate needs to very quickly get out there to the public to make a pitch as to why they should be prime minister. very grateful for your time and your thoughts this evening. just to confirm, kit malthouse another of the conservative candidate that has withdrawn from the leadership contest, that makes two today. i think we still have 11 candidates, is that right? 11 candidates altogether. still some way to go. as we have seen today, people have been taking to the streets in london to protest president trump's visit. taking to the streets in london to protest president trump's visit. our will correspond at dan johnson protest president trump's visit. our will correspond at danjohnson is in central london where those protests have been taking place. how would you compare them to the protests we saw this time last year?” you compare them to the protests we saw this time last year? i wasn't here, i didn't experience that. from what i saw and heard from colleagues, we have seen nothing like the same numbers today. i don't think the numbers have even hit what

the organisers were perhaps expecting. properly some good reasons for that, it is tuesday, a working day, and the weather has been pretty miserable today. i think that would have put a lot of people off. even though a few thousands that are gathered in trafalgar square and marched here to parliament square for the rally probably filtered away quicker than they would have because it was so damp and drizzly. and above of causes that have brought people together, what has hit me is the number of issues that people have raised. maybe there aren't so many people who are outraged by donald trump, there are certainly a lot of issues that do get them angry, whether it is his views on women, what he has said about muslims, his comments about african countries and black people, his attitude towards climate change, or the middle east or his general demeanour as president, just the way he has conducted the office. all sorts of issues have been raised today. i have grabbed one of the youngest people i think i have seen in the process today. you are from surrey, after you finished school you joined the protest. why did you want to be

here? donald trump has got to be one of the most presidents ever stop he is racist, he started islamophobia, and he is anti—— palestine. he has got everything, basically. do you think he shouldn't be in london? no, he shouldn't be in britain. he is sexist, he is racist, he is building a wall, he's like a dictator, basically. do you think he shouldn't get to meet the queen and come for the state trappings, the big reception? he doesn't deserve any of that, he doesn't deserve to be president. he was elected. i think the russians have something to do with that! no one is admitting it, but i still think russia have something to deal with it. what have you seen and felt today as part of the process? the i think everyone is together on one thing, trump should not be president. he is not good,

basically. it is notjust that not be president. he is not good, basically. it is not just that you don't want him in london, you don't wa nt don't want him in london, you don't want him in the white house at all? i think hillary clinton should properly have been president. isn't it too late? she lost the election, president trump is the president, some people would say that we have to talk to him because he is the leader of such a big country, such an important trading partner and a close relationship that the uk has. he is so juvenile, close relationship that the uk has. he is sojuvenile, everyone treats him like a child. a few days ago, they said that he had better behave himself in the trip, like, he is being well behaved. and he didn't even acknowledge the protests, he said they are supporting him, that they don't exist. and if protests don't exist, then i don't exist! interesting, good point. thank you, spencer. we really appreciate your time. they have been at least a few thousand people out on the streets today in opposition to donald trump. there have been people around these

protests, some of them confronting the protesters who support donald trump. they have questioned the validity of these protests even happening. it is a someone who spoke to my colleague earlier. we arrived quite early. we were surrounded by trump haters, and i use the word haters because there has been a lot of hate coming out today. we decided to come, although we are in the minority, we decided to come to support trump, and we are hoping to do a trade deal with him when we leave the eu. so he is very important, he is the president of a large country. what do you make of the baby blimp that we have seen? and the gorilla behind you? ijust think it's childish and totally disrespectful. there were just a handful of arrests, but this has been a very peaceful day at the protest. there we re peaceful day at the protest. there were some small flash point of confrontation between people who are supportive of trump and those who

are against him. this really hasn't been a peaceful protest, perhaps not as well attended as the organisers we re as well attended as the organisers were expecting. people are filtering away now. the president said he didn't really notice the protest, but certainly there were some vocal m essa 9 es but certainly there were some vocal messages for him to take home from london. 0k, thank you for bringing us london. 0k, thank you for bringing us up to speed with events down at trafalgar square today. we will turn our attention to change uk. six of their 11 mps have left the party today after its poor showing in the european elections. the party announced that a new leader, anna soubry, had been elected. we can cross to westminster and speak to our political so looking at the list, heidi allen, sarah wollaston, angela smith, luciana berger, all of them going from change uk. that didn't take long, did it? youjust think from change uk. that didn't take long, did it? you just think back to the launch, the fanfare, the

exuberance, the optimism that there was just four months ago when they had defections from labour and the conservatives, people were expecting more. and they were promising a whole new future. they were trying to break the mould of british politics, as they say, trying to get away from that 2— party system. it just went wrong so quickly for them. in terms of superficial things like their name, their logo, nothing went right for them. then in the european elections, they just right for them. then in the european elections, theyjust didn't make an impact. partly, of course, because of the liberal democrats' good showing, they were able to make any kind of impact at all. it now seems to have imploded pretty quickly and we are left with a situation where anna soubry, the former conservative mp, is leading a parliamentary party which has former labour mps in it. i think it means that any kind of second wave of defections from labour or the conservatives now simply isn't going to happen. the big question for those who have gone back to being independents, is

whether they throw their lot in with the lib dems. some people think they will. the lib dems are making the right noises are saying they have thousands of new members joining in the last couple of months after a huge success in the local elections and the european elections. they are saying, any of these mps will be welcome tojoin them. saying, any of these mps will be welcome to join them. took a moon are saying it is time that those so—called remain parties who are campaigning to stay in the eu, it is time that they worked together rather than constantly splitting that vote. anna soubry saying she is deeply disappointed at those departures. let's turn our attention to the conservatives for a moment. we have heard in the last few minutes that kit malthouse has withdrawn from the contest. i was just thinking that him and james cleverly, who withdrew earlier, both worked for borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. that's right, they both worked at city hall with him. i have spoken to james cleverly today asking him who we were back and he

said he hasn't decided yet. i think it is interesting now because an announcement, we understand, is coming pretty soon from the 1922 committee setting the rules for this leadership contest. they have put in some new criteria saying that you need to have eight backers in order to ta ke need to have eight backers in order to take part rather than two as has been the case in previous occasions. that could be a problem for some of them. then once you get into the first round, it is notjust the one who comes lastly dropped out, as usual, there will be a threshold. in the first round, you need to get 5% of mps, that is a 16 mps to back you. if it goes to a second round, it will be 32. that will whittle the numbers down quite quickly from a pretty enormous field. i think we are now back down to 11, we were at 13. i don't know if anyone else will join in. it is going to be interesting. yes, and the leadership contest officially hasn't even started. two have already withdrawn. there you are, such is life. thank you very much for that. let's remind

you very much for that. let's remind you about events tonight. we are on day two of the state visit. they are at winfield house. a dinner that trump will host with the us ambassador. nigel the raj has —— nigel farage has tweeted saying this... have you seen any trace of michael gove. no sign of michael gove, but we have been able to spot donald trump's team who have been in touch with him. they were hoping to meet and it was a question of whether they could schedule it in. he did make time for nigel the raj —— he did make time for nigel farage. about ten minutes later,

nigel farage was driven in, as you say, he tweeted a short while ago talking of a good meeting with the president saying that president trump really believes in brexit and is loving his trip to london. in a little under two hours' time, those guests will start appearing for that reciprocal dinner here at winfield house. if michael gove is to hold a meeting, the window is shortening. but what we do know about the dinner, not a but what we do know about the dinner, nota huge but what we do know about the dinner, not a huge amount of detail coming out about art, but we know that it will be between 60 and 70 guests, no speeches, just toasts. the prince of wales will be there to represent the queen alongside him will be the duchess of cornwall and theresa may and her husband philip will be there as well. as well as donald trump's family. 60—70 guests, keeping it quite close to their chests as to who exactly the other guests will be. ok, thank you very much for bringing us up—to—date for

that stop we will have the six o'clock news shortly. i will be here in one hour's time on behind 100 days. we will look at that return dinner at winfield house. we like to know what they are eating on the special occasions as well. before we do that, it is time for a look at the weather. the skies are brightening up in london. it looks like a bright end to the day. the area of rain with this low pressure continues to move into northern parts of the country. it has been bringing a very wet day to western pa rt it has been bringing a very wet day to western part of the uk. it started putting in earlier across the south—west and into wales. it really pepped up and has become more intense across northern england into northern ireland now. it will be extremely heavy as it pushes into central and southern scotland overnight. there could be rumbles of thunder mixed in as well. it will be

wet across the northern half of the uk, whereas further south it will be a dry night with clear spells. if you mist the fog patches, know it will be particularly cold. it does mean tomorrow isn't looking too bad for england and wales also there will be some sunshine around. a bit hazy at times. still cloudy and damp with the cloud over scotland and northern ireland. we could see showers across western and southern england. some could be heavy. staying largely dry further east with top temperatures of 20 or 21 degrees. then through wednesday night, it stays damp across the north west. if we look at the south east, this developing area of low pressure could graze the south—east corner with heavy rain. a few showers in the north—west by the end of the night, elsewhere, clear skies, patchy cloud and temperatures between seven and 11 degrees. this is the area of low pressure. remaining out in the north sea but continuing to graze the eastern coast as we head through thursday.

some of the rain to be fairly heavy. it looks like it will park itself across the northern half of scotland as we head through thursday. we have persistent rain some heavy. elsewhere across the country, not too bad, you could dodge the showers which develop into the afternoon for sops be and sundry. temperatures between 17 and 18 degrees, cooler further north. that area of low pressure d rifts further north. that area of low pressure drifts further north, look at another one which moves up from the south for friday. this could bring a spell of windy weather and some very heavy rain in places. you have to stay tuned to the forecast for the intensity and location. it looks like it will stay unsettled into the weekend. some sunshine too with temperatures on the cool side for the time of year.

president trump praises the relationship between america and the uk, saying it is the "greatest alliance the world has ever known." speaking after talks with theresa may at downing street, he said a "phenomenal" post brexit trade deal was possible, which might include, the national health service. i think everything with a trade deal is on the table. when you are dealing in trade, everything is on the table. the nhs or anything else, a lot more than that. the point about making trade deals is that both sides negotiate and come to an agreement about what should or should not be in that trade deal. as thousands demonstrated against the president, mr trump revealed he'd refused to meetjeremy corbyn. but the labour leader, addressing the crowds, said he's