joining me now for some analysis is scott lucas is a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham in the u.k. welcome scott now trying to describe his trip is tremendously successful how do you see it do you see anything like a trumpet asia strategy emerge from this visit. no there is no grand strategy for the trumpet ministration this is not a president who has a really detailed grasp of what's happening and his advisors are simply trying to cope with a series of issues whether it's the north korean crisis whether it's relations with china whether it's the wider issue of america's standing in the region i think the positive you could say is that with the exception of one very unfortunate tweet about north korea and the sort of ill considered visit with lot of recruiting he largely stayed on script so we didn't see an escalation of the north korean crisis as trump has done in recent months we didn't see of course any type of you know friction with china indeed we saw the opposite the chinese went out of their ways to flatter trump which i think raises the wider issue

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and now perspective and context with scott lucas. the professor of international politics at the university of birmingham live in birmingham this hour. it's good to have you with us as usual. scott, let's talk first of all about this latest twitter attack from donald trump responding foorth of lavar ball who downplayed the president's role in their release. and we've seen personalized attacks like this before, these counterpunches as the president's advisers would describe them. when mr. trump feels attacked. what purpose do these attacks serve? did this work or did this backfire? >> well, i don't think you can read this in terms of rational politics. i had i tthink the key top understanding donald trump is that for all his aggressive behavior, some might say bullying, in public, on twitter, he's a bully who wants to be praised, who wants to be adored. that didn't happen in this case. remember, initially he was upset that the three ucla players had not thanked him as soon as they were released from detention and he said, you know, ef

this attack in new york city will have more political casualties in the days and weeks to come scott lucas a professor of american studies in the university of wyoming and thank you very much for that analysis. thank you. we not some breaking news coming in the northern german city of breman police are reporting a shooting in a supermarket this is one man has been seriously hurt the gunman is reported to be on the run but police say there is no immediate danger to the public no motive for the attack has been revealed that's all we have at the moment but of course we bring you more news on this incident as soon as we have it this article look at some other stories making news around the world police in the u.s. state of colorado have released c.c.t.v. images off the suspect in a deadly shooting at a wal-mart store in the denver area the alleged gunman killed at least three people and witnesses said gunfire sent constant was fleeing for the exits others hit and willing to escort it out by police. britain's defense minister mark if ireland has resigned after allegations emerged in appropriate

let's get context on all of this from scott lucas. a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham, live in birmingham, england. good to have you with us. let's talk about this big question come monday morning who will lead the consumer financial protection bureau and the greater question, will the president's pick override process here? >> i think the one who leads is the first one that gets to the office door at this point. the outgoing director of the cfpb wanted to make sure he had his type of continuity by leaving a week earlier than anticipated, bringing the deputy director. also quite clear the white house will not allow that type of basically process on agencies. they feel they're being challenged. so who is right, who is wrong? you heard the different citations of law. i think the wider issue, there a divide among the white house and long-term career staff at many agencies, not just the cfpb, we could talk about the state department, the defense department. and what compounds this is the trump administra

this attack in new york city will have more political casualties in the days and weeks to come scott lucas a professor of american studies in the university of wyoming and thank you very much for that analysis. therefore take a look at some other stories making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel is hosting a new round of exploratory coalition talks members of her conservative bloc are meeting the greens and liberals to discuss a number of issues including defense and commerce the negotiating camp's a huge differences exist in a number of topics. police in germany have reported a shooting at a supermarket in the northern city of breman this a one man has been seriously hurt the gunman is reportedly on the run but authorities say there is no immediate danger to the public no motive for the attack has been revealed. spain's national court is question members of catalonia ousted government over charges of sedition and rebellion but not the region's ex-president carlist who remains in belgium his deputy did appear in court but refused to answer questions he's among those unde

is that a fair point, scott lucas?” totally agree.angerous, unfortunately, muslims. thank you for your company today. on the programme tomorrow, the therapy industry and how it is regulated. see you tomorrow. good morning. it is largely dry across many parts of the uk. we have got some heavy rain affecting western scotland. it has been raining in part of western scotland since monday evening. you can see the latest radar picture. rain moving south into the south west of scotla nd moving south into the south west of scotland and eventually some rain pushes into northern ireland. showers behind that in the north of scotland. most of england and wales looking at a fine afternoon with good spells of sunshine, particularly across wales and the midlands. more clout in the north—east. temperatures about 12 or 13 degrees. this band of cloud and rain moves further south overnight. fob develops in southern areas. that would be around first thing. tending to clear away. cloudy weather in the south. but the bulk of northern england, scotland and

london we will leave you there and we'll head a bit further north to birmingham joining us via skype scott lucas a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and let's pick up on what barnaby was saying there there is an official visit of president trump due to happen in the u.k. if these sorts of things keep happening can that can that go on. no i mean the the official visit in fact has been on hold since the spring over a variety of troops statements and policies including at one point his advocacy of torture including the muslim ban. but what this is done is just highlighted the fact that truck and this i think is the far more important story is now damaging values that are upheld here in britain and in the us i mean he's up damaging the notion of decency and tolerance and respect for office in all cultures indeed he is now effectively an accomplice of hatred and division and islamophobia so we're not even talking about you know the special relationship whatever that is we're talking about donald trump actually damaging the u.s. position with many countries around the