britain's former ambassador washington, peter westmacott around washington's former eu ambassador anthony gardner. plus, the mayor of london, sadiq khan, response to the president's personal and bruising attack on his record and he tells me why the massive protests are important. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the first full day of president trump's visit to britain lived up to its billing -- controversial, fast-pace action, pomp and protest. it began starting with an unprecedented interview in the "sun" tabloid in which president trump directly criticized his host the british prime minister theresa may. later, though, when standing beside her he tried to walk it back and make nice. >> i give it the highest level of special so we start off with special. i would give our relationship with the uk and now especially after this two days with your prime minister i would say the highest level of special. >> special or not, the president avoided central london and parliament behind me because of this -- tens of thousands of people packed trafalgar square and mar

britain's former ambassador washington, peter westmacott around washington's former eu ambassador anthony gardnere mayor of london, sadiq khan, response to the president's personal and bruising attack on his record and he tells me why the massive

your government studies at harvard, and onto oxford and columbia law, all along the track of anthony gardnermportant is you know the unthinkable happens. are we set up right now for the like whatbilities we saw in 1998 or 1989 with the soviet union? anthony: we are sending a lot of signals, and signals matter. we are sending dangerous signals about how the president is ambivalent about our alliances with nato and the eu. that is dangerous. tom: are the baltic states at risk here? we are talking about georgia and the ukraine. anthony: they feel they are at risk, and it empowers those who think they may not be defended in the time of need. let's look at historical experience. 1914, when both sides mobilized, there comes a point when it is very hard to withdraw. i'm talking about the trade war here. we are at an inflection point. tom: we will continue with and anthony. a very busy day with the president, with events by helicopter on the outskirts of london. coming up, important earnings conversations from three banks today. london, a protest in and there is a balloon. ♪ tom: good morning, every