meghan markle suggested there was missonny to trump.et's defend the woman called nasty by america's president for a minute. but what jonathan lemire laid out is an obliteration of not just norms but everything that happens in terms of american diploma diplomacy. he doesn't leave his political attacks, snark and ugly bombast at home. he takes it with him on his little devices. but he also uses it to not just put his finger on the scale but to muck around in another country's messy, painful politics, talk about this moment. >> why is donald trump so unpopular on the continent, in uk and europe, it's principally because when it comes to the north atlantic alliance between united states and the european allies, the president has sided with vladimir putin of russia, which is the arch nemesis of that historic alliance. so the champions of the alliance, primarily in the militaries of the uk and other european countries and intelligence services who are so closely aligned with the united states, they are suspicious of donald trump's diplomacy,

meghan markle will not. might it come up?nk you have to look at this in two different protocols. you have political protocols which he's breaking brazenly. it's meant to be a state visit celebrating bilateral relations. he's blown it out of the water. at the same time, disputing his issues with the palace, i don't think there are any. he's rev ren shall to the palace. we'll see it again today. he's got a guard of honor. he messed it up last time. he's probably thinking of how to do it properly this time. then he goes to a private lunch. prince harry will be there. meghan markle will not be there. she's on maternity leave. then there is a state banquet and prince william, the cambridges will be there. an interesting insight to donald trump and i'm no expert on american politics, but what you have here is president trump saying he quite likes the idea of his children having a next generation meeting with harry and william. that implies to me he sees himself as separate from politics, almost in a kingly-type roll if he thinks he

trump tweeted i never called meghan markle nasty. made up by the fake news media and they got caught, cold. he suggested an apology was in order.

the president versus meghan markle. what president trump said when he learned the duchess of sussex criticized him during the campaign. the president's team saying it's being taken out of context. tonight you'll hear the tape. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. we begin tonight with the new details just coming in about that horrific workplace massacre in virginia beach. officials now identifying the suspect in the mass shooting, at a municipal building complex, a 40-year-old engineer who worked there for 15 years. that community in deep mourning tonight. officials calling the attack both senseless and incomprehensible. all but 1 of the 12 victims were city employees, some for decades. at least two others in intensive skaer tonight in area hospitals. that attack ranking as one of the deadliest workplace shootings in recent years. whit johnson starts us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight another american community grappling with the unimaginable. >> one down, gunshot wound, 2405 court

that was in response to calling meghan markle nasty. already there is a very public, unpleasant tiff between leaders and some of the royal family. >> that's true. i would like to focus on the nasty issue, not because it is terribly important what the president said about meghan markle, but the idea that the president would deny saying something that he's on audiotape saying is kind of a surreal 1984-like scenario which even for president trump is especially surreal and bizarre. >> let's play him saying the word nasty out loud. listen. >> she said she'd move to canada if you got elected. turned out she moved to britain. >> well, a lot of people are moving here. so what can i say? no. i didn't know that she was nasty. >> i didn't know that she was nasty. he just said nasty out loud. the president then later wrote, i never called meghan markle nasty. >> made up by fake news media. it's so interesting. fake news with the president has become a tell. like when he says "believe me." that's almost always a lie. fake news is now becoming kind o

trump tweeted i never called meghan markle nasty. made up by the fake news media and they got caught cold. he suggested an apology was in order. the duchess of sussex is on maternity leave so she won't be seeing mr. trump during the trip. he will visit with queen elizabeth, meet prince charles for the first time, and hold talks with outgoing prime minister theresa may. may is leaving office on friday following backlash over her brexit plan. president donald trump told the sun boris johnson would be an excellent replacement. british foreign secretary jeremy hunt is also competing two reports may. on face the nation, he brushed off the president backing johnson. >> we are quite used to the fact that he does the unexpected thing. it will not affect the welcome we give him. >> reporter: the president will also travel to normandy, france to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d-day. >>> san jose mayor criticized the president especially referencing the fact that the president was recorded calling meghan markle nasty and then saying he did

he's already there and he's already sparking some controversy with comments about meghan markle. >>> and a cruiseship plows into a dock at full speed. how it ended up going out of control. >>> that's all ahead. first, it is 4:37. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast and mike nicco. >>> let's take a look at what's going on temperature wise. we'll start in the east bay where there's drizzle the higher you get up into the hills. san leandro, 52 to fremont, union city and oakland at 56 degrees. we have clouds rushing in just about everywhere. that's why we're all pretty much in the low to mid-50s. upper 50s like the 59 there you see at san jose. 60 at los gatos. 57 at brentwood. 61 in antioch right now. a look at the bay bridge where it was a lot drier than it was coming through the east bay hills. still, those areas in the hills and at the coast. warm inland. mass transit this afternoon, ferry ride, clouds to sunshine. a look at the peninsula and we'll have the thickest clouds through 7:00 and a few clouds hanging around as we hit the 70s this afterno

nasty later in "the sun" interview, the president said of markle, she will be very good in her role as a royal. there are already ominous signs hanging over the state visit like the reappearance of a large, inflatable and unflattering balloon meant to parody the president as seen in this promotion by british broadcaster sky news, an nbc partner. and the president's uk hosts hope to avoid lapses in protocol like this awkward moment last year where mr. trump briefly walked in front of the queen at windsor castle back in washington, another crisis at the border where white house officials say mexico needs to act quickly on immigration. >> he's absolutely deadly serious. >> reporter: the white house acting chief of staff defended the president's threat to impose a 5% tariff on mexican imports >> i fully expect these tariffs to go on to at least the 5% level on june 10th the president is deadly serious about fixing the situation at the southern border. >> reporter: and, kate, the president is also keeping the pressure on mexico throwing cold water on a meeting set for this wednesday with

he called meghan markle, the duchess of sussex, a nasty -- well, he called her nasty. he called the mayor of london, he insulted him. so all of that going on behind the scenes while there is this show of unity before our eyes. it's a confusing split screen. >> and yet, alisyn, the brits in the face of this are unflappable, quite simply because, first of all, the whole stiff upper lip tradition here in the uk. but beyond that i think there's a sense that no one here would expect anything to be different. we saw when president trump last visited the uk nearly a year ago, he criticized prime minister theresa may's handling of brexit negotiations, said her deal was terrible. and so it's no surprise that, as he prepares to -- as he was preparing to come here for this really extraordinary honor in the form of the state visit, he was not wasting any time in pulling punches. he was giving interviews to "the sun" tabloid saying he likes boris johnson, the tory front-runner to be prime minister. he said he didn't know meghan markle was nasty after hearing that the duchess of sus

he used nasty to describe meghan markle when he was asked about her comments in 2016.espite this the royal family hasn't shown they've been bothered by the president's comments or his breaking of protocol. it's been a lavish affair with a grand opening ceremony with the british royal troops. there was a lunch inside buckingham palace and president trump seemed to really relish all of this, particularly when the queen showed him the royal artifac artifacts. following that they went to westminster abbey where the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. then there was tea and this evening is the state banquet which the president will be attending with his family. it's an interesting note. we've seen the president interact with the royals. queen elizabeth, prince charles. we have not seen any interaction between him and prince harry. of course in the wake of the comments the president has made, meghan markle also not attending the events. she is on maternity. it's with this backdrop of the president's comments on brexit. he weighed in and said that the

trump tweeted i never called meghan markle nasty. made up by the fake news media.e suggested an apology was in order. she is on maternity leave, so she won't be seeing mr. trump during this trip. he will vizwit queen elizabeth and hold talks with out going prime minister teroosau may. may is leaving office friday following back lash over her brexit plan. she said boris johnson would be an excellent replacement. jeremy hunt is also competing. he brushed off the president backing johnson. >> we're quite used to the fact that he does the unexpected thing. and it's not going to effect the warm welcome we give him. he's planning to meet with his french counterpart as well as the prime minister of ireland when he makes the stop there to visit his luxury golf resort. >> thank you. >>> protesters are expected to fill the streets of london during the president's visit. reports. >> reporter: any presidential visit presents a massive security challenge. but a state visit from this president, with all its pomp and pageantry is one royal pain staking operation. this will cause

the president has denied calling meghan markle nasty. she had said before she married prince harry, she had negative things to say about him. we know that the president said this. let's share the sound. >> are you sorry not to see you, because she wasn't so nice about you during the campaign. >> i didn't know that, no. i hope she's okay. i did not know that. >> she said she'd move to canada if you got elected. turned out she moved to britain. >> a lot of people moving here. i didn't know that she was nasty. >> he didn't know that she was nasty. the president did say that. he's called the mayor a stone-cold loser. is that going to make anything awkward tonight? >> reporter: it's making the whole trip awkward. the politics are very difficult. the leader of the opposition has refused to do to the banquet tonight. while you have this constitutional occasion hosted by the royal family looking terrific in terms of pictures for the president, the background is very, very difficult politics. >> all right. keir thank you very much. let's bring in

when the president comes oust and says i never called meghan markle nasty.ems to me a distinction without a difference here. he said it. he said that she was nasty in her comments or in something that she did. so why go on twitter and just deny it out of hand? why not say this is what i meant or if you didn't get it when i said it the first time, this is what i meant. clearly the word are out there for everyone to hear. >> because when you turn on the tv screen of several major networks and you see a chyron that he has called someone's character, personhood an individual nasty, which he did not do and in many cases you are good to play the second portion of that don, where he praises her, but not every show has done that. i have been watching all day. the president wasn't lying here. it's simply being taken out of context. this is why the media does. which is why the campaign posted the entire audio. perhaps we need to post it again so the viewers and the media understand what he was saying. >> i didn't know that she was nasty seems pretty clear to me. again

i don't think it's a surprise the president insulting meghan markle.ecially when he feels, he's been affronted. the fact that he's telling us this is fake, that he didn't do it, when it's on tape. the president saying don't believe what you're hearing. >> he raises doubts and creates a confusion, and this is a small story, but this multiplies into big stories from voter fraud to other issues about the economy, and it leaves people a little bit unsettled and he tries to use that to his political advantage. >> that's a small part of the story. the big part of the story to take the real big overview is this is 75 years to the week this week that the u.s. and uk together basically, well, saved europe and rewrote the global power structure for another 75 years, and at this very moment, both of these countries are moving inward and rejecting the power structure that they designed. that's the backdrop of this whole event. >> that's a big picture look at what's going on, so those relationshiped form relationships formed in the cold war, is under challenge. it'

markle's publics.l have a meeting about climate change with prince charles, with some of the royals there. so good to have you here. what did he say? >> well, president trump had this wide ranging interview with the sun. he spoke on all matters, meeting the royal family, climate change, his position on brexit. he spoke, of course, about meghan markle after the sun confronted him with some comments she had made in 2016 against president trump. take a listen to what she said at the time. >> yes, of course, trump is divisive. think about female voters alone, right? i think it was in 2012, the republican party lost by 12 point. that's a huge number. and with as misogynistic trump is and so vo kal about it, that's a huge chunk. you're not voting for hillary because she's a woman. but trump has made it easy to see you don't really want that kind of world he's painting. >> you can hear there kind of the tone of her voice calling him misogynistic. president trump said he did not know about these comments, call

of course meghan markle, the duche duchess's husband. that could be a little bit awkward. the president's statement came about in a question from the interviewer, tom newton dunn who was interviewing the president in the white house late last week. he asked if the president was aware of the comments that she had made that if he became president, this was back in 2016, she would leave to go to canada. he said he wasn't aware, that she was nasty, and subsequently said he didn't make those comments and it is seen here as something of a faux pas that is awkward. this is president trump and this is what people have come to expect from him. they don't like it, but it's him and that just falls into the category that so many people would protest against him because they don't like the way that he does business. they don't like the way he wades into the affairs of the uk and the royal family is an issue people wouldn't want to see an outside leader of any stature criticizing. a potential awkward moment when he meets harry at lunchtime. >> and meghan markle is on maternity leave, a

. >> do you think meghan markle is nasty or not? >> no, the question was asked of me. i didn't know she said anything bad about it, and that's okay. hey, join the crowd, right? it seems like she had and sounds like the things she said was actually on tape. i wasn't referring to she's nasty. i said she's nasty about me. especially, i didn't know she was nasty about me but i said, you know what, she did a good job. i hope she enjoys her life. it just shows me how terrible

criticism over meddling in their politics and a controversy of meghan markle.members and more americans are in favor of impeachment according to the polls. >>> trump using tariffs once again as a global hammer to try to get what he wants. how much is this bluster costing all of us here in the united states? we'll look at that. we are also keeping an eye on virginia beach. a

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oh, the president is attacking meghan markle. no, she's the one who called him a massage this years ago and responding to that. the president is attacking that. the mayor of london went out of his way to write a newspaper article saying that the president wasn't welcome and president trump responded. as you pointed out with nancy pelosi, he didn't attack her. she was the one who said he should be in prison. started off as for a long time trying to have a good, respectful relationship with nancy pelosi and only recently she's gone off the rails with that language, inflammatory language of a cover-up in the white house. and with this desire to see him in jail, he is to that. >> ed: listen to what andrea mitchell from msnbc said today. here's how she compared the president to president reagan. >> i was here when ronald reagan was here in 1984. for all the disagreements of how to handle there were a lot of tensions then, but we didn't have the division we had with europe with what we have now. america is less respected in europe than

. >> jesse: he also took a moment to clarify a controversial comment about meghan markle, the duchess of

his state trip in controversy over comments markle from protests to pomp and circumstance >>> a cruise ship presses into a boat at a dak ock in venice. >>> how nasa is trying to protect the planet from an early asteroid strike. >>> offices at the mince beach center will be closed today, honoring the 12 people who were killed in friday's mass shooting the employs had served their community for over 150 years combined the gunman who was identifie unknown. >> prayers tears. words of remembrance in virginia beach, after police say a gunman opened fire on friday. >> the only thing that separated him from more deaths is time >> investigators say the 40-year-old gunman, armed with two .45 pistols went on a rampage until he was shot by police the ordeal, 46 minutes >> one second, we're shooting at the officers and we're returning fire the next minute, we're rendering aid, trying to solve his life. >> reporter: christy were vooifed. she says keith cox, who was killed, told her to office inside an office and bare kate the door >> he fired four shots and i looked up, and two of the shots almost c

just the other day calling one of the newest royals, meghan markle, referred to her as nasty because of some comments she made about him in 2016. we do expect the president to disembark shortly and then he has a ceremonial welcome awaiting him this morning. >> we're going to have all day coverage on msnbc and throughout morning joe as well, of course his trip to london. there's going to be a lot of pomp and circumstance with these sorts of trips, and i'm sure you've covered these sorts of trips before with the white house. >> it's thee kind of thing he loves. >> he likes the red carpet rolled out for him. he likes the visit he's going to be making to buckingham palace and the tea with prince charles and the lunch with the queen. this is what the president enjoys the most. we saw it oversea ins saudi arabia, and the pomp and circumstance that was laid out for the president there and of course what he's going to be receiving here. and then you think about the trade y negotiations as well an the u.k.'s involvement in all of that. there's a lot of controversy surrounding this entire trip

and an unscripted remark the president made and then denied makingbout meghan markle is already drawing attention. nbc's mike viquera reports. >> reporr: returning serom his virginia golf cour the president stopped at an evangelical church service. sthe white houseaying mr. trump was praying for the vicms in virginia beach. >> praying for our president. >> reporter: the day was also s aside by religious leaders like franklin graham as one or of prayer fhe president. the stop came just hours before the president departs for a state visit to britain. the final touches are in place for his monday arrival and the president is already making headlines. in a pretrip interview, the british newspaper "the sun" pressed mr. trump about comments meghan markle, the duchess of sussex, made about him back in 2016. >> she said she'd move to canada i you got elected. turned out she moved to britain. >> a lot of people moving here so what can i say. tno, i didn't knowhat she was nasty. >> reporter: this morning the president denied making the remark tweeting i part, i never called meghan markle nasty. l

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i hope she enjoys her life. >> reporter: the american born markle is on maternity leave. she didn't cross paths with president trump while he was here after he called her nasty when an interviewer told him markle publicly criticized him back in 2018. >> reporter: he was put on the spot about climate change, he and something prince charles are at odds over. the president said he and charles had a great conversation. >> he wants to make sure future generations have climate that is good climate as opposed to a disaster, and i agree. >> reporter: while he wouldn't say whether he believes in climate change, he notes he has noticed a change. >> i believe that there is a change in weather, and i think it changes both ways. don't forget. it used to be called global warming and now it's called extreme weather because with extreme weather, you can't miss it. >> reporter: as this trip winds down the president is looking back at a major issue in light of the latest shooting tragedy in virginia beach. >> nobody has talked about silencers very much. i'll seriously look at it. i don't l

he criticized may about her handling of brexit and he mentioned markle.ve to canada if elected and president trump responded saying i didn't know she was nasty. i hope she's okay. he said markle will be excellent royal. >>> governor gavin newsom is expressing concerns concerns, and the governor is concerned about a proposal that would have state officials sign off on vaccinations and he says the decisions should be made between patients and doctors without the government getting involved. a bill that would require health department approval, it's making its way in the state senate. >>> happening today, contract talks set to continue for the haven unified school district. teachers and union in heyward have been on strike for two weeks. tony thurman joined the negotiations on thursday, but no deal reached. smith is removing himself from the negotiation process to lower tensions but he says he's going to do that if the president of the teacher's union does the same. the union is asking for about a 7% raise over two years. the district is offering a one-time

i think the important thing on that is meghan markle said those things when she was meghan markle.ex. she's not involved in this visit because she's on maternity leave. we've just had prince harry in that lunch at buckingham palace. so whatever he might think behind closed doors, he's putting that to one side and putting on a good show supporting his family for this important state visit. >> all right. thank you so much for being with us there from buckingham palace. >>> ahead, how a dramatic collision involving a giant cruise ship in venice, italy, is raising new safety concerns about the city's congested waterways. we're there with reaction. >>> plus, what to watch this morning, including heartwarming news for coffee lovers. and if you're on the go, subscribe to our podcast. hear the day's top stories and what's happening in your world in less than 20 minutes. you're watching "cbs this morning." coffee lovers. there it is. you're watching "cbs this morning." it's a prescription ointment for ages 2 and up... ...that's steroid-free. it works both at and below the skin's surface...

meghan markle will do excellently. >> my guess just the way these protocol visits usually go is that the royals will probably not make an issue of that publicly. and maybe there's some private griping, but i would be really surprised if that comment threw a monkey wrench in really anything with his visit coming up. >> i agree, i think that comment starts and ends really at the time it was said. i don't think it goes any further. and there's also a lot in this article gave us an interesting winnow into his negotiating tactic. for instance, he said he would walk away with negotiations with the european union if he were in britain's shoes if they don't get what they want. and we can take him at his word for this. this is something he has done. >> it's not only something he's done, it's the only thing he does. in essence, the sort of history of presidential negotiation in the trump administration has essentially been one of threats and bullying. and sometimes that has seemed to work, where he'll make threats and bully and sort of demand that he gets what he wants. and that causes the kin

meghan markle is home with her young infant son archie, he and prince harry just had a baby.sident trump was asked in an interview about the comments that markle made prior to him becoming elected. president trump called her nasty. he hopes she's doing well. she's married into that royal family. there are some interesting points to watch here on the royal side. as president trump gets ready for a day of real pomp and pageantry, this is what he likes best. the centerpiece of today's visit will be a state banquet later on tonight. savannah. >> hallie, stand by there. we await some of the formal welcomes that are about to happen at buckingham palace. the president having just walked inside, greeted by the queen and prince charles and camilla. let's go the keir simmons. he's just outside buckingham palace, keir, you're a local, how is this visit being received? >> savannah, there were cheers outside buckingham palace here as marines one swooped down behind buckingham palace. the royal standard flying over buckingham palace that the queen is in residence. an entourage of the royal

but despite what we just heard on tape the president said he did not call markle nasty including that the remark was made up. the president again denied making the comment right before leaving on his trip to meet the royal family including markle's husband, prince harry. >>> no, i made no bad comment. >> meanwhile in a major break from diplomatic convention president trump weighed heavily into british politics, including on brexit and impending prime minister race. in interviews with the british the sun times and "the sun," said theresa may botched the brexit talks with temp u saying she left them with all the cards. he also offered three fold advice saying the uk should sue the eu, not pay the bill and to walk away from negotiations all together if they don't get everything they want. >> what do you think went wrong for her? >> i think that uk allowed the european union to have all the cards. i had mentioned to theresa may that you gotta build up your, your ammunition. they didn't give the european union anything to lose. i'm sure that you could have built up a big advantage for your

of course meghan markle came up. she is the only american royal. the one royal that didn't meet president trump during this state visit. so does he think she's nasty? >> i wasn't referring to her. i said she was nasty about me. and essentially i didn't she was nasty about me. so i said, you know what? she's doing a good job. i hope she enjoys her life. >> reporter: the other issue as well, dave, was this issue about the national health service. he talked a lot about the trade deal between the uk. they don't want the nhs and procurement to be on the at the same time. he resolved that yesterday saying it's not on the table. so a great relief to prime minister may and many here. >> that was on the front pages of a lot of your papers there. didn't appear the president knew what the nhs was or what johnson had said prior to that question. also an interesting sound bite about transgender s in the military. >>> and the president the tariff man not backing down on mexico. standing by his threat to impose a 5% tariff on mexican goods next week. here he is d

. >>> plus, why meghan markle's beauty plan after baby might surprise you. >>> and the new man in selenaomez's life, bill murray? >>> then, keanu reeves basically breaks twitter. big movie, millions of memes. why he's even poorer than you thought. >> no way! >>> this is "entertainment tonight." >>> hi, everybody. welcome. i'm so excited today. because "black-ish" star anthony anderson will be joining us in just a moment. >> we are going to have a lot of fun, but we have to start with some serious news. britney spears has been posted about her vacation, trying to prove that he's sock, but her action have made people more concerned than ever. >> so, this is the day after me on my boat ride. do i look any different today than yesterday? >> for the second day in a row, britney shared a startling "conspiracy theory," accusing the paparazzi of altering photos to make her look bigger. >> no one ever really ever asks, are the paparazzi pictures fake and do the paparazzi people do stuff to the pictures, and is the news really real? >> today, the photo agency that released the images called britne

the president's visit is not without controversy, as he insults london's mayor and duchess meghan markle. >>> impeachment calls as house democrats announce new hearings, there are growing calls to begin an impeachment inquiry, but a new cnn poll shows most americans don't support that. what will lawmakers do next? >>> deadly shooting. as a city mourns and america grapples with his deadliest shooting of the year, authorities release e-mails sent by the virginia beach gunman just hours before he attacked his coworkers. >>> and photo in question. a top north korean official reportedly sent to a labor camp after the failed summit with president donald trump may have resurfaced. north korea has published a bizarre photo showing the official with kim jong-un, but why are his hands over his face? is it really him? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. president trump and the first lady are being honored right now by britain's royal family with a state banquet at buckingham palace. the toast by the queen caps a day of pageantry, including a review of the honor guar

they told me they were trying to ignore the meghan markle comments, and when it came to boris johnsont they were, to quote this person, very relaxed about it. they, in fact, expected he would probably say something like that. >> but it is the markle comment that caught them off guard a little bit. >> they did and they're trying to ignore it. probably the smart thing to do. >> i want to turn now to 2020 because we just learned that maryland's governor, larry hogan, is not going to challenge president trump in the republican primary. doug, how significant is it that hogan is backing off this idea? >> well, i think it is a reality of where donald trump's approval rating is and the intensity of that approval rating within -- within the republican party. we see poll after poll where he's at 85% to 95% approval for within the republican party. it means it is very hard for anybody to really credibly challenge him in a primary. i think governor hogan, who i am a massive fan of and who ran a brilliant campaign to win in maryland, a state i have worked in and know how hard it is for republicans

but went on to praise markle and said she would make a great american princess. >> meghan markle is on maternity leave and taking a step back from royal duties. maybe too uncomfortable to be alongside the president given her comments. the royal family is careful to be seen not to play politics with these moments. interesting, though, about the tea with charles. what is the point of having tea with prince charles? what is happening there? could be about showing the future of the monarchy. he will be king one day after all. they have completely different views on the environment. prince charles has been talking about climate change for many years. the president of the united states to say, hang on a minute, are you sure about your line on paris? are you sure about your view of climate change and to be able to use the power that is given in a moment like this, in a visit like this, to just try and get his ear and try to change the course and the direction that the president is going in. it might not work, but will try. >> we cannot hear what the president is being told by the dean of the

now the president is trying to walk back an insult he aimed at meghan markle. moran is in london. >> reporter: in london they're hanging the flags outside buckingham palace. the stars and stripes and the union jack. symbols of one of the world's closest alliances. president trump's state visit here this week is also a security challenge. when he was in the uk last summer, there were massive protests in london. but he is popular elsewhere in this country and he's already stirring controversy, boldly weighing in on who should succeed outgoing prime minister theresa may. trump backing former foreign secretary boris johnson, the man some call the british trump. >> i think boris would do a very good job. i think he'd be -- i think he'd be excellent. i like him very much. >> reporter: the overriding issue here, brexit, the british decision to exit the european union, and how to do it. president trump voicing support for a so-called hard brexit where the uk would crash out of the eu with no deal, a potentially chaotic course. >> if you don't get the deal you want, if

when people say meghan markle didn't show up. you have to understand she's just had a baby or as donald trump said to prince harry, that is a stormy time after a woman has just had a baby. it is not as though she could just go out to london and make a public appearance. when you see a video of her today at the queen's special birthday, that is not meghan markle, that is an inflatable. >> martin, you are a national treasure for both countries. the sort of bigger picture here is that this was not donald trump's great european vacation. i've been watching the solemnity in which europe has come together to remember the war and naziism. here was donald trump. i want to play him at a cemetery. this is one of the most solomn places to be. he's talking to laura ingram. >> do you mind if he testifies? >> he made such a fool out of him self-because what people don't record is the letter he had to do to straight enout his testimony because his testimony was wrong. >> you had this -- on top of that, let me show you one more thing. donald tru

and the president's new comments about meghan markle. why he used the word nasty. >>> first, breaking news development in the mass shooting at virginia beach. city officials are bitterly recounting a scene of chaos and heartbreak as a trusted employee with full access to a municipal building opened fire, killing 12 people. they also confirmed the identity of the gunman, dewayne craddock, mentioning his name one time only just as we are here and describing him as a city engineer who worked at the public utility department for about 15 years. no motive was advanced for what turned out to be the deadliest mass shooting in the united states this year but we are learning more details about how it unfolded and warning here, some of the images are graphic. >> 16 hours ago the lives of 12 people were cut short by a senseless and incomprehensible act of violence. >> boy, i tell you, i got a call there was an active shooter situation. i started heading to city hall and then i got a call that there were fatalities involved and, you know, the list k

a surprise appearance by markle. this is her first since she gave birth.'s 98th birthday. i do say it was another member of the royal w family kind of set the stage again over the weekend. it was the queen's official birthday. and we saw megan's first official assignment if you like sincehe birth of baby archie. it defines how well she is doing. how much she has cnged perception of the royal family, but so much talk was about megan. she has really been breath of fresh air. one of the most important royal events of the year. all eyes are on the duchess of sussex. this her first royal engagement since giving birth. baby archie riding in a horse and carriage, the queen traveling separately. the queen'shildren and grandson prince william riding horses behin her. in her younger years ago she would have done the same. 400 musicians and 1,400 officers and men taking part irathe since it's been held for 260 years. thai will on t buckingham palace bal kane, the prce's grandchildren stole the show. positions on the balcony are as remented as the military. it's anoth

the president asked in an interview about comments meghan markle had made, the duchess of sussex, in years past. and he goes after her. i mean, you know, what the president said about them, not at all diplomatic, but they surely, in those remarks, weren't holding back either. does that color -- it does from the outside looking in, but how does that color kind of how this whole state visit is going to play out? >> well, i think it's important for our viewers to remember that this state visit has been talked about now for two years. and for two years, prime minister may has found herself battling whether it's political factions, whether it's ordinary british citizens, but a lot of people in the united kingdom who don't have time for president trump, don't feel he reflects american values or shared values with the united kingdom, and don't think he should be extended the honor of a state visit. this is a common view amid -- with many, many people in the uk. so in a sense, sadiq khan, the london mayor, was really speaking to that. having said that, it is, of course, a highly, highly unus

trump made ahead of his visit, including jabs at the london mayor and at meghan markle. back in the united states, as the pressure builds among democrats to launch impeachment proceedings, the house judiciary committee just announced a series of new hearings on the mueller report. i'll speak with democratic congressman john gir mehndi. and our analysts are standing by. let's go to our senior white house correspondent pamela brown. she's with the president in london right now. pamela, this has been quite a day for the president and his family. >> that's right, it has been quite a day. the state banquet has just wrapped up, wolf, capping off a very busy day for the president and the first lady. president trump now on his way to the ambassador's residence, where he is staying. he began this trip stirring controversy but that did not up-end the royally crafted pomp and pageantry. tonight president trump raising a glass and delivering a toast from the buckingham palace ballroom. >> i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations and long-c

pete: meghan markle got that job.ght for the u.k. on to france going to mark the 75th anniversary of d-day. really important moments. what is the media is going to focus on heading into the trip. look at cnn's trip. trump's quote nasty slam at meghan markle proves her point. politico nasty debate erupts over trump's criticism of mechanic meghan markle. trump says duchess meghan was nasty about him fueling the debate with u.k. ahead of the state visit. buzzfeed meghan markle called trump a misogynist in 2016 and now he called her nasty. narrative going back to the 2016 debate with hillary clinton. now gone from hillary clinton to meghan markle and calling her nasty they can nicly he used that word. jedediah: let's listen. >> she wasn't so nice about you during the companion if you saw that? >> i didn't know that no. i didn't know that i hope she is okay. did i not know that, no. >> she said she would move to canada if you got elected. turned out she moved to britain. >> that would be good. a lot of people moving here.

there is sympathy for meghan markle on this side of the pond, at least on that.rump has performed on this visit he's gone down incredibly well. there was that bombshell he threw in criticizing the london mayor on the way in. but actually he's been very deferential to the british establishment since he's been here. deferential to the queen and even today he's taken a back seat effectively and allowed the veterans to take the stage today, not trying to steal the show at all. i think actually he's been very well regarded. as you can see on stage here, he got another veteran from d-day honored by the crowds here. a hugely emotional moment for them. tears in their eyes. respect to them. we owe them a great debt. the queen there looking on, of course. and president trump to the side of her. he's been gushing about the queen. he looks up to her. i think that's created a common bond between people in the uk and president trump despite the differences on politics. >> he talked about what a fan his mother was of the queen. any time anything happened with the queen his moth

markle. as england is concerned, i cannot believe the queen is wasting time again with trump. and i hear his whole family, his grandkids, will be going as well. he is going to create a firestorm over there. as you well know. maybe some of your listeners might know, the economy over there is set really spiral downward and has been. thank you. there?ou still lost him. sorry about that. let's go to kim. caller: good morning. first of all, i wanted to say everything trump does is negative. it is not that you all are negative about him, it is the actions he takes are negative. you know, calling little rocket man, derogative statements and such. but what i was calling to say is i think it is funny how he is always coming off about fake news, isn't that what the russians did on social media, put fake news to influence people? isn't that what they did? on there toe news influence people. that is what trump was saying. news, fake news." i thought it is funny pit i feel like he is too close with put in

the mayor of london a stone cold loser and denying he said something about meghan markle despite his continues being captured on tape. >>> new twists andtu s in the mystery that gripped the state of connecticut. a missing mom who vanished over a week her estranged husband and his girlfriend arrested but where is jennifer dulos. >>> private medical information exposed. an alarming announcement from one of the biggest blood testing chains in america. >>> danger in the water, a 17-year-old girl attacked by a shark off the carolina coast saved by her tfather who punched shark until he let her go. the warning every family should hear. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. tonight fothe first time we're seeing the resignation letter sent by the shooter just hours before he murdered 12 people in n virginia beach o friday. as autrities examine for clues it could unravel his motivation. we're hearing from survivors who tonight are painfully shedding new light on what happened inside the municipal ding including a remarkable story of bravery and

meghan markle is home with her infant son, archie. she and prince harry just had a babe.resident trump was asked about the comments that m alright boys, time for bed. listen to your mom, knuckleheads. hand em over. hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in the morning. is that everything? i can see who's online. i'm gonna sweep the sofa fort. well, look what i found. take control of your wifi with xfinity xfi. let's roll! now that's simple, easy, awesome. xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. . >>> just >>> just ahead, kim kardashian's controversial fight to free a convicted murder why the victim's mother is calling out kardashian this morning. >>> beyonce and blu ivy channelling their inner lion king first, your local news and weather. ♪ tired of constantly battling lingering smells in your home, like pet, shoe, and body odors? for long-lasting, continuous freshness, try febreze plug. febreze plug provi

would make an excellent pm the opposition leader says he'll boycott a banquet in trumps all or make a markle is also voiding him after chunk called her nasty and the mayor of london city karma has called trump a 20th century fascist the british capital is expected to see thousands turn out and protest front is it. rolled out the red carpet i mean break out the lives big easy to miss this. coming back. from the bad to the 5th of june the american president is going to be in britain a place where politics is so messed up right now that even the heat stroke i'm able this is the trip he's been waiting for all the state visit with the love poem from focused on the need the president couldn't stomach a banquet with the queen of buckingham palace and tea with the whale the full downton abbey package room is that how majesty will attempt to revoke american independence are yet to be confronted like any state visit trump will have some real hard truths to ignore in order to make it a success such as meeting the queen and the outgoing prime minister series in may 2 women who essentially get to do the