nadhim zahawi was born in iraq and is now a british citizen.how uncomfortable the weekend had been for him and his family. i learnt that my ability to travel to the united states was to be denied to me. a country that i revere so much for its values, with which i have such great affinity and affection and admiration, and to which i have sent both my sons to university. i learnt, mr speaker, that this great nation had put in place measures that would prevent mine and my family's ability to travel, study and feel welcome there. i was concerned about the next time i would see my boys. due to our reluctance to let them fly home in the eventuality that they be prevented from returning to university. my wife and i despaired at the thought that had one of our sons been taken seriously ill again, as he was last year whilst at university, we would not be able to go to him when he needed us most. he called the executive order wholly counter—productive. over the weekend, pro—islamic state social media accounts have already begun hailing the order and the

nadhim zahawi mp is a member of the foreign affairs committee and joins us from central london now. first meeting?” think it is quite important meeting. donald trump 's interview in the times last week spoke about the importance of bilateral trade agreement with the uk and the with their ties that. during the campaign he spoke about wanting better trade agreements, especially country to country agreements. he did not like the big global agreements. country agreements. he did not like the big globalagreements. i country agreements. he did not like the big global agreements. i think pa rt of the big global agreements. i think part of that special relationship, i think theresa may will be pushing very hard. as soon as we are out of eu, to have the united states uk trading agreement in place before anything else. that would take many yea rs anything else. that would take many years till we have out of the eu and we do not know what the terms of brexit will be although we know what she wants now. that is not a lot concrete they can agree on at this stage, is there? we will trigger articl

one british national affected is actually a conservative mp, nadhim zahawi, who was born in iraq anditish citizen. he was tweeting yesterday about this subject and was saying that he and his wife would no longer be able to travel to the us because of this ban. he had spoken to the andrew marr show today and he explained that his sons live in the us and he wouldn't be able to visit them. he explains how discriminated against he felt by all of this. i am reassured by theresa may's statement because she clearly said that she disagrees with this, and she clearly says that she will make representations on behalf of every citizen. i am a successful man and a politician. it is all the people that don't have the platform that i have who could get stuck in an airport for hours and hours, through i'io airport for hours and hours, through no fault of their own. they are british citizens and they should be looked after. we also heard from the labour party who have been critical of theresa may not speaking soon enough. harriet harman, the former labour deputy leader, has been talking about this,

it transpired that nadhim zahawi, iraqi born, one of her own mps, had been told he would not be ablethe us, so it is affecting her own mps. another mp said she didn't care how special the relationship was, some lines should not be crossed. the challenge for theresa may is that before she met donald trump she said she would not shy away from telling everyone what she thought if you disagreed with him and they would have a candid relationship, but it seems that she failed at the first held —— hurdle because she didn't challenge. we now have a statement from downing street saying that she doesn't agree with him and representations would be made to the united states if british nationals were affected. but still not condemning it? not condemning it, not saying donald trump is wrong, just saying we disagree with the action. some critics would like to overtly condemned the action. how does this reflect on the rest of things she has been doing in turkey? how is it playing out for her, this trip? including human rights? this started well and downing street were quite happy with the way the us

conservative mp, nadhim zahawi, sits on the foreign affairs committee and joins me now from central londonmp has made it clear he wants to prioritise a bilateral deal with united kingdom when it is ready and he was to expedite that as soon as possible. i think the special relationship between our two countries remain strong. on the foreign affairs committee we work very strongly together on security and defence and on cyber areas. president trump clearly sees prime minister may as a priority and it also shows his seriousness and inviting her as the first world leader to meet the white house. can we do leader to meet the white house. can wedoa leader to meet the white house. can we do a reality check on this trade your business? we cannot negotiate trade deals until we're out of the eu and who knows what will happen in those two years? it could be a hostile congress and maybe they will have their say on any trade deal. so to be at the front of a queue that begin for two years might be better than being at the back of the queue but it is not fantastic. it is certainly better at the being at

. >> reporter: so, that was a member of parliament, nadhim zahawi., not some liberal, not some activist on social media. this is a member of theresa may's own ruling party who has come out saying, i am personally going to be afflicted by trump's ban. he mentioned in other interviews th that one of his sons was near deathly ill -- you can see exuberant crowd here. he went to the states and actually stayed with his son for quite a while nursing him back to health. he says that wouldn't happen now after trump's travel restrictions. >> matt bradley in london, thank you. we've gone from iraq to london. let's now go to iran. one. seven countries named in the immigration executive order. iran saying now, reciprocal measures will be taken to potentially block immigration into their country. nbc's aruzzi joins me now. break down, tell us what you're seeing from politicians there. >> reporter: well, kate, the iranian foreign ministry strongly condemned the visa ban. they said the decision of the united states government to impose restrictions of travel on musl

nadhim zahawi, who was iraqi born, said he himself would not be able to enter the us. mp said she must not care about the special relationship if it meant we are not sticking to british values. theresa may under a lot of criticism. we had that statement quite late in the day from number 10 saying that they didn't agree with donald trump's approach but for some that will be a case of too little, too late. thank you. susanna mendon is in central london. prince harry and the duke of cambridge have announced plans to erect a statue of their mother, diana princess of wales, in the grounds of kensington palace, 20 years after her death. the two princes said that the time was right to recognise her positive impact with a permanent statue. simon jones has more. diana's home became the focus for the outpouring of grief following her death in a car crash in 1997. now it will take centre stage again for a new commemoration of her life. in a statement, the duke of cambridge and prince harry said: the statue will be erected here in the public gardens of kensington palace. the royal

shortly after 8am, we will get the thoughts of nadhim zahawi mp, who sits on the commons foreign affairsst president trump's new administration. the demonstrations during his first full day in office had originally been planned to highlight women's rights. the crowd at the washington event surpassed the numbers who turned out to watch friday's inauguration. the ministry of defence has insisted it has full confidence in the trident nuclear defence system, despite reports that a rare test—firing went wrong last year. the sunday times says a missile fired from a submarine in the atlantic ocean veered off—course and in the direction of the united states. the rocket was not armed. the former president of the gambia, yahya jammeh, has flown into exile, 22 years after taking control of the west african state in a coup. he sparked a political crisis when he refused to accept the outcome of the country's election, but finally agreed to hand over power to the winner, adama barrow, after the leaders of neighbouring countries threatened military action. a charity says many local authorities and clin