night. also turned a building into a giant "u.s.s. john s. mccain" hat. the president who is mainly shielded from the protest inside buckingham palace tweeted he hadn't seen any protests yet. that may be because trump opted to take a helicopter for the three mile trip to buckingham palace, unlike president obama in 2011 who used a motorcade and not marine one for that same voyage. today a larger and more vocal protest is expected, including one led by labor party leader jeremy corbin. the infamous baby trump blimp already making itself between outside parliament. let's bring in richard engel. what are you seeing in the streets? >> reporter: good morning. so we are here in trafalgar square and already there are a few thousand people gathered here, these are people protesting against president trump's visit and it is a fairly lighthearted atmosphere, people have real concerns about the president's position on the environment, about his position on palestinian rights, but there is something of a carnival atmosphere, the baby trump balloon is already flying a