certainly as we into the package form of telling the story we reference the fact that sadik khan hadent trump himself, and we know there's been a long—running transatlantic spat between the two of them. the initial use deliver good news reporting was pretty dramatic. and i thought it was fair. we develop the coverage as we went along. we saw a clip of simon sharma who was commentating during the gun salute, viewers complained they were too many anti tramp complained they were too many anti tra m p protesters complained they were too many anti tramp protesters like him holding force during the visit —— were granted donald trump protesters. force during the visit —— were granted donald trump protesterslj don't granted donald trump protesters.” don't think that was true of the coverage overall. we had the american ambassador to the us on andrew marr‘s a programme on sunday, the day before the visit. simon sharma is a hugely distinguished historian, british historian, he knows about these events and he seemed like the right sort of gas to have on an occasion like that. i think we know th

sadik khan gave express permission for that to be flown. it's considered a major front for him and one that these protests, many people are calling them short-sighted. they're arguing that the u.s.-u.k. relationship should transcend the leaders. there's those that recognize the point of this visit is a reminder of the special bond between the two and in particular of d-day, the celebration of 75 years ago. 2,700 british casualties died. 6,600 americans. today should be about building bridges rather than dividing people. we'll see how tomorrow will pan out. shep? >> shepard: is there something that britains would like to hear from the president to make things better? >> there's some people that don't want president trump interfering at all particularly when we head into a leadership campaign. particularly foreign leaders don't get involved. the way that president trump backed boris johnson. there's many people that would like to hear him talk about trade, talk about a trade deal being done after brexit. the u.k. is at a crossroads. if it lea

in response to what sadik khan wrote over the weekend.t is so unbritish to be roll out the red carpet for a state state who flies in the ideals of what america was founded on, equality, liberty and religious freedom. clearly, this struck a nerve with the president. there's also a whole lot of people who agree with the general sentiment that president trump has. the rise in populism is not unique to the united states. just take a look at europe. >> reporter: yeah, steph, such a great way to frame the question because it's actually a difficult question to answer, how is he being received here? because the reality is the uk is as polarized as we see here. and you see them cheering but at the same time, there are many people in britain who do not want to see this president, president trump, in this way with a state visit. the city about sadik khan, he knows very well his voters here in london are more on the side of anti-trump, if you like, particularly, his voters. therefore, having a fight with president trump like this, that politically po

sadik khan is not doing himself any favours with the very inflammatory language.e capital.|j allowing the baby balloon of trump to be flown above the capital. i am not sure that he will not care. remember how last time he avoided the centre of london. i remember looking up into the skies, amazing phalanx of security helicopters overhead in north—west london as a token to from the american ambassador's residents. he absolutely avoided coming into the ce ntre absolutely avoided coming into the centre —— as they took him. it didn't matter to him, actually. the telegraph. for whatever reason, it mattered, even if it was security. it is ok to protest against a president, but it is not ok to use this kind of language, 20th—century fascist, especially as the mayor of london, you have to be more diplomatic. the point is, he is only looking at the west end fascism is everywhere and what we need to do is look at it as a big picture rather than tiny little pockets —— at the we st than tiny little pockets —— at the west and fascism. michael gove ready to delay brexit until ne

, this is one of the borisjohnson to sadik khan, this is one of the boris johnson groups, saying muslim mayor in this country, let alone that racist little, and again, a word i cannot mention on tv. we are not sure if some of the comments are being made by conservative party members as we don't necessarily have evidence and it could just be people going on the sites and making comments on the post there. what do the candidates and conservative party say about this? ijust wanted and conservative party say about this? i just wanted to and conservative party say about this? ijust wanted to say and conservative party say about this? i just wanted to say that these websites, two of these websites have been taken down. we spoke to facebook this morning and they said they were taken down because of a violation of its policies last week so they proactively took them down after they saw what was on them. interestingly, the problem is that they popped straight back up under different names. i want to bring this onto your attention, and other jacob rees—mogg site, a site that claims to supp

certainly as we moved into the packaged form of telling the story we reference the fact that sadik khan. the initial news reporting was pretty dramatic. and i thought it was fair. we develop the coverage as we went along. we saw a clip of simon sharma who was commentating during the gun salute, viewers complained there were too many anti—trump protesters. i hear what your contributors are saying. i don't think that was true of the coverage overall. we had the american ambassador to the us on andrew marr‘s a programme on sunday, the day before the visit. simon sharma is a hugely distinguished historian, british historian, he knows about these events and he seemed like the right sort of guest to have on an occasion like that. i think we know that president trump is a hugely controversial and divisive president, both in his own country and here, so i think there was going to be a bit more colour to some of the commentary than you might have on a different occasion with a different president. they were a number of these moments over the course of the state visit, like some of the anti—donal

it almost looks like an obsession with sadik khan.president of the us is to the devoting so much time to attacking him it is a usefulfoilfor his base because the most obvious explanation isa because the most obvious explanation is a right—wing one. because the most obvious explanation is a right-wing one. he has made pa rt is a right-wing one. he has made part of his platform being anti—muslim bigotry. in december 2015, trump literally said we should ban all muslims from entering the us. it is an extremely far right position to have. this foil of sadiq khan is useful for position to have. this foil of sadiq khan is usefulfor him position to have. this foil of sadiq khan is useful for him politically as he heads into the twenty20 election campaign. it is important we don't lose sight of how unacceptable it is too mainstream these comments. katie hopkins has compared migrants to cockroaches. she has used dehumanising language. for the president of the us to retweet some of these, it is a very dangerous territory to wade into. when you s

. >> so president trump who previously criticized london mayor sadik khan over terror attacks in hisy was asked about his comments on monday where he called khan, quote, stone cold lose here has done, quote, terrible job. >> well, i think he's been a not very good may from what i understand. he's done a poor job. crime is up, a lot of problems. and i don't think he should be criticizing a representative of the united states that can do so much good for the united kingdom. we talked about it before. he should be positive, not negative. he's a negative force, not a positive force. >> joining us live from portsmouth, is matt bradley. portsmouth is where many troops set off to cross on d-day. it's also where president trump, queen elizabeth and prime minister and other heads of states will attend the major d-day commemorative events. what are you looking for? what can you expect? >> reporter: well, geoff, we're going to see here, all of the different heads of states are going to be here. there's going to be 300 actual veterans of the normandy battle. this is a poignant point because this

. >> and a clash with london's mayor sadik khan who compared trump to a fascist leader. trump responding that khan was a stone-cold loser. but in a big snub, opposition leader jeremy corbyn announced he will boycott s dinner. and the house of commons speaker declined to invite trump to speak before parliament, a parliament that was extended to barack obama. and while there was some small protests today both for and against president trump, the mayor of london has given permission for a large demonstration tomorrow, including for activists to once again fly that trump baby balloon. julia macfarlane, abc news, london. >>> the democratic convention held in san francisco is over. some 5,000 people packed the moscone center over the weekend discussing issues and listening to speeches of 13 of the 24 candidates for president. today on midday live, jeremy b. white discussed the reason why joe biden stayed away. . >> it seems like joe biden made a calculation that rather than sort of trying to outflank other candidates from the left, he would leaf them to sort of fight amongst e

it's almost as if he can't help himself from getting stuck in and we also had the tweet about sadik khan —— sadiq khan. he has weighed in on the conservative leadership. so much of boris johnson's campaigning has been about the right for britain to determine itself and for no political interference. and yet here we are getting political interference from the us in a way that it is perceived to be helpful to borisjohnson. well, the other irony of course is his other mate is one nigel farage. yes, we don't know if they're going to meet yet. i think theresa may has done everything she can to make sure that they don't meet but whether they are in contact by text or tweet 01’ they are in contact by text or tweet or whether they are going to arrange an informal reception, at the moment it is totally unclear. the state banquet this evening of course will be the focal point of this entire visit. the press conference tomorrow will be what the political analyst will be what the political analyst will be what the political analyst will be looking at. what will you be studying? because we know alrea

so the tit—for—tat continues, even though sadik can isn't using quite the same sort of volatile language of the president. —— sadiq khan norman, there are obviously more heavyweight issues that are going to be on the agenda, notably brexit, of course, the trade deal with the united states. there are real crucial issues at stake, if you look at the question of whether huawei should be able to help build the five g network here, in terms of climate change, in terms of our approach to iran, the middle east peace process, actually, they are oui’ peace process, actually, they are our problems in the current british—american relationship. however, i expect remarkably little of that will percolate to the surface. why? well, not because it doesn't matter, but because the moment, we are in flux in britain. we know that theresa may is stepping down on friday, so i doubt very much that she will raise any particular concerns, and i doubt whether president trump is too bothered by what she thinks, because he will already be looking beyond theresa may to life after her, and we know he is already looking favourably at the idea of a b