trump's visit, later in the programme. our top story this lunchtime... just hours after his humiliating attack on theresa may's trump insists his relationship with theresa may is "very, very strong". we had a dinner where i think we probably developed a better relationship last night, we spoke foran relationship last night, we spoke for an hour, relationship last night, we spoke foran hour, an relationship last night, we spoke for an hour, an hour and a half, relationship last night, we spoke foran hour, an hourand a half, and it was really something. and we'll be here at wimbledon throughout the afternoon, keeping you up—to—date on the men's semifinals which includes novak djokovic up against rafa nadal. one of the british divers who helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand has insisted he isn't a hero. returning to heathrow today, rick stanton, who's from coventry, said he was just using a "very unique skill set" to "give something back to the community". here's robert hall. they'd spent days in the total darkness of a flooded cave system. this morning, blinking in the f

no, and i've long thought that donald trump viewed theresa may asa that donald trump viewed theresa maytemporary occupant of number 10. ithink as a temporary occupant of number 10. i think he thinks someone like borisjohnson or 10. i think he thinks someone like boris johnson or perhaps another individual might step forward. yes, he wanted his pomp and circumstance, he wanted his pomp and circumstance, he wanted his pomp and circumstance, he wanted to go through the motion ofa he wanted to go through the motion of a state visit. i think he's got his eye on who has successor might be. it's getting far too political for me! part of the equation for the british will be the number of people who have come at the protest. they have been significant, the biggest protests for a visit of an american president, some of the visit by chinese presidents also brought out large numbers. when you look at those pictures of regent street and trafalgar square, that is something one imagines the foreign office and so on one imagines the foreign office and so on will factor into their consideration as to wh

hundreds lined up where the trump's dined with theresa may. likely they even saw the protest as they flew in by helicopter from london. they will meet the queen today before spending the weekend at trump's friend sort in scotland. the u.s. and china have signaled they were open to resuming negotiations over trade after days of exchanging threats. high-level trade discussions between the economies have stalled since last month. steve mnuchin said beijing must commit to deeper economic reforms and downplayed the severity of the trade dispute. >> don't think we are in a trade war. we are in a situation of trade disputesw. these are not trade wars and we naftary focused on the issue, which is renegotiating an old agreement. we are very focused on the china issue, which is very complicated. china's trade with the u.s. increased in the first half of it year even as a trade dispute deteriorated. in dollar terms, total trade grew 13.1% in the first six months of the year, exports were up 13.6% compared to 2017. imports rose 11.8%. all the data is in do

i have to say, you have to remember, just because donald trump says something bad about theresa may thedoesn'tsar weaken her. 10% approve of him as president. certainly in the crowd here, and in the possibly 100,000 protesters that will take the streets, donald trump's undermining of theresa may will strengthen her with the electora electorate. you cannot under estimate the symbolism of the sitting u.s. president not coming to central london. this is where he should be. instead we have satirical gorillas. >> nick, thank you so much. >> joining us now is josh rogin. reporter for "the washington post." good to see you. expecting something definition insanity. we know he went abroad to pick a fight with nato and also theresa may. what is the impact of the statements trashing her brexit strategy and elevating her rival boris johnson? >> two things. we have to look at what president trump is actually proposing. he is proposing to work with the eu on trade against great britain. does that make sense? is this the same president that just started the trade war with the eu last month? is there a trade

mr trump's reaction to theresa may, as it has developed over the period, is he thinks she's a schoolmistressng reprimanded. i don't think even personally or politically, mr trump is very fond of theresa may. on the other hand, i don't suppose she's very fond of him, either. two examples of that growing tension. last november, theresa may rebuked donald trump for sharing far right videos from britain first. the fact that we work together does not mean that we are afraid to say when we think the united states have got it wrong, and to be very clear with them, and i am very clear that retweeting from britain first was the wrong thing to do. then last month, at the g7 summit in canada, smiles couldn't conceal a looming transatlantic trade war or sharp divisions over russia. when donald trump singled out other g7 leaders by name for praise, he simply failed to mention theresa may at all. we have a great relationship, angela and emmanuel and justin — i would say the relationship is a ten. but britain's former national security adviser insists long—term transatlantic relations are not at risk. it m

now most of the protests happening here in london, president trump miles outside at checkers with theresa maynd we hear from them shortly in a joint press conference. reporting in london, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> as we mentioned president trump and the prime minister theresa may holding a joint news conference this morning. it's scheduled for 5:45 a.m. that's just a few innocent from now. and abc news will have a special report when the news conference gets under way. >>> stuck for hours a man is recovering this morning after being rescued from a cement mixer. and once fred ts s ally incredible. he actually managed to walk down on his own. >> i don't think any of us was expecting that. dramatic scene unfolded at the u.s. pipe and foundry company in union city. the worker had somehow fallen into a cement hopper yesterday afternoon. crews found him 12 feet beneath the opening buried up to his chest in dry cement. after more than two-hour rescue mission it was a rope system and ladder that got him out of the hopper. >> maybe one or two of them happen a we can in the nation at the most. but

let's see what today brings, theresa may and donald trump will appear at theresa may and donald trump's done a carameljob. —— terriblejob. he made the coments in an interview with the sun newspaper. meanwhile, extra security is in place today to police more planned protests and marches against donald trump in the capital. disruption is expected from around 11 this morning when protesters will gather at portland place. they will march through oxford circus, down regents street and finish with a rally in parliament. the mayor of london will be speaking live to vanessa feltz on radio london, that's at 9:45am this mornig. —— morning. london's financial services industry suffered a 29% drop injob openings in the year tojune according to a report. the recruitment firm morgan mckinley claims the number ofjobs available last month dropped by nearly a third year—on—year. it says uncertainty over brexit may have had an effect, citing plans by hsbc to move up to one thousand of its staff to paris. a scheme which banned cars from three croydon primary schools during the school run is to be made p

president trump taking shots at u.k. prime mr. theresa may on her own turf. u are taking a look at live pictures of protests in london. more on the press conference that is coming up in one hour between president trump and theresa may. take a look at that rowdy crowd on a friday. this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. alix: happy friday bid this is "bloomberg daybreak." i'm alix steel. the s&p closing yesterday at a ties level since february. the s&p was much flat. we had china trade data overnight, imports coming in light for the country. the global growth conversation still a worry for investors, even though the surplus with the u.s. hit a record. and

we want to know if people at home watching think that what donald trump says should sway theresa may'smegan says donald trump says it how it is. someone from plymouth says theresa may has to go. charles has tweeted in saying good grief we must dig in and wait for the next president. lots of different opinions. donald trump is an absolute right to voice his opinion, but equally so do the protest as it will be taking to the streets in london today and elsewhere. this, from my perspective, this is not a demonstration against the united states, it is not a demonstration against the us people, a lot of americans i have been speaking to this week, friends in america, are delighted that many people are taking to the streets. this is a demonstration against a man who is perceived as a misogynist, a racist, and they don't like it. let us move on to this next article. it is in the independent, i believe. nato leaders rebut trump claimed that he forced them to spend on defence. this is on the back of the nato meeting and that extraordinary press conference. just to take a step back for a conferen

today now trump has to sit down and have lunch and talk again with theresa may. knows how this is going to go? >> it's, you know, there's only two theories of what trump is doing here. erth -- he's intentionally making the u.s./uk relationship more -- putting more animosity to it, making it more tense, making it more complicated, more difficult. or he's doing it unintentionally. which one is worse? we can't really be sure what the president's motivations are, but either way, whether he's intentionally insulting her before they meet and making her position weaker and putting business between us and our oldest, strongest ally, or he's doing it accidentally. i think it's bad either way. >> only thing we can be sure of, they were red and pink star bursts, correct? we'll ta thank you, sir. >> thanks, josh. >>> it's a very contentious day as peter strok testifies before congress. >> what was originally said being changed. >> i don't give a damn what you appreciate, agent strok. >> and that's one of the more tame parts of the day. oh, look... another anti-wrinkle cream i

may's approach to becks it. -- brexit. here's what he said. president trump: i actually told theresaay how to do it but she didn't listen to m >> what did she say? president trump: i told her how to do it. that will be up to her to say. she wanted to go a different route. bert: in the sun interview he also praised may's political rival buriesohnson, appearing to undermine may's faraj imposition in btain's negotiations with the efforts u. president trump: onc the brexit pros says is concluded s and progrhe u.k. has left the effort u. i don't know what they're going to do but whatever you do is ok with me. robert: joining metonight from washington, peter baker of "the new york times,"ay tausche of cnbc and katty kay fromor bbc's world news america. thank you so much for being here tonight. all of you great reporters much butet's start with catty. you think of the president there in the u.k. and he's confronting the special relationship, a long-standing relationship but also rattling e rhythm at the same time. what's been the consequence for the prime minister? katty: he couldn't have w

as we've reported us president donald trump has been hosted at a dinner at blenheim palace this evening, before meeting with theresa mayr correspondent chris mason who told me trump has senior members of the british parliament nervous over what he might say next. he talked about the turmoil, as he described, in british politics at the moment. he talked about the uk being a hotspot. those two words might be undiplomatic prior to visiting a country, but they are also broadly true. where it has got particularly sticky is that president trump has given an interview in the sun newspaper, the biggest selling paper due to come out tomorrow morning in uk, friday morning uk time, in which he has a very strong view about the nature of the white paper that you have just been talking about, the proposals from the british government for its approach to brexit. in his view it advocates a situation where the uk will be far too close to the european union after brexit and, crucially, he says, that could jeopardise the idea of a us— uk trade deal after brexit. something that britain cherishes the opportunity to pursue what it is no lon

theresa may has to stay her course. she has no option. and who knows. donald trumpand we may well expect him later on today to look back on this visit, or maybe evenin to look back on this visit, or maybe even in the next few days and say that theresa may and i got along fine. to see what happens over the next 2a hours. but this is not the kind interview that theresa may or number 10 would have wanted to see this morning. thank you very much indeed. richard bull the back to look through the newspapers with us later. —— richard will be back. there's plenty more about president trump's trip on our website — including his views on brexit and nato, his plans while he's here and the views of those who would rather he hadn't come. that's at bbc.com/news — or download the bbc news app. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: belgium's unique historical project. how a crowdfunded archaelogical dig has unearthed more than a few artifacts. the flamboyant italian fashion designer, gianni versace, has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outsid

but trump is saying that brexit does not need theresa may. know that trump has had a very contentious week with european leaders at the nato summit in brussels, where he has certainly said you guys need to start paying up for defense, otherwise we are going to have to quit and just not be involved in nato anymore. a very contentious situation in europe this morning. shery: maria, thank you so much for that. let's now had to idaho. bloomberg news deals reporter and hammond joining us now with a special guest. ed? burns,m here with bill the former u.s. ambassador to russia. we have just been hearing about trump arriving in helsinki. he goes there on the bank -- back of dismantling or attempting to dismantle a lot of the institutions that are involved with american allies. in a way, he has done putin's work for him. generations of soviet and russian leaders have tried to take a battering ram to the nato alliance, for example, and a number of other institutions that have held the west together and made it strong. and the image that was created at

trump, then he may have a clearer picture of what it means going forward. the suspicion, of course, is that president trump prefers a hard brexit outcome and that he thinks theresa may at this point has backed down, as far as the negotiations with brussels are concerned. of course, all will play out here in less than two hours time as president trump is scheduled to arrive and there is due to be a press conference here. so, hopefully, we will get a good sense from that press conference about just how well or otherwise those discussions may have gone. the question is and just to borrow the analogy from my colleague steve, hot air how much hot air will we see here because clearly where steve is there is plenty being pumped into that daonald trump blimp, steve. >> you were making a reference to your colleague. excellent analysis, jeffrey. let me just straight away tell you where we are if you are a great international democrat, you get a statue up here i can see nelson mandela to my left and abraham lincoln in my eyeline and churchill and you've got some of the great of the political history of the 19 and 20th century, as well. and now you have this. it it may be s

he and first lady belong here welcomed by theresa may trump visit the two leaders are expected to talk about a buyout of world trade dio among other topics these expect more than one hundred protests across the country during mr trump's business. are listed here with our correspondent barbara hazel she is in front of the u.s. embassy in london good evening to you barbara we understand the president trump is spending the night at the u.s. ambassador's residence we can guess that the reception inside and from the prime minister this evening has been better than what you're hearing outside. yes of course every step he has done so far away ever he was somehow protests a stern death so they made tremendous amount of noise this afternoon here at the residence of the u.s. embassy in london to show that they're there but the big protests will be expected tomorrow and of course there will be the baby blimp the huge balloon trump as the base. and sort of angry wearing diapers to sort of makes things even more obvious and so he was there to protests all across the country and here in regent's par

everyone person upset with theresa may about brexit is going going to now say well you see, donald trumpgrees with me. it's difficult for me to imagine that theresa may can hold on to power much longer and i wouldn't be surprised if in a few months we see some kind of turnover of government. and the worst part is what donald trump has done is taken an irresponsible attitude rather than embrace a policy. that is there is no such policy as hard brexit, that is just britain leave the european union. they can't do that. it's their largest trading partner. they have to figure out how to get goods back and forth, how to get trucks back and forth. that's why theresa may has been trying to square the circle so carefully. what trump did is propose a fantasy alternative that a lot of britons wish existed, that they could just somehow get all the benefits of the european union without any of the costs and he sided with that fantasy option leaving theresa may totally undermined. i cannot remember an american president doing something this irresponsible to a close ally. frankly in american history. >

were guests of honor at a lavish dinner at a stately home on thursday night that was hosted by theresa may trump will also be then after that meeting the queen at windsor castle later thousands are expected to protest his visit again let's go to london polly boy because there holly well potus isn't pulled any punches so far in the timing of the sun interview that south certainly provocative given what he had to say in it given the brics it deal everything at the moment going on what does he hope to gain. what a friday the thirteenth to reason may he hasn't even been here for twenty four hours yet and it's already safe to say that this u.s. presidential visit is going to go down in history and unfortunately for it to reason may it's going to go down in history for all the wrong reasons now i was covering the news last night around ten thirty and this trip still had its wheels on so to say diplomatically things were going to plan there were pictures of trump and the first lady arriving at the end palace for this but lacked a dinner with to reason may and her husband there was a grand parade a mili

were guests of honor at a lavish dinner at a stately home on thursday night that was hosted by theresa may trump will also be meeting the queen at windsor castle later thousands are expected again to protest his visit were against it takes a closer look at what this special relationship actually means these days between the two countries america and the u.k. have a special thing going special relationship they called it language culture values defense then came trump but surely he can't ruin it right the special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. has been strong for many years we'll have opportunities to talk about a possible future trading relationship really remember barack obama when he came around they couldn't get enough of him everyone wanted to shake his hand and get a picture what a swell guy. trump just doesn't have the charm it seems where barbara was greeted with cheers and applause trump gets protests and outrage even a giant trump baby balloon and americans being told to avoid drawing attention to themselves. be aware of your surroundings and exercise caution if and expect t

to the programme it's not any friday but friday the 13th and theresa may must be hoping the day doesn't get any worse for her. donald trump has dropped the kind of bombshell that only he can. in an explosive interview with the sun, he said theresa may's brexit strategy could wreck britain's chances of a trade deal with the united states. mrs may was at a black—tie dinner with president trump at blenheim palace in oxfordshire as news brokeof his interview. and the president also said that he was disappointed the pm didn't seem to have taken his advice on how to negotiate brexit. with anti—trump protesters gathering in central london this morning for a day of marches, we'll have all the latest on the president's visit, including interviews with politicians, protesters and trump supporters. hello. welcome to the programme. it's set to be another extraordinary day, to end a pretty extraordinary week. we're live until 11 this morning and for most of the next two hours we will be following president trump's visit. this morning protestors are gathering outside this building for an anti—trump march. we'll be speaking to some of t

of his own meeting with president putin. >> and caddie kay, what is the gain for theresa may to cozy up to donald trumput? >> yeah. it was interesting that we heard theresa may's former adviser say don't expect that love actually moment. there was be no calling out of the american president for trashing the special relationship in this way. she is somebody who is ferociously diplomatic. she has spent the last two years trying to balance the two sides of a very difficult debate. it's in her nature not to come out forcefully on one side or the other. and i just think she will decide that in the end the course of diplomacy is better than the momentary satisfaction of taking on donald trump sternly. she's going to have to address those "sun" comments because they're going to be raised in the course of this press conference and she's going to have to push back against them. she's already made it clear she wants this trade relationship with the united states. >> i was going to tell you from knowing him, let's say they're, what, talking right now together? >> yeah. >> okay. i can promise you he's talking abou

president trump says trade deals are in jeopardy because theresa may did not take his advice on brexit. tens of thousands are expected to protest the president's visit. >>> sparks fly for ten hours as fbi agent peter strzok fends off accusations of bias and members of congress fend off each other. welcome to "early start." i'm michelle kosinski. >> i'm dave briggs. it is friday the 13th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. 9:00 a.m. in london. we are live with pictures of the president on marine one heading to the military academy. this trip made headlines and it is just beginning. first the pomp and now the politics for the president in the uk. expect a rough road ahead made bumpy by comments the president made to "the sun" newspaper. the interview went online as the dinner with theresa may ended. >> he said may ignored his advice on brexit strategy. he said his proposal to maintain close ties to the european union would jeopardize any future trade deals with the u.s. >> if they do a deal like that, we will be dealing with the europe european union instead of dealing with the uk. it will probably

liz: the markets started to go down and turned around when president trump and theresa may said they ll have a bilateral trade deal. president trump: she'll make a decision on what she is going to do. the only thing i ask of theresa is make sure we can trade without any restrictions. we want to trade with the u.k. and the u.k. wants to trade with us. >> there will be no limit to us doing trade deals around the world once we least european union. the united states is keen for us and we are keen to work with them. we'll do a trade deal with them and others around the world. >> the bridge mall interview with "the sun" was kinsley's definition of a washington gaffe. inadvertently telling the truth. the deal mrs. may want to push is not the deal the voters went for. i think the president has been missing a big opportunity and more than a year ago i wrote a column on the u.s.-u.k. trade deal. they are probably the easiest partners to negotiate on. maybe it goal is zero tariffs. you say you negotiate the ideal trade deal that would please donald trump. then you say to the world, if you want

today's meeting between the uk prime minister theresa may and the us president donald trump at theresadence chequers is due to start shortly. norman smith is at chequers for us. 0ne one wonders what theresa may is going to say the donald trump following that interview he gave to the sun newspaper and one wonders what they are going to say in the news conference. that is eclectic ta ke news conference. that is eclectic take place afterwards. we are facing a fascinating piece of political theatre. donald trump arrived short time ago to the lovely buckinghamshire countryside, miles away from the protests in london. a fleet of huge helicopters bringing in donald trump's entourage. you just wonder, after last night, when tea m just wonder, after last night, when team may came out thinking everything had gone well and things we re everything had gone well and things were quite cheery, she made that speech about the transatlantic ties and the long—standing historical relationships, citing winston churchill. then to pick up the sun newspaper and read what donald trump has said about her approa

whereds lined the roads trump dined with theresa may. ver, it is unlikely they even saw the protests as they flew in from helicopter. they will meet the queen today before spending the weekend at trumps golf resort. signaledand china have they are open to resuming negotiations over trade after days of exchanging retaliatory threat. high-level discussions have stalled since last month. treasury secretary steven mnuchin says beijing must commit to deeper economic reforms and downplayed the severity of the trade disputes. in a not think we are trade war, we are in a situation of trade disputes, ok? trade wars, we are very focused, as i said. on the nafta issue, which is renegotiating an old agreement. and we are focused on the china issue. >> china's total trade with the u.s. increase in the first half of this year. in dollar terms, a group 13.1% in the first months and exports were up 13.6% compared to the same. while imports rose 11.8%. says he will offload all of his equity holdings. this is after the governments top ethics watchdog says

mr trump told the sun newspaper that theresa may's plans will "probably kill" any future trade deal with us. in an interview with the sun newspaper, mr trump also said theresa may had not listened to his advice on the issue. to mark the first day of the president's visit to britain, mrs may has been hosting a gala dinner at bleinheim palace in oxfordshire, the birthplace of mr trump's hero, winston churchill. our north america editor, jon sopel reports. all dressed up, and donald trump does have somewhere to go. not a state visit, this is meant to be just a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could've fooled me. the british are pulling out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it still knows how to put on a show. the bands of the welsh, irish and scots guards beat a retreat, and the setting for tonight's banquet was the magnificent blenheim palace, winston churchill's birthplace, and a hero of donald trump's. theresa may and husband philip waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is

i think we need to stop. >> reporter: what are the similarities, brexit and trump sf this. >> theresa may's hostile environment, and trump's treatment of children. >> reporter: go ahead. >> treatment of children. you've also got the nationalism, the sense of putting your country first, rather than working collaboratively with other nations. and, you know, the idea that we're throwing away all of our markets in europe to try to get a free trade deal with the usa, when the president said that's not happening. >> reporter: everything you're saying, and we'll move to the left, because we'll get out of the banner. everything you're saying is impressive. when you talk to people here, they are politically and historically aware. they're worried about the rise of the right. it is something you're worried about and clearly talking about it. >> yeah. >> reporter: why? >> why is everyone here worried about the rise of the right? >> reporter: it feels donald trump is following through on a movement to the right. governments are slowly moving to the right. do you worry about prime minister may's future?

theresa may's favour. the sam webber barack obama may have laid out for the league side. —— the same way that. do you want to be with donald trumpsonable point of view? theresa may could use this in her own favour. he has not left the country yet. he could still do damage to her orto her yet. he could still do damage to her or to her cause. we have to wait and see. what seems to change is that we are almost on a piece of elastic where we are at the top of the queue with a trade deal with america, or at the bottom... depending on the present‘s mood or the day. at the bottom... depending on the present's mood or the day. a stock of api. some people were not particularly keen on the president coming —— let us talk about the i. there is the scene in trafalgar square. 100,000 protesters take to the streets in london, manchester, glasgow, belfast. lots of people outside this building. it may coming work colourful, lizzie, and a bit of additional work required. and what you could see standing next to the protesters, it was good—natured until you started to read the banners. i didn't. i was in until you started to read the banners. idid

trump about brexit. he told me i should sue the eu. sue the eu? not going to negotiation, sue them. theresa mayre putting brexit at risk by arguing over her proposals for how the uk will leave the eu. the us president, donald trump, is playing golf again this morning — he will leave scotland later and fly to helsinki for a summit with the russian president. it's the world cup final this afternoon — with france the favourites to win against croatia in moscow later. the wimbledon men's final takes place this afternoon.

trump has said that the us uk trade deal may not be made. let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason. not what theresa may wanted to hear. coyte. sn't it? we should be used to the style and approach to international diplomacy that president trump adopts, that being a tad unconventional compared with many of his predecessors and world leaders elsewhere. but these remarks still have the capacity to surprise, because not only in the last couple of days had he talked about the uk being quote unquote in turmoil, and being quote unquote in turmoil, and being a hotspot, not particularly diplomatic things to say but arguably broadly accurate as a reflection on the current tummel at westminster, but this particular intervention during a visit where there is going to be a conversation about trade and the trading relationship between the uk and the us after brexit, to effectively say that this delicately choreographed white paper, published a matter of hours before air force one arrived at sta nsted hours before air force one arrived at stansted airport, would ensure that in his view that couldn't be a trade deal between the uk and the us,

trump started with china and now he's turned his eye on the eu and says we are as bad, but smaller. on the other hand, this could help theresa maygoing to stop people selling parts, sending cars... when you're in america, you mostly see american cars on the road. some german cars. the parts are probably the important thing in this. although bmw has a big operation in america most of which exports. so there's a risk, if trump increases the pressure on trade tariffs, this massive retaliation from the eu, which they haven't been talking about before... also the loss of american jobs. this sabre rattling which is supposed to appeal to that constituency of workers... the rust belt. the automotive industry, i wonder if he realises he may be putting theirjobs at risk or is it all rhetoric because you never know whether he will in act it. is it all rhetoric because you never know whether he will in act itm starts at that level and then it calms down. he knows he has to get jobs for people all across america. tariffs in the end never work. that is what all commentators have been saying, so you wonder how long this is actually going to go

president trump of course last week in london denying that he criticized british prime minister theresa may. trump apologized. the administration tends to record its interviews, a former white house stenographer who worked under president obama and briefly under president trump, saying that is far from the truth. we were faced with a president who didn't want to be recorded. there cowl be an official white house transcript. just in case the reporter came out with an accurate quotation. but that was then and this was the trump era. joined right now is the stenographer herself author of the new book. corner of the oval. thank you for your service to the country. when i worked at the white house years ago and back in the '70s and back to the kennedy administration. the white house communication office took down everything the president said starting with the inauguration. you're talking about what was the role of you as stenographers in the obama white house. >> you are talking about waca which records everything. but the stenographers records everything and transcribes it. and so our job is not only

to meet with british prime minister theresa may. trump'ses as may is navigating her own political crisis over brexit. gina loudon is back with us. and john, i think this is an interesting time for president trump to be there. you have the people of england, there is a robbery in broad daylight to strip them of what they demand, a firm and solid exit from this relationship with the rest of europe with respects to brussels calling the shots. i think the will of the people is being disturbed and it's a shame. >> she has her own challenges with promises made, promises kept. when donald trump sits down with her, he'll try to show some sense in terms of her challenges and steering the ship in the right course. however, what he'll also say, while i understand, i also need an ally with respect to making sure that nato nations contribute amount they need to. and also with trade. they have to solve that and work that out which will complicate the matters for her. but i think they can find that delicate balance. charles: brexit was sold in part to the

eve an few hours before rosen sign's announcement at a joint press conference with theresa may, trump said that while he would raise the issue of russian meddling with putin, he cautioned that he didn't expect a perry mason moment to result. >> i don't think you'll have any gee i did it, i did it, you got me. >> rosenstein then spelled out his findings in an unusually specific 29-page 11-count indictment of 12 russian military officers. immediately thereafter the deputy ag ea's revelations call for some to call for the cancellation of the summit. one said glad handing with vladimir putin could be an insult to our democracy. kans ration is not going to happen but maybe confrontation will. while the president has been loathed to hold putin accountable for russian meddling, he's just been handed the goods with which to do so and it will be embarrassing for him not to. in other words, rosenstein just gave trump the basis for a reset. in fact, you have to wonder if it was planned this way. i don't believe in coincidence. are we really to assume that this indictment just happened to come on

include two days in brussels then to london for a meeting with embattled british prime minister theresa may mr trump triple and with a meeting with russian president vladimir putin in helsinki finland on monday and will have more on this in the coming days. the washington post has reported that private equity firm warburg pincus has entered the business of mailing checks to desperately poor people then hitting them with interest rates equal to or higher than those of payday lenders the story raised some eyebrows here in washington because former obama treasury secretary timothy geitner who i know from experience was not the foremost champion of holding wall street accountable for the two thousand and eight debacle is now president and managing director at warburg pincus the company owns and manages mariner finance which mails checks with fine print hiding interest rates as high as get this three hundred five percent that's reportedly legal in at least one us state that's mississippi by the way the predatory so-called consumer installment loan sector is growing and part due to attempts to evade new r

this weekend — has theresa may's brexit plan been trumped? after the president practises his golf swing against his fellow nato leaders, will it be a case of straight down the middle with vladimir putin, or will he be heading to the bunker? with me, john fisher burns of the new york times, alexander nekrassov, a russian journalist, the documentary film maker and italian journalist annalissa piras, and the british political commentator adam raphael. overpaid, oversexed and over here, the wartime grumble of the british about the gis, us soldiers barracked here. boy, though, did we need them — and the rest of europe. that's still the calculation 70 years on, judging by the way in which prime minister theresa may lavished praise on president donald trump, hours after a newspaper interview was published in which he suggested a free trade deal wouldn't happen because her version of brexit would leave the uk bound too closely to the european union after it has left. oh, and by the way, wouldn't boris johnson — he says very good things about me — mak

mr trump‘s reaction to theresa may as it has developed over the period she thinks he‘s —— he thinks she‘s a schoolmistress. mr trumpi am very clear that retweeting from britain first is the wrong thing to do. last year the g-7 is the wrong thing to do. last year the g—7 summit, snails could not conceal the transatlantic trade were. donald trump singled out other g-7 were. donald trump singled out other g—7 leaders by name for praise. she feel —— he failed to mention theresa may. i would say the relationship is at ten. britain's former national security adviser insists long—term transatlantic trade deals are not at risk. it may go up and down a personal level. it is like an ace level. the vast majority of the shall issue japan happens underwater. the vast majority of this relationship. for theresa may donald trump, this feels like a visit to be insured. reaction is starting to come in from other nato leaders. the president of france was asked about president‘s. the president said he did not think it was necessary. he didn‘t think the level of military spending could be justified. there were discussions taking place

theresa may has had a couple ofs ith the donald trump in brussels. what does she hope to gain by having him home in the u.k.? jon: i think this was originally designed, jane, atmospherics, to make donald trump feel like he is the most well, man in the united kingdom, that britain cherishes the special relationship which it does, and they want him to feel like an important ally, not just insecurity but in a future trade deal. however, donald trump has given the most unbelievablrview to "the sun" newspaper, the best selling tabloid in the u.k., in which he iervened in the debate on brexit, but not in support of theresa may, but in support of her colleagues to who areng arghat britain should have a hard departure from the eu. he said tonight effectively that s if britain gwn the softer brexit route that theresa may proposes, the trade deals donal trs hoping to conclude with her with the u.s. might be off the table. that is a pretty extraordinary intervention. , he is not being very nice to his hostess, is he? how tricky is this for her? could thin:damag

hundreds lined up where the trump's dined with theresa may. it is unlikely they even saw the protest as they flew in by helicopter from london. they will meet the queen today before spending the weekend at trump's resort in scotland. the u.s. and china have signaled they were open to resuming negotiations over trade after days of exchanging retaliatory threats. high-level trade discussions between the economies have stalled since last month. treasury secretary steve mnuchin said beijing must commit to deeper economic reforms and downplayed the severity of the trade dispute. >> i don't think we are in a trade war. we are in a situation of trade disputes. -these are not trade wars and we are very focused on the nafta issue, which is renegotiating an old agreement. we are very focused on the china issue, which is very complicated. debra: china's total trade with the u.s. increased in the first half of it year even as a trade dispute deteriorated. in dollar terms, total trade grew 13.1% in the first six months of the year, exports were up to americ

just hours after his humiliating attack on theresa may's brexit plans president trump insists his relationshipy, very strong. we had a dinner where i think we probably never developed a better relationship than last night. we spoke for an hour, an hour and last night. we spoke for an hour, an hourand a last night. we spoke for an hour, an hour and a half and it was really something. that's it so i was saying earlier that we were here two wants to go for the walk around. prince harry and prince william were here and we were rating the arrival of meghan markle, now the duchess of sussex. she didn't invite donald trump to her wedding. in fact she has had some fairly strong thought about this president. he is on the in invite list today. this very much is what he wants people to see back at home. i think more than any other people is what he really wants is the meeting with the queen. i suspect he really does respect the queen. he wants the optics around that. everyone watching him arrive at windsor castle and leave. it is really quite grand was not quite extraordinary that he would have inserted

that president trump and theresa may talking chequers about trade deals.ir conversation? it was an incredible week. what the president tried to say in this interview here is that if the uk stays aligned with the eu on customs including regulatory alignment then it will be harderfor regulatory alignment then it will be harder for the regulatory alignment then it will be harderfor the us to do regulatory alignment then it will be harder for the us to do a comprehensive trade deal as they would normally do with other partners. i think this is what he was trying to say. the way he tried to say it, however, is not helpful in the current circumstances that theresa may faces. no. i do not think it was helpful but at the same time it is the us president and he has says things like this before. what really happened here in this case, his advisers told him that it was too difficult to tell her that. but that is not what we have heard before. when president obama was discussing brexit he said that if there were a brexit you can be at there were a brexit you can be at

donald trump criticises theresa may in a british newspaper, and then announces their country ties are the queen has welcomed donald and melania trump at windsor castle with a cup of tea. the pair had 30 minutes to get acquainted with her majesty. meanwhile, tens of thousands of people take to the streets of central london in protest of the visit. coming up in the next half hour. a us grand jury indicts 12 russians for email hacking during the 2016 election, just days before donald trump's meeting with vladimir putin. british police find a bottle containing the novichok nerve agent, that killed dawn sturgess and poisoned charlie rowley. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days. before leaving for scotland, mr trump left a trail of confusion in his wake. in the space of 24 hours he gave two strikingly different versions of his relationship with the prime minister and the future of us—uk trade. one version, the tough one, came in his interview with the sun newspaper. but as those comments were playing out across britain, mr trump then took part in a press conference

britain's prime minister, theresa may, has welcomed donald trump with a lavish dinner on his first visit to the uk as american president. at the event at blenheim palace in oxfordshire, mr may made a case for a new trade deal with the united states after britain leaves the european union. injapan, at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to hit the country in nearly a0 years. rescuers are still searching for dozens of people missing in the prefectures of hiroshima and okayama. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese star for over £99 million. that's all from me. another story making the news here in the uk: ministers have given their approval to rupert murdoch's bid to take control of the broadcaster sky. his company, 21st century fox, has agreed to sell sky news to address concerns about his influence over the uk media. the us... between

coming up on dateline london, a further look at donald trump's visit to the uk, his advice for theresa mayexit, and a look ahead to his meeting with vladamir putin in helsinki on monday. donald trump may be spending the weekend here on the west coast of scotla nd weekend here on the west coast of scotland rather than the white house in washington, dc or his hotel at mar—a—lago in florida, but really what we've seen today has followed a familiar pattern. we had a series of tweets, taking on some of mr trump's favourite subjects, attacking american news networks as fake news, he attacked the obama administration with regard to yesterday's indictments of 12 russian intelligence officials, who are accused of hacking the democratic party in 2016, and he talked about golf, which is one of his favourite things to do at the weekend. he has visited golf courses over 50 times since the weekend —— since he became president, and it wasn't a surprise that he'd surprised to play a round here. a few hours ago, i watched him walking down the first fairway. i couldn't see any protesters, but i couldn't see

trump and they should not be echoing the politics. brent: before their meeting, the u.s. president already weighed in on prime minister theresa may'sifficulties with brexit. how will the trump-made talks go in view of that? are they even going to talk about brexit? >> i'm sure he is going to bring it up because theresa may is rather more likely to avoid it, particularly because donald trump mentioned morris johnson a couple of days ago and said he was his best friend, and he would love to see him when he came here, which is probably not going to happen, because theresa may told everybody in conservative circles that they should keep well away. everybody's trying to contain trump. but of course you talk about a trade-in with trump, and he will serve me tell her, yes, of course, we would love to do that , but we know that is worth absolutely nothing. when healy -- the way he leaves the u.k. on sunday to go to helsinki to meet the russian president, he will then have forgotten about it and sit in the airplane and just tweet the opposite of what he promised here. so theresa may, for her this is not a big asset to meet trump at this tim

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