reach a deal. now in this state where we don't have a government and they don't know if they will go through with this brexit and the president arrives with the state visit and he talks about offering the uk and an alternative trade deal that would say, yes, go ahead and leave the eu. the u.s. will be there as the uk's savior and that makes people here very, very nervous. they are worried about leaving the eu and throwing in with president trump. >> all right, thanks so much, appreciate that. richard engel in the streets of london. nbc's bill neely is outside ten downing street and former adviser to theresa may along with ambassador nicholas burns, the former u.s. ambassador to nato. >> chris, a lot of talk about the special relationship during that rather inconsequential news
on the counterintelligence investigation, where we'll have experts to help shed light on what is a counterintelligence investigation. what does it mean that this began as a ci investigation. >> joining me now, national security correspondent ken delainian and here in new york, what do you make of this? >> chris, the democrats are trying to get this story in front of the american people. most people haven't read the mueller report. the democrats feel like people are not getting the message. serious wrongdoing described there and adam schiff wants to have public hearings. he wants to explore things that weren't in the mueller report when he talks about the counterintelligence investigation. what he is essentially saying is volume one of the report didn't find a conspiracy, but a lot of wrongdoing there. and there's stuff that wasn't even in the report that was sent to fbi headquarters that may not be a crime, but it's a scandal. it's about the trump campaign being compromised and having contacts with russians and schiff wants the american public to understand why that is a
that was a question at this news conference. the president called him a stone cold loser during the flight over and i want to play what the mayor said about the president earlier just this morning. >> now, this is what you expect from an 11-year-old, but for him to decide how he behaves and not for me to respond and it's beneath me to do childish tweets and name calling. >> what is the white house saying about this and the latest in a long series of breaks with tradition? going to a foreign country, going after political leaders there and, of course, the mayor of london not being the only one. >> i'll tell you what the president says about this, chris, which is if you don't want me to talk about domestic politics in the uk, stop asking me about domestic politics in the uk. obviously, that is a command that reporters have not heeded. but the president unlike some of his world leader counterparts around the globe, is not, how do
huawei. it came up that the chinese telecom company may enter into a deal with the british government to be part of their 5g network and president trump said he would not limit intelligence sharing on this, which has been an implicit threat from the u.s. because he was confident they could work out their differences. the british version of our press secretary if that is the case. if theresa may agreed to a deal. he declined to specify anything as far as the details, but did reiterate that theresa may wants to do something that would jeopardize or undermine the safety of the uk. chris? >> we'll talk more about protests. and we played a little bit of that bite. he doesn't think that anybody reports that there are big protests there doing anything but fake news. i want to go back to the idea of him getting involved as other presidents have not in domestic politics when he's visiting a foreign country. of course, one of the big headlines over there, as well as here, has been the back and forth with the mayor of london.
united states last week retweeting one of these deepfakes and we'll continue to see this in campaigns have got to figure it out. the truth is, you know, they're all new campaigns and trying to get structures. they are trying to put people on iowa and new hampshire and they have to figure some of this stuff out. i think they will. but this is a much bigger issue than i think people understand and i think in the next six months you're going to see more and more of this and we're going to be talking about this. >> real quickly, back to garrett and this whole idea of the veiled criticism from pete buttigieg that we can't go back to where we were. >> yeah. i mean, chris, look, this is a number of democratic candidates who made this comment. that going back to 2010 or 2012 or to the obama administration isn't going to be good enough for them. the question is, can those democrats, some of those more progressive democrats can some emerge as an alternative to joe biden and press the case they are more equipped to go forward than backward. you see biden coming out with a
you know, the caucus is moving towards the consensus. >> so, part of what you'll see from speaker pelosi is her theme of legislate, investigate, and litigate. there may be cases that go into civil court to try to pressure the administration, certainly the public dialogue is definitely trying to pressure the administration and others are saying the clock is ticking. chris? >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill, thank you for that. joining me now is national political reporter for the associated press and eugene scott, political reporter for "washington post." so, legislate, investigate, litigate, eugene, you just heard the quote kind of from nancy pelosi or that is her strategy. but when you ucttalk about this nonimpeachment, impeachment campaign, where do you see it going? >> i certainly see it moving forward based on how democratic lawmakers have responded just in the past week. we have seen the list of lawmakers on the left interested
on the democratic side, a vote for joe biden is essentially a throw-back vote to the obama administration. for a lot of progressives, that is not good enough. joe biden was in new hampshire about a month ago and took heat from activists for not having a climate plan and for the perception that he didn't take the issue seriously. >> i will interrupt you there for a second because we're having trouble hearing your mic. maybe we will come back and your crew can take a look at that. let me go to you, adrian, about that very question. what do you see as joe biden's game plan here? >> look, i think this is very smart, chris, that he is putting out a very aggressive climate change policy now this early on in the campaign, again before the first debate. he knows this is something that he has been criticized especially by the left flank of the democratic party and, look, his climate change policy is going even further than his former boss, president obama's policy. and the point that his campaign is also making is that joe biden
protests and also joining us tom former adviser to theresa may and former u.s. ambassador to nato and nicholas burns. good to see all of you here. so, hallie, let me start with you. it was a wide-ranging press conference for only 24 minutes. a lot to unpack. let's start with what is our arguably maybe one of the real nuts and bolts of this conversation that is trades and tariffs and the possibility of a deal. >> yes. yeah. and on a couple different fronts, chris. because you have the possibility of a trade deal with the uk after this brexit didli trdeadle end of october. what you heard from both sides president trump and may they have to deal with the brexit stuff before the u.s. trade stuff. very positive for the chances that something may happen. theresa may was pleased to hear
had to say about that. >> what do you think of republicans who say that they may take action to block you imposing those tariffs? >> i don't think if they do that, it is foolish. tremendous republican support. i have a 94% approval rating as of this morning in the republican party. that's an all-time record. can you believe that? isn't that something? i love records. >> and the president also domestic british politics here. talking about people he believes could be the next prime minister or boris johnson and jeremy hunt, the foreign minister in the front row and slammed corbin who was holding a rally just outside of the very ornate and gorgeous courtyard where we are, chris, for this news conference. let me just add one thing. i just spoke with the downing street press secretary, as well. i think there were some questions about this issue of
differently and let's take a listen to what he said and just listen to the, the laughter and the banter almost at the end of this clip as they talk about brexit. >> i personally believe that it is in the best interest of the uk to leave the european union with a deal. i believe there is a good deal on the table. and i seem to remember the president suggested that i sued the european union, which we didn't do. we went to negotiations and we came out with a good deal. >> yeah. that's okay. i would have sued and settled maybe but you never know. >> and the other big issue, chris, is the possibility of a trade agreement. and, again, he's thrown a bit of a hand grenade into british politics by suggesting if there is a trade agreement, everything would be on the table, including britain's national health service. now, here, that is a bit of a sacred card that will not have gone down well here. >> thank you so much, bill