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Administration, or decisions made in that time. >> when he was asked whether or not he still believes it was a dumb war he said history will be a judge of whether or not getting in the war was a right decision. he is saying he finish it off in right way. no matter what he said as a senator he invested in the relationship with nouri al-maliki will be strained but he must have one. this is an essential relationship. because malia is close to iranian -- because he is close to iranians. not only mus...

Administration, or decisions made in that time. >> when he was asked whether or not he still believes it was a dumb war he said history will be a judge of whether or not getting in the war was a right decision. he is saying he finish it off in right way. no matter what he said as a senator he invested in the relationship with nouri al-maliki will be strained but he must have one. this is an essential relationship. because malia is close to iranian -- because he is close to iranians. not only mus...

>> help repair it? >> >> i do think that president obama did a great deal in his speech to emphasize the importance of the special agent, that was a positive development. but i think this president has gained a reputation in the united kingdom for being antibritish. he did go at great length i think in this speech today to disspell that idea, although i do have my doubts as to whether barack obama really does believe in the anglo american special relationship. hes been rebranding it over the pas...

Essential relationship for us and for the world. and it certainly has been an essential relationship for the united kingdom. few in britain will ever forget the fact that twice in the last century, the united states came to her aid in wars that threatened the very existence of european democracy and nationhood. and then, with the declaration of victory in 1949, it was america, through what came to be known as the marshall plan that gave $13 billion in economic assistance that enabled european co...

Cameron. that brings us to chuck todd live in london who is traveling with president obama. hey, chuck. >> savannah, as you know, what hes going to be doing with cameron today, very sear moanial, doing the state visit, but with cameron, they are going to announce something interesting, this idea of a joint national security council. they have an op-ed today, about a special relationship but an essential relationship. whats interesting here, savannah, that you would find is a lot of the british p...

Joined now by tom bradby, political editor of britains itv news in london. good afternoon, tom. >> good afternoon. >> a rather magnificent occasion not unlike that when you and i were together for prince williams wedding. >> yes, it feels like only yesterday. another reminder we might not do everything well, but at least we do this well. >> you do it very well. the op-ed in todays times had the president and david cameron saying ours is not a special relationship, its an essential relationship. ...

President obama is quoted as saying he was fascinated by the attention given to the royal wedding, even though he was not invited. alisyn, what were expecting now in a couple of minutes is the obama motorcade to whisk by us, theyre going on to westminster jay for a tour there. that was, in fact, the site of the wedding. tonight, there is that state dinner and serious stuff during this two-day visit, a couple of meetings with prime minister david cam on, an historic speech by president obama as w...

The independent in england -- a sharing relationship will be put to the test. british officials are playing down any need for policy initiatives. there are more than enough dramatic events going on in the real world to keep them busy in their bilateral talks. finally, just check out the "ti" "times" of london. the headline here, it says that all not just special but an essential relationship. one issue, many views. you can read all of these articles in full at facebook.com/w1cnn. lets go back ...

And the uk an essential relationship. now one of the main goals of this trip for president obama is to reaffirm the strong relationship between the u.s. and the uk and all of its european allies really. so that op-ed was certainly a part of doing that, but most of this day was about pomp and circumstance. the president and first lady arrived at buckingham palace at about noon london time. they were greeted by the queen as well as charles and kamcamil. they then went inside and met the newly marr...

Ahead of the volcanic ash. you cant make this stuff up. >> that would have been a faux pas arriving at buckingham palace. they spent the night at winfield house, tonight in buckingham palace and tomorrow night at buckingham palace. tomorrow, andrea, is when the business part of this trip begins. the president is going to speak before parliament. youre going to hear lots of affirmations of not just the special relationship, but in an op-ed today, theyre calling it an essential relationship. but i...