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Are some pretty fraught issues to be dealt with between the u.s. and the uk where they have very different attitudes whether it be on iran and the middle east and the environment. all those big ticket issues. i also think from donald trumps point of view. these pictures will play out very well in the united states. because state occasions is what this country does very well. and the pictures look magnificent at buckingham palace and now the westminster abbey. >> youre not wrong about that, john....

Stage. >> is there a piece of this, though. we have been talking about what this means for donald trump and the trump family and john allen here at nbc news has a piece out where he talks about the official state visit could not come, eager to show their relationship with the united states is as strong as ever. >> to an extent, the british prime minister has almost always needed the president of the united states. so, yes, there is a sense in which that is true. brexit possibly coming up on the ...

Here? theresa may, just to clarify, she will hold that position as a caretaker prime minister until a new prime minister is named and installed, right? >> yeah. so, she stands down as conservative party leader this friday. so, the day that donald trump gets back to washington, she stops being conservative party leader. she is caretaker prime minister. then a process by which two names go forward for the conservative party membership to vote on. eventually it will be widdled down to two and then ...

Lined with throngs of people cheering the president. there were some cheers here outside buckingham palace from a small crowd but neither are there protests in the streets either. you kind of get the feeling as far as britain is concerned that britain has some bigger things to worry about, not brexit, but certainly while the pictures look very, very good. the real picture is not one of people celebrating president trumps arrival here. and there will be many people, most people, honestly, going a...

Discussing before you came to me, hallie, is an important point. do not assume because the president intervenes in british politics that that intervention will go the way that he intends. and that is why boris johnson will be wanting to be careful. i think back to president obamas intervention in brexit where, of course, he told britain that you would be at the back of the line, at the back of the queue. that went down very badly in the uk because just like people in the u.s., people in britain ...

Other presidents signed before. other presidents have had official state visits to u comfort. this is president trumps first. this is a moment when all of these characters, personalities will be together, mingling behind closed doors. we may seed toasts, but thats about it. >> prince charles loves tea, let me just say. he drinks lots of cups of tea but only with honey and has a vast collection of all different types of honey from around the world he puts in his tea. i suspect at good conversatio...

Conservative party membership? that is is the conundrum that every one of the candidates who wants to succeed theresa may will have to deal with. >> it should be noted that this is against the backdrop, john, of those eu elections in which nigel farages party, the brexi brexiters saw tremendous gain and perhaps no brexit at all. >> you know, we were used in britain to having a class-based analysis of politics. that broadly speaking those that were less well off would vote for the labor party and...

Theresa may not being strong enough when it comes to negotiations with brexit. toggling between live pictures of westminster abbey as we wait for the president and first lady to depart. the president and first lady laying a wreath at the grave of the unknown warrior. a powerful moment you watched unfold here live. after the president signs the guest book he will get back in the motorcade and hear the helicopters from our position here as the president makes his way to the clarence house. this is...

Brexit that will not affect economic and financial stability and securing independence to the united kingdom. that is the whole mess in a sentence, if you will, no way to functionally and effectively make those two things happen, right. make brexit happen and britain is in departure from the eu versus a global economic catastrophe for the uk. >> and that is threading the needle. if there was a disorderly brexit people say those who have done the analysis without the agreements in place, it could...

Keir, because he was asked on his way to the uk whether it was appropriate for him to weigh in on brexit as he has done rather frequently and often in the lead up to this trip. the president says, hey, i keep getting asked about it, why shouldnt i answer these questions. he has a relationship with nigel farage, back when i was covering the transition in trump tower that now infamous photo of him right in front of those gold elevators there, keir. but you make the point, youre right, the presiden...