from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, i am alex witt. welcome to our special coverage of the coronation of britain s king charles. this is london live, you are about to see it is under light rain, it is ten a.m. british summertime. over the next five hours we will step into instant history. the scenes that we watch together will be in high definition, but centuries old. ancient ritual, but contemporary in immediate s spectacle. tradition in scope and afield but accented in modern controversy and attended by a worldwide audience, many of whom will view in fascination. others, disdain. we will try to provide a spectrum of motion and analysis in that perspective as the events unfold. happening right now, heads of state, government officials, and other dignitaries arriving at westminster abbey in anticipation of a ceremony steeped in 1000 years of tradition. the last coronation was 1953 when then 25 year old elizabeth the second was crowned queen as the four year old so
i want to start at the beginning, because it s important to establish what we re talking about. can you explain the difference between legal and illegal migration? legal migration the government has a lot of power and influence or affect, doesn t it? doesn t it? legal migration is essentially doesn t it? legal migration is essentially government - doesn t it? legal migration is| essentially government knows doesn t it? legal migration is - essentially government knows that that person is in the country, either because they have it with valid visa, or because of some agreement with that country, for example when the uk was in the eu, people from the eu could come to the uk without a visa, this is different to illegal migration where the government doesn t know that that person is in the country, but an important decision to be made is thatjust because somebody enters a country illegally, like crossing the channel on a small boat, it does not mean they are and illegal migrant
For europe . That is what we want to talk about. We have invited three guests. It is a pleasure to welcome. Ulrike herrmann. Is a business editor. She believes trump might be an opportunity for europe, by eu tonight. It is great to have Erik Kirschbaum back on the show. He thinks trump is a loose cannon. And it is great to welcome tom goeller. He is a freelance journalist focused on u. S. And security affairs. In his opinion, germany and other European Countries behave like scroungers when it comes to nato membership. Donald trump gave his first big interview to a major german newspaper this week and also spoke to the times of london. Questioned every orthodoxy on which the Transatlantic Union is based. The alliance with germany, to the future of nato. I would like to start off by asking you to give me your sense of your reaction. You said, donald trump is a loose cannon. Statementssee the as a guideline for what he is likely to do in office . Erik it can be pretty scary. He has not be
For europe . That is what we want to talk about. We have invited three guests. It is a pleasure to welcome. Ulrike herrmann. Is a business editor. She believes trump might be an opportunity for europe, by eu tonight. It is great to have Erik Kirschbaum back on the show. He thinks trump is a loose cannon. And it is great to welcome tom goeller. He is a freelance journalist focused on u. S. And security affairs. In his opinion, germany and other European Countries behave like scroungers when it comes to nato membership. Donald trump gave his first big interview to a major german newspaper this week and also spoke to the times of london. Questioned every orthodoxy on which the Transatlantic Union is based. The alliance with germany, to the future of nato. I would like to start off by asking you to give me your sense of your reaction. You said, donald trump is a loose cannon. Statementssee the as a guideline for what he is likely to do in office . Erik it can be pretty scary. He has not be
transatlantic union, at the heart of this transatlantic relationship, is this insistence that liberty has to be at the center of the human experience. the british go about it in a different way, symbolically than we do. but, they do so based on their tradition, their ethos, and i think we are fascinated by it because it is interesting, it plays to an ancient impulse. there is a reason that shakespeare wrote about kings. it is intrinsically interesting. and so, the other thing that i would say, thinking about shakespeare and henry v and leadership and the loneliness and all of that, as we watch charles go through this day, there was this wonderful moment where a slightly self pitying