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Presidents trip overseas as he wrapped up the nato summit. his long-delayed and hotly contested visit to the uk is now about one hour old. he and the first lady took a helicopter to the compound of the u.s. ambassador after a short flight from brussels and the nato summit where the president claims he bent the will of our allies. in an unscheduled news conference after two days of private meetings, the president announced that everyone, he says, agreed to, quote, substantially up their military ...

And they appreciate this moment to a point but there are limits. >> i think people recognize that relationship and the polling shows 50 to 39 of the latest and people want the trip to go ahead. equally those numbers show those public in favor of meeting with the queen. that makes the distinction of recognizing what made made -- actually to the british public is an important distinction between a working visit which is about the relationship between the two countries centering around common value...

President immediately repuked those claims aing that the allies simply agreed to keep their portion or their prior contribution commitments and kevin is live for us in london, kevin? >> great to be with you, harris, as always and the president here in the united kingdom and they are mourning a world cup loss yesterday but debating the merits of his visit here and not united when it comes to how they feel about their prime minister teresa may that among the topics we expect the world leaders to d...

It means that britains ability to kind of play that sort of broker role is massively undermined and instead the domestic worry for theresa may, shes going to look kind of desperate trying to get something out of a visit that a lot of british people are deeply skeptical about. >> does this mean donald trump needs to come out in the uk and say forcefully he backs prime minister theresa may even with concerns there could be a vote of no confidence? >> as ever, an endorsement for donald trump is a d...

At windsor castle. he is dozens of miles outside where thousands are planning to protest and have a march and gather ahead of his visit. lets go to kristen welker with what we can expect today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is going to be another remarkable visit by president trump. its a working visit, not an official state visit. that underscores what you are talking about. the fact that there are going to be protesters and the visit is designed to have the president not have t...

The two have the bromance. very different relationship with prime minister may. it is revved to as awkward. think of the optics of it overall. this is not an official state visit. this is a working visit in part because there is so much controversy at the backdrop. prime minister may when she first visited the white house last year had that awkward moment where the president reached for her hand, held her hand for a few moments. that image was blast and she got criticized for it. there is concer...

The presidents pick. also prepared a package for judge thomas hardiman came very close to being the presidents pick to replace judge antonin scalia last year. after the judge rolls out nominee in nationwide announcement monday night at 9:00 the president and first lady head to europe for 7-day trip. first stop on the trip will be the nato summit in brussels where president trump is expected to repeat his demands from last year that all nato nations live up to their commitment to contribute 2% of...

Protest that will greet the president on the day he arrives. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> so why did you get involved in this? what made you decide you wanted to lead this protest? >> well, women like myself understand that its time to make our voice count. our vote and our voice count. we cant sit in silence or sit on the fence while we see intolerance, while we see acts on policies that just seem to but actually allow for inequality, intolerance that affect peoples lives. >> ther...

Its more of a working visit. whats wrong with him meeting the prime minister? >> the point is not about his visit. the point is the demonstration being put together is a celebration of who we are, the values that trump administration clearly does not appreciate and the values that the policies of his administration are stamping down on. the protest, the demonstration is also to bring about a call for action. we expect our elected government officials to take notes that we are watching. we expect...

Invitation, which would include a meeting with the queen. the invitation sparks backlash. >> in the circumstances, his policies go against everything we stand for. >> after the protest the state visit changes to what is called a working visit, meaningless pageantry and less conflict. >> the queen will never make her feelings known about president trump. its one of the things on which the queen is going to have to keep a straight face, which is something that shes very, very good at doing, of cou...