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Joined now by tom bradby, political editor of britain's itv news in london. good afternoon, tom. >> good afternoon. >> a rather magnificent occasion not unlike that when you and i were together for prince william's 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 today's times had the president and david cameron saying ours is not a special relationship, it's an essential relationship. what was that about? >> i think apart from -- >> actually i'm going to have to cut you short bec...

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 we're expecting now in a couple of minutes is the obama motorcade to whisk by us, they're 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 well to sort of a joint session of the chambers, the house is the parliament. he calls this not jus...

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. let's go back to one of our top stories -- the president's visit to britain. it's a state visit. we want to tell ...

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 married william and kate, had a brief meeting with them. they then came outside for a more formal welcom...

Ahead of the volcanic ash. you can't 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. you're going to hear lots of affirmations of not just the special relationship, but in an op-ed today, they're calling it an essential relationship. but it very much is sort of a -- one of these method -- these trips that you're -- you don't want to s...