NIGHT. >>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN FROM OUR NBC NEWS
HEADQUARTERS HERE IN NEW YORK.
DAY 865 OF THIS TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. IT’S NOW 4:00 A.M. IN LONDON
WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS ABOUT TO
START DAY TWO OF HIS STATE VISIT
TO THE U.K. AND WHILE TODAY WAS
ABOUT CEREMONY, TOMORROW IS
ABOUT POLITICS, A MEETING WITH
THE OUT GOING PRIME MINISTER
TERESA MAY AND A NEWS CONFERENCE
WHICH WILL BE INTERESTING NOW
THAT TRUMP HAS INJECTED HIMSELF
DIRECTLY INTO BRITISH POLITICS.
TONIGHT’S STATE DINNER ALLOWED
THE PRESIDENT PERHAPS A
DISTRACTION FROM HIS PROBLEMS
BACK HOME.
BACK HOME. IN THEIR REMARKS AT BUCKINGHAM
PALACE TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT
AND QUEEN TALKED ABOUT WHAT’S
BEEN CALLED THE MODERN ERA OF
THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP.
THIS ONE FORGED IN WORLD WAR II.
>> AFTER THE SHARED SACRIFICES
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, BRITAIN
AND THE UNITED STATES WORKED
WITH OTHER ALLIES TO BUILD AN
ASSEMBLY OF INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE
HORRORS OF CONFLICT WOULD NEVER
BE REPEATED.
BE REPEATED. TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE AN
ALLIANCE THAT’S HELPED TO ENSURE
THE SAFETY AND PROSPERITY OF
BOTH OUR PEOPLES FOR DECADES.
AND WHICH I BELIEVE WILL ENDURE
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
>> THIS WEEK WE COMMEMORATE A
MIGHTY ENDEAVOR OF RIGHTEOUS
NATIONS AND ONE OF THE GREATEST
UNDER TAKINGS IN ALL OF HISTORY.
THE BOND BETWEEN OUR NATIONS WAS
FOREVER SEALED IN THAT GREAT
CRUSADE AS WE HONOR OUR SHARED
VICTORY INHERITANCE, WE AFFIRM
THE COMMON VALUES THAT WILL
UNITE AS LONG INTO THE FUTURE.
>> BY THE WAY, THE QUEEN’S
MESSAGE THERE OF GLOBAL
INSTITUTIONS AS POINTED AS SHE
EVER GETS.
EVER GETS. THE PRESIDENT IS FIGHTING WITH
THE MAYOR OF LONDON.
THIS WEEKEND, THE GUARDIAN
PUBLISHED A PIECE BY THE MAYOR
IN WHICH HE SAID QUOTE, DONALD
TRUMP IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST E
EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF DIVERSE
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. AMERICA KAYWAS FOUNDED ON EQUALI
RELIG JOHN
RELIG JOHN RELIGION AND FREEDOM.
DONALD TRUMP SAID HE’S DONE A
TERRIBLE JOB AND BEEN FOOLISHLY
NASTY TO THE VISITING PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
BY FAR, THE MOST IMPORTANT ALLY
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
HE’S A STONE COLD LOSER.
HE REMINDS ME OF OUR VERY
DOMINANT COMPETENT MAYOR OF NYC
BILL DEde BLASIO WHO HAS ALSO DO
A HORRIBLE JOB HALF HIS HEIGHT.
POLITICAL BATTLES AND MIND
FIELDS BACK AT HOME AND HERE IS
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT BACKING
OFF THE INVESTIGATIONS OR
OVERSIGHT OF HIS ADMINISTRATION
AS THEY WRESTLE WITH THE GROWING
CALLS FOR AN IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY.
INQUIRY. THE HOUSE JUDICIARY WILL HOLD
HEARINGS ON THE MUELLER REPORT
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY.
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ISN’T
EXPECTED TO BE THERE BUT JOHN
DEAN WILL, FORMER WHITE HOUSE
COUNSEL UNDER RICHARD NIXON,
FAMOUSLY THE STAR WITNESS FOR
THE WATERGATE HEARINGS.
SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS THE FULL
HOUSE WILL VOTE NEXT TUESDAY ON
WHETHER OR NOT TO HOLD ATTORNEY
GENERAL BARR IN CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS FOR IGNORING A SUBPOENA
FOR THE FULL MUELLER REPORT.
TRUMP’S THREAT OF TARIFFS ON
PRODUCTS FROM CHINA OR MEXICO
AND THE RISK OF A WIDER TRADE
WAR HAS A NUMBER OF LAWMAKERS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLE WORRIED
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMY.
THOSE SAME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
ARE FACING PRESSURE TO COME UP
WITH A BUDGET AND BY THE WAY, TO
RAISE THE DEBT CEILING BEFORE
THE RECESS IN JULY AND AUGUST.
WE CAN SEE THAT ONE COMING.
THERE IS ALSO THE LATEST
CONTROVERSY CREATED BY THE
PRESIDENT’S ADVISOR AND
SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER.
HERE IS WHAT HE TOLD JONATHAN
SWAN OF AXIOS WHEN ASKED ABOUT
HIS RESPONSE TO THE EMAIL
SUMMONING HIM TO THAT NOW FAMOUS
JUNE 2016 MEETING WITH THE
RUSSIANS AT TRUMP TOWER.
>> WHY DIDN’T YOU PICK UP THE
PHONE AND CALL THE FBI?
>> IT WAS AN EMAIL THAT SAID
RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIAEN
GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING TO HELP.
WHY DIDN’T YOU DO THAT?
>> WE’RE IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
ARE PLAYING MONDAY MORNING
QUARTERBACK.
QUARTERBACK. LET ME PUT YOU IN MY SHOES.
I’M RUNNING THREE COMPANIES AND
THE CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN. I GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS SHOW UP
AT 4:00 INSTEAD OF 3:00 ABOUT A
MEETING --
MEETING -- >> I HAD RUSSIA IN THE SUBJECT.
>> AGAIN, I WOULD GET ABOUT 250
EMAILS A DAY.
I SHOW UP AT 4:00 --
>> WOULD YOU CALL THE FBI IF IT
HAPPENED AGAIN?
HAPPENED AGAIN? >> I DON’T KNOW.
IT’S HARD TO DO HYPOTHETICALS.
WE WEREN’T GIVEN ANYTHING SAY.
>> REPORTER FOR THE NEW YORK
TIMES AND AS OF TONIGHT CONTRIBU
ANALYST FOR THIS NETWORK.
ROBERT COSTA, MODERATOR OF
"WASHINGTON WEEK" ON PBS AND THE
AUTHOR
AUTHOR AUTHOR OF "TRUMP NATION" THE ART
OF BEING THE DONALD.
WELCOME TO YOU-ALL.
ARE THERE ANY DELIVERABLES THAT
ARE SUPPOSED TO COME HOME WITH
THIS PRESIDENT TO THE UNITED
STATES OR AS WE’VE COME TO KNOW
IT, JUST THE USUAL?
>> SO FAR, IT’S JUST THE USUAL.
WE’LL SEE TOMORROW HE HAS
MEETINGS WITH MAY.
HE’S GOING TO HAVE A MEETING
WITH MACRON AND HE’S MEETING
WITH THE IRISH PRIME MINISTER,
TOO.
TOO. THERE IS MORE THAN JUST
CIRCUMSTANCE TO THIS VISIT.
WHAT WE’VE SEEN PLAY OUT IS ALL
MOST THE SAME PLAYBOOK WE SAW
THAT HE TOOK TO TOKYO.
IF YOU’RE JUST WATCHING WHAT
HE’S DOING ON THE GROUND AND THE
WORDS COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH SO
FAR, IT’S ALL ACCORDING TO WHAT
HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
HIS SPEECH AT THE DINNER WAS
APPROPRIATE AND THERE IS ANOTHER
TRACK PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME,
WHICH IS WHAT HE’S DOING ON
TWITTER, WHICH IS PETTY
POLITICAL FIGHTS, TALKING ABOUT
POLITICS AT HOME AND POLITICS IN
THE PLACE THAT HE’S VISITING AND
IT’S LIKE A TWO-TRACK THING
WHERE HE IS APPEARING TO BE
DISTRACTED FROM ALL THE
PAGEANTRY THERE AND HE APPEARS
TO BE A MAN THAT CAN’T FOCUS
WHAT IS AT HAND.
>> THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND OFTEN
SEEN, RARELY HEARD FROM AS I
SAID ABOUT AS POINTED AS SHE
EVER GETS TALKING ABOUT THE
GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS THAT CAME
ABOUT IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR
II, I.E. NATO THAT ARE STILL
PROUD AND FUNCTIONING TO THIS
DAY.
DAY. YOU I KNOW HAVE NOTICED A
COMMONALITY OF THE PRESIDENT’S
FOREIGN TRAVEL.
FOREIGN TRAVEL. WHAT IS THAT AND WHAT COULD GO
WRONG WHEN HE TAKES QUESTIONS
TOMORROW?
TOMORROW? >> WE WROTE ABOUT IT IN
TONIGHT’S POST FOR THE PAPER ON
TUESDAY ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT
OFTEN MAKES CONTROVERSIAL
REMARKS BEFORE HE HEADS TO A
FOREIGN COUNTRY AND THEN HE
MAKES CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS WHEN
HE’S THERE BUT OFTEN DOESN’T
HAVE A POLITICAL PROJECT,
IDEOLOGICAL PROJECT HE’S
MOUNTING.
MOUNTING. WITH THIS TRIP TO THE U.K.
HE HAS POLITICIANS WHO ARE
SYMPATHETIC TO THE BREXIT
MOVEMENT, THE FOREIGN MINISTER,
THE HEAD OF THE BREXIT PARTY.
HE’S NOT SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH
THEM EVEN THOUGH HE MADE
SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS,
SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS, CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS AND
INTERVIEWS AHEAD OF THE TRIP BUT
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
TOMORROW WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
TO SAY IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE
WITH THE PRIME MINISTER WHO IS
OUT GOING, DOES HE REALLY LEAD
IN TO SUPPORTING BORIS JOHNSON
TO BE THE SUCCESSOR.
>> TIM, I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING
THAT TRANSPIRED WITH NICOLE
WALLACE THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:00
P.M.
P.M. THIS IS JEREMY BASH’S ASSESSMENT
OF THE TABLEAU IN LONDON TODAY.
>> THERE IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE
TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A STUDY IN
CONTRAST.
CONTRAST. YOU HAVE THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
SHE’S ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT
REPRESENTS HISTORY OF NOBLTILITY
AND PATERIOTISM AND HONOR AND HE
REPRESENTS INDIVIDUAL ONE.
>> JEREMY GET IT RIGHT THERE?
>> I THINK HE GOT IT PRETTY
CLOSE.
CLOSE. THE THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP IS HE’S ALTERNATELY
ATTRACTED TO CIRCUMSTANCE BUT
HATES INSTITUTIONS.
HATES INSTITUTIONS. HE’S PROFOUNDLY ANTI
AUTHORITARIAN.
AUTHORITARIAN. WHEN BOB SAID HE LIKES TO POP
BALLOONS BEFORE HE GOES OFF ON
FOREIGN VISITS, HE DOES THIS
ROUTINELY, AND I THINK HE
ACTUALLY DOES IT WITHOUT A
STRATEGY AGENDA OTHER THAN TO
CAUSE TROUBLE AND DRAW ATTENTION
TO HIMSELF.
TO HIMSELF. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE
REELS TODAY OF HIM AT BUCKINGHAM
PALACE, HE LOOKS LIKE HE GOT OFF
THE TOUR BUS, GOT UP STAIRS AND
BUMMED OUT HE HAD TO STICK
AROUND AND HE DOESN’T LIKE
PUTTING ON A TUX.
HE DOESN’T LIKE FORMAL AFFAIRS,
BUT HE DOES LOVE DRAWING THE
ATTENTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
>> WILL HE EVER SHOW A SENSE OF
STEWARDSHIP?
STEWARDSHIP? WILL HE EVER REPRESENT US ON AN
OVERSEAS TRIP?
OVERSEAS TRIP? >> I THINK SOMEONE WITH WHO WHO
HAS A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP IS
SOMEONE THINKING ABOUT SOMEONE
OTHER THAN THEMSELVES AND DONALD
TRUMP IS A PROFOUND NARCISSIST,
WHAT HE GETS IN HIS HEAD WHEN HE
WALKS IN A ROOM, WHAT IS IN IT
FOR ME?