chuck todd pressed the acting white house chief of staff on this issue. here is what he had to say. the fact that some 23 or 24-year-old person on the advance team went to that site and said there is the john mccain, we know how the president feels about the former senator, maybe that is not the best back drop, that is not an unreasonable thing to ask. seriously? is somebody going to get fired for this? no. we have heard him saying no one will get fired. he does not intend to open up inspector general investigation into the incident. we know the questions are going to keep coming from reporters, from members of congress about exactly how this happened and how it got to the point where the head of u.s. navy seventh fleet in japan became awar of the request, how that made its way that high up into the chain of command in the navy.
there will be a state dinner as i understand it tonight. keir, what else do we know about the next 48 hours for the president? reporter: well, that state dinner is the, in many ways the climax, isn t it? it is a, an extraordinary occasion in the cavernous ballroom here at buckingham palace where every setting is measured. even the position of the chairs, the cutlery and glasses. the queen herself chooses the menu. she will give a speech, perhaps for around five minutes. the president will respond with a speech and that will be another moment where people will have well, some people may hold their breath during those five minutes, but assuming that the president carries that off with the kind of diplomacy that clearly the queen will, then that will be a very important
issues facing the planet. president trump has previously publicly accused a number of climate experts of having a political agenda. so it is going to be interesting to find out if we, in fact, find out what the two men are talking about behind those closed doors at clarence house. let s bring in rick stengel here. you do, as you do from time to time when you come, one of the reasons we enjoy you as a guest. you take notes and write down thoughts before you share them. what have you noted throughout the course of the morning as you ve seen images like this play out? yes. i mean, the brits are better than anybody in the world on pomp and circumstance, and they re wheeling it out. i have to say even though the british public is very divided on areas like brexit, they re not on the issue of president trump.
kind he loves. the president obviously, you remember from bastille day in france. emmanuel macron fed him with a giant parade he got to enjoy. the president here last summer didn t get this kind of visit. he is this summer. the president, aides say, as much as anything, sends a message to americans back at home. their desire americans will see the president looking stately, being welcomed. most leechbrecently visiting th president in japan recently and now here in the united kingdom compared back to the chaos back home in an effort to make democrats feel small that they re still playing politics with the topic of impeachment and other issues. of course, this president is always a great disrupter and wasted no time disrupting the situation here, even before landing in the uk. he tweeted lashing out at sadiq khan, the city of london, the first muslim mayor here, saying
from the european union. president trump s trip coming to a close in france on thursday when the president will honor the 75th anniversary of d-day. the invasion on the beaches of normandy. we re watching all angles of this. nbc s peter alexander also traveling with the president along with keir simons. with mere here in-studio, former secretary of state of public diplomacy and also a political nbc analyst. mr. alexander, start with you. watching live images of prince charles and his wife camilla parker bowles, duchess of cornwall, live as they appear to greet president trump and first lady melania. what are we seeing, peter, and expected the rest of this trip from president trump? reporter: craig, from the president s perspective, certain seem thepageantry, the