theresa may not being strong enough when it comes to negotiations with brexit. toggling between live pictures of westminster abbey as we wait for the president and first lady to depart. the president and first lady laying a wreath at the grave of the unknown warrior. a powerful moment you watched unfold here live. after the president signs the guest book he will get back in the motorcade and hear the helicopters from our position here as the president makes his way to the clarence house. this is the residence, the royal residence of prince charles and camilla. what do we expect from this tea? i don t know how much of it we ll see. we ll see the motorcade as the two of them depart, right, keir? yeah, that s right. i don t know whether we ll see any moments from the meeting itself from the afternoon tea itself. i m sure we won t see all of it and what it does illustrate and what is fascinating is that this
brexit that will not affect economic and financial stability and securing independence to the united kingdom. that is the whole mess in a sentence, if you will, no way to functionally and effectively make those two things happen, right. make brexit happen and britain is in departure from the eu versus a global economic catastrophe for the uk. and that is threading the needle. if there was a disorderly brexit people say those who have done the analysis without the agreements in place, it could bring a certain level of economic chaos, slow down the european economy and the world economy and that could be potentially catastrophic. on the other hand, you know, there is also the mantra that britain, as the president said, britain needs to get tough with brussels and be willing to walk away without a deal. well, that has a very big downside risk. so, theresa may has tried to thread that needle and failed
keir, because he was asked on his way to the uk whether it was appropriate for him to weigh in on brexit as he has done rather frequently and often in the lead up to this trip. the president says, hey, i keep getting asked about it, why shouldn t i answer these questions. he has a relationship with nigel farage, back when i was covering the transition in trump tower that now infamous photo of him right in front of those gold elevators there, keir. but you make the point, you re right, the president s word is not bond or gold here in london, especially when you look at the president s favorability ratings here. there are certainly, it seems, a split between the way people in bigger cities feel about the president and, frankly, people feel about the president. in some ways mirroring the attitude towards americans of the president back home in the u.s., keir. yeah, that s right. i think it s very important to point out as i stand here, hallie, that the street are not