Jon sopel is in washington. According to the polls, a majority of british people are in favour of donald trump coming to the uk on a state visit. But theres a sizeable number of people who stand opposed. Almost two Million People signed a Petition Calling for the invitation to be withdrawn. That petition in line with the law forced a parliamentary debate currently under way In Westminster hall. Heres a flavour. We are in a position unlike any faced by any previous parliament, where we have a person of a unique personality running the United States. There are great dangers in attempting to give him the best accolade we can offer anyone, only been offered twice before, of a state visit. This would be terribly wrong, because it would appear that the british parliament, the british nation, the British Sovereign is approving of the acts of donald] trump. Outside that debate In Westminster, in parliament square, theres a demonstration under way tonight. Lets get more now from our correspondent nick beake, whos among the crowds. The Prime Minister has made it very clear the visit is going to go ahead, so the invitation stands. I suppose the point to make to the International Audience is that this demonstration will not make much difference. Yeah, absolutely, good evening from parliament square, a place for protest of the people for years and years. You have the statues of various Prime Ministers looking down on this scene unfolding tonight, probably 2000 people here complaining about the prospect of a visit, a state visit from donald trump. There is a statue of abraham lincoln, immortalised here, the 16th American President , but the current american president , but the current american president , but the current american president is why people like here tonight. They are unhappy with the way he has treated migrants in his country. We heard from some of the politicians in parliament today, there was some balance there, people talking about the benefits of President Trump being able to enjoy a state visit, others vehemently against it. If you listen to the singing tonight, if you look at the placards and hear the voices of people here, they are unanimous, they do not want President Trump to be coming here later in the year. Some people, interestingly, are equating his stance in the last few weeks with that of brexit, bringing the two things together, talking about a sense of intolerance that has emerged from brexit, and also they seem the presidency as being one characterised by intolerance. We expect more speeches and more singing for the next few hours or so. Singing for the next few hours or so. I should say, there have been other protests in london and other british towns and cities since it was announced that there will be a state visit, but to return to your first point, christian, it seems that there is little the people here can do to stop President Trump enjoying a state visit in london later in the year. 0k, nick, for the moment, thank you very much. Today, mike pence was in brussels to meet eu leaders and also the nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg. Today mike pence was in brussels to meet eu leaders. The president of the United States and the American People expect our allies to keep their word and to do more in our common defence. And the president expects Real Progress by the end of 2017. As secretary of Defense James Mattis said here in belgium just a few short days ago, if youre a nation who meets the 2 target, we need your help, encouraging other nations to do likewise. If you have a plan to get there, as he said, our alliance needs you to accelerate. And if you dont yet have a plan these are my words, not his get one. Vice president mike pence speaking in brussels today. Lets bring in the republican strategist Brian Morgenstern in new york. Thank you so much for giving us your time, starting with those demonstrations, i wonder what they we re demonstrations, i wonder what they were make of it in the white house, that people are protesting about the democratically elected us president . I dont think theyll make much of it, they are used to it, frankly there have been many protests since the president s election, since his inauguration, but they havent slowed him down. He made certain promises, among them to work with other country to spread the cost around more, and his mind has not changed. In terms of a state visit to the uk, he wants to work with the uk and trade issues, and on limiting the effects of islamic terror, and a numberof other the effects of islamic terror, and a number of other issues, of course, there is far more that unites our countries than divides them. I am sure he will take these protests in his stride and just, you know, full speed ahead, as he has been. And you said about the pledges he made during the election he made it clear he wanted nato countries to be spending more on their own defence, 296 spending more on their own defence, 2 of gdp, smart move to centre the Vice President over to meet eu leaders, giamatti is, Defence Secretary is well . Absolutely. Gm jim secretary is well . Absolutely. Gm jim mattis. Secretary is well . Absolutely. Gm jim mattis. A very smart move at a time when some World Leaders may be an easy because he is such an unconventional politician, sending leaders from the administration over to reaffirm the relationships and to outline the goals Going Forward is absolutely a good way to manage expectations. Brian, we should mark the day, one month since donald trump walked into the white house. I was looking back to see what President Obama had achieved by this point, he and signed into law a stimulus package, expanded health ca re stimulus package, expanded health care for children, and they bill on equal pay for women. Donald trump has signed 23 executive orders, but it doesnt feel as if an awful lot is happening. Well, that is odd, because it has been a fire hose at the white house, just generating iiews the white house, just generating news and information and plans. He has rolled back a number of regulations related to the coal industry, he has rolled out a new Supreme Court justice nominee, industry, he has rolled out a new Supreme Courtjustice nominee, he has instituted a number of policies aimed at, of course, bedding refugees and other programmes. These working with congress now, a new health care programme. And of course getting his cabinet through. It has beena very getting his cabinet through. It has been a very busy month, i dont think there has been a shortage of iiews. Think there has been a shortage of news. In tens of legislation, congress has rolled out a 200 day plan, whereas normally it might be a 100 day plan, but that indicates there is a lot of legislation coming through the pipeline that will be moving probably later this year. Date with us. While we are discussing strategy, jon, we should talk about his attitude to the press. The media is the enemy of the American People he tweeted last week. You were on the Receiving End of it on thursday. Lets just remind ourselves of how that went. Where are you from . Bbc. Here is another beauty. Its a good line. Impartial, free and fair. Yeah, sure. Mr president. Just like cnn, right . On the travel ban. We could banter back and forth. On the travel ban, would you accept that that was a good example of the smooth running of government . Yeah, i do, let me tell you. Were there any mistakes in that . Wait wait i know who you are, just wait. Let me tell you about the travel ban. We had a very smooth roll out of the travel ban. I love that i know who you are what you make of the strategy, jon . I think that if you look down the ages, every president has tried to communicate directly with the electorate without the mediation of Newspaper Journalists electorate without the mediation of newspaperjournalists or electorate without the mediation of Newspaper Journalists or people electorate without the mediation of newspaperjournalists or people like us. Newspaperjournalists or people like us. You go back to the second world war, it was roosevelt with his fireside chats. Today, donald trump as 25 million followers on twitter, he wants to go to rallies where he can address the crowds, like we saw over the weekend. I think that part of the strategy absolutely makes sense. The other thing about donald trump is your loves to have an enemy. When he was running for the republican nomination, it was lying ted, low energyjeb, then krug and hillary. He needs an enemy now, and hes determined to make the enemy us, and we must resist the temptation to fall into the trap of thinking we are the opposition. But there are people on both sides of there are people on both sides of the house, john mccain was saying this weekend, if you want a free democracy, you need an adversarial press, and people on both sides are concerned about the tone. Yeah, and there are people who would want him to dial it back. The idea of saying that journalists are the to dial it back. The idea of saying thatjournalists are the enemy of the people, i think that went too farfor the people, i think that went too far for some the people, i think that went too farfor some people, but broadly speaking, i think a lot of Trump Supporters believe that we are the bad guys in all of this, that donald trump is the purveyor of truth, and sometimes it will be ourjob to say, do you know what, what he said is not as truthful as first appears. But it will be contentious, i think it is there to say. The Russian Ambassador to the united nations, vitaly churkin, has died suddenly while at work in new york. The veteran diplomat had been ambassador to the un since 2006. President putin is said to be deeply upset by his death. The russian leader said he valued mr churkins professionalism and diplomatic talent. The cause of death wasnt immediately known. He was one day short of his 65th birthday. Us defence Secretaryjim Mattis arrived in baghdad this morning on an unannounced visit to assess the war effort. Us backed iraqi forces have launched a new push to evict Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in the city of mosul. In a briefing, mattis said the us military is not in iraq to seize anybodys oil, distancing himself from previous remarks by President Trump. Russias decision over the weekend to recognise passports issued by separatist authorities in Eastern Ukraine has been denounced today by france and germany. They say the action is not in line with the minsk peace accord. But president putins spokesman, dmitry peskov, said it was a humanitarian move to help struggling residents in the rebel regions, who have faced a Transport Blockade imposed by Ukrainian Nationalist volunteer battalions. The north Korean Ambassador to malaysia has denounced the countrys investigation into the death of kim jong nam as politically motivated and has called for a joint probe. Malaysia responded with a statement saying the commons were culled from delusions, lies and half truths. The comments. Earlier malaysia said it was recalling its ambassador to pyongyang amid increasing tension between the two nations. Here in the uk, the upper house of parliament, the House Of Lords, is debating the legislation that will give the government a green light to begin the uks withdrawal from the eu. The government does not have a majority in the upper chamber, and there are many peers who oppose britains withdrawal. A record 187 peers have registered to speak over the two days of debate. So this bill is the legal means by which to give the Prime Minister power to commence Withdrawal Negotiations and nothing more. My lords, this bill is not the place to try and shake the terms of our exit, restrict the governments hand before it enters into complex negotiations, or attempt to rerun the referendum. This bill is the beginning of a process and a discussion we will be having in this house and the other place for years to come. Brexit means brexit was perhaps the most unwise of statements following the referendum. It just served to highlight that void. But, my lords, until the two years of negotiation have ended, and until the pompously and hopelessly inaccurately named great repeal bill and consequently gestation has been completed, none of us know what brexit will look like. And that has created and fuelled uncertainty for business, for science and for environmentalists. And worryingly for both eu citizens living and working in the uk and uk citizens living and working in other eu countries. We got used to theresa may saint brexit means brexit, wejust heard that clip from Baroness Smith in the House Of Lords, code of lords, could the lords make it that brexit does not mean brexit . They will not stop it, and not mean brexit . They will not stop it, and i dont think they want to stop it, so i think youll some early contradictory things happening. There will be vigorous opposition from the piers, because they amour propre european. Many of them are longer in years, and of course their philosophy is based in europe. They are more pro european. I think you will see amendments put forward, and the government may suffer some defeats because they have no majority in the House Of Lords. The Prime Minister was sitting on the sidelines, daring them to put amendments forward. But it would be in congress for a house which is not selected to stop the will of the people, to get in a way ofa will of the people, to get in a way of a democratic decision . You might see a bit of ping pong as the bill goes backwards and forwards, but the Prime Minister will comfortably meet that deadline by the end of march to serve article 50, the formal process to exit the european union. So a bit ofa to exit the european union. So a bit of a delay, but nothing much more than that. There have been a series of Immigration Raids in cities across the us in recent weeks, as President Trump makes good on his Election Promise to increase the deportation of illegal migrants. Whether the number of raids is actually higher than under the Previous Administration isnt yet clear, but there is concern in many immigrant communities about how they should respond to an unwelcome knock on the door, as rajini Vaidya Nathan found out in maryland. President trumps crackdown on illegal immigration has seen hundreds arrested in raids in recent weeks. The government says theyre only targeting people who pose a threat to public safety, but some of those detained dont even have criminal records. There are fears the net is being cast much wider. At this housing complex, oscar is handing out leaflets to educate people on what to do if an Immigration Officer knocks on the door. Many residents here are undocumented immigrants, here without valid papers, and after recent raids in the area, they are on edge. Im scared, because ive got family here, ive got my son, ive got my brothers, and ive got my wife. We came here to live more better and eat food on the table. Buenas tardes oscars job isnt easy. President trumps pledge to increase deportations has left many frightened. They dont want to open, because they think that it might be the immigration department. This mother of four, who didnt want to be identified, came from el salvador 15 years ago. Translation im afraid. When someone knocks on the door, i ask you it is first, and if i recognise the persons voice, then i open the door. One of my friends husbands was arrested by immigration. He was coming back from work, and they surrounded them and arrested them. Nationwide, there have been protests against President Trumps deportation policies, but many argue that theyre not that different from those his predecessor. President obama was nicknamed the deporter in chief for the high numbers of undocumented immigrants that his administration removed from the us. The president of the United States. At his Weekend Rally in florida, President Trump stressed the need to deport serious criminals. The gang member bad, bad people i said it, day one, they are going out, or they are being put in prison. But for the most part, get them the hell out of here, bring them back to where they came from. But recently leaked memos suggest his team are considering wider policies which could affect greater numbers of undocumented immigrants. Many support tougher deportation policies. Most people come in here wanting to have a better lifestyle, or better standard of living, but the fact is there are others who come with them who mean us harm orjust are bad people. And the only way to stop those is to stop everyone. But for the estim