AP Headline News Jun 03 2019 08:00 (EDT)

 

AP Radio News. I'm Rita Foley.

 

President Trump and the First Lady at Buckingham palace where they were greeted by the Queen this morning. The President inspected the guard of honor as ceremonial royal gun salute sounded but the visit isn't without contorversy. Here's our Sagar Meghani.

There's a lunch with the Queen and tea with the Prince but also protest and the baby Trump baloon. Even before Air Force One touch down, the President twitted London's mayor is a stone cold loser. After a long time critic, Sadiq Khan said the President should not be honored with a state visit. Britain's top diplomat says 'Nothing new here.'

"But he is a very contorversial president and we, you know, we've all got used to that over the last 2 years."

Still Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the UK will put on a fantastic show for the President this week. I'm Sagar Meghani.

The President is overseas for ceremonies this week commermorating 75th anniversary of D-Day.

 

Mexican officials say they're working feverishly to try to avoid that 5% tax on imports the President is threatening. Top officials from the U.S. and Mexico will begin talks today to try to work something out. Before he left for Britain, the President said he's holding firm on Mexico.

"They have to stop the illegal flow, the flow of drugs, of immigrants, illegal immigrants. People that have not gone through the process."

 

Virginia Beach, Virginia city officials were among hundreds of people who gathered yesterday to remember the 12 people shot dead in Virginia Beach on Friday. City manager David Hansen says shooter DeWayne Craddock is a city employee was not being terminated from his job. Craddock died in a shootout with the police.

 

Authorities say nobody was hurt when an explosion at a chemical plant shook buildings for miles in San Francisco area. This is AP Radio New.

 

President Trump stood on the stage of a nothern Virginia church on Sunday as the pastor asked God to give Mr. Trump wisdom to lead the country.

"We have in the city of a unique opportunity to pray for leaders who are part of this church and leaders who stop in unexpectedly to this church."

The President stood with David Platt, pastor of McLean Bible Church in Vienna as the reverend Platt made the requests as part of  a nationwide day of prayer for President Trump. It had been called for by the reverend Franklin Graham.

 

A federal judge will hear arguments today on an ACLU lawsuit over Indiana's new abortion law. The ACLU says Indiana new would put a substatial and unwarranted burden on women's ability to get 2nd trimester abortions.

Rita Foley, AP Radio News.