WEBVTT - Mishal Husain Talks Security Ahead of King Charles Visit to DC

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Michelle Hossein is with us. She flew in to go

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<v Speaker 2>to a quiet White House correspondence dinner to speak to

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<v Speaker 2>pigil of the American Express Definitive in the United Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>where they work at the BBC, and of course the

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<v Speaker 2>host of the Michelle Hussein Show across all of the

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<v Speaker 2>Bloomberg platforms. We're thrilled she could pick up the pieces

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<v Speaker 2>for us on this Monday morning. Michelle, I think we've

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<v Speaker 2>all seen the video, seen the tape, relived it. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to do that. What Americans want to know

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<v Speaker 2>of every persuasion is how does the United Kingdom have

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<v Speaker 2>less violence than we have? I guess it goes back

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<v Speaker 2>to a horrific event in the nineties, But what is

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<v Speaker 2>the legislative parliamentary courage that your nation has that we

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<v Speaker 2>just can't do?

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning talk, Good morning Paul. Wow, you are really

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<v Speaker 1>putting me through my paces right at the beginning of this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so good to be with you from DC. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a really dramatic event. I will say that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there was this sense of anticipation, a real

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<v Speaker 1>sort of freesong around this particular dinner because the President

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<v Speaker 1>was coming. But as I was crouched under the tables

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<v Speaker 1>for those minutes, it took before the room was cleared

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<v Speaker 1>of the VIPs and it appeared that the person was

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<v Speaker 1>dealt with and we kind of emerged back into putting

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<v Speaker 1>our heads above the parapet as it were. In those moments,

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<v Speaker 1>I was thinking as an outsider to the United States

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<v Speaker 1>about the nature of gun culture in this country and

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<v Speaker 1>how different it is in the UK. And I will

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<v Speaker 1>say that you have a long running history where you

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<v Speaker 1>know the right to bear arms. It is there as

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<v Speaker 1>part of your as part of your history for such

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<v Speaker 1>a long time. The UK never had that for starters.

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<v Speaker 1>But in nineteen ninety six there was a horrific school

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<v Speaker 1>shooting at a primary school in Scotland and that did

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<v Speaker 1>lead to the licensing of firearms regime that we continue

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<v Speaker 1>to have in the United Kingdom and which some people

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<v Speaker 1>continue to criticize as being too lax. But essentially the

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<v Speaker 1>framework is that licensing of firearms is done through your

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<v Speaker 1>local police force. So every local police force in the

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<v Speaker 1>United Kingdom knows who is licensed to bear arms within

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<v Speaker 1>their community. That's the hallmark of it. So Dunblane, that

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<v Speaker 1>town in Scotland became the tourists for a school shooting.

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<v Speaker 1>But the culture, the environment, the trajectory, the rights are

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<v Speaker 1>very different in the United States. But yeah, all of

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<v Speaker 1>this was going through my mind as I was under

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<v Speaker 1>that table on Saturday night.

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<v Speaker 2>Michelle, another big day in Washington, DC today is the

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<v Speaker 2>King and Queen of England arrive here. What do you

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<v Speaker 2>think the agenda is for the King and Queen?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this visit was already complex for a number

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<v Speaker 1>of reasons, primarily because of tensions between the US and

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<v Speaker 1>the UK governments over the Iran War. The difference of opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that British ministers and the Prime Minister openly

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<v Speaker 1>refer to this as being President Trump's war. That has

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<v Speaker 1>been a real disappointment to the President, who would like

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<v Speaker 1>the UK to be firmly on side. The UK position

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<v Speaker 1>is that British bases are only to be used for

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<v Speaker 1>defensive action against Iran. So that was complex. The fallout

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<v Speaker 1>from Jeffrey Epstein already made that complex. That's what the

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<v Speaker 1>King is flying into today. But then I was with

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<v Speaker 1>British diplomats on Saturday night. They were amongst the guests

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<v Speaker 1>in the room, Bloomberg's guests and the guests of other

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<v Speaker 1>news organizations, and of course they were immediately thinking and

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<v Speaker 1>we immediately started to think about any review of the

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<v Speaker 1>arrangements for this particular visit. So there has been a

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<v Speaker 1>last minute review of security, some arrangements perhaps have been

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<v Speaker 1>changing around the margins, but this is a tight itinery

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<v Speaker 1>in DC, in Virginia, in New York in the coming

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<v Speaker 1>four days. And basically the King's mission is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be to use his lifelong diplomatic skills to try and

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<v Speaker 1>to try and improve the relationship. And really that means

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<v Speaker 1>the relationship between the Prime Minister and the President, which

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<v Speaker 1>is not as the UK would want it be.

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<v Speaker 2>And the way they're going to improve this is up

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<v Speaker 2>Massachusetts Avenue. Michelle Hussein with us with Bloomberg again the

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<v Speaker 2>Michelle Hussein Show, and we continue with her this morning. Now, Michelle,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to cut to the chase. It's the Royal

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<v Speaker 2>Garden Party. You're attending it as well. If I went,

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<v Speaker 2>can you see me in the Lack and Company London

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<v Speaker 2>black Beaver furfelt at it's thirteen hundred dollars? Could I

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<v Speaker 2>pull off the top at Michelle.

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<v Speaker 1>The dress code. I'm sorry to disappoint you. I think

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<v Speaker 1>going to be more ordinary. We've actually been told hats

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<v Speaker 1>are not encouraged, whereas if you go to a Buckingham

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<v Speaker 1>Palace garden party it is very much hats encouraged for

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<v Speaker 1>the guests. So there's going to be a different vibe.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is one of the first engagements that the

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<v Speaker 1>King and Queen will have here in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be in the beautiful setting of the British Embassy,

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, about fifteen minutes drive away from where

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<v Speaker 1>I am, the incredible Edwin Luttein's designed residence, so that's

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<v Speaker 1>the setting. The King, with his interests in gardens, will

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt be looking around the gardens very carefully. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think the hope will be that it sets a

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<v Speaker 1>tone for the visit and therefore for the next few days,

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<v Speaker 1>and again this sense that perhaps the King is the

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<v Speaker 1>one who can sort of smooth over the troubled waters.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, let's face it, the most likely scenario is

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<v Speaker 1>that God willing, everything goes well for the next few days.

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<v Speaker 1>The President says nice things about the UK, the King

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<v Speaker 1>says nice things. We know he will about the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of there'll be a lot of talk

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<v Speaker 1>about America at two fifty. That is the reason for

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<v Speaker 1>this particular visit. Most likely things will go back. But

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<v Speaker 1>after they leave.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to get to sid Michelle David Charter over

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<v Speaker 2>at the Times of London. This is the heart of

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<v Speaker 2>the matter. A royal visit after a presidential shooting. It's

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen seventy six over again. Your visit is changed, is

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<v Speaker 2>it not.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, no doubt. There's you know, that evidence that we

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<v Speaker 1>had on Saturday night of just how inflamed the political

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<v Speaker 1>climate is in the United States. That's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>in everyone's the forefront of everyone's minds. The fact that

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<v Speaker 1>this hugely important state visit comes less than forty eight

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<v Speaker 1>hours after that White House correspondence dinner. I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>from the British hope and expectation will be that the

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<v Speaker 1>King sort of elevates that situation, that there's something about

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<v Speaker 1>his presence that makes everyone around him rise above politics,

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<v Speaker 1>and that will have been the hope for the UK

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<v Speaker 1>US bond at this particular moment in time. Maybe even

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<v Speaker 1>it's got something to offer the United States domestically as well,

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<v Speaker 1>a reminder that there are conversations that happen like above

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<v Speaker 1>and beyond the political phrase. So perhaps that's what he

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<v Speaker 1>brings with him as he flies in today.

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<v Speaker 2>Michelle, thank you so much with her coverage here of

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<v Speaker 2>the visit of the King and Queen this afternoon. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have Bloomberg coverage on that throughout all of the

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<v Speaker 2>afternoon that Michelle Hussein Show. Look for that as a

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful podcast.