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Show of Force in London
Aired November 18, 2003 - 07:32 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: How about this show of force in London? Half the London police force will be involved in security for the president this week. Protests are planned for each of the three days he will spend in Britain.
And Robin Oakley already live in the streets of London for more there -- Robin, good afternoon, where it's just a bit past 12 noon.
Hello.
ROBIN OAKLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon, Bill.
And we've never seen security like this in London for any visiting leader. We didn't have this kind of security for President Putin when he came in June. And some local residents feel it's a bit too much. Today's "Daily Mail," "Overkill," with half London's police guarding Bush in London. Two hundred and fifty U.S. Secret Service agents. And they're even saying that mobile phones could be banned in the vicinity of the president.
But there's some good news, I think, for George Bush in today's papers, too. "The Guardian" newspaper here talking about protests beginning, but the majority backing the Bush visit. Their opinion polls showing that 62 percent of Britons think that America is a force for good in the world and 43 percent are backing the president's visit to 36 percent opposing it. So that's quite good news for George Bush.
But that doesn't mean we won't see hundreds -- well, thousands of demonstrators out on the streets of London, the opponents of the Iraq war, and the police with a very difficult task of balancing the need to look after the president in security terms while maintaining, as they insist they will do, the right of protesters to demonstrate -- Bill.
HEMMER: Robin Oakley on the streets of London.
Thanks.
We'll follow it quite closely.
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Aired November 18, 2003 - 07:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: How about this show of force in London? Half the London police force will be involved in security for the president this week. Protests are planned for each of the three days he will spend in Britain.
And Robin Oakley already live in the streets of London for more there -- Robin, good afternoon, where it's just a bit past 12 noon.
Hello.
ROBIN OAKLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon, Bill.
And we've never seen security like this in London for any visiting leader. We didn't have this kind of security for President Putin when he came in June. And some local residents feel it's a bit too much. Today's "Daily Mail," "Overkill," with half London's police guarding Bush in London. Two hundred and fifty U.S. Secret Service agents. And they're even saying that mobile phones could be banned in the vicinity of the president.
But there's some good news, I think, for George Bush in today's papers, too. "The Guardian" newspaper here talking about protests beginning, but the majority backing the Bush visit. Their opinion polls showing that 62 percent of Britons think that America is a force for good in the world and 43 percent are backing the president's visit to 36 percent opposing it. So that's quite good news for George Bush.
But that doesn't mean we won't see hundreds -- well, thousands of demonstrators out on the streets of London, the opponents of the Iraq war, and the police with a very difficult task of balancing the need to look after the president in security terms while maintaining, as they insist they will do, the right of protesters to demonstrate -- Bill.
HEMMER: Robin Oakley on the streets of London.
Thanks.
We'll follow it quite closely.
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