:00:27. > :00:34.Good afternoon everybody, thank you very much for coming over. The last
:00:35. > :00:38.few days I as Foreign Secretary has been the Channel for innumerable
:00:39. > :00:42.expressions of condolences from around the world in the aftermath of
:00:43. > :00:47.the terrorist atrocity in Manchester. I have been struck by
:00:48. > :00:54.how often our international friends and supporters have mentioned not so
:00:55. > :00:58.much the crime as the response. The acts of instinctive kindness by
:00:59. > :01:05.people in Manchester, the holding of hands, the gathering of thousands of
:01:06. > :01:16.people in the centre of the city to show their indomitable pride and
:01:17. > :01:19.resilience. In their unity and their determination to show that it is by
:01:20. > :01:24.coming together that we can beat this scourge and, so I think the
:01:25. > :01:31.people of Manchester are showing the way for the world and we have seen
:01:32. > :01:36.again today what's happened to innocent people in Egypt as a result
:01:37. > :01:40.of this challenge that we all face, this affliction.
:01:41. > :01:50.That is why I'm grateful to Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State
:01:51. > :01:53.for coming here today, again in an instinctive act of solidarity
:01:54. > :01:58.between the US and the UK. We have talked about all sorts of things
:01:59. > :02:06.today at lunch as you would expect a wide range of issues - Syria,
:02:07. > :02:13.relations with Iran, the importance of the work we do together across
:02:14. > :02:18.such a range of fields, including of course intelligence-sharing and
:02:19. > :02:25.around the world you will find the US and the UK facing the same
:02:26. > :02:34.problems together. And defending our ideals together. We defend democracy
:02:35. > :02:41.and the rule of law. Our values and our freedoms not just because they
:02:42. > :02:46.are ours, but because they are universal and if the world community
:02:47. > :02:51.can unite I think in the way that the people of Manchester have come
:02:52. > :02:57.together and united then I think together we can prevail and we will
:02:58. > :03:01.prevail. Rex, your visit is an important sign of the closeness and
:03:02. > :03:05.the harmony of our co-operation, thank you very much for coming.
:03:06. > :03:10.Thank you Boris and good afternoon to all of you. I'm here today in
:03:11. > :03:19.Britain on behalf of the American people. I can tell you that all
:03:20. > :03:23.across America hearts are broken at the very thought of loss of life of
:03:24. > :03:27.loved ones, the injured, the effect it has on their families and I know
:03:28. > :03:33.that we share that grief with the rest of the world as well. Please
:03:34. > :03:39.know that all of America's prayers are with those who have lost loved
:03:40. > :03:44.ones and those that are injured. For all of us, life will go on. But for
:03:45. > :03:48.those families, there will be forever a void in this world. That
:03:49. > :03:55.will never be filled and they will have to live with that. So we pray
:03:56. > :04:01.for their comfort and we pray for their healing. The British people
:04:02. > :04:06.are renowned for their strength in times of darkness and we all know
:04:07. > :04:13.that. And they will not be broken by terrorism and we know this. Even as
:04:14. > :04:18.our ally and friend mourns, the fires for justice burn very hot in
:04:19. > :04:21.our hearts. We will drive out the terrorist and extremist as President
:04:22. > :04:26.Trump said this week in Saudi Arabia, we must drive Tex extremists
:04:27. > :04:31.out of our communities. We must drive them out of any country that
:04:32. > :04:36.will provide them safe haven and drive them off the face of the
:04:37. > :04:42.earth. Isis's decision to target a concert full of children shows their
:04:43. > :04:47.intentions are not offered by God. Isis worships death. Our mission to
:04:48. > :04:54.defeat Isis we are grateful for the help of people of all faiths and the
:04:55. > :05:05.many Muslim majority countries who have joined us to win this fight.
:05:06. > :05:11.Every priest, every Reverend and every Rabbie and every Imaam must
:05:12. > :05:16.condemn those who would carry out those attacks and the soul of any
:05:17. > :05:22.who would consider carrying out such attacks. We will intensify our
:05:23. > :05:26.efforts to defeat Isis on the battlefield and eliminate their
:05:27. > :05:30.ability to operate their net woshs. We will not allow them to spread
:05:31. > :05:37.violence and hatred without a fight and we will block their efforts to
:05:38. > :05:42.recruit new followers whether on the ground or online. America stands
:05:43. > :05:49.with the British people at this time of great sorrow and pain and we
:05:50. > :05:54.pledge a greater resolve to defeat Islamist terrorism and extremism.
:05:55. > :06:02.Thank you. Thank you Rex. We have got a couple of questions. In
:06:03. > :06:05.January the Prime Minister said, the days of Britain and America
:06:06. > :06:12.intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in
:06:13. > :06:17.our own image are over. Isn't that an admission of failure and
:06:18. > :06:21.confirming Jeremy Corbyn's comments, and Mr Tillerson, do you think there
:06:22. > :06:25.will be lasting damage for information sharing between the UK
:06:26. > :06:34.and the US because of the lanings this week. -- leaks this week. First
:06:35. > :06:39.I have to say I find it extraordinary and inexplicable that
:06:40. > :06:44.there should be any attempt to justify or to legitimate the acts of
:06:45. > :06:49.terrorists in this way. This is a moment when as Rex Tillerson has
:06:50. > :06:55.said, we should be coming together, uniting to defeat these people and
:06:56. > :07:01.we can and we will, not just in Iraq and in Syria, but of course in the
:07:02. > :07:04.battle for hearts and minds and winning the intellectual and
:07:05. > :07:11.emotional struggle. We can and we will. Because they're wrong. Their
:07:12. > :07:18.view of the world is corruption and it is a perversion of Islam. But now
:07:19. > :07:24.is not the time, now is not the time to do anything to sub tract from the
:07:25. > :07:27.fundamental responsibility of those individuals that individual in
:07:28. > :07:34.particular who committed this atrocity and I think it is monstrous
:07:35. > :07:38.that anybody should seek to do so. With respect to the release of
:07:39. > :07:43.information inappropriately, information that was released by
:07:44. > :07:49.someone, information that is vital to an ongoing investigation,
:07:50. > :07:52.information is vital to capturing those involved, certainly we condemn
:07:53. > :07:57.that, the president has been very strong in his condemnation and call
:07:58. > :08:01.for an immediate investigation and prosecution of those who are found
:08:02. > :08:04.to have been responsible for leaking any of this information to the
:08:05. > :08:09.public. We take full responsibility for that. And we obviously regret
:08:10. > :08:16.that that happened. In terms of how that that happened. In terms of how
:08:17. > :08:22.it affects the relationship between the US and Britain, this special
:08:23. > :08:23.relationship will certainly withstand this particular
:08:24. > :08:41.unfortunate event. Thank you. Secretary Tillerson, Trump said,
:08:42. > :08:46.President Trump said yesterday that NATO that the alliance should focus
:08:47. > :08:51.on terrorism and immigration, the Manchester attack was carried out by
:08:52. > :08:57.the son of immigrants here in that context, what advice does the Trump
:08:58. > :09:04.administration have for how Britain should handle its large immigrant
:09:05. > :09:06.community here, including those that are British citizens, Secretary
:09:07. > :09:14.Johnson do you agree that immigration should be a focus for
:09:15. > :09:18.NATO and is immigration a security threat for Britain? I think the
:09:19. > :09:23.president's made a couple of, well he has made many important points on
:09:24. > :09:29.this trip, given the extensive nature of the trip. And clearly
:09:30. > :09:34.migration of people, movement of people, crossing back and forth
:09:35. > :09:38.borders is a significant challenge. And how we confront acts of
:09:39. > :09:44.terrorism. It is the challenge given our free society. I think the other
:09:45. > :09:48.element of it that I have heard the president express throughout this
:09:49. > :09:55.trip is our inability to assimilate people. That for whatever reason as
:09:56. > :09:59.people immigrate into our countries, whether in Britain or the United
:10:00. > :10:02.States or other countries, we seem to have difficulty assimilating
:10:03. > :10:07.those people so they feel part of our society. And would never
:10:08. > :10:15.consider supporting acts of violence against their fellow citizens. So I
:10:16. > :10:19.think it an extremely complex issue, this mass migration of people. It is
:10:20. > :10:22.not only a problem for Britain or for the United States. It is a
:10:23. > :10:28.problem for countries all over the world. Its one that we have to learn
:10:29. > :10:33.better how to address. There are two elements to your question. The first
:10:34. > :10:43.is about mass migration and the role of NATO in helping to solve that,
:10:44. > :10:50.NATO can have an important role in addressing the big movements of
:10:51. > :10:52.people that we have seeing coming up from the southern Mediterranean
:10:53. > :10:56.area, that is putting pressure on Europe and iftd is something that
:10:57. > :11:02.the UK is in the lead in trying to deal W I think NATO has a role there
:11:03. > :11:09.and the president is right in that respect. I also think that one thing
:11:10. > :11:18.that the, on the second aspect, the US and the UK are countries that in
:11:19. > :11:24.many ways are built on immigration. America is a fantastic country and
:11:25. > :11:29.an economy that has prospered by the Statue of Liberty holding out its
:11:30. > :11:36.beacon to the world. That has been an inspiring message for
:11:37. > :11:47.generations. In our own country we have had successful ful integration.
:11:48. > :11:51.My grandfather was a Muslim and came to Wimbledon in the early part of
:11:52. > :11:55.the last century. You know, there you go. I went on to become the
:11:56. > :12:01.mayor of London and indeed Foreign Secretary. So integration is
:12:02. > :12:07.possible. It is what we should aspire to. It is what we can
:12:08. > :12:12.achieve. If you look at the American common wealth and what has been
:12:13. > :12:17.achieved, you look at the success of London, I think that is what we
:12:18. > :12:26.should be aiming for. But I'm not going to pretend to you that every
:12:27. > :12:29.individual and every community feels as well adjusted as they should and
:12:30. > :12:35.that is something we need to work on. I'm not going to abandon the
:12:36. > :12:39.goal of trying to get people to identify and to love the country
:12:40. > :12:43.that they come to. That is the most important thing. When people come to
:12:44. > :12:48.this country, they have to become British. And if they're going to
:12:49. > :12:57.live and work here, they must become part of our society and espouse its
:12:58. > :13:02.values. Thank you. Thank you.