President Bush to Meet With New British Prime Minister
NGUYEN: It's 16 after the hour. Here are three of the stories that we're working on right here in the CNN NEWSROOM. NASA has a new policy against drinking within 12 hours of a flight, and that follows a report citing two instances where astronauts were allowed to fly even though they were allegedly drunk. The Dow Jones industrials is down again today. Looking at it right now, in the negative 65 territory. But the decline is modest compared with yesterday's 300-point plunge. And Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to have minor surgery tomorrow. He will have his pacemaker replaced at George Washington University heart -- Hospital, that is.</s>LEMON: President Bush meets prime minister this weekend -- the prime minister, at Camp David. Britain's new leader, Gordon Brown, will hold his first face-to- face meetings with President Bush since taking over for Tony Blair. Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran all expected to be on the agenda. Two of Brown's ministers have suggested he keep President Bush at arm's length. But Brown says he hopes to have the same closing working relationship with the U.S. that Blair had. Well, just who is Gordon Brown and what can we expect from him? Our international correspondent, Richard Quest, joins us live from London with all the answers on that. Just who is Gordon Brown, sir, and can you please give us the Gordon Brown 101? Is the that Thames? Where are you?</s>RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: What do you mean, is that the Thames? What a question.</s>QUEST: I am in London. And there's a big body of water behind me, and St. Paul's Cathedral over my shoulder.</s>LEMON: OK, Richard, who is Gordon Brown?</s>QUEST: Just a second. And you want a primer on Gordon Brown?</s>QUEST: I am going to get you an atlas to start with.</s>QUEST: All right, let's talk about who Gordon Brown is. Gordon Brown has been the man running the British economy for the last 11 years, the chancellor of the exchequer, the treasurer secretary, if you like. Yes, he may be a dour Scot who arguably is about as exciting as the fish that come out of the River Thames. But the reality is, Gordon Brown is a man who has been in politics for many, many years. He knows his way around Washington blindfolded, backwards, and with one hand tied behind his back. And, crucially for the United States, he is a strong Atlanticist. He is extremely pro-American in the wider sense. For instance, he's well known to love holidaying in the Northeast United States in the summer. What Gordon Brown has had to face since he came to office has been quite remarkable, terrorism threats, dreadful flooding in the U.K. And what it has shown, with his very high poll ratings, basically, the public seems to trust him as an honest politician. So, Don, when Gordon Brown sits down with George W. Bush, it won't be, Gordon who? It will be, nice to see you again, Prime Minister.</s>LEMON: Absolutely. And, on a very serious note -- thank you for the geography lesson there, Richard Quest, but on a very serious note, he's had to deal with some very serious situations there recently, the terrorism plot there, as well as the flooding that's been happening in the U.K., correct?</s>QUEST: Yes. And, as I said, it's the way he's handled them. Where Tony Blair was widely regarded as to be all hype and style, Gordon Brown is largely considered to have substance, gravitas. This is the man who has put forward policies in the International Monetary Fund on debt relief. This is the man who within weeks of taking office has made it quite clear the cost of housing for the poor is a priority for his government. But just as any politicians who has been in power and then takes office faces, he has this magnificent task that only politicians can do, which is to say, something must be done. Oh, but, by the way, I didn't mean that I didn't do anything for the last 11 years, but something must be done. It's a wonderful dancing act. It's almost like saying, I wasn't part of the last 11 years, but I'm going to put it right, even though it wasn't my fault, and I may not do so well.</s>LEMON: All right, Richard Quest, it's always a pleasure to have you. And, next time, could you be a little more animated for us?</s>NGUYEN: He's so modest and quiet, I tell you, that Richard Quest.</s>LEMON: All right, Richard, thank you, sir.</s>NGUYEN: Well, someone's who's very vocal, Michael Moore, says he's been served. Is a subpoena one of "Sicko"'s side effects? We have that story coming up in the CNN NEWSROOM.