exclusively by gb news shows the 18 foot yacht as it was towed into dover's harbour by the border force. our producer counted 86 migrants disembarking from the force's vessel. it comes as hundreds of other migrants launch from the beaches of northern france in small boats. by the third, busy day of illegal crossings this week in the us, reports suggest . nancy the us, reports suggest. nancy pelosi has told colleagues she'd prefer a competitive process to find a replacement for president joe biden if he drops out. the former house speaker is understood to have pushed for an open primary instead of directly nominating vice president kamala harris. that could see several candidates from within the democratic party compete for the chance to face donald trump. with just 107 days until the election. it comes as the number of democrats calling on president biden to stand aside reaches 35 amid dwindling poll numbers , and a second world war numbers, and a second world war veteran has finally received his medals, nearly 80 years after he

saw action in belgium and germany. george lewis , who's now germany. george lewis, who's now 98 years old, was part of the royal tank regiment between 1944 to 1947. however, he never received his medals for his service, but now mr lewis's 80 year wait for his medals was finally over when they were presented to him in a special ceremony today at the royal british legion club in his hometown in somerset . and those hometown in somerset. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana. welcome to a busy mark dolan tonight in the big story, joe biden on the brink. will the us have a new

president by this time next week? and could this be a setback for donald trump's dream of a return to the white house? in my take a ten as strictly come dancing is hit by yet another major scandal, this is a total failure of bbc management, who may be about to lose their biggest hit as she calls the tories, a collection of fanatical , irrelevant centrist fanatical, irrelevant centrist cranks is suella braverman on the verge of joining nigel farage's reform uk? i'll be asking a top fleet street insider . asking a top fleet street insider. plus, asking a top fleet street insider . plus, reacting to the insider. plus, reacting to the big stories of the day, nina myskow, david hamilton and neil wallis , plus the most important wallis, plus the most important part of the show your messages, they come straight to my laptop . they come straight to my laptop. gbnews.com/yoursay and this show has a golden rule, especially on a saturday night. we don't do boring, not on my watch . i just boring, not on my watch. i just won't have it. a big two hours

to come. i'll be dealing with the bbc at ten, but first my big opinion . the founder of opinion. the founder of extremist eco group just stop oil, roger hallam, a poisonous old fossil if ever there was one, has been jailed after a judge said that he had crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic. hallam was found guilty of conspiring to block traffic as part of a just stop oil campaign on the m25 over four days of disruption in november 2022. the prosecution said that this campaign had caused economic damage of nearly £750,000 and cost the police a million pounds, money taken away from catching burglars, drug dealers and rapists . catching burglars, drug dealers and rapists. hallam and his fellow defendants were prosecuted under a new law of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance ,

cause a public nuisance, introduced by the last tory government in an attempt to crack down on disruptive protests. fair play to labour, who will keep this law in place? well done sir keir. the disruption allegedly caused more than 50,000 hours of traffic delays affecting the journeys of more than 700,000 vehicles, two lorries collided and an essex police officer suffered concussion and bruising after he was knocked off his motorbike in traffic. people missed flights, people missed funerals. students were delayed for their exams. a child with special needs on his way to school missed part of the school day and missed his medication, which placed the taxi driver at risk. as the child can become volatile. without that medication, the list goes on. an individual suffering from aggressive cancer missed an appointment as a cancer patient and had to wait

another two months for another appointment . now, in a defiant appointment. now, in a defiant statement released after he was jailed, hallam, who thinks he's jesus and has the beard and sandals to prove it, insisted that his only crime had been giving a talk on civil disobedience as an effective evidence based method for stopping the elites from putting enough carbon in the atmosphere to send us to extinction. as the top law professor andrew tettenborn writes in the spectator magazine, just stop oil is no doubt sure of its cause, but its position is frightening. it claims in effect, the right to immobilise the country and decide who is allowed to go where. frightening is the word. i'm for all having a debate about the environment, and i am pro net zero. if it's done intelligently. but the likes of hallam are basically religious fanatics, and what they're planning for all of us

would render the country into an effective third world nation. they want the government to end the extraction and use of all oil, gas and coal by 2030. now, what this would mean is a total collapse of our manufacturing industry. an explosion in the cost of energy, endless blackouts, and the kind of economic damage that would make the government's covid response look like a minor intervention. even though just stop oil are politically further to the left of karl marx, they are supported by pampered, out of touch, middle class virtue signallers who wouldn't know what a real day's work looked like if they tried. one of the activists jailed alongside hallam is called cressida and the other , called cressida and the other, lucia. posher than a bottle of baileys and harding hand soap. other brands are available. thanks, greg. now i defend

anyone's right to legally protest , but not if it causes protest, but not if it causes harm to other members of the public. and i'll be honest, this crazy cult is pretty bad for its own members too. with hallam in jail, that's good for news youngsters like this woman. louise videoed a couple of years ago, dangling on top of a dangerous gantry on the motorway. she is someone who has clearly been radicalised alongside a couple of others . alongside a couple of others. take a listen . i don't have take a listen. i don't have a future . future. >> we're on the blink, at the bnnk >> we're on the blink, at the brink of climate catastrophe. >> how worse does it have to get? how many kids have to die off? >> they go to the funny farm. now, i would be willing to release mr hallam early from jail if he decides to go and protest in china instead, or india or brazil, or even the united states, where they are burning fossil fuels for fun. yes, some of china's emissions come from the production of the

goods that we then purchase here in the uk, but with an overall carbon footprint of less than 1% of global emissions for the uk to damage itself economically at this stage and reduce energy supply makes no sense at all. look at the numbers . in 2020, look at the numbers. in 2020, for example, 43% of our power came from a mix of wind , solar, came from a mix of wind, solar, bioenergy and hydroelectric sources. it's pretty clear that britain is a low polluting country already. now i'm all for a future based on nuclear and green renewables, but as demonstrated following russia's invasion of ukraine, energy security is national security. and for us not to be accessing oil and gas from our own shores, it's an act of national suicide. millionaire labour donor dale vince and posh tv presenter hugh fearnley—whittingstall have condemned the treatment of roger

hallam. of course they have, and bbc nature presenter chris packham is raging about this too. now this is a man who has proudly said in the past that it may be time to break the law to pursue the eco agenda and ultimately that's what you're deaung ultimately that's what you're dealing with here privileged, deluded and radical people who are happy to discard the rule of law and the democratic process in order to pursue a deeply flawed and destructive agenda . flawed and destructive agenda. with support from the likes of millionaire luvvie actress emma thompson, just stop oil is an entirely bourgeois exercise, a crushingly middle class outfit which has no regard for ordinary working people who will suffer if they succeed in sinking the country. the planet is heating up with potentially devastating and expensive consequences. we must act. but the idea of eco armageddon is just another

luxury belief. so beloved of the likes of hugh fearnley—whittingstall, chris packham and of course , gary packham and of course, gary lineker, these luxury beliefs, just like open borders for example, are ideas and opinions that confer status on the pampered , privileged elite pampered, privileged elite whilst inflicting eye—watering costs on the ordinary public. well just stop oil have paid their own high priced price this week for their illiberal and dangerous activities and their insane eco agenda has been exposed as hot air. the public are sick of artworks being desecrated , of sporting events desecrated, of sporting events being disrupted, of daily lives being disrupted, of daily lives being ruined. it's critical that we save the planet in a constructive and sensible way, but luckily the just stop oil lunatics are running out of steam . let's hope that hallam's steam. let's hope that hallam's jail cell hasn't got central heating . let me know your

heating. let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com forward slash your say first. tonight's top pundits , broadcaster and top pundits, broadcaster and journalist nina myskow . we have journalist nina myskow. we have former national newspaper editor david, lovely neil wallis. i should say, and radio and tv legend diddy , david hamilton. legend diddy, david hamilton. great to see all three of you. let me start, if i can, with you, neil wallis. just stop oil's leader and founder, is in jail. i say good riddance. >> same here. no doubt about it. >> same here. no doubt about it. >> i mean, is it do they have a point about the fact that the global temperatures are going up and in the end there will be huge destruction? >> one of the things i find particularly objectionable about these people is they sort of take the view that they're the only people who know anything. now, nobody's arguing with those figures. it's about what you do about it and how you can do it in a way that can carry the british public, not their little band of well, to do sorry based

followers. all these nice people who drive to the station in their land rover discoveries and their land rover discoveries and their five wheel drive suvs and get mummy to drop them off via marks and spencer's incidentally, to buy a nice sandwich on their way in, it's sadly but inevitably true when you look at this, you see what it is. you see white middle class, either middle aged and above , or you see these nice above, or you see these nice young girls out of university and, it's a great pity because, as you quite rightly pointed out in your piece, there are hundreds of thousands of people. their lives were disrupted by this. i think there's a great difference between, for you mentioned, say, a football match, actually , that's not match, actually, that's not a good example, but chaining yourself to the gates of buckingham palace to doing

something that affects politicians, but to do something that can so dramatically devastate the lives of almost a million people because of what you believe you're entitled to do, and essentially screw the rest of us, do what i say or screw you. that is not a way forward and you can't countenance it. >> most definitely , nina, we can >> most definitely, nina, we can debate their methods all day long, and most people think their methods are actually really destructive and counterproductive, but it's what they want to achieve that's worrying as well. the idea that we're going to stop using oil and gas and coal by 2030, the country would become like a third world nation within no time. >> well, it's not actually possible to do that. it's not physically or practically or economically viable in any way at all. and you can you could say , well, they're making this say, well, they're making this an objective. so that to push us further along the line so that we'll get along faster somehow , we'll get along faster somehow, but and you can understand, i

mean , today in dubai, it was mean, today in dubai, it was over 140 degrees. i mean, i know dubai gets hot, but for heaven's sake. so the planet does need action. we do need to take action. we do need to take action. but this guy, you know, the whole point of protest and we're a wonderful country and we have a wonderful history of, of allowing protest but to protest, protest means to, to draw people's attention to something and then to bring the public along with them so that, so that the movement grows and so that the movement grows and so that the people who have control and who have the power to change things . take note. who have the power to change things. take note. yeah. now, the thing is , they've long ago the thing is, they've long ago lost us. you know, stonehenge. that was that's a step too far. and this certainly i have to say , and this certainly i have to say, although i think the five years is draconian. this this this this, this event was absolutely appalling because people actually missed funerals, missed hospital appointments. you cannot you cannot disturb people's lives in this way and

accept expect them to come along with you. it's completely counterproductive. and it's stupid. it's arrogant. >> david. however, the scientists are united on the fact that global temperatures are rising. there's going to be an enormous economic cost if we ignore the problem. and that's why just stop oil are out protesting. >> yes, absolutely. i think this is a deterrent. and first of all, i don't think this chap will do five years normally. you know, the sentences are halved. so that would be two and a half. and then if labour get their way, these are one of the people. yeah. these are one of the people that will get released. so i think he'll probably finish up doing about a yean probably finish up doing about a year, but i think it sends out a message to these people. and as both of you have said, you know, i mean, they they haven't had pubuc i mean, they they haven't had public support. i mean, they they haven't had public support . and if you're public support. and if you're stuck on the m25 for nine hours and people have hospital appointments and have to see a doctor, you know, it just isn't funny. so it's the i know they want to draw attention to their

cause, but they've gone about it the wrong way and they don't have the public support. >> and i think just to clarify, i think dubai would it would have been 140 odd degrees fahrenheit. is not centigrade. no, i mean, my oven. >> no, no no no i do my fingers cnspy >> no, no no no i do my fingers crispy pancakes. >> yes. that's not a euphemism by the way, neil. >> just a quick point. earlier in the year, i went on a private trip across china and i went by train on quite a large part of it. if you go on a train for any distance across china, you will see power station after power station after power station , station after power station, pumping out noxious gases. all dnven pumping out noxious gases. all driven by fossil fuels. your point was, well made. go there and protest. that's what matters. the tiny difference we make is infinitesimal. >> megxit should lead the way. >> megxit should lead the way. >> we have to. we should lead the way. we shouldn't just give up because of. of course. >> yes, you're right. >> yes, you're right. >> i guess there's a middle ground. but what do you think, folks? is it time to change our

lifestyle in order to save the planet? gbnews.com/yoursay next up in the big story, joe biden on the brink . will the us have on the brink. will the us have a new president by this time next week? and could this be a setback for donald trump's dream of a return to the white house? are we speaking to a top political insider live from the united states

next? well, a big reaction to my big opinion. the guy who founded just stop oil is in jail. he's got five years. i say good riddance. throw away the key. frankly this from glynnis, who's a gb news member. hi, mark. just stop oil wants to highlight their campaign, well, what? what what a better way than for roger hallam, daniel schorr, louise

lancaster. sorry, i don't fully understand that message, but let's have a look at another one. anthony says. mark, the polar ice caps are not melting. theiceis polar ice caps are not melting. the ice is getting thicker , the ice is getting thicker, heating up. total rubbish, says anthony, tony says the ice age ended without humans using oil. it is just the natural cycle, david? mark, why do these people think we have to lead the way on climate change, or indeed anything? and last but not least, diane. good evening . least, diane. good evening. diane. how are you? diane says mark, china have so many power stations because the west buys so many products from them. or get to more of your opinions shortly. always the highlight of the show, but it's time now for the show, but it's time now for the big story. and today's papers report that president joe biden has been left feeling angry and betrayed by democrats trying to convince him to quit the presidential race, as the number calling for him to go reaches 36. with rumours that former president barack obama is leaning on biden to pull out of

the race in november. but can he even remain president for that long, given his increasingly stumbling public performances? let's get the views now of renowned american psychiatrist and political commentator, doctor carole lieberman. doctor lieberman, thank you so much for joining us. first of all, do you think it's now a certainty that joe biden will withdraw from the race in november ? race in november? >> well, first, i want to apologise for looking like a drowned rat, but your show contacted me when i after i had just finished an hour of jumping my horse in 94 degree weather. so sorry you look fabulous and a lucky horse you've got there , lucky horse you've got there, well , if you lucky horse you've got there, well, if you jump, will he run out of the drop out of the race? well, it's very interesting. first of all, that obama is finally saying that he should drop out because, i think that he had wanted, biden to stay in when it seemed like there was

any chance that he could win because obama is the puppeteer of biden, and he likes that position. but even , obama position. but even, obama finally realised that this was a losing battle, that there's no way that biden i mean, everybody now has seen from the debate and even after that and before that , even after that and before that, that he really does have dementia. he really has whatever he has. he's not fit to serve . he has. he's not fit to serve. so, now, i'll tell you something that i haven't yet, you're the first media outlet that i am telling , i first media outlet that i am telling, i last first media outlet that i am telling , i last week, just at telling, i last week, just at the end of this past week, i wrote a complaint to adult protective services in washington, dc complaining about, jill biden for elder abuse. wow. i'm not sure if that is. you know, it was kind of like what happened with with michael jackson when i used to do interviews about michael jackson and say, you know, he's

he shouldn't be with his children. he's dangerous to children. he's dangerous to children. and i kept saying it and i kept saying, somebody should do something about it, and nobody did anything about it. so finally i did something. i reported him to child protective services or this and the sheriff and whatever. and then they had that, that, trial. so it came to me to be the same with jill. i mean, i've been saying, jill , somebody should saying, jill, somebody should report her for, elder abuse . you report her for, elder abuse. you know, i wasn't saying that at the very beginning because . the very beginning because. because it wasn't as bad. but now that he has declined so much and she keeps pushing him out on the stage, it is elder abuse. and so i thought somebody has to report her. >> of course, doctor jill biden is not here to defend herself. she would likely deny and reject those allegations and insist that the president remains in robust, good health. but doctor carol, you're entitled to your view. you are also a medical professional. you're known as america's psychiatrist, notwithstanding the race for the white house in november. and do

you think that joe biden can reach november in a satisfactory manner? he seems to go from gaffe to gaffe on a daily basis. now now we just lost the line to doctor carole lieberman. but that's an extraordinary allegation on the part of doctor carol, and she does know about psychiatry because she's a qualified psychiatrist herself. but she thinks that doctor jill biden, joe biden's wife, is guilty of abusing her husband by insisting on letting him continue to be president. of course, there's another headache for donald trump down the line, which is that if biden goes, which is that if biden goes, which it's expected, he will before november, then suddenly he'll have the unknown quantity of a brand new opponent, potentially vice president kamala harris. let's bring in my top pundits on this conversation. nina myskow and neil wallis. neil, what is your thoughts on this joe biden, he's on borrowed time. how long has

he got? do you think i can't believe that if he's able or willing to take advice, that he has that long left to go at all, really? >> i think that the window here is until the democratic convention, which is in, i think, early november, it's about there's less than 16 weeks till till that time and or rather until the election. so for the democratic party, if they, if they're going to field a new candidate every day matters. but i have to say, one of the things that this will change what is an astonishing, balance within the presidential election race at the moment, if suddenly trump becomes the old man, if they bring in not necessarily kamala harris , who i necessarily kamala harris, who i think many might think is not a

good choice because she's been a very lacklustre vice president, has attracted very little support. but if whether it's her, whether it's, i can't remember her name now there's a senator, a governor, gretchen , senator, a governor, gretchen, there is a, the governor of california. >> whitmer , all of whom are 20, >> whitmer, all of whom are 20, 30 years younger. >> that changes the dynamic enormously. >> interesting. you should say that, neil, because, let's go now to michigan in the usa for live pictures of donald trump addressing another rally. you can't keep a good man down, can you? just exactly a week since the attempted assassination attempt on his life, he's about to go back on a similar stage in michigan, which is a really important location. a lot of potential votes right there. and donald trump will be addressing that rally in just a few minutes time. nina, briefly, if you can. do you think donald trump will

be looking over his shoulder if his opponent is someone decades younger than him? >> well, absolutely. but having said that, i mean , the kind of said that, i mean, the kind of messianic kind of scenes that we're seeing. yeah. the trump crowd, i find absolutely terrifying and horrifying , terrifying and horrifying, that's democracy. >> nina, why are you terrified of voters? why are you terrified of voters? why are you terrified of democracy ? of democracy? >> say, it's democracy, but trump is a is a is a deeply troubling figure , and the troubling figure, and the thought that he would be president again, to me is just abhorrent . abhorrent. >> okay, well, look what we're going to do. sorry to interrupt you, nina. we're going to pick that up in our conversation at 1030 with the papers . you're 1030 with the papers. you're heanng 1030 with the papers. you're hearing the voices there of broadcaster and journalist nina myskow and the former editor of the news of the world, neil wallis. they're back shortly. but next up in a uk tv exclusive broadcasting legend diddy, david hamilton talks about his new autobiography. he'll be revealing all including sex,

and radio.

next. another strictly scandal . i'll another strictly scandal. i'll be dealing with the bbc in crisis. in my take at ten. you won't want to miss it. but first, david hamilton is one of the most revered and loved television. and radio broadcasters of all time. with his work on bbc radio 1 and two and on top of the pops. since his broadcasting career began in 1959. diddy, david hamilton, as he was nicknamed by comedian ken dodd, has hosted over 12,000 radio shows and more than 1000 television shows, and he's still on the radio every day at midday on the radio every day at midday on boom radio. and of course, we're delighted to have him as a regular pundit on mark dolan tonight, his autobiography , long tonight, his autobiography, long and winding road, is out now. david, welcome to the studio.

>> thank you very much. the last time i saw you, i told you that i was writing my book and you said , i want the first said, i want the first interview. so here i am . interview. so here i am. >> we've got the exclusive. you are a man of your word, and you've written this book for a special reason. and it's a very particular anniversary, isn't it? yeah. >> this is my 65th year in broadcasting, but i started, as you mentioned, on forces radio in 1959. i was doing my national service in the raf, and i was one of the first djs to play rock and roll. so i played elvis presley, little richard, jerry lee lewis for the troops in germany, and of course they loved it. >> well, you were born broadcaster. >> well, my inspiration was pete murray when i was a boy , i used murray when i was a boy, i used to listen to pete murray on radio luxembourg and i saw a picture of him in a magazine called fab 208, which was the radio luxembourg magazine, and he was horse riding, and the grand duchy of luxembourg, which he did during the day. and he answered his fan mail and he played records at night . and i played records at night. and i thought, what a wonderful job.

that's what i'd like to do, because disc jockey then was a very new job description. and i'll tell you what, i've been very, very lucky for 65 years. i've done a job that i love, so i've done a job that i love, so i've actually never done a day's work. >> well, isn't that wonderful? it's interesting that pete murray, who i think is he about to celebrate his 99th birthday. >> pete will be 99 in september and for the first time now. well, two years ago i did a show with him for boom radio and this is how good his memory is. we were talking about housewives choice, which was a show that ran on the for bbc many, many years. and i said to him, you know, across the table like we are now. i said, pete, you must have done that a few times. and he went four times. i mean, what would joe biden give to have a memory and retention like pete has? >> it's remarkable that he was your inspiration to get into broadcasting in the late 50s, early 60s. yes. well, he was my inspiration to get into broadcasting in the 80s. was he really? he was on lbc radio? >> yes, he was late night radio.

>> yes, he was late night radio. >> yeah . by the way, when he was >> yeah. by the way, when he was at lbc, pete was always been a little bit forgetful. and he wrote an autobiography called one day i'll forget my trousers and one night at lbc walked out and one night at lbc walked out and said good night at midnight. but the show didn't finish until 1:00 in the morning. >> that's a bit awkward. i won't do that tonight. no, i think he also fell asleep on air once as well. but he's a true broadcasting legend, as are you. tell me about the bbc in the 60s and 70s and 80s. what was special about bbc radio in that era? >> well , when era? >> well, when radio 1 and radio. >> well, when radio 1 and radio. >> yes , radio 1 and radio two >> yes, radio 1 and radio two launched at the same time in 1967, they were replacing the pirates, which were very, very popular , and they had a monopoly popular, and they had a monopoly of broadcasting. there were no commercial stations, so audiences were huge. and when i joined in 1973, by 75, the programme on radio two at the same time was axed. so my programme was on radio 1 and

radio two simultaneously, and we had an audience of about 15 million, you know, i mean , million, you know, i mean, audiences that would only be dreamt of today . so, the dreamt of today. so, the response was obviously fantastic. yes, indeed. >> and stars of radio 1 and radio two in the 70s and 80s, i mean, they were like rock stars, weren't they? >> yeah, they were, and they were absolutely . and, you know, were absolutely. and, you know, they, they had, you know, pop following like like the pop stars had. yes exactly. >> they definitely. did you abuse your power at all. tell me about the groupies. >> i would like to think not. no ho. 110. >> no. >> let me say did you take advantage. >> no. i didn't well women throwing themselves i was, i was, i and they did. and some of them i caught. but the press have picked up this week on the juicy bits in the book. and of course they would do. >> there is a bit of, there is a bit of bonking in there, isn't there? >> well, there is a bit, but, when i think the thing is when you write an autobiography and i did write this myself, didn't have a ghost—writer you've got to be honest. >> it's got to be warts and all.

otherwise, if you just said i did this and then i did that, it would be very boring. and i have in the book at times been quite self—critical because the subtitle is my life, my loves and lessons learned. yeah. and i found, i'm sure you found the same. but as you go along through a broadcasting career, you learn a lot of lessons. and i've actually chronicled some of those. >> well, what are some of those lessons learned that really stand out for you, >> well , working with ken dodd, >> well, working with ken dodd, which i do, which is where i got my nickname, i realised how good he was with the public. >> he always had time for people, and he would sign autographs until the last. and he was he would say, all right, whack. okay, commander, you know, and i thought i looked at that. and also another thing that. and also another thing that happened with ken when i first went out on a personal appearance with him, i went to his house in knotty ash, which is a real place. he took me round the house and he showed me different suites of furniture and he went, louis manchester. we went into another room, we went paulton , sheffield, another

went paulton, sheffield, another room, louis liverpool. and i realised that they were suites of furniture that he'd got in lieu of payment. and over his shoulder he said to me , listen shoulder he said to me, listen and learn. >> yeah, most definitely. >> yeah, most definitely. >> he was he i mean working with those old pros. ken dodd, tommy coopen those old pros. ken dodd, tommy cooper, benny hill was such a privilege because they were giants of comedy. yeah, yeah. >> has your career had an impact on your personal relationships? i know that your your first marriage ended, and i think you blame yourself for that. >> well , yes, blame yourself for that. >> well, yes, i do. >> i was doing a tv series , and >> i was doing a tv series, and basically i fell in love with the girl who was the hostess of the girl who was the hostess of the tv series, and that broke up my, my first marriage. and then subsequently she left. and then i lived with somebody else and she left. and he's a bit of a pattern here, isn't there, really? but i think really, i was always a workaholic, and i think in some ways, you know, my i did put my career first. and if you do that, sometimes your private life suffers most definitely .

definitely. >> you've managed to sustain a career over many decades. you're still on the radio boom, radio, a daily program and an evening show as well. what do you put that down to? your longevity? how have you achieved that? >> i think i've been very lucky because the right thing has very often come along at the right time. and with boom radio, it was during lockdown and i was due to do pointless celebrities. very apt and at the last minute my appearance was cancelled because they couldn't get health insurance for me because i was over 80. is that right? so mrs. h and i were walking up the farm lane and i said to her, i think the game is up. and she said to me, it's not over until the fat lady sings. and two weeks later i had a call from david lloyd. i think you know who was. yes, i do running boom radio. and he said, we are setting up a radio station for boomers with everybody broadcasting from home. so how timely was that and how lucky was i at what was i then 82, to have a new lease of life? >> so many entertaining stories

in the book. was there any pain involved in writing it ? involved in writing it? >> yes there was, there was pain of, break ups and yes, there were there were things that happenedin were there were things that happened in my life that that caused me pain . caused me pain. >> big regrets. >> big regrets. >> any big mistakes? i don't regret anything. >> your time again? >> your time again? >> no, i don't regret anything. i think you know, there's a lovely quote. can i. can i borrow the book a second, there's a lovely quote at the start of the book , which kind of start of the book, which kind of sums it up. and i found this from a man called, hunter s thompson, and he says very short quote. he said, life should be should life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body. but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming wow, what a ride! and that's me, that's me. >> well, that is you all the way, >> well, that is you all the way, >> briefly, if you can, and you know about timings in broadcast, i do, yeah, a couple of seconds

on this, but but really, we could do an hour, which is your cancer diagnosis. yes. which you've been treated. that was in 2022 a huge shock. >> it was only a few months after boom boom launched. yeah and i discovered that i had a rare blood cancer called polycythaemia vera, which means basically, i was too red blooded right now. steady steady. the story of your life. steady. so i basically, i'm on chemo. tablets, which make me a little bit tired. so i'll try not to fall asleep, but with you. you hosting the show, i'll be okay. >> you never flag. let me tell you that. david hamilton's book is out now. it's a cracking read, let me tell you. highly entertaining. it is called david hamilton's long and winding road. my life loves and lessons learned . absolutely brilliant learned. absolutely brilliant stuff. coming up next. has mental health become an industry? my mark meets guest is the top professor with a cure for anxiety, who says there's a

natural way to get your life back on track. it's an important interview. it might just change your life.

next. well, it's all kicking off at the bbc. strictly come dancing hit by yet another major scandal. and it's already breaking in tomorrow's sun on sunday. and that's the topic of my take at ten on the bbc. on the verge of axing their biggest entertainment hit. i'll be doing that in ten minutes. time but first, mark meets . yes, it's first, mark meets. yes, it's time for mark meets and one of the words that you will hear most often used these days is anxiety . with people glued to anxiety. with people glued to their phones worrying about the state of the world and their own lives. but what is anxiety? is it natural? is it a force of good or evil in our lives? and

can a bit of therapy fix it? well, a man who attempts to answer that is qualified psychotherapist and podcast host joshua fletcher, whose popular show disordered helps people struggling with daily worries. and now all of his know how and knowledge has gone into a brand new book called and how does that make you feel, which has become an amazon top 100 best seller. and which is winning rave reviews ? joshua fletcher, rave reviews? joshua fletcher, welcome to mark dolan tonight. you're not feeling anxious, are you? >>a you? >> a little bit anxious? i'm not going to lie. thanks, mark, for having me on. >> is anxiety always bad or does it have some kind of primal benefit to it? >> anxiety is not always bad, it's only becomes bad when it becomes excessive when it's ruining your life, when it's getting in the way of doing day to day things, but no, it could be performance enhancing too. it gets the increases your focus,

it reminds you of the consequences of something. so you give it all the importance. but then when it gets into kind of, chronic territory where you're having panic attacks, intrusive thoughts, you can't leave the house. that's when it gets, you know, pretty bad. >> now, what is a panic attack ? >> now, what is a panic attack? >> now, what is a panic attack? >> a panic attack is when your brain's threat response gets confused and misinterprets an immediate threat. and it's usually induced by stress. so if you've had a stressful couple of weeks, a couple of months, you may be to prone having a panic attack. and it's when the body just releases about a week's worth of adrenaline and cortisol at once. you feel like you're going to pass out, have a heart attack. maybe you feel like you're dying. something awful is about to happen, and it's usually in an incongruous situation. so you could be at the restaurant out with your friends. maybe you're just out shopping . yeah, and because it shopping. yeah, and because it feels so incongruous, that's

what adds to the panic. nothing's actually attacking you, but it feels really scary. and i think that's why it's got its name, joshua. >> in the old days, we had to worry about being eaten by lions. didn't we? so has our capacity to worry . got out of capacity to worry. got out of hand and out of proportion . hand and out of proportion. >> well, it's interesting because the part of the brain that's responsible for helping our ancestors get us to the top of the food chain and have this evolutionary advantage, it's an almond shaped part of your brain called the amygdala. and it's never evolved for thousands and thousands of years. and because it's never had to because it's been so helpful and yeah, for our ancestors, it was great to have this response . fight! have this response. fight! flight. freeze! fawn, to help us look out for threats. and so for our ancestors, threats were lions, tigers , sabertooths, lions, tigers, sabertooths, whatever. but it's different when you're sat in an office at home on holiday and that same

threat response is firing off. and then your thinking brain is trying to piece together why that anxiety is kicking off. and so it will draw upon anything around you to try and match why you feel so scared. and when you don't understand properly how the brain works, that can be a scary place. and it's happened to me and it's how i help my clients. >> yes, joshua, what led you to write the book and what are the key themes? >> so the book i wanted to write, a book that people could learn about mental health, but in a tasteful way. >> i think mental health is still a subject that makes people shudder. me ten years ago, i'd have been like, i ain't reading that. not a chance, so i wanted to invite people into the therapy room, to give a kind of behind closed doors memoir of what it's like to be a therapist. not only that, but i invite you into my mind so i share with you exactly what i'm thinking when i'm working with people , i call it a stealth help people, i call it a stealth help

book. people, i call it a stealth help book . because as people, i call it a stealth help book. because as you're reading, because you're nosy , i'm nosy. because you're nosy, i'm nosy. so i wanted to write a book where people are nosy and want to be captivated by it. and as you're reading, you'll learn more about psychology, how the brain works, particularly with anxiety. so you, you know, you're more you're better equipped. and also, if you know someone with anxiety , you'll someone with anxiety, you'll have a bit of a lexicon to, help them out , them out, >> obviously my viewers and listeners have got to get out there and buy a copy of the book. i'll give the details in just a moment. but briefly, if you can, what are some of the simple ways in which people can tackle anxiety on a daily basis ? tackle anxiety on a daily basis? >> first of all, know what your anxiety is. anxiety is different for everyone . it's a very vague for everyone. it's a very vague term. so for me, i've got ocd, so my i would have intrusive thoughts and be quite obsessive. some people are afraid to leave the house or not leave a safe person. they'd be agoraphobic or mono phobic. people are just anxious all day . you probably

anxious all day. you probably have generalised anxiety if you suffer with panic attacks. the amount of panic disorder. so step one is try and identify what anxiety is because as a specific way to attack it to approach it. sorry, and then go from there, i'm a therapist and inever from there, i'm a therapist and i never thought i'd endorse therapy as a as a quite a naughty lad growing up. but i love therapy as well. with the right therapist, things can work really well. and, you know, you're allowed to treat your brain the same that you treat your body. >> well, that sounds very, very wise. it's great advice, let me tell you that. joshua fletcher's new book is called and how does that make you feel? it's been an amazon top 100 best seller. next up, i'll be dealing with the bbc who need their own kind of therapy. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello, good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met

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>> it's 10:00. >> it's10:00. on television. on radio and online, in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan tonight in my take at ten as strictly come dancing is hit by yet another major scandal. this is a total failure of bbc management, who may be about to lose their biggest hit in a dramatic week for royal security, the king and queen suffer a sniper scare. meanwhile, the trump shooter had images of princess kate on his phone as she calls the tories a collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks. is suella braverman on the verge of joining nigel farage's reform

uk? i'll be asking a top fleet street insider, plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages, a packed show, lots to get through and let me give you an early preview. this is tomorrow's sun on sunday bbc in crisis are they on sunday bbc in crisis are they on the verge of axing strictly come dancing? i'll be tackling that in my take at 10 in 2 minutes time after the news headunes minutes time after the news headlines and tatiana sanchez . headlines and tatiana sanchez. >> mark. thank you. the top stories this hour. a man has been charged with violent disorder and arson after a bus was set on fire during rioting in harehills in leeds on thursday evening. 37 year old houston dober has been remanded to appear at leeds magistrates court on monday. earlier today, west yorkshire police officers have said they arrested a further five people on suspicion of violent disorder and they remain in police custody at this time. four people who were

initially arrested in connection with the violent disorder have also been bailed there, pending further investigation on thursday, vehicles could be seen on fire while a police car was also overturned. the riots are believed to be linked to a case involving local children, who were taken into care. in other news, yesterday's it outage affected almost 8.5 million microsoft devices. that's according to the tech giant. the company added the figure represents less than 1% of all windows machines, but it was enough to spark chaos at many of the world's airports. flight delays are still persisting as airlines and other businesses slowly get back online in time for the summer holidays. banks supermarkets and major television and radio broadcasters were among the many others who were also knocked offline yesterday. nhs england is expecting further disruption to gp services to continue into next week in the us, reports

suggest. nancy pelosi has told colleagues she'd prefer a competitive process to find a replacement for president joe biden if he drops out. the former house speaker is understood to have pushed for an open primary instead of directly nominating vice president kamala harris. that could see several candidates from within the democratic party compete for the chance to face donald trump. with just 107 days until the election . it comes as the number election. it comes as the number of democrats calling on president biden to stand aside reaches 35. well, that is, thousands of people have gathered for donald trump's first rally in public since the gunman shot him in the ear last week in an attempted assassination in pennsylvania . assassination in pennsylvania. these are live pictures coming to us from michigan. at that rally, trump will be appearing alongside jd vance for the rally. the pair's first joint appearance since the ohio senator was unveiled as trump's running mate at the republican national convention in milwaukee. the rally takes place

in a crucial swing state that trump won in 2016, and biden clawed back in 2020. in that presidential election . ahead of presidential election. ahead of the event today, jd vance posted on x and he called on biden to resign from the white house and finally, a second world war veteran has finally received his medals, almost 80 years after he saw action in belgium and germany. george lewis, who's now 98 years old, was a part of the royal tank regiment between 1944 to 1947. however, he never received his medals for his service. but now mr lewis's 80 year wait for his medals is oven year wait for his medals is over, and earlier today he was represented. he was presented them in a special ceremony at them in a special ceremony at the royal british legion club in his hometown in somerset . and his hometown in somerset. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an hour for the very latest gb news

direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thanks, tatiana. welcome to mark dolan tonight. in a dramatic week for royal security, the king and queen suffer a sniper scare. meanwhile, the trump shooter had images of princess kate on his phone. plus, in the last word, as she calls the tories a collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks is suella braverman on the verge of joining nigel farage's reform uk ? joining nigel farage's reform uk? i'll be asking a top fleet street insider also tomorrow morning's front pages at 1030 sharp. reacting tonight with ringside seats for all the action. nina myskow, david hamilton and neil wallis.

action. nina myskow, david hamilton and neil wallis . plus hamilton and neil wallis. plus we will bring you all the latest from the united states. donald trump is about to address a rally in michigan. that's one week on from the attempted assassination of the former president. i was actually on air here @gbnews when it happened. we brought you a brand new breaking news program covering that shocking event . well, that shocking event. well, donald trump has brushed it off and he's back on stage. in a couple of minutes. we will bring you any developments. so a packed hour . those papers are packed hour. those papers are coming. but first my take at ten. strictly come dancing, one of the bbc's biggest shows, has just turned 20. but there isn't much to celebrate as this dancing competition limps from one scandal to another , one scandal to another, demonstrating that bbc management have two left feet. a third strictly come dancing professional has reportedly been

named as a person of interest in the wake of abuse and bullying allegations that are overshadowing the show. graziano di prima was fired from the show last week over reports that he verbally and physically abused his celebrity partner, zara mcdermott, during last year's series. it came just weeks after the pneumatic italian powerhouse giovanni pernice, a man with a six pack so robust you could eat your breakfast office off. it was suspended while a bbc probe is conducted over claims of off camera misconduct made by sherlock star amanda abbington and two other former celeb partners. meanwhile historic footage has emerged of former strictly professional dancer james jordan threatening to drag his 2006 partner casualty actress georgina bouzova, across the floor and screaming at her dunng the floor and screaming at her during rehearsals if she didn't

stand on one leg. it now looks like the bbc itself hasn't got a leg to stand on. on thursday morning, bosses met with current professional dancer nadiya bychkova, who was also made a complaint about the show. it follows her acrimonious split from fellow strictly pro kai widdrington in june because don't forget, they're all shagging each other. it's amazing that they have any time to dance and in yet another unwelcome development for the corporation , dancer turned judge corporation, dancer turned judge anton du beke is now facing a possible legal battle over historic allegations from 2009, when he was paired with tv star laila rouass. the blood , sweat laila rouass. the blood, sweat and tears being reported here are more like a gory horror film than a shiny family entertainment show. how can our tax funded national broadcaster be asleep at the wheel for so long as a picture emerges of a

truly toxic culture on the show, in which the contestants are having a miserable time suffering mental and physical abuse, when the whole thing is supposed to be a fun exercise in improving your dance skills, the outfits might be covered in sequins and be frilly and sparkly, but behind the scenes, it sounds more like full metal jacket . in the end, it looks jacket. in the end, it looks like the age old problem of tv. if a show or a star is delivering the ratings, then bad behaviour is overlooked. we saw it with itv, didn't we? and their appalling handling of the phillip schofield scandal in which he had a legal but ill judged relationship with a young employee on the show . we saw it employee on the show. we saw it on the jeremy kyle show with ordinary people's lives being ruined in a quest for ratings, and we saw how the bbc protected the monstrous jimmy savile when he was their most bankable star.

now this scandal on strictly is not on the same level, but these dancers, who have come from a different field, like acting or sport, have spoken about real mental and physical trauma . now, mental and physical trauma. now, i've never wanted to do strictly. the agent has suggested it, but too i'm tall and gangly and i've got about as much rhythm as stonehenge. plus, going on that show is not for good your marriage. the curse of strictly would no doubt strike those female dancers are only human. and now i'm glad that i've never done it, because this scandal hit show is a huge embarrassment for our national broadcaster , which has a duty of broadcaster, which has a duty of care to the stars involved. this debacle will be seen by many as a total failure of management, andifs a total failure of management, and it's not like these commissioning editors don't get paid enough money as it is with their six figure salaries, and now they risk having to axe one of their most popular shows. now

i don't want to take sides. it takes two to tango. but if viewers think that the dancers on strictly are having a miserable time, they're going to waltz off to another channel in quick step less cha cha and more tartare. i like the show and i want it to stay, but right now it's murder on the dance floor. this time, the curse of strictly could be fatal . could be fatal. >> should the bbc axe the show amid a growing scandal, gb news. >> com forward slash yoursay earlier this week, the bbc announced it would put a member of the strictly production staff in all future rehearsals and that there would also be two new dedicated welfare producers. the corporation has insisted it would always take any issues seriously and act when made aware of inappropriate behaviour . aware of inappropriate behaviour. let's get the views now of

former editor of the news of the world neil wallis. tv and radio presenter david hamilton, and broadcaster and journalist nina myskow. david hamilton is strictly come dancing in trouble. could it be axed? >> no, i don't think so. it's such a big show, isn't it? and maybe the bbc think any pubuchyis maybe the bbc think any publicity is good publicity. who was it who said that? i think it was it who said that? i think it was phineas t barnum . i don't was phineas t barnum. i don't think it's necessarily true in this case. and if it is the case that the professional dancers are bullying the others who are amateurs, really, they're not professional dancers. i think that's absolutely awful. i don't think the show has been the same since bruce forsyth and len goodman left at that time. it was really cuddly. family entertainment. was really cuddly. family entertainment . and to be honest entertainment. and to be honest with you, i'm getting a point now where i'm getting just a little bit bored with it. >> and nina meshkov, this looks to me to be a total failure of bbc management. >> well , you say they're asleep

>> well, you say they're asleep at the wheel and it does seem like that could be the case. >> i mean, i adore strictly, i mean, every final i dress up in sequins on my own sofa and start with an espresso martini. i mean, i know that's really sad, but i love it so much. i think the problem is that when you look at the professional dancers , look at the professional dancers, they have been through their own training, what, maybe 20 years ago, 30 years ago, and times were very different then. and i think that the dancing world is a particularly brutal world. i'm sure they got shouted at and screamed at and kicked and, you know , not that's to be commended know, not that's to be commended at all. but that may be the standards that they are accustomed to . and the bbc accustomed to. and the bbc should have made sure that those standards are not being meted out to the professionals , to out to the professionals, to their celebrity cup dancers, the, the problem is, david was saying that it's not been the same since. since bbc, i've actually liked it with with

claudia. i think claudia is wonderful , claudia. i think claudia is wonderful, but what it seems to have become is a is a professional dance contest rather than a journey where we see kind of people who can't dance becoming dancers. now, you know, it was won last year by layton williams, who'd been in musicals and has gone back to musicals. i really don't like that. i like to see somebody like krishnan guru—murthy who couldn't dance and who changed not only his dancing ability, but changed his shape. and he said it changed his life . said it changed his life. >> ann widdecombe well, oh, and of course, lovely anne widdicombe, a regular on this show. >> she's back tomorrow at 1015. neil wallace. the bbc could easily argue that the many millions of people watching strictly every week prove that it remains a monster hit. >> well, i have to reveal that i won't be wearing my sequins for the final this year , and there the final this year, and there are there are no martinis waiting to be, unbottled.

however, i have to say that i think two things really come out of this. one, i don't believe they will exit because they can't. it's their biggest show to i don't believe they should exit because millions of people like nina love it. for all the best reasons. three i think there has been a change in the way that they have, tried to turn it into almost a sporting contest . it wasn't that. and contest. it wasn't that. and part of the great success of it was, to a certain extent, the clodhopping. but what i think is completely true is you are seeing yet another example of, management, particularly at the bbc. but the same applied with phillip schofield at itv management turning a blind eye to the activities of their stars because they don't want to know

and i tell you, they do know something about this before this came out, they have turned a blind eye to it because they don't want to disturb the smooth. you look at what happened just less than a year ago with their, major news presenter, huge hugh edward edwards, who got in tremendous difficulties . they did nothing difficulties. they did nothing about it . they difficulties. they did nothing about it. they did difficulties. they did nothing about it . they did not head it about it. they did not head it off at the pass. there were lots off at the pass. there were lots of issues that have arisen. they did nothing. if you're going to run a successful company, particularly one that is paid for effectively by the taxpayer, pardon me , the licence fee pardon me, the licence fee payen pardon me, the licence fee payer, you have a duty to run it properly. and that i think is the big scandal in this. >> okay. do you think the bbc needs to act strictly as it's mired in scandal? gbnews.com/yoursay in a dramatic week for royal security, the

king and queen suffer a sniper scare. meanwhile, the trump shooter had images of princess kate on his phone. we'll get you reaction to that next. plus, donald trump is expected on stage at a rally in michigan. any moment now, we'll bring you

next. okay, folks. so welcome back to the show. let's go straight to michigan in the united states, where donald trump is expected to address a rally just a week on from the attempted assassination effort, which was fortunately and mercifully unsuccessful. i was actually on air just unsuccessful. i was actually on airjust minutes after that air just minutes after that happened. but it's been a week and donald trump is back on stage. of course, he's officially accepted the republican nomination to run for president in november. it's him and jd vance, his deputy, that's on the ticket. jd vance, an

interesting guy, by the way. a working class lad, i guess the equivalent of a red wall tory, if you like. he's a conservative. that came from nothing. working class guy in abusive family setting, total chaos. growing up as a child, he turned his life around and now he's going to be potentially the deputy, of president, the vice president of the united states. if donald trump is successful in november. look, we're waiting for those pictures in just a moment. but i understand that donald trump has now stepped on stage clearly , security stage clearly, security heightened because a lot of concern about his safety following the events of last saturday. and there is the live footage that's donald trump walking across the hall, another packed rally, thousands in attendance, not an empty seat in the house. and donald trump there just making his way across there just making his way across the hall and about to get on stage. now you've got to say whether you share his politics or not, the guy has got courage, hasn't he? i mean, he's got

conviction. many would be cowed by that attack last week. they'd still be receiving counselling , still be receiving counselling, perhaps still in hospital, but not donald trump up on his feet, ready to address his adoring fans. and he's flanked by his vice president there to his right and to your left on the screen. and look, the chemistry between the two men is good. donald trump has momentum now. he has survived this assassination attempt. he's got his deputy ready to go. it is vance trump on the ticket. trump vance trump on the ticket. trump vance i should say. and with me to react to this moment, this historic moment in us politics. oh wait a minute. let's hear from trump. he's wandering to the microphone . and here is the the microphone. and here is the man that would like to be america's 47th president, donald trump . let me tell trump. let me tell you. >> an attempt .

>> an attempt. >> an attempt. >> well, thank you very much . >> well, thank you very much. this is like a michigan football game over here. this is pretty good. this is pretty good. i want to thank you, jd , for the want to thank you, jd, for the introduction. you're going to be a fantastic vice president of the united states . and you know, the united states. and you know, ichose the united states. and you know, i chose him because he's for the worker. he's for the people that worker. he's for the people that work so hard and perhaps weren't treated like they should have been, but they were treated that way four years ago. i can tell you that. but we're going to get it back bigger, better, stronger than ever before. thank you very much. this is some great. i'm thrilled to be back in the great state of michigan with thousands and thousands and i mean lots of thousands up here. this is a hell of an arena . this is a hell hell of an arena. this is a hell of an arena .

of an arena. but you are the hard working patriots that we love. you know , they have crowds love. you know, they have crowds of people outside. you're not even going to believe it. they go blocks and blocks . but let's go blocks and blocks. but let's forget about them , right? let's forget about them, right? let's forget about them, right? let's forget about them . let me begin forget about them. let me begin this evening with a very special thanks to americans nationwide, including all of you here today , including all of you here today, for your extraordinary outpouring of love and support in the wake of the horrific last saturday event . and when you saturday event. and when you think of it, it was exactly one week ago today, almost to the houn week ago today, almost to the hour, even to the minute . yeah hour, even to the minute. yeah incredible , incredible. what incredible, incredible. what a day it was. as i said earlier

this week, i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god. that's true . i shouldn't be god. that's true. i shouldn't be here. i shouldn't be . here. here. i shouldn't be. here. maybe jd or somebody else would be here. but i shouldn't be here right now. but something very. something very special happened. let's face it, something happened. i want to thank butler memorial hospital in pennsylvania for the incredible job they did and service they gave , and all of the great gave, and all of the great citizens of butler, pennsylvania, and the surrounding area and everyone else for the job. they did and the love that they showed us all. it was incredible, actually. what a time that was. what a time that was. nobody seen anything like it. and hopefully they never will again. and they had cameras blazing. i guess it was different in that way too , because we were right

way too, because we were right in the middle of all those. you look at all the news back there and they were all blazing. they were they were going, no, no , were they were going, no, no, no, they covered it fairly. they couldn't believe what they were seeing either. so they did. you did cover it fairly. let me also thank congressman ronny jackson from texas. you know , from texas. you know, congressman ronny jackson for the care and treatment he gave me as an outstanding doctor, which he is. he's really an amazing guy. where's ronny doc ronny is here someplace . i thank ronny is here someplace. i thank you, ronny . thank you very much . you, ronny. thank you very much. great, doctor. it was a great admiral, a great doctor. he's a white house doctor for bush , white house doctor for bush, obama and a guy named trump. and they said , who is the healthiest they said, who is the healthiest of the three? he said , not even of the three? he said, not even a question. trump. and i said, i love that guy. i love that guy .

love that guy. i love that guy. when he said that , that was my when he said that, that was my doctor. even if he's a congressman, that was my doctor. but he's been a great congressman. thank you very much, ronny, for everything we appreciate it. ronny jackson , we appreciate it. ronny jackson, we continue to pray for the recovery of the two citizens who were wounded in that evil attack. david dutch and james copenhaver, two really incredible people. we remain in contact and send our deepest respect to the families , corey, respect to the families, corey, as you know, corey , comparator as you know, corey, comparator was a brave firefighter who died funeral yesterday shielding his wife and daughters from bullets. he shielded them from the bullets of this this horrendous person. corey was a hero . and we person. corey was a hero. and we will carry his memory in our hearts for all time . great hero .

hearts for all time. great hero. that's great. and he was a big trumper and we will never forget him. right we're all together. we're all together. this is. there's never been anything like what you witnessed. the other day with the convention. i don't think there's ever been a convention where there was such unity and love and even the i. now, i'll say just for a second, the fake news even said it that way. i want to be nice, but the fake news reported it correctly. that was there's never been such unity and everybody did a great job and the speeches and everything was just an incredible event . and i'll tell incredible event. and i'll tell you what milwaukee was a fantastic place. this was a beautiful arena . they did beautiful arena. they did a really great job. and wisconsin is going to vote for us because we spent $215 million. and when they go into the voting booth,

they're going to say, we love this guy trump. he gave us $250 million with jobs. and they're going to vote. wisconsin is a very important state as we know. but they really did wisconsin did a great job milwaukee they did a great job milwaukee they did a great job. and the arena was fantastic. and it was just love. it was like a big, beautiful four day love fest. there was no there was no fight. you know, there was no fight, no screams, no shouting . screams, no shouting. >> there you go. donald trump a week on for an attempted assassination attempt. and let me tell you that the bandage has shrunk. it might have disappeared completely. the ear looks to be healing nicely. it appears to be concealed now by hair, but more importantly, donald trump's spirit appears to be in robust good health. let's get reaction from royal and political commentator live from the united states hilary fordwich. hillary, what's your reading of donald trump's body language in that speech? you've just heard? >> well, i think he should be

back with you again, mark. i think he has a renewed calmness, though, about him. i noticed that when of course, he spoke right after the event . i think right after the event. i think that he now has this degree of just a calmness, which is an appreciation. i think that appreciation, he verbalised right there in terms of those that have lost their lives. but that's what i think you're seeing. you're seeing an appreciation for his crowds. and the number one thing that he really said moved him was the fact that no one ran and no one left. that site. no one left butler, pennsylvania. i think that's the difference. you're seeing this new sense of calm about him, and i think that will appeal to more independent voters, because it was his sort of braggadocious nature which alienated them. but some sort of updated news for the audience . updated news for the audience. yesterday, four more democratic senators came out. i'm asking biden to resign. so now that makes 30 democrats. and so he has now lost the house, the support of the house. biden has

lost the support of the house, and people really underestimate the fact that this is a three way race. it's not just the presidential election, of course. it's about the house and the senate. it's all about all those down races, all those democrats that would run normally on the coattails of incumbent president. they are concerned about their position . concerned about their position. >> hillary, if joe biden were to withdraw from the race for the white house in november , would white house in november, would that be a political banana skin for donald trump? or is his momentum now unstoppable? >> well, like all things mark, certainty is better than uncertainty, no matter what it is. right? when you know what you have, it is it is obviously, you have, it is it is obviously, you know, the fear of the unknown, i will say that we know , unknown, i will say that we know, obviously, what a weak candidate biden is, but also the other people that they're even looking at or considering have their own sort of slippery slopes to, for example, let me just give you one example. many people raise the issue of governor newsom, but under his watch in all of

californian history, the population has decreased . people population has decreased. people are leaving his state. and i actually live in the state of maryland. and in maryland, governor martin o'malley ran for presidential bid, and he was asked and stumped. and this is what knocked him out. when somebody asked him , why are a somebody asked him, why are a million marylanders leaving your state every year? and obviously it's due to the fact that it's a democratic, socialist state of maryland, all the taxes. and he couldn't answer it. so that would sink newsom immediately. so there's so many things that could sukh sink so many people. but directly, to answer your question, i think the certainty is always better known, there are obviously many variables in terms of whoever else it would be, but they only have four weeks until chicago . so it is weeks until chicago. so it is basically looking very likely they're going to announce something soon, maybe as soon as monday. >> you think that it could be announced on monday that joe biden is withdrawing for the race for the white house in november? >> i'm not predicting it. i'm saying it has to be soon. they need. yes, because they need time and briefly. >> so that's an extraordinary

development that potentially, biden could stand down from the race, withdraw from the race as early as monday of next week. briefly, if he were to withdraw from the race, what do you have to stand down as president to know? okay >> but that money, that money, don't forget that money. all that war chest, that $90 million war chest has kamala harris, so she's removed from the ticket. that's something completely different, >> henry ford, which we wish we had longer. but thank you so much for joining had longer. but thank you so much forjoining us. we'll catch much for joining us. we'll catch up in the near future. my thanks there to royal and political commentator fordwich. the papers are some big headlines.

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all new mps over safety fears. the observer . all new mps over safety fears. the observer. labour makes working class children key to schools reform and covid stricken. biden resists calls to step down sunday express now the great brexit betrayal labour was accused tonight of a great brexit betrayal that will put britain back in the grip of brussels. a new law is being drawn up by ministers, which could put uk manufacturers in lock step with the eu on product safety rules . sunday times safety rules. sunday times universities facing a cash catastrophe. biden feels betrayed by calls to crown kamala harris and ditch the cap. two child rule is social cleansing , says labour mp rosie cleansing, says labour mp rosie duffield , independent probation duffield, independent probation chief warns 97% of the prisons service is failing sunday

telegraph now pm to hand teachers and nurses a bumper pay rise. nhs hospital advised lucy letby, witness, to not testify. and every river in england is polluted with sewage , says steve polluted with sewage, says steve read, the new environment secretary. sunday mirror why jurgen klopp should be next england manager, says trent alexander—arnold and tv show rocked again. this was the topic of my take at ten. now females strictly pro hit by claims of bullying. sun on sunday what bbc exec said strictly boss geo is a shocker. dancer giovanni pernice his behaviour towards strictly partner amanda abbington was described by a bbc exec at a meeting as unacceptable and shocking and breaking news. red

dwarf legend say the daily star sunday save our angel delights telly star craig charles is fed up of poncey foods and reckons we should go back to sticking the likes of findus crispy pancakes on our plates. you'd be a smeghead to , not is the a smeghead to, not is the headline. okay, folks, well , headline. okay, folks, well, those are your front pages. let's have a look at this growing row within the governing party, the labour party needs to ditch the cap . two child rule is ditch the cap. two child rule is social cleansing, says labour mp. now this, of course, is the prime minister, keir starmer , prime minister, keir starmer, sticking with the tory policy of no benefits for families that have more than two children. should it go? should the cap go? should it go? should the cap go? should it go? should the cap go? should it stay? >> it's a very tricky question because that would, if they were to ditch it, it would immediately bring a vast number of children out of poverty. but the government say they can't afford it at the moment, having said that, over 60% of the

people in this country think we should stick at the two cap because many people feel that children, are not just a right, that they're a privilege and that they're a privilege and that you shouldn't have a choice and a choice. and if you shouldn't have a child, unless you can take care of it and financially provide for it . so financially provide for it. so there's a there's a there's a great argument. the other side, having said that , in this day having said that, in this day and age and with with the cost of living crisis and, god knows, 14 years of a tory government, people are really suffering. children are suffering, children, more children are in poverty. it's ridiculous. it's a tncky. poverty. it's ridiculous. it's a tricky . it's a tricky it's tricky. it's a tricky it's a tncky tricky. it's a tricky it's a tricky topic because i don't feel that you can just wave a magic wand and do that. >> this spells political trouble for keir starmer, the prime minister, doesn't it, david hamilton because this is his own, labour mp rosie duffield, saying that this rule on benefits only for the first two

children is social cleansing. that's harsh words from a benchen >> extraordinary, isn't it? looks as though the honeymoon penod looks as though the honeymoon period is over already, isn't it? lasted about a week. but, yeah, it's . you know, i'm afraid yeah, it's. you know, i'm afraid i'm a bit lost on this one. it's a very difficult issue, isn't it? really. i mean, telling people that they can only have two children, you know? >> well, i guess, you know, you can have as many kids as you want, but it's the idea that you only get isn't obliged to. >> you only get benefits if you have two. >> so it's encouraging people to not procreate too much basically. >> yeah. what do you think about this story? i mean, it's trouble brewing for keir starmer, isn't there ? there? >> no, it's not trouble brewing for keir starmer for one very simple reason. he has a vast majority . and one of the things majority. and one of the things about having a vast majority, which happened with blair, who was a great rule changer, who changed the world, he had such a big majority. he could see off rebellions like this. and so

keir starmer, if he wants to, will simply see this off. and i thought the, the issue, nina mentioned 60% of the british pubuc mentioned 60% of the british public agree with this. they agree that there should be a two child cap because they do believe that, you know, bring a child into the world is entirely your decision. but it's a decision made that you will pay for it if it is more than two and you know that it's absolutely it's not a secret thing. >> i would have i would have had more kids if i if i felt i could afford it at the time. and that's what most couples, they make that judgement, don't they? how many kids can we afford to have. yeah. >> can we have can we afford to have another baby? no or yes, let's do it. but you take the consequences of your actions. >> the thing is, we don't want to go back to the bad old days of decades ago where having a child out of wedlock was a sin

and therefore children were, you know, back back the 60s or 70s. and babies were then adopted willy nilly. and you only have to watch a programme like long lost families to see the, the tragedy and the trauma that that's caused. and so but but but the pendulum's got to swing into the middle, doesn't it. >> it most definitely does. a quick line if we can on this in the sunday telegraph pm to hand teachers and nurses bumper pay rise. where's the money going to come from? neil wallace , well come from? neil wallace, well where is the money going to come from? >> is this the first of the many? big spends by by this government, which they didn't declare in their manifesto, but it was the truth of the matter is that that's that's proposed it. >> it's not labour that's saying we're going to give them 5.5. it's the review board. that's that's the official review board. that's this suggested it. >> well, wait a minute. >> well, wait a minute. >> the junior doctors are looking for 35% that didn't come

from the review board. >> that's a that's a bargaining tool, >> the bottom line is i've had i've had three, three hospital appointments cancelled because of that bargaining ploy. >> and as a result of that , my >> and as a result of that, my eyes are much worse than they were, 18 months ago. so that bargain employs very nice for a junior doctor who is on an average of 80 to £90,000 a year. so it's a little difficult to trot out. however, your point earlier that it does come from the review board is a valid one. whether or not you can still pay for it is a different thing because there are priorities and david, what the telegraph are saying briefly, if you can, is that labour have budgeted for a 3% pay rise if they want to reach 5.5, they're going to have to tax us even more. >> yeah, i think this is a terrific idea, but i think as, my fellow panellists have been

saying, where is the money going to come from? and i fear that, you know , taxes can only go up. you know, taxes can only go up. you see, somehow, somehow or other hasn't taxed us yet. >> so we don't know. well, he's only been in office two weeks. >> we haven't had the budget yet . >> we haven't had the budget yet. >> we haven't had the budget yet. >> the money, the money's got to come from somewhere, hasn't it? but it will return to that. would you be happy to pay more taxes so that the nurses and teachers get a pay rise? let me know your thoughts. also coming up in the last word , as she up in the last word, as she calls the tories, a collection of fanatical, irrelevant centrist cranks is suella braverman on the verge of joining nigel farage and reform uk? i'll be asking a top fleet street insider

next. should labour lift the two child cap on benefits? this from celia , cap on benefits? this from celia, who says. hi, mark. i have no issue with capping the number of kids you can claim benefits for it. two, you still get child benefit for more. just not all the tax credits. there are many couples who would struggle to have one at the moment. only have one at the moment. only have what you can afford and don't expect taxpayers to pay for your kids when they can't afford to have any themselves. and briefly , norfolk star sky's and briefly, norfolk star sky's says mark, having children is purely a lifestyle choice. people need to snap out of the idea they're doing the country a

favour . okay, let's crack on now favour. okay, let's crack on now andifs favour. okay, let's crack on now and it's time for the last word. and suella braverman, former home secretary has called the tories a collection of fanatical, irrelevant centrist cranks after she faced calls to pull out of the race to unite the right of the race to unite the right of the party behind robert jenrick. but reports today suggest that braverman could link up with nigel farage's reform uk to discuss this. i'm delighted to welcome the political editor of the independent, david maddox . the independent, david maddox. david, is it possible that suella braverman could defect to reform uk ? reform uk? >> well, how about mark, i don't think it is. at least not at the moment. so when i saw this story circulating yesterday, i actually texted her. we had a we had an exchange of texts and she denies it completely. i do think, though, that there is an issue of her really feeling very uncomfortable in the current conservative party. it's

actually amongst its, mps at least it's moved further to the left, i would say, since , the left, i would say, since, the election, because many of the right wingers who sympathised with suella have lost their seats, and many of the new ones are more on the one nation, which is on the kind of left of a centrist side of the conservative party. so, you know, she's going to struggle to get her voice heard. and i know she wants to have a run at the leadership, but i think at the moment she's going to struggle to even kind of get any support amongst the current crop of mps before she goes to, you know, gets a chance of going to the members. >> do you think the conservatives david maddox are in denial about how badly they were annihilated on the 4th of july? do you think that , they july? do you think that, they haven't quite woken up and smelt the coffee yet? >> no , i completely think that >> no, i completely think that actually i, >> no, i completely think that actually 1, i've just been amazed by their behaviour since that defeat. they've just

carried on with the kind of backbiting and, you know, remnants of a civil war which were going on beforehand . and, were going on beforehand. and, you know, it's just been amazing. there was some scenes on friday of them shouting across the commons at steve reid, the new environment secretary, just losing control . secretary, just losing control. and, you know, i don't think they appreciate actually how much people wanted them out, including people who normally vote conservative on the right, which is why, of course , so many which is why, of course, so many went to reform and went to nigel farage. and that's really their problem. i think it's going to be a long path back for them . be a long path back for them. >> yeah, it seems like it to me. let's bring in if we can. david my top pundits this evening. i'm delighted to have nina, myskow diddy, david hamilton and neil wallis and neil picking up on that point. i just don't think that point. i just don't think that the conservatives have responded to a very clear message from the public. in early july , and how much clearer

early july, and how much clearer did it need to be? >> i think they need to retreat into the shadows, probably for another year. they need to regroup. they need to rethink what they are. maybe it has come to the end of its natural life. you remember that the liberals used to be the biggest party by a country mile in this country. a century or so ago , and they a century or so ago, and they were the time passed them by. the conservatives now need to rethink about where they want to be and internecine fighting will not help them restore their position in front of an electorate that has already said , electorate that has already said, go away and think about what you do. go away and rethink why you m atter. >> matter. >> david. it would be a coup for nigel farage if he could convince suella braverman to join his ranks of reform uk. >> yes, absolutely. you wonder if there'll be anybody left

soon, don't you? yeah. and what's interesting, too, is just how, influential a party reform are going to be in the future and whether perhaps, you know, they are going to be the main party of opposition and not these dinosaur tories. >> indeed, briefly, what do you think the tories should do, nina? do they need to shift to the right in order to respond to the right in order to respond to the threat of nigel farage? >> elections are won from the centre and suella bravo, whom i found utterly gruesome, she's talking about fanatical, irrelevant . well, she's irrelevant. well, she's fanatical, irrelevant and a crank. and if she could join up with nigel farage. well, good luck to the pair of them. they're well suited. >> listen, david maddox, thank you for joining >> listen, david maddox, thank you forjoining us. do check out you for joining us. do check out tomorrow's independents. its political editor is the brilliant david maddox. thank you so much to david hamilton nina mish and neil wallace. a busy show tomorrow night we're going to do a mark meets special. we've got one of the most experienced and respected

political journalists in the country live in the studio. the sun's at trevor kavanagh . that's sun's at trevor kavanagh. that's right. the political voice of rupert murdoch in this country live in the studio from art meet special. see you tomorrow at nine. headlines is next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> hello. good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, it's been quite an unsettled start to the weekend, but through sunday is generally an improving picture and it's going to be feeling a little bit fresher too. the reason for this unsettled start, though, is that we have this waving frontal feature across the western half of the uk, and that's moving its way north eastwards towards the country , and that's where we're country, and that's where we're still going to see some heavy outbreaks into this evening. but for most it is generally quite an improving picture. still staying fairly cloudy with the odd spot of rain and drizzle, but clearing across western parts of scotland and northern

ireland, even though a few showers still feeding into western areas. but under those clearer spells , that's where clearer spells, that's where it's going to be feeling cooler. but for most, it's going to be quite a muggy start to sunday, so there are still some heavier downpours expected, these mainly in the far north—east of the country, but elsewhere across scotland. quite a bright start to sunday. just a few showers feeding into the west and similar across northern ireland. still a few showers feeding into west and coastal areas but plenty of bright sunshine to start the day a bit more cloud around across the south and southeast and that might just squeeze out a little bit. rain and drizzle at times, but it is generally improving as the morning goes on, so starting to see some sunny spells break through that cloud and leaving a largely dry sunday for most. a bit of a different story though, across northern ireland, as we see this next area of rain push into western areas. so quite a damp afternoon here, but elsewhere plenty of sunny spells, just a few showers feeding into western parts of scotland. slightly cooler temperatures compared to today so feeling a little bit fresher.

but where you catch the sunshine it will still be feeling pleasant and warm to start the new working week. still plenty of cloud around and still some rain in the north. it could be heavy at times and is generally going to be quite a cloudy day and feeling quite humid, and we could see some showers by the afternoon , which could be heavy afternoon, which could be heavy and slow moving across scotland. so perhaps some heavy and persistent downpours here. a changeable weekend ahead. but that's it from me. goodbye for now . how. >> now. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

>> good evening. the top stories from the gb newsroom. donald trump thanked the thousands of people who have gathered for. what's his first rally in public since the gunman shot him in the ear last week in an attempted assassination attempt in pennsylvania. trump appeared alongside jd vance for the campaign rally, the pair's first joint appearance since the ohio senator was unveiled as trump's running mate at the republican national convention in milwaukee. it takes place in a crucial swing state that trump won in 2016, and biden clawed back in the 2020 presidential election. ahead of the event today, jd vance posted on x saying that biden should resign from the white house and despite almost losing his life a week ago, trump showed a fighting

spirit. >> what a day it was. as i said earlier this week, i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god. that's true . it almighty god. that's true. it shouldn't be here. we've never been so determined. bad things happened last time. we're not going to let them happen this time. bad, bad things happen. we will never stop working to deliver a magnificent future for our people. and together we will fight. fight fight. right >> in other news, the man has been charged with violent disorder and arson after a bus was set on fire during rioting in harehills in leeds on thursday evening. 37 year old houston dober has been remanded to appear at leeds magistrates court on monday. earlier today, officers also said they arrested a further five people on suspicion of violent disorder and they remain in police custody. four people who were initially arrested in connection with the violent disorder have

been bailed pending further investigation . on thursday, investigation. on thursday, vehicles could be seen on fire while a police car was overturned. the riots are believed to be linked to a case involving local children who were taken into care . were taken into care. yesterday's it outage affected almost 8.5 million microsoft devices , according to the tech devices, according to the tech giant. the company added the figure represents less than 1% of all windows machines, but it was enough to spark chaos at many of the world's airports. flight delays are still persisting as airlines and other businesses slowly get back onune businesses slowly get back online in time for the summer holidays. banks supermarkets and even major television and radio broadcasters were among the many others who were also knocked off line yesterday. nhs england is expecting disruption to gp services to continue into next week , and a second world war week, and a second world war veteran has finally received his medals, almost 80 years after he saw action in belgium and germany. george lewis, who's now

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