>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the house of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, after the director of the us secret service dramatically resigned yesterday . today it's the turn yesterday. today it's the turn of the director of the fbi to be grilled over his bureau's investigation into the attempted assassination of donald trump will be live at the hearing in washington, dc . a knife attack washington, dc. a knife attack that left an army officer with serious injuries is not thought to be terror related. police say the suspected attacker may have mental health problems. we'll cross live to the scene with mark white and there's great news for the royal family today. profits from the crown estate have more than doubled to a whopping £i.i have more than doubled to a whopping £1.1 billion. i'll find out what that means for the king

and queen, and i'll tell you how much me and you are giving to the royals. every single year. and that's all coming between now and 6:00. well, the show always a pleasure to have you accompany. we're going to cross live to washington, dc. soon. the grilling of the fbi director. if it's anything like the cross examination of the secret service director on monday, it will be astonishing. today, the huge questions are what motivated trump's would be assassin? what do we know about his movements ? how did he get in his movements? how did he get in that roof? how was he not apprehended , and what were his apprehended, and what were his movements? did he send a drone up over the site? as has been reported, all of those questions should be answered today. promises to be absolutely unmissable stuff, so please stick with us. get in touch all the usual ways. gbnews.com/yoursay but before we kick off the show is your headunes kick off the show is your headlines with tatiana sanchez.

>> martin, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom. police in kent say the stabbing of a british army soldier near a barracks in gillingham is not terror related. officers are continuing their investigations after witnesses reported hearing a huge scream just before 6:00 yesterday evening in gillingham. locals rushed to help the soldier just locals rushed to help the soldierjust in locals rushed to help the soldier just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask, as they fled on a moped. a suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder about 20 minutes later. the victim , aged in his 40s, was victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. home secretary yvette cooper says she's being kept up to date with the ongoing investigation. >> this is an appalling attack on a serving soldier. my thoughts go to him to and his family, wishing him a speedy recovery. this is an ongoing police investigation by kent police. it's really important

that they have everyone's support in this investigation , support in this investigation, but this was a just appalling attack on a serving soldier, and i know that the whole country will be thinking of him and his family and wishing him a speedy recovery. >> in other news, sir keir starmer accused the previous government of losing control of britain's borders as he took part in his first pmqs as prime minister. reform uk's rupert lowe quizzed the pm on labour's migration plans , claiming that migration plans, claiming that failure to control the borders has damaged and disrupted communities. the prime minister conceded that small boat crossings in the channel are a serious issue, but laid blame on the tories . the tories. >> i'm not sure i agree with his numbers, but look, i do think that it's serious that the previous government lost control of our borders. record numbers have crossed the channel since the leader of the opposition, when he was prime minister for 18 months, 50,000 people crossed the channel. it's a serious issue that requires a serious

answer, and that is why we will set up our border security command to take down the gangs that are running this vile trade. but we won't do is waste further time on a gimmick that cost a fortune and remove just four volunteers. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak used today's prime minister's questions to call for tougher sanctions on russia. the leader of the opposition said the work of the opposition said the work of the opposition said the work of the previous government had laid the groundwork for stronger action against moscow, which he says would help fund ukraines reconstruction and taking a lighter tone . the former prime lighter tone. the former prime minister joked as he sent best ministerjoked as he sent best wishes to britain's olympians. >> and i also join with the prime minister in his warm words about our olympic athletes, i have no doubt that after years of training, focus and dedication, they will bring back many gold medals. although to be honest, i'm probably not the first person they want to hear advice from on to how win. but i'm glad. i'm glad in our exchanges , nominations open this

exchanges, nominations open this evening to succeed rishi sunak as leader of the conservative party. >> shadow home secretary james cleverly announced last night he's running to take the party's top job. in a video emphasising his credentials, the former foreign and home secretary said the tories need to re—establish a reputation as the party that helps grow the economy and achieve their aspirations . gb achieve their aspirations. gb news spoke with people in stamford about who they think should be tory leader. >> oh, i think they should go bankrupt. that'd be rather lovely and very few decent people in the tory party. i certainly don't want liz truss orjohnson back again. or johnson back again. >> orjohnson back again. >> well, they should be looking to appeal to their core voters and the policies that they present , taxation, for one present, taxation, for one issue, a main issue, a reason why, a reason why i failed to vote for them this time . vote for them this time. >> there are no statesmen anymore. i don't consider, starmer to be a statesman or

statesman material in the us , statesman material in the us, president biden will address the nafion president biden will address the nation from the oval office later, as a poll puts kamala harris ahead of donald trump, joe biden's presumed successor, has a two point lead over the republican nominee, according to a poll by reuters and ipsos. >> that's a change from last week, when trump was two points ahead of the president. it comes as mr trump files a complaint with the us election commission in an attempt to stop joe biden's election funds being transferred to his vice president's campaign . let's president's campaign. let's cross live to washington dc now, where the fbi director, christopher wray, is being questioned about the investigation into the assassination attempt on donald trump. >> he deeply loved the institution of congress and particularly the judiciary committee, because it gave her a platform to make a meaningful impact on the lives of millions of americans . if she took up

of americans. if she took up a cause, she could be relentless in her determination to see it through. whether that meant making one extra phone call, going to one more meeting, or offering one more amendment or making one more speech, she would not rest until she thought she had done everything she could to fight for the issues she cared about. through it all, she cared about. through it all, she stayed true to her values and always had the people of houston close to her heart. we are all better for having known her. the american people are better for having had her in their corner all these years. i will deeply miss my friend and colleague . may her memory be colleague. may her memory be a blessing. i yield back . i want blessing. i yield back. i want to thank the ranking member, well said. >> now chair recognises himself for an opening statement. july 13th was a terrible day for america . we all agree. spirited america. we all agree. spirited debate. fighting for what you believe in are part of what makes this country the greatest nafion makes this country the greatest nation in the world. >> but the first amendment and robust political debate are not consistent in any way with violence. >> what happened in butler,

pennsylvania, was a tragedy that took the life of a good man, cory porter, leaving a wife without a husband and two daughters without a father. others were injured . and, of others were injured. and, of course, former president trump, by the grace of god, survived the assassination attempt . there the assassination attempt. there are a lot of unanswered questions about the security failures that day. questions about decisions made before the rally. questions about actions dunng rally. questions about actions during the rally, and questions about statements made after the event concluded. prior to the rally . why was the president's rally. why was the president's security detail denied requests for extra resources? why weren't all the buildings secured? there were a finite number of buildings that needed to be secured. why wasn't that done? why was the president allowed to walk out on the stage when there was a suspicious person on the property during the rally? what exactly happened between 609 and 614? those critical five minutes we know from briefings from the director and the deputy director

of the fbi and other information , of the fbi and other information, we've gathered that at 609, the shooter was identified on the roof at 610, the counter sniper was notified. counter—sniper teams were notified about the shooter. 611 the shooter fired several shots, injuring and killing one person, injuring others. at 612, the counter sniper took down the shooter and the 614. president trump was escorted off the stage by secret service agents. we need to know what happened. play by play, moment by moment, second by second. the communications that took place again during that critical five minutes and then finally, after the rally, why did both the secret service and secretary of homeland security, mayorkas , lie to the american mayorkas, lie to the american people? july 14th, the day after the attack, secret service spokesman anthony guglielmi said this, quote , the assertion that this, quote, the assertion that a member of the former president's security team requested additional security resources that the us secret service or the department of

homeland security rebuffed is absolutely false . the next day, absolutely false. the next day, secretary mayorkas said that is an unequivocally false assertion . an unequivocally false assertion. we had not received any requests for additional security measures that were rebuffed, but five days later, top officials repeatedly rejected requests from donald trump's security detail for more personnel. and on the 21st of july, the new york times confirming what the washington post reported, said, quote, mr guglielmi acknowledged that the secret service had turned down requests for additional federal security assets for mr trump's detail hundred and 80 degree change. why did they initially lie to us? in the days after the attack in pennsylvania ? finally, we in pennsylvania? finally, we hope to learn more today from director wray about the shooter, his use of the drone, the explosives that were in his car, how he got on the roof, and a host of other questions. it is

our hope that director ray's testimony can begin to give answers to the american people about all of these questions, and concerns. so, director, we appreciate you being here, and we trust that you're going to be as transparent with the committee and the country as you possibly can. and i'm sure you understand that a significant portion of the country has a healthy scepticism regarding the fbi's ability to conduct a fair, honest, open and transparent investigation. and that scepticism is based on what they've witnessed over the past several years. the american people have seen a biden—harris justice department that can't tell us who planted the pipe bombs on january 6th. they can't tell us who leaked the dobbs opinion, and they can't tell us who put cocaine at the white house, biden—harris justice department, who raided president trump's home, biden—harris justice department who worked with social media companies to censor americans . with social media companies to censor americans. biden, harris, justice department who let the country believe that the hunter biden laptop was misinformation when they knew at the time it

was authentic and maybe most importantly, a biden—harris justice department who retaliated against whistleblowers who came to this committee and spoke to us about these issues . last week, we sent these issues. last week, we sent you 12 questions about what occurred on july 13th. we expect you to answer those questions. and the others that i've just outlined. and again, we thank you for being here today and appreciate your willingness to answer the questions that the committee is going to have. and with that, i would yield to the ranking member for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr chairman. mr chairman, two weeks ago our country witnessed the shocking assassination attempt on a presidential candidate. now, i disagree with donald trump and almost every policy area imaginable. i am frequently shocked and outraged at the plans he has for our country and the words that come out of his mouth. i have dedicated much of the last eight years to fighting his agenda, but regardless of my strong feelings about donald trump's behaviour, i unequivocally and unabashedly condemn with every fibre of my

being the attempt against his life . this was not just an life. this was not just an attack on a man, but an attack on our democracy. political violence erodes the very foundations of our nation. the concepts of freedom, of speech, of peaceful transitions, of power , of a democratic power, of a democratic government. at its core, these cannot exist if political violence is allowed to fester and to go unchecked. and if you think that this one assassin's bullet was a bolt out of the blue and not part of a wave of violence that has threatened this nation for years, then you have missed the point of what my democratic colleagues and i have been imploring you to hear for some time. election workers, many of them working for free, face near constant threats of violence . in one recent instance violence. in one recent instance in indiana, man pleaded guilty to threatening to kill an election worker who said that there were no irregularities in a recent election. that man said, quote, 10 million plus patriots will surround you when you least expect it and will expletive kill you. close quote

thatis expletive kill you. close quote that is political violence. in another instance, speaker married to nancy pelosi's husband was bludgeoned over the head with a hammer by an intruder in his home who had been there to capture mrs. pelosi, interrogate her, and possibly, quote, break her kneecaps because of her liberal views . that is, political views. that is, political violence. the death threat surging against vice president harris, former president obama and his wife michelle, and governor desantis, as well as many others, including videos onune many others, including videos online of individuals holding guns, making assassination threats. that is, political violence . the plot to kidnap violence. the plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer and overthrow parts of the state government that is political violence. the brutal, deadly attack three years ago against this very building, with rioters breaking through police barriers to run through these halls chanting kill nancy and hang mike pence and even hanging a noose outside the building. these rioters battering capitol police officers and forcing members of congress and their

staffs to go into hiding, squatted in spaces , under desks squatted in spaces, under desks or in closets . that is political or in closets. that is political violence. this assassination attempt, as horrific as it is, should surprise no one. and you would think a political party that almost lost their presidential candidate through an act of political violence would have something to say about the way their leaders keep talking about the next election. donald trump has warned there will be a, quote , bloodbath if will be a, quote, bloodbath if he loses republican ohio state senator george lang said just last week at a rally forjd last week at a rally for jd vance that he is, quote, afraid that civil war might be necessary if republicans lose the november election . president the november election. president of the right wing think tank and project 2025 leader, the heritage foundation , kevin heritage foundation, kevin roberts, said on stephen bannon's podcast, quote , we are bannon's podcast, quote, we are in the process of the second american revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be close. quote republican former alaska

governor sarah palin said in august of last year, if trump's indictments, you want us to be indictments, you want us to be in civil war because that's what's going to happen. we're not going to keep putting up with this. we do need to rise up and take our country back. close quote i could go on, but it's more and more of the same . and i more and more of the same. and i hear nothing from the other side of the aisle in this room about these statements. you support a bloodbath if you don't get the election outcome you want. you justify violence . if the left justify violence. if the left does not agree with you. and what exactly is preoccupied this republican majority, while their allies threaten violence to their political enemies, real and imagined. we have chased down baseless conspiracy theories designed solely to influence the 2024 election in favour of donald trump. we have spent millions of dollars and thousands of hours of staff time in more than 100 transcribed interviews, chasing false accusations against president biden, supporting an impeachment effort that seemed designed to fail and hunting for a smoking gun that simply does not exist.

and instead of admitting that these investigations found no corruption, coercion or unethical behaviour by the biden administration, republicans chose to just dig deeper and spend more money. imagine what could have happened if we had spent these thousands of hours of staff time and those millions of staff time and those millions of taxpayer dollars addressing even one aspect of the political violence that now threatens our country , perhaps had this country, perhaps had this republican majority lifted a finger to help a nation that is awash in guns, the assassin and butler would not have had such easy access to the weapon he used to fire on that crowd . used to fire on that crowd. director wray, your agency is responsible for addressing some of the most serious issues of our time . the bureau of fights our time. the bureau of fights gun violence, which claims the lives of 40,000 americans every year. lives of 40,000 americans every year . it protects election year. it protects election security from growing threats from malign foreign actors who are working tirelessly to influence our elections . it influence our elections. it protects against domestic terrorists and violent

extremists who have been a growing threat in recent years and have carried out horrific mass shootings and deadly events around the country. and so , so around the country. and so, so much more. i apologise to you , much more. i apologise to you, director, that instead of supporting you in these missions in the 118th congress, some of my colleagues have instead hindered your work, maligned your agents , and called to your agents, and called to aboush your agents, and called to abolish and defund your agency, all for political gain. it is despicable, especially from the party that claims to quote back the blue. and i know that you and your many agents and employees have paid the price for these baseless attacks. i know you have faced the barrage of threats, distrust and vitriol from the public as a result of these wild, politically driven conspiracies. i know it has become even more dangerous and difficult for you to come to work each day. i may not agree with you on everything, but i sincerely thank you and every employee in your agency who continues to protect our country. the fbi is vital to

keeping america safe, and i pray that today we can focus on the real substantive work of the agency. it is the least we owe our country in these times. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. without objection, all other opening statements will be included in the record. we will now introduce today's witness. the honourable christopher wray has been the director of the fbi since 2017. he previously served as the assistant attorney general for the criminal division of the department of justice. the principal associate deputy attorney general and associate deputy attorney general, and as assistant us attorney for the northern district of georgia. again, director wray, you've been here many times. we appreciate you being here today. and look forward to your testimony and answering our questions. we will begin by swearing you in. would you please rise and raise your right hand? do you swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury that the testimony you're about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information, and beliefs so help you god? let the record affirm. let the record reflect that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you. and

please be seated . we have votes please be seated. we have votes coming in about ten minutes, but we definitely want to get through your opening statement. and as far as we can. and this is going to be an interesting day on capitol hill with the prime minister of israel here as well. so, director wray, you're recognised for your opening statement. >> good morning, chairman jordan. ranking member nadler, members of the committee, i want to begin by offering my condolences on the passing of representative jackson lee, who served the people of texas in this body. >> and on this committee for so long. >> thank you all for your support of our efforts to protect the american people and uphold the constitution. >> i am proud to be here today representing the 38,000 special agents, intelligence analysts and professional staff who make up the fbi. >> men and women who every day work relentlessly to counter the most complex threat environment i've seen in my tenure as fbi director. >> maybe in my entire career in

law enforcement . law enforcement. >> before i go any further, i also want to acknowledge and offer my deepest condolences to the victims of the horrific assassination attempt in butler county, to the friends and family of corey comparator, who by all accounts, lost his life protecting others from danger to the other victims. >> two of whom were critically wounded and of course, of course, to president trump, former president trump and his family. as i've said from the beginning, the attempted assassination of the former president was an attack on our democracy and our democratic process. and we will not and do not tolerate political violence of any kind, especially a despicable account of this magnitude . and i want to assure magnitude. and i want to assure you and the american people that the men and women of the fbi will continue to work tirelessly to get to the bottom of what

happened. we are bringing all the resources of the fbi to bear both criminal and national security. now there's a whole lot of work underway, and still a lot of work to do. and our understanding of what happened and why will continue to evolve , and why will continue to evolve, but we're going to leave no stone unturned . the shooter may stone unturned. the shooter may be deceased, but the fbi's investigation is very much ongoing to that point. i also want to acknowledge that i recognise both the congressional and the public interest in this case, and the importance of this investigation to the american people . and i understand there people. and i understand there are a lot of open questions. so while the investigation is very much ongoing and our assessments of the shooter and his actions continue to evolve, my hope here today is to do my best to provide you with all the information i can, given where

we are at this point. i have been saying for some time now that we are living in an elevated threat environment and tragically, the butler county assassination attempt is another example. a particularly heinous and very public. one of what i've been talking about . but it i've been talking about. but it also reinforces our need at the fbiand also reinforces our need at the fbi and our ongoing commitment to stay focused on the threats on the mission and on the people we do the work with and the people we do the work for. every day all across this country and indeed around the world. the men and women of the fbi are doing just that , working around the just that, working around the clock to counter the threats we face. just in the last year, for example, in california, the fbi and our partners targeted an organised crime syndicate responsible for trafficking fentanyl, meth and cocaine all across north america. we charged

the mexican based suppliers who brought the drugs into the united states. a network of canada based truck drivers who delivered the drugs, and the distributors in the united states who spread the poison into our communities. staying on threats emanating from the border. i have warned for some time now about the threat that foreign terrorists may seek to exploit our southwest border or some other port of entry to advance a plot against americans. just last month, for instance, the bureau and our joint the bureau and ourjoint terrorism task forces worked with ice in multiple cities across the country as several individuals with suspected international terrorist ties were arrested using ice's immigration authorities. leading up to those arrests , hundreds of up to those arrests, hundreds of fbi employees dedicated countless hours to understand the threat and identify additional individuals of

concern. now, the physical security of the border is, of course, not in the fbi's lane. but as the threat has escalated, we're working with our partners in law enforcement and the intelligence community to find and stop foreign terrorists who would harm americans and our interests as concerning as the known or suspected terrorists encountered at the border are perhaps even more concerning are those we do not yet know about, because they provided fake documents, or because we didn't have information connecting them to terrorism at the time they arrived in the united states, staying ahead of today's threats demands that we work together. and for the fbi, that means doubung and for the fbi, that means doubling down on our partnerships, especially with state and local law enforcement , state and local law enforcement, whether it's working through our hundreds of joint terrorism task forces to build out source

networks, to identify those who slip through the cracks, or targeting the worst of the worst , targeting the worst of the worst, responsible for the violence that still plagues far too many communities through our safe streets task forces, or taking the fight to the cartels responsible for trafficking the dangerous drugs like fentanyl pounng dangerous drugs like fentanyl pouring into our country and claiming countless american lives. staying ahead of the threat also means continuing to disrupt the cyber criminals ravaging businesses large and small, and confronting nation states like china , targeting our states like china, targeting our innovation and our critical infrastructure. at the bureau, we're proud to work side by side with our brothers and sisters in federal, state, and local law enforcement, our partners in the intelligence community and others around the world to fulfil our commitment to keep americans safe. now, on friday, the fbi will celebrate its 116th

anniversary. 116 years of protecting the american people and upholding the constitution , and upholding the constitution, 116 years of working with our partners to safeguard the communities we serve. 116 years of innovating to stay ahead of the complex, evolving and very real threats out there. i am proud of the legacy the men and women of the fbi have built, and all they have accomplished for the american people. so if i may, as we approach this week's anniversary , i would just like anniversary, i would just like to say to all those who are part of the fbi family from our current employees to our farmers and to our partners across law enforcement and the intelligence community. thank you. thank you for dedicating your lives to this country and to its people. it is both humbling and an honour to serve alongside you and i look forward to the work

we're going to continue to do together. and with that, thank you again for having me. and i look forward to our discussion. >> thank you, director wray. excuse me . we'll now proceed excuse me. we'll now proceed under the five minute rule, the gentleman from north carolina is recognised for five minutes. thank you, mr chairman. director wray, i'm way down here. i appreciate the chairman giving me this because i've got to leave. >> but let me ask this question. why doesn't the fbi disclose to the american people all of the investigative detail and evidence that you are gathering as it is gathered ? well, we have as it is gathered? well, we have tried to be transparent with both congress and the american people as we're going along in the investigation, frankly, unusually so for an ongoing investigation, given the sheer nature of it. we have provided a lot of information. i expect to continue to provide information. i expect to be able to provide some additional information here today, in response to your questions and your colleagues, but part of the issue is that as like in any investigation, as we

proceed, facts evolve. our understanding of what somebody said turns out to have more context that we didn't have before, we have additional leads out there. so part of our goal is not just to respect the ongoing investigation process, but also to make sure that we don't prematurely provide information that then two days later, turns out to be different than what we told people, because that's very much, you know, kind of a natural part of any investigation. so did crooks fire eight shots? we have recovered eight cartridges on the roof . why was crooks allowed the roof. why was crooks allowed to get off eight shots? well, that i think, is something we're still digging into , again, maybe still digging into, again, maybe this is a good place for me to make clear, the different investigations that are going on. so. because certainly i understand the and i and given that i've only got three minutes left and i know other members,

i'm really interested because i appreciate your invitation. you said you're prepared to disclose things as questions are asked. so i don't want to waste time. sort of. i just want to get to the questions that might and as many members can ask questions that you'll answer, i actually think you i'd be glad for you to go on soliloquy, frankly, and tell us what you know. >> i think the american people want to know why was president trump not kept off the stage ? trump not kept off the stage? >> we don't know the answer to that. but i want to be clear, and this is important because i think it goes to questions that i can and cannot answer. our investigation, the fbi's mandate is focused on the shooter and all things related to his attack. now, obviously , i attack. now, obviously, i understand very much the intense interest and focus on the secret service's performance, actions, decision making, etc. there are two separate after action reviews that the dhs inspector general and the outside independent panel that's been convened that are focused on that. now, our everybody understands, everybody understands, everybody

understands that . here's the problem. >> we're out 13 days and you say we've been disclosing, you know, we've been disclosing, you know, we had the director or the colonel from the pennsylvania state police in front of homeland yesterday. he was quite candid. >> he disclosed to us that butler emergency services unit personnel were posted into the windows on the second floor of the ag building that they left there to go pursue the person that they spotted, crooks that they texted a photo of crooks to they texted a photo of crooks to the to the psp representative in the to the psp representative in the command centre. >> that information was relayed to the united states secret service. >> they asked that it be texted to someone else. >> that was many minutes before president trump took the stand. well, we don't know is why did he not why did he? why were they not keeping him off the stand and to the extent you know, i know we always hear when there's a criminal investigation, you got to wait for that to develop. but the. do you have any reason to are you, do you have any other target of your criminal investigation other than crooks? who's dead? >> we are investigating the shooter both to determine his motive and his preparations and

activities before the shooting, but also to make sure whether or not there are any co—conspirators, accomplices at this point. >> have you developed any evidence to so suggest that there are any accomplices or co—operators or assisters? >> not at this time, but again, the investigation is ongoing. so here's the thing. >> while we wait, maybe for months, and i hate to say this just i'm not trying to take a pot shot, but we the country went for years with the understanding that the hunter biden laptop was russian disinformation, as offered by respected former intel officials . respected former intel officials. and the whole time the fbi had the laptop and then let that happenin the laptop and then let that happen in public until finally offering testimony in a case to the degree we wait to hear as a country and as a congress, what is happened in this event. because the fbi is conducting an investigation, it provides quarter for the us secret service , not, perhaps, to reckon service, not, perhaps, to reckon with the problems that are obvious to everyone. so let me just get a couple in while i've

got 13 more seconds. one more question, perhaps, senator grassley says that the records of the day show that there was a counter unmanned aerial surveillance operator on site. was there . and why did that was there. and why did that person not prevent crooks from being able to use a drone? >> so again, questions about the secret service's performance are better directed to those other reviews. what i can tell you when it comes to drones is that crooks himself had a drone, and i'm prepared to answer questions here today about the shooter and his use of the drone. >> for example, my time is expired. >> the gentleman yields back. the ranking member is recognised for five minutes. >> thank you, mr chairman . as >> thank you, mr chairman. as i said in my opening statement, political violence is a scourge and entirely unacceptable. no matter the source or the target. last october, a far right conspiracy theorist broke into nancy pelosi's home and bludgeoned her husband. prominent republicans mocked the

attack and promoted conspiracy theories about it. last august, an armed utah man who threatened to kill president biden was killed as fbi agents attempted to serve a warrant on him. hours before president biden landed in his state. some on the right claimed that the man was simply a, quote, second amendment enthusiast. in recent weeks and months, those on the right have repeatedly called for a quote, civil war, with an ohio state senator saying that if republicans lose the election, quote, it's going to take a civil war to save the country, and it will be saved. the president of the heritage foundation likewise said that, quote, we are in the process of the second american revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be close. quote director wray, it's obviously important that we respect the first amendment protections, but there is clearly a point at which some violent rhetoric crosses over into threats of violence or leads to actual violence could you describe how the fbi looks at this relationship between rhetoric and action, and what you are seeing around the country? >> so i appreciate the question. and this is an issue that i've

been talking about for some time , been talking about for some time, you know, in our view, there is a right way and a wrong way under the first amendment to express your views, no matter how passionate or even angry you are. and violence and threats of violence is not the right way. and we don't care what you're upset about or who you're upset with. when from the fbi's perspective, when it turns to violence and threats of violence , violence and threats of violence, that's when we have to draw the line. that's when we get engaged. and there is an alarming phenomenon that we've seen over the last several years, of that kind of passion and heated rhetoric turning into actual violence and threats of violence. we've seen it against pubuc violence. we've seen it against public officials of all sorts . public officials of all sorts. we've seen it against law enforcement . the number of enforcement. the number of officers shot and killed in the line of duty in this country is ,

line of duty in this country is, frankly, outrageous and alarming . frankly, outrageous and alarming. and i know that because every time an officer is shot and killed anywhere in this country, since the day i started as fbi director, i personally call the chief or the sheriff to express my condolences, and to talk to them about the victim's family and the number of those shootings that are ambush related, meaning somebody is targeting law enforcement because their law enforcement is particularly alarming. i have made around 400 of those phone calls. it's almost every five days that a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty. and that is an example of the kind of ways in which, passions and heated rhetoric can bubble over into violence. >> thank you. members of congress, their families and their staffs have witnessed an alarming rise in threats against them. i appreciate the work your agency has done to investigate and address these threats, but i'm concerned that we do not seem to be stemming the tide.

what is the fbi doing to ensure that members of congress, their families and their staffs are safe? >> so we have a very close relationship with the capitol police, and we have members of the capitol police, for example, who are on some of our task forces. we share intelligence information , about things that information, about things that we're seeing, trends that we're seeing with capitol police and others in law enforcement. obviously, if we have specific information about an effort to target a member of congress, then we're getting with capitol police in a much more specific way. but those are some of the things that we're doing . things that we're doing. >> thank you. now, director, your office is leading the investigation into the attempted assassination of donald trump . assassination of donald trump. republicans in congress, including members of this committee, have repeatedly called for defunding the fbi. what impact would defunding or even just limiting your funding have on the fbi's ability to conduct this and other investigations ? investigations? >> so i understand that there are heated views, opinions about us, just like there are about

every institution in today's america. but cutting our funding is incredibly shortsighted. and the people it really hurts our state and local law enforcement and the american people we're all sworn to protect. >> thank you. during my remaining time, i want to turn to a different matter. in recent days, republican members of congress have attacked presumptive democratic presidential nominee kamala harris as a, quote , d—i harris as a, quote, d—i candidate, which presumably is code for women and person of colour. it's not a new theme for them. in may, chairman jordan wrote to you, claiming that because of dei initiatives, the fbi is no longer hiring, quote, the best and brightest candidates to fill the position of special agent with remaining time with my remaining time. director, can you please answer the following questions? is it true that hiring women and people of colour means that fbi is no longer hiring the best and the brightest to serve as law enforcement officers? is there any evidence that women and people of colour are less effective in law enforcement roles? and what message does it send to prospective applicants when their leaders demean them and make judgements about them

based solely on their race or gender? >> witness may respond . >> witness may respond. >> witness may respond. >> so any notion that we have lowered our standards, our hiring standards, is just not accurate . and in fact, the our accurate. and in fact, the our standards are as competitive and selective as ever. we have tens of thousands of people applying, and our selection rate is about 3.1%, which is more selective than just about any university in the country. and most of our applicants. i think something like 50% of them are coming from military or law enforcement backgrounds. about 50% of them also have advanced degrees , the also have advanced degrees, the average age is around 31, which means they're bringing a wealth of personal and professional experience when they arrive. and to suggest that those people, because of efforts related to diversity or anything like that, are less qualified , frankly, is are less qualified, frankly, is not at all consistent with what i see. having visited all of our field offices and seeing these young people in action, and i think is an insult to those hard working men and women who have signed up to dedicate their

lives for this country. >> thank you director. i yield back the gentleman yields back. >> director, let me go back to where mr bishop was. tell me about the drone. you act like you wanted to fill us in on that. fill us in. >> so we have recovered a drone that the shooter appears to have used. it's being exploited and analysed by the fbi lab. the drone was recovered in his vehicle. so at the time of the shooting, the drone was in his vehicle with the controller, in addition, our investigation has uncovered. >> do you know what time of day he flew it? and if he flew it on the day of the shot. oh. i'm sorry. go ahead. go ahead. >> so, in addition, it appears that around, 3:50 pm, 4:00 in that around, 3:50 pm, 4:00 in that window , on the day of the that window, on the day of the shooting , that the shooter was shooting, that the shooter was flying the drone around the area . flying the drone around the area. two hours, 11 minutes. i want to be clear, but when i say the area not over the stage and that

part of the area itself, i would say about 200 yards, give or take away from that , we think take away from that, we think but we do not know. so again, this is one of these things that's qualified because of our ongoing review that he was live streaming. you know , viewing the streaming. you know, viewing the footage from that again, about 11 minutes and around the 350 4:00 pm range, two hours before he's flying a drone in the vicinity of the about 200 yards away. yes. >> okay. that's that's important information. what about the bombs that we've heard about in the in the shooter's car? >> so again, the fbi lab is exploiting those, explosive devices there were we've recovered three devices, two in his vehicle and one back in his residence , residence, >> are these are these what you would call your experts would call sophisticated operations, or this. i mean , i think i don't or this. i mean, i think i don't know, that's what i've been told by people who have some understanding of this area. yeah, i, i think it's, we've seen more sophisticated and less

i would say these are relatively again, keyword relatively crude devices themselves. >> but they did have, the ability to be detonated remotely. and so to that point, in addition to the two devices that we recovered out of his vehicle, there were, receivers for those two explosive devices with the devices. and then on the shooter himself, when he was killed by law enforcement, he had a transmitter with him. now, i do want to add one important point here is that at the moment, it looks to us again, ongoing review. and i can't say that too many times. at a moment it looks like because of the on off position on the receivers , off position on the receivers, that that if he had tried to detonate those devices from the roof, it would not have worked. but that doesn't mean the explosives weren't dangerous. >> and i'm sure we're going to get to all these subjects a little bit later as well. tell tell us what you can about the

encrypted platforms we've heard about. >> so , one of the things that >> so, one of the things that we're drilling into hard with the shooter, in an effort to try to learn more about his state of mind, his motive, his ideology, his contacts, everything else is to look at all of his devices, any social media accounts he had , any social media accounts he had, etc. and, one of the things we've learned in finally getting into his phone, which was also a significant technical challenge from an encryption perspective, but in addition, once we got on the phone, it turned out he was using some encrypted messaging application. >> and again, the same question, relative to the bombs is this was this a pretty sophisticated or is this this is the kind of the norm you see with folks like, you know, similar situation. >> how would you on this on this subject? i would say this is unfortunately now become very commonplace. and it's a real challenge for not just the fbi, but state and local law enforcement all over this. >> tell me exactly the scope of does the scope of your investigation include what i, what i call that critical five minutes from when the 609 when

this is based, i think, on information you've given to congress. 609 when the shooter's identified on the roof, and 614 when president trump is ultimately escorted off and all that happens, the shots that take place in between there, do you have access to the communications that were going on at the time in that critical five minutes? >> so , our, our investigation, >> so, our, our investigation, when you say scope our investigation includes that time frame , although focused again on frame, although focused again on the shooter himself and his involved in that. >> he's obviously involved in that time frame. correct. >> and as part of that, as part of our focus, our investigation of our focus, our investigation of the shooter and the attack, of the shooter and the attack, of course we are interviewing law enforcement from the scene because those are some of the most significant witnesses. and we're obviously getting access to their materials and that kind of thing. and the secret service, we're getting access to cooperative. >> you have access to the communications that exist there, that exact question i don't as i sit here at the moment, i don't know the exact answer to that question, but i know that secret service has been cooperative with us. >> the congress would like

access to those communications as well. >> i mean, not just that five minutes, although i think that's the critical time frame . there's the critical time frame. there's lots of communications. we'd love to have access as well. i see my time is up and they have called votes on the floor. i think there are about six minutes left in votes, so we will the committee will stand in recess until approximately ten minutes after votes conclude on the house floor. >> well, astonishing evidence there from washington, dc. that's the fbi director, christopher wray, being cross—examined by congress. and let's get some reaction to that . let's get some reaction to that. now, i'm joined by greg swenson, who's the chairman of republicans overseas uk. greg, welcome to the show, greg. astonishing evidence there. three key points that really leapt out of that evidence there. greg swenson, the first one was that, the shooter put a drone in the air. thomas matthew crooks put a drone in the air two hours before the shooting. a significant confirmation of the rumour that had been going

around. greg swenson. >> yeah. martin, it's just every day there's another revelation that that the secret service and in this case, the fbi is, is, you know, being somewhat dishonest. you know, you had the first denial immediately out of the gates that they denied that the gates that they denied that the trump campaign had asked for additional protection. and then five days later, came clean and admitted that that the trump campaign had indeed requested and were denied. so, you know, this is just another case of distrust with the fbi, with justice, with the secret service . justice, with the secret service. and i think, jim, jim, mentioned that in his in his introduction , that in his in his introduction, many cases where where the fbi has dug their own grave and really created this distrust, i think the most obvious was the 51, alleged, intelligence officers claiming that the hunter biden laptop was russian disinformation, when in fact they had the laptop and were

quite aware that it was valid in 2019. so they had it for at least a year. and then secondly, they were they were involved in they were they were involved in the russia collusion hoax at the beginning or before the election in 2016, and continued to run with it. so this is not an institution that should be trusted. right now. i'm putting my faith in the congressional investigation that's led a bipartisan by hakeem jeffries, who's the minority leader, the democrat minority leader, as well as mike johnson , who's the well as mike johnson, who's the speaker of the house. >> okay, greg, but specifically pulling back to today's revelations, the second big revelation, there was confirmation two explosive devices in the car of thomas matthew crooks with receivers and a detonator, a detonation device on his person. when he was shot dead by a sniper on that sloping roof of the clear. the clear , the clear, clear link the clear, the clear, clear link here that he may have had the

ability to set off two bombs as well . well. >> sure. i think you'll see more of that coming out in the next few days, next few weeks. so obviously there were missteps here, and the fact that he was able to that he was spotted at, you know, 610 but nothing was done about it until he fired off eight shots and was finally , eight shots and was finally, finally shot himself two minutes later. that that's just way too long. they if they had their sights on him, he should have been taken out. and the fact that, you know, that people were seeing him on the roof and nothing was done. so there's just a long list of, of missteps by the, by the fbi as well as, more importantly, the secret service . service. >> and greg also , they he said >> and greg also, they he said there, christopher wray the fbi director, had no evidence of any accomplices. so seems to be at this stage a lone operator, a lone wolf. but what we haven't got into yet, greg swenson, was any of the questioning around the motives. was this a politically motivated attack?

many people, of course, think it must be, a piece of domestic terrorism. do you think greg swenson, the fbi, will reveal the information of what was on the information of what was on the shooter's phone? those reports, the photographs of donald trump and maybe a history of disliking donald trump. do you think we're expected to hear that ? or do you you think we're expected to hear that? or do you think you think we're expected to hear that ? or do you think they'll that? or do you think they'll keep a lid on that evidence? >> i think ultimately they'll have to. and i think when they're subpoenaed in front, in front of congress, they'll have to divulge that when they get it. you know, i think these arguing about the encryption , arguing about the encryption, you know, maybe there's some validity to validity to that . validity to validity to that. but but again, there's so little trust in these institutions at this point because of the way they behaved for the last eight years that i'm looking forward to , to, you know, having the to, to, you know, having the subpoenas from congress, i think that will work ultimately. in the meantime, you know, they've just really stumbled on themselves, the secret service, you know, obviously with kimberly cheadle, resigning yesterday , that's, you know, yesterday, that's, you know, maybe a good start, but they've made a lot of mistakes lately. they've denied additional

protection for president trump. they've rejected protection for people like robert o'brien. the former national security adviser who's who's on the list by the iranian mullahs, by the ayatollah and has death threats against him. and they pulled his secret service protection. so i think they've got a lot to answer for . answer for. >> martin and greg, the democrat, spokesperson there, the senator nonh spokesperson there, the senator north carolina, was pulling in some mentions of is it because there are so many guns on the streets that this was allowed to happen? it was clearly politically motivated attack against republicans, trying to and then trying to pull in threats, online threats against kamala harris as a broader spectrum of political violence. he was kind of looping that all into the same venn diagram as an attempted assassination. and of course, greg swenson, a lot of people watching in the uk will be quite surprised by the highly political nature of this questioning in america.

>> right, martin? it's a great point, jerrold nadler, who is the congressman that was that was going on and on about about all these, you know, right wing extremists and threats. you know, this it was president trump who was shot. the assassination attempt was on president trump. and of course, he twists it into all the alleged right wing , right wing alleged right wing, right wing extremists and all these terrible things. and terrible threats to democrats. he slipped in ron desantis in there just to be, you know, somewhat polite . be, you know, somewhat polite. but it was a long list of grievances. and that's not really the point here. the point is the failings of the secret service doesn't matter which side of the aisle you're on. i mean, it's nice to see some bipartisan respect here. and you've seen that from other democrats, but not from jerrold nadler. he's just a political hack. and that was obvious today. >> and greg, another key point that one of the republican senators made was, you know , senators made was, you know, will the fbi release this evidence in a timely fashion? and will they do it voluntarily? and will they do it voluntarily? and as you say, he then referred

to the hunter biden laptop, and as you say, he then referred to the hunter biden laptop , the to the hunter biden laptop, the clear information that the fbi had the evidence all along. they refused to release that evidence. they let the conspiracy theories, they let the media narrative take a hold. they had the evidence. they didn't release it. greg swenson, do you fear the same thing might happen here? and why would they withhold evidence if that's the case when it's clearly a huge issue of national interest and political safety? >> yeah, because, martin, it's the cover up. you know, they look they've covered up, president biden's cognitive issues for three years now, maybe four. and especially in the last few months. so it's always the cover up. and i think you'll see that maybe the scrutiny is just so great right now that they won't be able to do that, but they've surely done it in the past. you know, working with the hillary clinton campaign in 2016 on the on the russia collusion hoax and again with the with the 51 intelligence officers, you know, covering up the hunter biden laptop. so it's always the cover up . i think you're seeing that up. i think you're seeing that already here. and you saw that, you know, again, with the denial

right out of the gates by anthony guglielmi, who was the spokesman. and then two days later, there's a job posting. this is public information on the government website, a job posting for a public affairs specialist for the secret service and the salary on that is $130,000 a year. that's twice what an actual secret service agent, gets. you know, in his first year, his or her first yean first year, his or her first year, you know, somewhere in the low 60s, you know , these are low 60s, you know, these are people risking their lives. so this is not about the rank and file. those are brave people that, you know, risk their lives. you saw the human shield around president trump. this is the this is the management. this is the senior level rot. and you saw that, you know, again back in 2016 right through president trump's first term. and you're seeing it again with the with the public denials. you're seeing it again from hacks like jerrold. jerrold nadler who are just obsessed with with protecting their own brand. >> okay, greg swenson, we'll have to leave it there. just if you're joining us at the end of

this hour, the evidence. so far has revealed there was a drone two hours before the shooting from 200 yards away that the shooter put up . thomas matthew shooter put up. thomas matthew crooks two explosive devices found about his person with a transmitter on him. receivers, and the explosives in the car. we'll go back to the hearing into the assassination attempt on donald trump when it resumes in a few minutes time. simply unmissable testimony. coming up. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. don't go anywhere. we're going straight back to that soon. it's time for your weather. and here's aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news following a bright start to wednesday in many places, it is now turning

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>> hey. good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 pm. or welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, fbi director christopher wray has been facing gruelling questions on the failures surrounding the assassination attempt on donald trump, giving evidence in washington, wray says the fbi will leave no stone unturned in their in their investigations. we'll have full details of some astonishing revelations there. next up, a knife attack that left an army officer with serious injuries is not thought to be terror related. police say the suspected attacker may have mental health problems across live to the scene with mark white shortly and with the tory leadership challenge due to drag on until november. today, former foreign secretary james cleverly threw his hat into the ring, adding only i can unite the

tories should the conservatives choose cleverly? or is the smart money on a more right wing leader ? and there's great news leader? and there's great news for the royal family today. profits from the crown estate have more than doubled to a staggering £1.1 billion. i'll find out what that means for the king and queen. and i'll tell you how much me and you are giving to the royals every year. that's all coming between now and 6:00. want to show? always a pleasure to have your company. astonishing evidence once again. for the second time this week from capitol hill in washington. first, it was the time of the secret service director. she resigned dramatically yesterday. todayit resigned dramatically yesterday. today it was the turn of the fbi director, christopher wray . director, christopher wray. astonishing evidence on the shooter who attempted to assassinate donald trump. the bombs in his car, the detonators about his person, the

photographs on his phone, the drone keep us up. simply unmissable stuff will be cutting back to that for a short, second session. but first, get in touch all the usual ways . all the usual ways. gbnews.com/yoursay. but before all of that, it's your headlines. it's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. well, our top story today. police in kent say the stabbing of a british army officer near a barracks in gillingham isn't being treated as terrorism at this stage. detectives are continuing with their investigations after witnesses reported hearing screams just before 6 pm. yesterday in gillingham. locals rushed to help the army officer just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask , attacker, who was wearing a mask, as he fled on a moped. the suspect was arrested later on suspicion of attempted murder . suspicion of attempted murder. the victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious

injuries despite efforts by his wife to protect him. the home secretary, yvette cooper, says she's been kept up to date with the police investigation. >> this is an appalling attack on a serving soldier. my thoughts go to him and to his family wishing him a speedy recovery . this is family wishing him a speedy recovery. this is an ongoing police investigation by kent police. it's really important that they have everyone's support in this investigation, but this was a just appalling attack on a serving soldier, and i know that the whole country will be thinking of him and his family and wishing him a speedy recovery . recovery. >> yvette cooper now the prime minister has accused the previous government of losing control of britain's borders as he took part in his first pmqs at the despatch box today. reform uk's rupert lowe quizzed the prime minister on labour's migration plans , claiming that migration plans, claiming that failure to control the uk's borders has damaged and disrupted communities. the prime minister conceded that small

boat crossings across the engush boat crossings across the english channel are a serious issue, but laid the blame at the foot of the tories . foot of the tories. >> i'm not sure i agree with his numbers, but look, i do think that it's serious that the previous government lost control of our borders. record numbers have crossed the channel since the leader of the opposition, when he was prime minister for 18 months, 50,000 people crossed the channel. it's a serious issue that requires a serious answer, and that is why we will set up our border security command to take down the gangs that are running this vile trade. what we won't do is waste further time on a gimmick that cost a fortune and remove just four volunteers. >> meanwhile, also in today's pmqs rishi sunak, the former prime minister used today's session to call for tougher sanctions on russia. the leader of the opposition said the work of the opposition said the work of the opposition said the work of the previous government had laid the groundwork for stronger action against moscow, which he

said would help fund ukraine's reconstruction . and on reconstruction. and on a slightly lighter note, the former prime minister joked slightly lighter note, the former prime ministerjoked as he sent his best wishes to britain's olympians in paris. >> and i also join with the prime minister in his warm words about our olympic athletes, i have no doubt that after years of training, focus and dedication, they will bring back many gold medals. although to be honest, i'm probably not the first person they want to hear advice from on how to win. but i'm glad. i'm glad in our exchanges , the former prime exchanges, the former prime minister there, rishi sunak , now minister there, rishi sunak, now eluned morgan, is set to become the first minister of wales after making it to the first woman to take on the top job. >> the 57 year old baroness, who is the welsh health minister, was the only contender to lead welsh labour after nominations closed today. she's replacing vaughan gething, who announced his resignation last week after only four months in the job. though she's formally announced

today she won't immediately become first minister as that requires a confirmation vote in the senate. now, you've probably been watching gb news this afternoon and in the united states, the director of the fbi has been questioned by lawmakers over the investigation into the attempted assassination of donald trump. christopher wray has been telling the house judiciary committee that the fbi would leave no stone unturned in its investigation. he also acknowledged that there were still open questions about how the attack happened. he also clarified there's no evidence at this time , he said, that the this time, he said, that the gunman plotted the attack with anybody else. mr wray's appearance comes a day after secret service director kimberly cheatle resigned over her handung cheatle resigned over her handling of the shooting . handling of the shooting. president biden is expected to address the nation from the oval office in washington later on today, as a new opinion poll puts kamala paris ahead of donald trump. joe biden's presumed successor, has a two point lead over the republican

nominee. that's according to a new poll that's been put out by reuters and ipsos. new poll that's been put out by reuters and ipsos . and it's reuters and ipsos. and it's a change from last week, when trump was two points ahead. well, this comes as donald trump files a complaint with the us election commission in an attempt to stop joe biden's election funds being transferred into his vice president's campaign . now, a diver has campaign. now, a diver has discovered a bronze cannon on the shipwreck of a warship that was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion back in 1665. the 17th century ship, called the london formed part of a convoy sent in 1660 to collect charles ii from the netherlands and restore him to the throne. the prized cannon was discovered buried in silt and clay on the seabed, where the protected wreck lies in two parts. guess where off southend pier in essex. who'd have thought? those are the latest tv news headlines for now , i'm news headlines for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in

half an hour with more. see you then. >> 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 polly. now we start with the latest on the investigation into the assassination attempt on donald trump and the director of the fbi, christopher wray, has been facing questions in washington, dc. a quick up some of the astonishing evidence that came out of that session. three big points leapt out . firstly, there points leapt out. firstly, there was no evidence of any accomplices working with the shooter , thomas matthew crooks. shooter, thomas matthew crooks. secondly he did put a drone up in the air about two hours before the shooting to survey the area about 200 yards away. that went up, but that gave the shooter a clear aerial map of

the zone before that shooting. huge questions about how that was allowed, how that happened and the literally the most explosive piece of evidence that came out was that in the shooter's car. and we still don't know where that car was parked. i think that would be a fascinating question to come up in the next session, which we'll cross back to live shortly. two explosive devices were found in that car with receivers on them and on the shoot on the shooter's body when he was shot dead by snipers was a transmitter. now, it's not clear if he'd have had the ability to explode those devices, but that was a clear intent. and another explosive device found at thomas matthew crooks home by the fbi. so three bombs in total. a drone went up . and at this point, no went up. and at this point, no evidence of any accomplices and also encrypted messages on his phone.the also encrypted messages on his phone. the fbi, still going through the rigorous process of

getting into them. huge amount of evidence to come through, huge amount of questions to ask so far. and i believe now we can we in congress is the reporter for the daily mail, morgan phillips morgan, welcome to the show. an astonishing body of evidence in that short session there. and i suppose we can expect much more to come . expect much more to come. >> yeah, definitely. we can expect a particularly combative heanng expect a particularly combative hearing after monday. the secret service director was on capitol hill , and service director was on capitol hill, and that hearing ended with bipartisan calls for to her resign. she ultimately did so one day later. a lot of her answers, she punted to the fbi. she said that would be a question for the fbi. she said there were that the investigation was ongoing and she couldn't reveal certain things. so now, fbi director christopher wray has, emphasised that he's going to be as forthcoming as he can. he emphasised that there are two separate investigations. his

investigation is focused on all things related to the shooter, his method, his motives and the secret service investigation is focused on the security breach and how how that happened and it's quite surprising for british viewers to see just how political the questioning is. >> democrats congressmen were trying to steer this back onto the proliferation of guns in america was the problem. trying to fan this out into the broader political violence context of bad things. all tweets sad about kamala harris and the meanwhile, the republicans were going hard on the hunter biden laptop and the fbi almost. they were implying were complicit in withholding information in that case to protect the biden administration and the clear question was, would there be the same information that could be happening again here? so for british viewers, a very, very politicised and aggressive questioning environment, morgan phillips yes, definitely.

>> we knew from the start that this hearing would focus not only on the assassination attempt, but also on what republicans are calling the weaponization of the fbi. and like you mentioned, we've already had a reference to the hunter biden laptop and a member of congress asking, you know, why should we trust the fbi if they were in possession of the laptop, as its veracity was in question years ago ? question years ago? >> and as far as the encryption of the devices, a huge question. now, there's been all along what was the motivation of the shooter ? was there a political shooter? was there a political motivation? was he driven by some kind of hatred or dislike against donald trump? thomas matthew crooks, we heard very early on was a registered supporter of the republican party. but that doesn't mean he was affiliated with it. i mean, a lot of people in britain might become a member of the labour party so they can influence the leadership in a negative way. but many, many questions to be asked. morgan phillips about the motivation . why did morgan motivation. why did morgan thomas, matthew crooks get on

that roof? why did he pulled the trigger? do you expect we'll learn that from this afternoon's session , session, >> i expect that there will definitely be a lot of questions focused on that. on his motive. as you mentioned, he was a registered republican. he did make a small donation to the biden campaign previously. so i think we'll have a lot of questions on that to come. >> and how political do you think this is going to get in terms of its central part in the, nomination and the presidential race in forthcoming towards november ? towards november? >> oh, i expect it'll it'll get very political. as you mentioned, a lot of democrats are bringing this back to the back to gun violence and the need for stricter gun laws. you know, republicans have taken to saying that this is, you know, a divine election, that it is their destiny to win, by the fact that the former president was spared when the bullet just grazed his ear last week . grazed his ear last week. >> right. so. well, thank you

very much for joining >> right. so. well, thank you very much forjoining us. that's the congress reporter for the daily mail, morgan phillips. and of course, we'll cross back live to that testimony as soon as it restarts . we'll have lots more restarts. we'll have lots more on that story throughout the show, and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country . now to the latest on country. now to the latest on the soldier who was stabbed yesterday. and police are not treating the incident as terror related. the man who was wearing army uniform at the time was seriously injured after he was repeatedly stabbed by a masked attacker. well, gb news, homeland security editor mark white is in gillingham at the site of this brutal attack. mark white what do we know, so far, any details on the motive or the identity or anything at all? new come out? mark white. >> well, nothing on the motivation. the last word we got from kent police was that they hadnt from kent police was that they hadn't yet established a

motivation. they say they've not found anything. so far to suggest a terrorist ideology here. so it's not. it seems, going in the direction of a terrorist investigation. they've pointed to the possibility of mental health issues . but of mental health issues. but of course, even with mental health issues , that doesn't necessarily issues, that doesn't necessarily mean someone hasn't been influenced or radicalised by another or an ideology . so we'll another or an ideology. so we'll see in the weeks and days ahead where that investigation goes, but nothing to suggest terrorism at this stage. now, throughout the afternoon , we have got the afternoon, we have got police forensic teams who have been here, this area combing it inch by inch, looking for clues to piece together the events of yesterday evening when just before 6:00, this officer in army uniform was walking on the roadway behind me when he was attacked and stabbed multiple times. now we have obtained a

doorbell camera footage. it doesn't show images of the attack, but you can quite clearly hear in the background the attack taking place, the blood curdling screams. we should warn our viewers and listeners that it makes very distressing listening . distressing listening. chloe pomfret. navalny . now that chloe pomfret. navalny. now that camera footage was provided to us by alex reynolds, a neighbour, just a couple of doors up from here. and when he heard all of these screams, despite the clear risk , he despite the clear risk, he wanted to push forward, to come down to here see what health help he could offer. this is

what he told us he saw. >> he thought immediately that it was perhaps just a scuffle in the street. perhaps on the neighbouring street, but as the screams became more harrowing and piercing, he realised that it was something more serious, i think initially my father said not to go out , but think initially my father said not to go out, but a minute later i went out to sit to the corner and could see a good 6 or 7 people around, the victim around the body that was lying on the pavement. >> well, throughout the day, senior politicians and military leaders have been expressing their thoughts, their shock and horror, and their good wishes for the victim and the hope that he has a speedy recovery. we were hearing just a short time ago from the defence secretary, john healey, who's out in germany. this is what he said about those events last night . about those events last night. >> my thoughts are with the victim and his family. the best

wishes of our government and everyone who serves in our armed forces are with him. our thoughts are with the family, and we want to see him make a swift and full recovery . swift and full recovery. >> well, the scene of this attack remains sealed off today , attack remains sealed off today, as does the spot where the main suspect was arrested not far from here in rochester, just about a half hour after this attack took place. a number of knives were also seized at the scene of that arrest , knives were also seized at the scene of that arrest, and mark white, terrible links have been made, of course, to the attack on lee rigby and an eyewitness from the scene, who also said that the guy's wife came out and started to pull the assailant off and claim that the attacker only had his sights set on hurting a british soldier. >> the parallel seemed chilling

to the lee rigby case. >> well, absolutely, in the sense that, of course, this was a british army soldier, an officer in this occasion in uniform, attacked and brutally stabbed. and of course, lee rigby. we know i covered it 11 years ago when he was stabbed to death, almost beheaded , outside death, almost beheaded, outside those army barracks in woolwich , those army barracks in woolwich, south—east london. on that occasion, though, the two attackers, michael adebowale and michael adebolajo, were very clear in their motivation, saying to anybody who would watch them as they were filmed that they were doing this for their terrorist ideology. interestingly, when it went to trial, though , michael trial, though, michael adebowale, his defence teams tried to claim that he suffered from mental illness at that time, but both men were still jailed and sent to prison for life .

life. >> thank you. mark white, from gillingham , beginning with the gillingham, beginning with the latest on this harrowing attack on a british soldier. thank you very much . now, one of the seven very much. now, one of the seven labour mps who lost the whip after rebelling has said she was the victim of a macho virility test by martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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we're now going back to washington to head to the fbi director, christopher wray, who's giving testimony on a political figure. >> you immediately assume there's a political motive , and there's a political motive, and that may be the case here. we don't know yet, but i was interested in what you're seeing on his his phone. interested in what you're seeing on his his phone . the press has on his his phone. the press has reported that he had pictures not only of mr trump, but of mr biden and various other members, political figures . can you political figures. can you discern was there a, you know, an element of, you know, mainly republicans, maybe democrats? was it all over the board? can you enlighten us about that? >> well, this is a place where it's particularly important for me to reiterate the caveat that i've included before, because in this instance in particular, we have a lot of legal process out for additional accounts and things like that that the shooter is associated with. so we're hoping to learn more, and we're hoping to learn more, and we're still exploiting a number of the digital devices, i think

it's fair to say that we do not yet have a clear picture of his motive. and i think it's important for me to explain, because i understand, of course, why everybody wants to know the answers to those questions . answers to those questions. often in an investigation from interviewing, people, that the subject was in close contact with, looking at the individual's subject, social media accounts, his messages often things physical evidence in the person's residence. you might see a manifesto, things like that. we're not seeing that yet. but we are digging in hard because this is one of the central questions for us. what i can say is that the shooter appears to have, done a lot of searches of public figures in general, but so far we're seeing kind of news articles and things like that. and so the images that have been reported about really what we're talking about there are when you when you do a news search of an article, i see

the image appears in the cache , the image appears in the cache, as opposed to like a search for that specific individual, but again, i really want to be clear that that's a place that we're doing a lot of work right now. and so more to come on that . and so more to come on that. >> well, i thank you for that clarification. we're interested also in, the role of access to weapons when it comes to this terrible crime. the shooter used a semiautomatic rifle, really a weapon of war that, sadly, has also been used in mass shootings around the country, including in my own district. it seems to me that the assault weapons ban that the assault weapons ban that was once in place has to be a part of the national answer to kerbing. the epidemic of gun violence in america . i wonder if violence in america. i wonder if you could, with your help, director wray , understand a few director wray, understand a few aspects of the investigation . aspects of the investigation. it's my understanding that the bureau of alcohol , tobacco, bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives atf was quickly able to trace the gun.

the gun? the gun's purchaser , the gun? the gun's purchaser, the using records from an out of business gun store records that the government is required to correct some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have suggested that collection should stop. there have been efforts to digitise it which have been resisted. can you tell us about how the origin of this gun purchase was discovered and the technology used ? technology used? >> what i, i guess what i can say is , the we located a number say is, the we located a number of firearms, associated with the shooter and his family, i think it was a total of, i think 14 in the house, the weapon that he used for the attempted assassination was an ar style rifle that was purchased legally, that he, is my

understanding, acquired. i think. bought actually, from his father, who was the one who originally bought it again legally. >> thank you, mr chairman. my time is expired , so i yield back. >> the gentlelady yields back the gentleman from california is recognised. >> thank you, director, i'll try to ask questions that are answerable to. >> i think that's been done pretty well on both sides. >> you do the advance threat assessment and deliver that information. as to the general threat and then specifics as to protected people to the secret service, is that correct? >> well , sort of, the secret >> well, sort of, the secret service does a threat assessment, but they're doing that based on intelligence that they receive from a number of sources, including of course, the fbi. so we share whenever we have a threat information related to a particular individual or a protectee, then we share it with the secret service at a number of levels. >> so you're a participant. but ultimately the responsibility for threat assessment as to

these individuals belongs to the secret service. >> well, again, the threat assessment for the individual belongs to the secret service. but we are an important part of that because we share threat information if we have any. they get threat information from a variety of sources. >> so and you get them from that same variety of sources, they've got no sources that are excluded from the fbi. >> do they. >> do they. >> well, i don't know. i'm not aware of any that are excluded from the fbi, but they may receive information that comes directly to them that didn't come to us. sure >> okay, >> okay, >> director, do you believe that former president trump was a high risk threat under your assessment ? assessment? >> well, i believe that former president trump, really , president trump, really, frankly, like any president or former president, is a very high profile figure and attracts a lot of , unfortunately, the kind lot of, unfortunately, the kind of threats. so it's been talking about it's fair to say, not on a scale of 1 to 1 million with little nuances, but on a scale

of 1 to 10. >> president trump's risk was very similar to a current president, very similar to because he was the presumptive nominee and leading in the polls and so on. that that that he was and so on. that that that he was a high risk by any standard . and so on. that that that he was a high risk by any standard. is that correct? >> certainly. there's a reason why he has so much protection around him. okay. >> robert f kennedy jr, the son of assassinated senator and the nephew of an assassinated president, would you say he was also as a presidential candidate, at significant risk ? candidate, at significant risk? >> well, again, i think any presidential candidate raises some level of risk. >> it might vary from candidate to, but it's clearly a risk. okay, so, in a nutshell, the day before this attack, president trump was documented not to have gotten on multiple occasions from the secret service. what they asked for the day after. it looks like they're getting more.

the day before rfk had been denied by the president multiple times. secret service protection. the day after. he now has it. so now my question is, is the actions of a 20 year old with a lone gunman on a roof sufficient to change the risk assessment in your mind, for president trump and rfk? or are we just realising the threat that was always there and being more appropriate in matching it? and i know that's a little vague, but but you've been at this for a long time. hindsight is 2020. now that we have hindsight, is it fair to say that giving robert f kennedy jr security, upping the security , security, upping the security, including drones overhead, support for the president, former president, these are all things that, in hindsight, should have been done the day before. >> well, let me try to answer your question this way. of course, as i said, you know, the

assessments of the level of security to be provided to individual protective. >> no, no, i understand it's the secret service decision, but what i would say to you is that and i've been saying for quite some time , including in front of some time, including in front of committees of this congress, that we are in an elevated threat environment, and we have been for some time. >> and that comes from a variety of quarters. it is a it is, quite frankly , a dangerous time quite frankly, a dangerous time to be a prominent public official in regards to that. >> the other side has spent a lot of time talking about what people on the right have said , people on the right have said, but there was an attempted assassination on a supreme court justice. we have had the highest ranking senator on the other side of this body, saying that there were actions, that they were accountable. we have had multiple members of congress in both the house and the senate , both the house and the senate, berating the character of, members of the supreme court as a result of their, their, their

decisions made, you know, sometimes six, three, sometimes unanimous whatever. sometimes six, three, sometimes unanimous whatever . are those unanimous whatever. are those comments ? not any one of them. comments? not any one of them. but are those comments and the generation of that sort of , oh, generation of that sort of, oh, this guy's bad for democracy. this, this supreme court justice is a threat to democracy, is that the kind of thing that raises the threat level and would you caution against that ? would you caution against that? >> well, i, i do believe that we've seen an increase in threats of violence, which, again, that's the fbi's lane, not rhetoric, no matter how despicable or heated it is, but violence and threats of violence. we have seen an uptick in threats towards judges, among other prominent public officials, including, as you say, a case that we helped investigate involving a threat to a sitting supreme court justice, an attempt , an attempt. justice, an attempt, an attempt. >> yeah. thank you. >> yeah. thank you. >> right. and i think it's a reflection of a broader

phenomenon that we are seeing in this country where people, again, very passionate. i respect that, very angry. i respect that, very angry. i respect that, very angry. i respect that, but there's a right way and a wrong way to express yourself when you're angry and violence and threats of violence just can't be it. and that's where we fit in. we i it's not my role as fbi director to call out, you know, particular people's rhetoric. there's a place for that, but that's that's not my role as fbi director. but but when it turns to violence and threats of violence , that is has to be violence, that is has to be treated as unacceptable. and that's the way we look at it. >> thank, mr chairman, i yield back. >> director, when the fbi learned that iran was threatening president trump's life. >> okay, that's the continued questioning of fbi director christopher wray in washington, dc. and that session there, three key pieces of information came out. first of all, we do not have a clear picture of the shooter, thomas matthew crooks's motivation at this stage. secondly, 14 firearms were found

at the shooter's house, christopher wray quick to point out they were legally purchased . out they were legally purchased. the assassination attempt gun itself purchased by the shooter's father, was then legally given to the shooter, and then concluded by saying he had been looking for multiple pubuc had been looking for multiple public figures on his computer and then said , we are currently and then said, we are currently in an elevated threat environment. it's a very dangerous time to be a presidential nominee. we'll cross back to that questioning later. throughout the show. of course. now, if you want to get in touch with us, gb news, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay. i'll read out the best of your messages a little later in the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 440. i'm martin daubney on gb news later in the show. and asked if james cleverly is really the right man to replace rishi sunak after the shadow home secretary said he'll stand in the tory leadership race. is the smart money on cleverly moving on this week, new figures have shown that the tourist tax in venice has netted an astonishing ,2.4 million in its first month. now the proposed motorhome tax on the isle of skye and an anti—british tourist backlash brewing all across europe . today i'm asking across europe. today i'm asking will tourism taxes become the new normal ? and who better to new normal? and who better to ask than our intrepid travel guru, simon calder? simon, welcome to the show. always a delight to have you. where are you today is the big question. well simon, i am. >> i'm at exactly the place where you were going to see the maximum number of tourists, which is in central london on

westminster bridge. you've got the london eye behind me, and of course you've got, the houses of parliament just across the river. it is absolutely swarming with tourists here. and actually, as a londoner, i think thatis actually, as a londoner, i think that is fantastic because i appreciate, martin, that there is nothing like inbound tourism for a destination. it's the closest you can ever get to free money. all the people here are spending, spending, cash, creating jobs, paying taxes, supporting amenities that wouldn't otherwise exist if it wasn't for the tourists who pour into london. and it's the same into london. and it's the same in pretty much every other part of the world. but i do accept that in some places , including that in some places, including the ones you mentioned. so venice, where they're trying to deter day trippers, the beautiful island of skye, where thank you very much. they've had quite enough of campervans and indeed barcelona. mallorca, the

canaries, where they've been kind of taking it out on tourists, they think that the balance has shifted and i'll add to that list, if i may, amsterdam, where they're cracking down on british stag and hen parties. you have been warned, martin. >> yeah, that was going to be my next question because, i'm thinking about taking my kids to amsterdam on a weekend break. perhaps i should rethink that. but on a serious point, do you think, simon, that the tide of you're right, free money. but there's no easy way to take an extra chunk of free money off tourists than to charge them to even enter the city? venice has raised ,2.5 million in a single month, and they're not doing anything . it's a simple tax on anything. it's a simple tax on anything. it's a simple tax on any hotel accommodation in the in the area. do you think we might see the same in britain? it has been mooted before in scotland , in wales, in skye, in scotland, in wales, in skye, in areas of outstanding natural beauty, even in cities such as manchester. do you think politicians like sadiq khan behind you at city hall? they

might be thinking, i love a bit of that . of that. >> well, look, there is absolutely nothing wrong if a particular location decides, yes, we want to have a tourist tax. good luck to you, there will be people like me who think, actually, i don't want this. we've currently got a hotel tax in central manchester, it's a complete fact because it's a complete fact because it's not actually enough. it's just £1, which is, enough to be a complete nuisance because you have to queue up separately sometimes to pay it, but it's not enough to do anything meaningful, i'm much more in favour of things like the venice tax where saying, yeah, we are absolutely beautiful. if you want to come here, and it doesn't apply all the time. if you're to prepared go on a wet wednesday in november, which, by the way , is a much better time the way, is a much better time for enjoying the most beautiful city in europe, then you're not going to get taxed. and it's entirely up to places. meanwhile, there are about 99.9% of places who would love a bit of places who would love a bit of overtourism. they don't have

enough tourists and they would welcome them. so, i'm it's great that this discussion is being had , but i certainly don't have had, but i certainly don't have any problem about going to spain myself, the main issue, i think , myself, the main issue, i think, is one of property very often, particularly in spain, you've got lots of people staying in airbnbs in barcelona. that's often apartment blocks, which should be housing stock for the locals, not for tourists like you and me. we should be staying in hotels. they were built for us. >> us. >> and that brings me on to my next point. do you think airbnb is the centre of all of this? are you buying up the properties? you're renting them out to tourists? locals can't afford to live there. we get the same in britain and our beautiful coastal towns. we get them in these big cities on the continent. they're angry. they can't afford it. do you think airbnb might find themselves on the receiving end soon of some kind of room tax, some kind of room levy? they might go back into local economies to help mitigate all the all the

anti—tourist rhetoric . anti—tourist rhetoric. >> right? well, yes. and airbnb started off as a brilliant idea. it was a kind of bit of a kind of san francisco hippie thing here you are. you can, sleep on a couch because there's not enough hotel space in town, and i'll make $25 and you'll have a cheap night. that's great. what it's developed into is an industry . and i'm very, very industry. and i'm very, very happy to go back to airbnb as it was. and i've had some nice stays with actual real people, but all too often it is simply a way of saying, yeah, here's an alternative to a hotel . and by alternative to a hotel. and by the way, the only way we've got this is by squeezing it from the locals stock of places they could actually live. new york's actually had some really good rules which say you're not allowed if you've got an apartment block that could be rented to somebody, you are not allowed to sublet it. but, short stay guests. and so therefore, in new york, the problem never actually arose. and i'm all in favour of every community doing

exactly what it thinks is going to be the best thing. and then we tourists. well luckily, many, many destinations are available if we don't like the rules or the taxes in one place, we got loads of other places to choose from. >> well, simon, can i quickly ask you about this motorhome tax on the isle of skye? because guess what? motorhomes fill up on the mainland where the petrol is cheaper. they fill up on food where the food's cheaper. they don't spend loads of money in hotels and restaurants because they're motorhomes. this is called people being canny and people with caravans. two might be watching this nervously. now simon calder thinking, well, are we going to stop getting taxed simply because we're clever? >> well, yeah. and i absolutely appreciate there is a fantastic community of motorhome owners. i talk to them and it's great to hear the kind of freedom of the road. but the thing is, their freedom of the road becomes absolute congestion, not just on the isle of skye, but on a fantastic road trip called north coast 500, exactly where you say

they add to the congestion, but they add to the congestion, but they do not add anything to the local economy, whereas a good tourist will always be staying locally. maybe in a proper bed and breakfast. going out for meals, just creating jobs and being part of the place, meeting people as well . and i've noticed people as well. and i've noticed when you're in a motorhome, you don't really meet that many people. tourism has to be more about the more than just about money, >> not about that. i think motorhomes for me, it's a life goal motorhomes for me, it's a life goal. anyway simon, always a delight to speak to you. thank you very much, sir. fantastic stuff. now moving on. the weather has not been great so far this summer, has it ? or is far this summer, has it? or is it because apparently that's not been the case everywhere. in fact, according to scientists sunday and monday were actually the world's two hottest ever days. the world's two hottest ever days . and joining me now to days. and joining me now to discuss this as a senior meteorologist at british weather services and friend of the show, jim dale. jim, welcome to the show. so we've had the two

hottest days ever. tell us about the mercury busting temperatures and why do you think it's happening. >> yeah. well, you got to go back to 2016 where it first sort of hit the sort of richter scale as far as these, these world temperatures are concerned. and ever since then, we've had about 50 times when the records have been broken. so year on year and now 2023, 2024, that you just mentioned the sunday and the monday both of those, beating the record. so how does the record actually originate? well, what it is, is it's about 8000 stations across across the globe , stations across across the globe, and that will include greenland and that will include greenland and antarctica and, the arctic itself . so it's not just, you itself. so it's not just, you know , areas with large know, areas with large conurbations with large populations. it's also, other, other , other, more, more remote other, other, more, more remote areas. now, you put that all together in terms of the maximum

and the minimum temperatures. they do the number crunching and hey presto, you get to a point where, we end up with with a figure that has surpassed the previous one, and it did it two times in the last in the last week. and i dare say we're going to get more of that mainly in the northern hemisphere, by the way, because that's where most of the land mass is, it's where most of the, of the population is, are. so that's where it where the effect is. but i would say quite categorically, this is a one way street. these graphs are just simply going upwards in are just simply going upwards in a straight line . and to be frank a straight line. and to be frank with you, and i'll say this openly to to, viewers, this is a line in the sand for climate change deniers. let's make this absolutely clear. this is extremely serious in terms of the direction of travel and these these records are not made up. they're absolutely where they need to be from the united, from the european, the european weather bureau, copernicus and

you know, they, they crunch the numbers. they're scientists. they do the right thing. if they were the other way, they would say so. we wouldn't break the records two in a row. >> it's worth pointing out, records two in a row. >> it's worth pointing out , jim. >> it's worth pointing out, jim. of course, the climate has always changed. we've had this conversation many times before. the temperature at the moment relative to thousands of years ago is actually cooler now than it was thousands of years ago. and we're actually in a period of interglacial warming . so it's of interglacial warming. so it's not quite a situation of the world's burning, is it? well, it is actually burning because there's lots of wildfires going on at this moment in time and getting worse by the second. >> what you've got to appreciate is , is it what we're talking is, is it what we're talking about here? going back to about the 1600s, is what we're talking aboutin the 1600s, is what we're talking about in terms of modern day records. yes, we can go back. we can look at other , other ages, can look at other, other ages, etc, where humans weren't so much influential. we all know what's influencing the atmosphere and climate change, and that is use. no, it's not the sun and it's definitely not

volcanoes as prescribed by the reform party. so let's make this absolutely clear. it is the use of fossil fuels emissions in to the atmosphere that is fossil fuels. >> thousands of years ago when the temperature was hotter than it is now, it's always the climate's always changed. it's called the sun. >> well yeah. what you're what you're missing here, martin, is, is the accelerated rate. that's what you're missing. it's the actual movement. since the industrial revolution, but particularly this last 20 years. and absolutely. this last five years. this is why we're seeing these records broken . no other these records broken. no other reasons. and then the catalyst of that or the results of that are the are the major heat waves that we're seeing in, in many of the, populated areas of the united states, of europe and of, of, of china as well, in these northern hemispheres , plus the northern hemispheres, plus the wildfires plus the, the, the extreme floods, it's just getting worse day by day , week getting worse day by day, week by week. and that's where we're at now. so this is why i mean by a, by a line in the sand. we got

to admit that things are, are not what they should be. and this is because of the population, because of the population, because of the population, strength, if you like, in other words, the number that we've got, it puts these pictures that you're showing, it puts populations at risk. and that's exactly what you're saying. and you've been reporting on this and certainly ihave reporting on this and certainly i have for the last 2 or 3 years, it's going to get worse. >> okay. okay. jim, talking about a line in the sand, i know you've got a palm tree coming out of your head there, you posted a picture on social media. you're in thailand. i think we've got a picture of your legs we can show on screen there. so how have the climates if , if, if there. so how have the climates if, if, if global warming, if global warming is so hot in britain, how can we cleared off to thailand? jim >> okay, well, we've got an office in bangkok, actually newly operated office. so we do some charity work here, nobody's saying you can't fly. by the way, i do offset the carbon on my flight every single time, so make that absolutely clear. nobody's saying don't fly. we just say fly a bit less, eat a bit less, less beef, for example. these are the things we

can do . little bits, little can do. little bits, little bits. not huge, massive movements. we might need them in the future, though. there we go . the future, though. there we go. >> okay, jim, you're always a pleasure to have on the show. you're always a good sport. enjoy your holiday. thanks very much for joining enjoy your holiday. thanks very much forjoining us live there. much for joining us live there. from thailand. thank you. now, a new way for you to get in touch with me. send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news. com forward slash your say but a knife attack that left an army officer with serious injuries is thought to not be terror related. police say the suspected attacker may have mental health problems. more on that soon. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain zoo channel and now it's your weather forecast with aidan mcgivern. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. following a bright start to wednesday in

many places, it is now turning increasingly cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving into the west. this frontal system is coming in after a ridge of high pressure led to a fine start and we keep the sunshine in the evening in the east, 1 or 2 showers, but otherwise largely dry, whilst elsewhere thickening areas of cloud increasingly low cloud as well, leading to widespread mist, hill fog and drizzle across western parts, along with outbreaks of more persistent rain , especially persistent rain, especially towards the southwest. but with the increased cloud and humidity, it's going to be a mild some might say muggy night 16 celsius by dawn in a few spots. but in the south, and especially the southwest, extensive low cloud mist , especially the southwest, extensive low cloud mist, hill fog and some more persistent rain pushing into the south of devon and cornwall across wales and much of the rest of england. it's cloudy. first thing. the worst of the damp and gloomy weather over western hills,

northern ireland. likewise, extensive cloud, a few showers, showery rain affecting western scotland but some brightness early on across parts of eastern scotland. really limited brightness to be honest, with a lot of cloud affecting many parts of the uk and through the morning and early afternoon we're going to see some heavier and more prolonged bursts of rain affecting southern counties, increasingly pushing east through the day. elsewhere, skies will turn brighter, the sun will come through in a few spots, but also some showers into the northwest and feeling cooler because of the increased cloud cover across many parts of the uk. now we're going to see those outbreaks of rain in the south and southeast continuing into thursday evening. perhaps turning heavier again for a time before eventually that clears away and friday is effectively a day of sunny spells and showers. the heaviest showers will be in the north, likewise for saturday, and it will be a bit cooler. >> looks like things are heating up . up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>>a >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. i'm broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, a knife attack that left an army officer with serious injuries is not thought to be terror related. police say the suspected attacker may have mental health problems and of course, lie to the scene for an update shortly . the scene for an update shortly. coming up, fbi director christopher wray has been facing gruelling questions on the failures surrounding the assassination attempt on donald trump, giving evidence in washington earlier, wray says the fbi will leave no stone unturned in their investigations. we'll have a full update. and there's great news for the royal family today.

profits from the crown estate have more than doubled to £1.1 billion. i'll find out what that means for the king and queen, and i'll tell you how much me and i'll tell you how much me and you will give in to the royal coffers every year. that's all coming up in your next hour. well, to show. always a delight to have your company. so what a huge week it's been in american politics. on monday, the director of the secret service was gradually questioned . she was gradually questioned. she resigned yesterday. today it's the fbi director's turn, christopher wray. some astonishing revelations have come out . what's the motivation come out. what's the motivation behind the shooter? how on earth did he go undetected? and could he have been an even more serious threat? the answer is yes, and we'll have a full update on all of that coming soon. but again, to its usual ways. this is your show as well. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to

get in touch. but before we do the final hour, it's your headunes the final hour, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst. >> well, it just after 5:00. these are the latest gb news headlines. police in kent are saying the stabbing of a british army officer in uniform near a barracks in gillingham is not being treated as terrorism at this stage. detectives are continuing with their investigations after witnesses reported hearing a huge scream just before 6:00 yesterday evening in gillingham . locals evening in gillingham. locals rushed to help the officer, including his wife, just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask, speed off on a moped . a suspect was arrested, moped. a suspect was arrested, though on suspicion of attempted murder. about 20 minutes later, the victim , himself aged in his the victim, himself aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. the home secretary , yvette cooper, says secretary, yvette cooper, says she's being kept up to date on

the investigation. >> this is an appalling attack on a serving soldier. my thoughts go to him and to his family, wishing him a speedy recovery. this is an ongoing police investigation by kent police. it's really important that they have everyone's support in this investigation, but this was a just appalling attack on a serving soldier and i know that the whole country will be thinking of him and his family and wishing him a speedy recovery . recovery. >> yvette cooper. well, sir keir starmer has accused the previous government today of losing control of britain's borders as he took part in his first pmqs as prime minister reform uk's rupert lowe quizzed him on labour's migration plans, claiming that the failure to control the uk's borders has damaged communities across the land. the prime minister conceded that small boat crossings across the english channel are a serious issue, but he laid the blame on the tories. >> i'm not sure i agree with his

numbers, but look, i do think that it's serious that the previous government lost control of our borders. record numbers have crossed the channel since the leader of the opposition, when he was prime minister for 18 months, 50,000 people crossed the channel. it's a serious issue that requires a serious answer, and that is why we will set up our border security command to take down the gangs that are running this vile trade. what we won't do is waste further time on a gimmick that cost a fortune and remove just four volunteers sir keir starmer meanwhile, rishi sunak used today's pmqs to call for tougher sanctions on russia. >> the leader of the opposition said the work of the previous government had laid the groundwork for stronger action against moscow, which he says would help fund ukraines reconstruction and taking a lighter tone. the former prime minister joked as he sent his ministerjoked as he sent his best wishes to britain's

olympians in paris. >> and i also join with the prime minister, in his warm words about our olympic athletes, i have no doubt that after years of training, focus and dedication, they will bring back many gold medals. although to be honest, i'm probably not the first person they want to hear advice from on how to win. but i'm glad. i'm glad in our exchanges . exchanges. >> leonard morgan is set to become the next first minister of wales, making her the first woman to take on the top job. 57 year old baroness morgan, who's the welsh health minister, was the welsh health minister, was the only contender to lead welsh labour after nominations closed today. she's replacing vaughan gething, who announced his resignation last week after only four months in the job, though she's been formally announced today, she won't immediately become first minister as that requires a confirmation vote in the senate . now in the united the senate. now in the united states today, the director of the fbi is being questioned by

us lawmakers over the investigation into the attempted assassination of donald trump. christopher wray told the house judiciary committee that the fbi would leave no stone unturned in its investigation. he also acknowledged, though, that were still open questions about the attack, and he clarified , attack, and he clarified, there's no evidence at this time that the gunman plotted the attack with anyone else. mr wray's appearance comes a day after secret service director kimberly cheatle resigned over her handling of the shooting and staying in the united states. president biden is expected to address the nation from the oval office in washington later on today, as a poll puts kamala harris ahead of donald trump for the first time. joe biden's presumed success has a two point lead over the republican nominee. that's according to a new poll that's come out by reuters and ipsos. and it's a change from last week, when trump was two points ahead of joe biden. and it comes as donald trump files a complaint

with the us election commission in an attempt to stop joe biden's election funds being transferred to his vice president's electoral campaign . president's electoral campaign. a diver has discovered a bronze cannon on the shipwreck of a warship that was destroyed by gunpowder in 1665. the 17th century ship, called the london, formed part of a convoy sent in 1660 to collect king charles ii from the netherlands and restore him to the throne. the prized cannon was discovered buried in silt and clay on the seabed, where the protected wreck lies in two parts, just off southend pier in essex . those are the pier in essex. those are the latest gb news headlines . for latest gb news headlines. for now i'm polly middlehurst and i'm back in half an hour. see you then 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 .

gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you polly. and we start now with today's top story. and that's the latest on the army officer who was stabbed yesterday. and police are not treating the incident as terror related. the man who was wearing army uniform at the time was seriously injured after he was repeatedly stabbed by a masked attacker and gb news home security editor mark white reports from gillingham. >> well, here at the scene of this knife attack, throughout the afternoon, police forensic teams have been here carrying out an inch by inch search of the crime scene, looking for any clues that can help piece together the events of yesterday evening when , just before 6:00, evening when, just before 6:00, that soldier, that army officer in uniform, was walking on the road behind me when he was attacked and stabbed multiple times. now gb news has obtained doorbell camera footage. it

doesn't show the moment of the attack, but you can quite clearly hear the commotion, the blood curdling screams as that attack was unfolding and a warning for our viewers and listeners that listening to this, it is very distressing . well, that doorbell camera footage was provided to us by alex reynolds, who just lives a couple of doors up from the scene of this attack. and on heanng scene of this attack. and on hearing those screams , mr hearing those screams, mr reynolds felt he had to push forward. he had to come down here to see if he could help. and this is what he told us of what he saw. >> i thought immediately that it was perhaps just a scuffle in

the street, perhaps on the neighbouring street. but as the screams became more harrowing and piercing, you realised that it was something more serious , i it was something more serious, i think initially my father said not to go out, but a minute later i went out to the corner and could see a good 6 or 7 people around, the victim around the body that was lying on the pavement. >> well, the police investigation is continuing apace, and as yet, they have found no indication as to what the motivation was for this horrific attack. they haven't found anything to suggest that it may have been motivated by terrorism, that might change in the hours and days ahead , the hours and days ahead, depending on what they find. now throughout the day, we've been heanng throughout the day, we've been hearing from senior politicians and military leaders who have been passing on their thoughts and good wishes to the victim of this attack. we've been hearing from the defence secretary , john from the defence secretary, john healey, my thoughts are with the

victim and his family, >> the best wishes of our government and everyone who serves in our armed forces are with him. >> our thoughts are with the family, and we want to see him make a swift and full recovery . make a swift and full recovery. >> well, the scene of the attack remains sealed off, as does the spot where the main suspect was arrested by police not far from here in rochester, a number of knives were recovered during that arrest . that arrest. >> of course, we'll have all the latest on that story as more evidence and information comes our way. and an astonishing eyewitness testimony from the scene earlier of somebody who rushed out to help, who said blood was everywhere. as i tried to apply pressure to his wounds until the police arrived, the guy was looking for a soldier to attack. when the guy's wife came out and started trying to pull the guy off him, he didn't even try to hurt her. he only had his

sights set on hurting a british soldier. and of course, that bnngs soldier. and of course, that brings back memories of the murder of lee rigby in may 2013. we'll have full updates on that story throughout the coming days as we have them now. moving on to the latest on the investigation into the assassination attempt on donald trump. you can see live pictures now on your screen. the director of the fbi, christopher wray, is currently being questioned by the house judiciary committee, and the viewers on gb news can see those live pictures now from washington, dc. we carry quite a lot of that evidence earlier on, some astonishing lines and revelations came out of us. and to discuss them now, i'm joined by california democratic party's bob mulholland. bob, welcome to the show. it's always a pleasure to have your company. so we've seen some incredible evidence this week. it was the secret service director's turn on monday. yesterday she resigned. todayit monday. yesterday she resigned. today it was christopher wray's turn. the director of the fbi,

some some incredible information has come out so far. bob talk us through what you think were the most standout pieces of information. >> well, as i've always told people, i'm old enough to remember president kennedy's assassination. >> of course, we had reagan's attempt, and president ford twice that. it's best when you're a presidential candidate, major. don't do outdoor rallies . major. don't do outdoor rallies. this is a country, america that's full of guns, full of people with mental problems. and i think the secret service yesterday advised both campaigns don't do any outdoor rallies. it's very difficult. you know, i served in vietnam. it's very difficult to prevent somebody shooting you when you're on the outside, on the inside , outside, on the inside, presidential candidates have have massive security. everybody's checked. and, it's hard to get a weapon into an inside. so fortunately, the guy didn't have a bump gun because he would have killed a number of people on that stage. and it'll take a few months for the investigation. yes. the secret service director. retired at

some point, but the fbi will do a good job trying to figure it out. but this is an example of human nature where you had local law enforcement seeing this guy walking around with a rangefinder , climbing up on rangefinder, climbing up on a roof, and instead of just firing a couple bullets into the ground to get everybody's attention, including the secret service, who would immediately shut everything down. no, they got on the radio to talk to somebody, a kind of a middleman. the radio to talk to somebody, a kind of a middleman . and the kind of a middleman. and the result is one guy dead and two people end up in the hospital. and then, candidate trump had, injuries to his ear. >> and, bob, just to bring viewers up to speed, who might be joining us about some of the key revelations of today's evidence from, christopher wray , evidence from, christopher wray, the fbi director. first of all, he said that the shooter , thomas he said that the shooter, thomas matthew crooks, did send a drone up , two hours before the up, two hours before the shooting, 200 yards away to survey and map out the scene . he survey and map out the scene. he wasn't intercepted at that point. an astonishing revelation. then bob mulholland, two explosive devices were found

in the shooter's car with receivers on them and a transmitter found on his dead body. after he'd been killed himself. so the clear intimation there. maybe he was planning to set off a couple of bombs in his car as well. a further bomb was found at his home, as were 14 firearms in the house. all legally bought. i guess there's a whole conversation there about gun control, no clear picture of his motivation at this stage. the devices he used, his mobile phone were encrypted. the fbi still working on cracking them? no evidence of accomplices , and no evidence of accomplices, and he did concur with your point, bob mulholland, by saying we are living in an elevated threat environment. it's a dangerous time to be a presidential nominee or a politician in the united states. >> yeah, in our history, we've had four presidents assassinated

and killed . so it's not unusual and killed. so it's not unusual for everyone around a president. obviously, lincoln was one of the tragedies of america in the 1800s that you've got to be careful , and 1800s that you've got to be careful, and i 1800s that you've got to be careful , and i hope both careful, and i hope both campaigns do not do any outdoor rallies. and it's interesting you mentioned about the 14 guns. the father of this individual that was killed by the secret service had evidently called the police before this incident happened. police before this incident happened . so literally, the happened. so literally, the father had some sense that his son had some trouble, and maybe the father should have called the father should have called the police a couple of days before, and maybe the father should not have 14 guns laying around, especially an ar 15, which, you know, we used an m16 in vietnam. they're very dangerous, very dangerous, and bob, looking into his computer devices because, of course, the next big questions are what was the motivation for this attack ? the motivation for this attack? >> was it specifically a dislike or a hatred of donald trump? well, so far multiple searches

for public figures have have appeared on the shooter's computer. no specific, targeting of donald trump at this stage, and we do know that he was a member of the republican party, but also that he donated to a democrat cause at some point. so still unclear as to the motivations. but how do you think this will influence bob mulholland, the remainder of the presidential campaign? because for a while, maybe 24 hours, it seemed there might be unity, politics, a call for calm. it seems, actually, that we're back to trading blows in the political campaign for the presidential trail. we're back to business as normal . to business as normal. >> well, the american people like a good cage fight. and, we always want a good cage fight. you don't want one guy on on the tarp yelling and screaming, and the other side is not even up on the other side is not even up on the tarp, still sitting down, that goes even our founding fathers, who we all love,

actually wrote a lot of letters attacking each other. so that's that's very normal. and on this individual, his high school classmates have been interviewed and said he was bullied a lot. he was he was very smart, but he was bullied a lot. and i don't know if that had any reason to motivate him, but he was looking at, websites looking for a number of people. and then when this thing was announced, he immediately got his drone. you know, it's quite interesting. a 20 year old has a drone up and we the defence of a presidential candidate doesn't have a drone up, drones are the way of life. so hopefully the secret service put them up everywhere, even if it's an indoor rally. >> and bob mulholland finally, a lot of people in the uk are looking on at this and just thinking, how on earth did such a cataclysmic chain of errors lead to a young lad who got his dad's gun climbing on a roof, taking pot shots at the guy who could be the future president of the usa without detection until

too late bombs in the car. it just seems like such a huge, huge chain of errors. >> yes, and interesting where this, 20 year old, on the roof inside that warehouse was local law enforcement staging. i don't know if they're having coffee and doughnuts, but they should have been outside. checking everything. and in this particular case, that 20 year old was seen an hour or so before walking around an area where nobody else was. so, yes, it was a complete failure by the whole apparatus, but that never overestimate the intellectual capacity of humans . as humans, capacity of humans. as humans, we think nothing happened today. so nothing happens to the next day. that's not true . it only day. that's not true. it only takes one guy who never talks to anybody on his own, especially in america. get gun, get, get exposed. you know oswald who killed kennedy? he got that gun through the mail, like $12. you know, like £10 back in 63. and

we allow that. and i don't see that changing. >> okay. well, thank you for joining us. california democratic party's bob mulholland truly. it's always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. now get lots more on that story on our website. and thanks to you, gb news. com is the fastest growing national news website in the country. it's got breaking news and all the brilliant analysis you've come to expect from gb news. so thank you very much . news. so thank you very much. now still plenty of time to grab your chance to win £30,000 in the great british giveaway. it's our biggest cash prize of the year and it's totally tax free. now what would you do with all that wonga? well here's how you could win it all. >> don't miss your chance to win our super summer giveaway with your chance to win £30,000 cash! our biggest cash prize to date, which means you get to spend every single penny however you like. what plans would you make with an extra £30,000 cash in your bank account? take your family on the ultimate holiday. buy that treat that's always

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>> hi there. i'm michelle dewberry, and i'm going to take a second to tell you all about my show dewbs& co. >> we start off with the issues of the day. we then bring in both sides of the arguments. we get rid of the disrespect, and then you throw me into the mix. >> and trust me, i'll tell it exactly how it is. >> and then, of course, the magic ingredient. you at home, we mix it all together. and what have we got in my opinion, the best debate show in town from monday to friday, six till seven on gb news. britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 5:25. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. james cleverly is the first tory leadership hopeful to declare his candidacy in the race to replace rishi sunak. he says the conservative party has spent too much time rowing and now it needs to show more self—discipline. but former home secretary suella braverman says their party needs to reject

divisive identity politics and woke nonsense in a bid to win back voters from the reform party. well, stamford, in lincolnshire has a tory mp and we asked people there who they think should be the party's next leader . leader. >> oh, i think they should go bankrupt. that'd be rather lovely. and very few decent people in the tory party, and certainly don't want liz truss orjohnson back again. or johnson back again. >> orjohnson back again. >> well, they should be looking to appeal to their core voters and the policies that they present. taxation for one issue, a main issue, a reason why, a reason why i failed to vote for them this time . them this time. >> there are no statesmen anymore. i don't consider, starmer to be a statesman or statesman material . statesman material. >> well, there we go. and i'm joined in the studio now by the deputy political editor of the financial times. my good pal jim pickard. jim, welcome to the studio. cleverly says he's the only man who can unite the

tories, but his plan is to appeal to liberal democrat voters to reform voters, to labour voters . he can't do that. labour voters. he can't do that. and i was struck there by a huge sense of crushing apathy amongst conservative voters about who the next leader is. anyway, what's your take? >> i mean, the situation we're looking at is a situation where the conservative party went from around 44% of the vote in 2019 to around 24% of the vote, almost halved. >> and all of those previous tory voters have gone somewhere. >> so i can see the logic of james cleverly wanting to try and pull them back from where they went a couple of weeks ago. >> the problem is, though, the pubuc >> the problem is, though, the public was fed up with the conservatives. >> they thought they were incompetent and therefore we're going to see this battle within the conservative party about do they go a little bit left? do they go a little bit left? do they go a little bit right? whereas what the public wants to see is competent leadership. if you look at the polling on this, it's not about left wing. this right wing , this, it's about can right wing, this, it's about can you run a bath tub and he's saying here about we need to stop this self—indulgent, petty

infighting . infighting. >> of course there is talking about the do we swing towards the right the farage end of the spectrum, or should we try, as he's trying to set out here to be all things to all people, but i'm struck always by listening to conservative voters. when you look at the below the line comments on gb news on the telegraph, on the express, on the mail, they seem to want the party to actually become a proper conservative party. and don't try and woo liberal democrat voters . don't try and democrat voters. don't try and woo labour voters actually be conservative. with that in mind, do you think they want to actually be the leader of the tories? >> so i have a different view on this. and maybe this is because i know a lot of former tory supporters in the south of england, and they take a different view, you know, white collar former conservatives who were quite happy with one nation conservatism. they like people like david cameron . they didn't like david cameron. they didn't necessarily hate rishi sunak, but they were fed up with the conservatives >> after 14, that tory party got its butt absolutely kicked at

the election. >> but they they but liz truss also didn't exactly succeed. if you look at the polling on liz truss, who led the party a bit to the right, she was basically crushed in the polls and then crushed in the polls and then crushed in the financial markets as well. i just think that if the conservative party tries to go to the right, they will, of course, be competing with reform and nigel farage. and is there enough space for both those parties? and if they lean too far right, that they have any chance of coming back in tunbridge wells, in kensington, in parts of the prosperous south—west of england, it's a very, very difficult dilemma for them. but i think what they need is they need a long period where they look competent, where they look interesting. but the problem they've got is it's very hard to look competent if you're not in power and you have no levers and nothing you do actually changes anything at all, because you're not in government. >> well, the process is going to rumble on until november. so by that time most people might have nodded off. let's talk about the labour party rebellion last night, tough guy. sir keir starmer. or was it he suspended the whip from seven of the left

leaning labour mps who defied them on the two child benefit cap? what do you make of this? because on the one hand, he's got rid of quite a few of the old corbynistas, the john mcdonnell's the rebecca long—bailey's a spanner begum zarah sultana. is this him? continuing his purge of the rump of the corbynistas? or is it something else? yeah, absolutely. >> what we're looking at here is we are looking at keir starmer, who of course served in jeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet and seemed like a loyal supporter of jeremy corbyn, absolutely massacring that wing of the party, leaving them without even a toehold of power within laboun a toehold of power within labour. because keir starmer strongly believes that only from the centre ground can you win elections and the proof of the pudding is that he's sitting on a ginormous majority right now. i just wonder a little bit about whether being outflanked from the left by even the liberal democrats on this issue could store up a little bit of a problem in terms of long standing left wing supporters of laboun standing left wing supporters of labour. losing the vestigial remains of the support they they

had for him. but the other thing that this vote really brought home incredibly strongly is, you know, for the labour party, over 300 votes for the serried ranks of lib dems, left wing labour rebels , snp, greens. together, rebels, snp, greens. together, they could barely muster around 100 votes and it just shows again that complete monopoly of power that storm has for now. >> and i guess he can spare seven votes because he's got such a whopping majority. jim pickard, always a delight to have you in studio. thank you very much for joining have you in studio. thank you very much forjoining us have you in studio. thank you very much for joining us today. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. and later in the hour i discuss the report that's revealed that profits from the crown estate store soared to a staggering £1.1 billion last year. but first, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. police in kent say the stabbing of a british army officer near a barracks in gillingham isn't being treated as terrorism at this stage. however, they are

being supported by counter—terror specialists . counter—terror specialists. detectives are continuing. meanwhile, their investigations after witnesses reported hearing screams just before 6:00 yesterday evening in gillingham, locals rushed to help the army officer, including his wife, just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask, flee on a moped. a suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder about 20 minutes later. the victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries . hospital with serious injuries. also in the news today, sir keir starmer accused the previous government of losing control of britain's borders as he took part in the first pmqs as prime minister. reform uk's rupert lowe quizzed the prime minister on labour's migration plans, claiming that a failure to control the borders has damaged communities. the prime minister conceded that channel crossings are a serious issue that laid the blame on the tories. >> i'm not sure i agree with his numbers, but look, i do think

that it's serious that the previous government lost control of our borders, record numbers have crossed the channel since the leader of the opposition, when he was prime minister for 18 months, 50,000 people crossed the channel. it's a serious issue that requires a serious answer and that is why we will set up our border security command to take down the gangs that are running this vile trade. what we won't do is waste further time on a gimmick that cost a fortune and remove just four volunteers. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak used today's session of prime minister's questions to call for tougher sanctions on russia , tougher sanctions on russia, saying the work of the previous government had laid the groundwork for stronger action against moscow, which he said would fund ukraines reconstruction in a lighter tone, the former prime minister also sent his best wishes to britain's olympians. >> and i also join with the prime minister in his warm words about our olympic athletes , i about our olympic athletes, i have no doubt that after years

of training, focus and dedication, they will bring back many gold medals. dedication, they will bring back many gold medals . although to be many gold medals. although to be honest, i'm probably not the first person they want to hear advice from on how to win. but i'm glad. i'm glad in our exchanges . exchanges. >> rishi sunak those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm back in half an hour with more for news the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> dot com forward slash alerts . >> dot com forward slash alerts. cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . cheers! financial report. cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report .

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good news for the royal family today. bumper news in fact, because profits from the crown estate have more than doubled to a staggering £1.1 billion, it means the sovereign grant, which supports the official duties of the royal family, will increase from £863 million to £132 million. to discuss this bumper royal pay day, i'm joined now by the former bbc royal correspondent, the great michael cole . michael, welcome to the cole. michael, welcome to the show. always a pleasure . wow, show. always a pleasure. wow, what a pay day for the royals . a what a pay day for the royals. a £658 million surge. that's just the extra from last year. and, michael, call me a cynic. does this give away? while prince charles might be so into green energy because most of that is made from offshore wind farms, no wonder he's always singing the credentials of green energy. he's making a packet from it. >> martin, great. >> martin, great. >> great to speak to you this

afternoon, you make some terrific points there, but let me just explain that the ancestral the historic lands owned by the monarch, the crown are administered by a corporation called the crown estates. >> and all the income , all the >> and all the income, all the revenues from that. >> and you said it's £1.1 billion. >> that all goes to the government. it goes into the exchequer and in exchange for that, it's an unequal bargain because in exchange for that , because in exchange for that, you get the sovereign grant and the sovereign grant was, £83.6 million. now, that is 1/13 part of the profit made by the crown estates. but as you say, the money or much of it comes from leasing off parts of the seabed , leasing off parts of the seabed, which are owned traditionally and historically by the monarch, to firms that want to set up wind farms at sea. so the money

actually doesn't go to the man, despite he was wearing that beautiful crown with how many diamonds i couldn't possibly count, in fact, in the sunday times rich list the king is actually only at number 258 with actually only at number 258 with a with a fortune said to be £610 million. well, that's quite a lot of money to the likes of you and me, but it's a lot less than somebody like sirjim ratcliffe somebody like sir jim ratcliffe owns. so the point is that the monarch, doesn't exploit these lands , doesn't sell them on, lands, doesn't sell them on, manages them, holds them in trust for the next generation, and the revenue that comes from the crown estates goes to the revenue goes in taxes. if you will, and helps to, finance the treasury so that our wonderful politicians can spend it or waste it on their pet schemes. >> so, michael cole, when those pesky republicans keep reminding

us or telling us or trying to convince us that the royal family are leeching money off the state, in actual fact, they're generating a whopping great wad of cash for the government, for the country via the crown estate. therefore, qed, in your opinion, quite simply, they represent great value for money. >> well, it's a it's a wealth generation point, but as you say, it's a very good point. the king has been very, very keen on alternative energy sources and he's been behind a lot of these schemes, even on his own estates for, wind farms, even quite a modest little one, about 25 acres at sandringham. so he's been behind that. but that doesn't compare anything like what is happening offshore , what is happening offshore, mainly in the north sea, but also in the irish sea off lancashire and cumberland , where lancashire and cumberland, where these properties, the use of the seabed for wind, pylons, tidal

turbines is very wealthy. valuable currency. and it's being bought up by companies who are putting up these monster pylons and are making money out of it. so it's a two way street, but it doesn't go into the back pocket of the man we see there into his elegant, suit back pocket. of course it doesn't. it goes to the government, it goes to the exchequer. it goes to mitigate all the taxes that we all have to pay to keep the show on the road, which is what we do. and i hope the new prime minister is making sounds like he understands that he is a guardian of our best interests, and that he shouldn't waste our money. rachel reeves has been saying something very similar, and i hope that in four years time we can say that she kept to her word. >> and michael also out in the information today are the number of number of foreign royal trips are down. perhaps no surprises when we look at some of the

health conditions of some of the top royals. but, king charles still being very busy despite his prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. >> yeah, that's right, because the princess of wales and almost simultaneously the king revealed that they were suffering from cancer following on their surgery in the london clinic back in january. it it obviously has limited the programs that they can pursue, but the king is still doing a lot. he went to kenya, if you remember. there was the state visit to france and also to germany and upcoming is the visit to samoa for chogm. the commonwealth heads of government meeting, and a tour of australia. so he's doing his best and i think it's quite a good best. he obviously has waited 70 years for this job and he's going to put as much as his heart and soul into it as he possibly can. it's interesting just to revert to the royal finances, the electricity bill at buckingham palace has gone up

considerably, and i wonder if that's because the queen is no longer with us, because she famously went round the palace to switching off lights when the room wasn't being used, something i fully approve of and rather do myself. i don't live in buckingham palace, but if i did, i would do the same . but did, i would do the same. but the electricity bill has gone up, so that's another thing the royal family have in common with the rest of us. and there we see. we wish you had the queen was there still switching off the lights when they weren't used . used. >> and another final piece of detail is that frogmore cottage is still empty. of course, the duke and duchess of sussex's former home. it's still empty. why is that a certain royal doesn't seem to want to move in, >> this is rather fraught story, isn't it? this this range of buildings was once three different residences for members of staff. it was lumped together to the specification of meghan markle. i think a lot of money. i haven't got the figure in my head at the moment. was spent

upon it. many millions at the at the taste of meghan markle to give, prince harry full credit. he repaid the money when they suddenly scarpered off to initially canada and then to california, which may have been her, her destination all along. and the king has been trying to persuade his younger brother, prince to andrew, move out of royal lodge in the middle of windsor great park. and glorious white wedding cake of a building into frogmore cottage and prince andrew is sticking fast. he's pointing out that he's got a long lease on it and it's a repairing lease, which means that he's responsible for the repairs of which there are many being made and are necessary at this moment . being made and are necessary at this moment. so it's a bit of a standoff. there meanwhile, the prince and princess of wales , prince and princess of wales, who would fit into royal lodge very, very happily with their three children, they're making due in adelaide cottage, which is not a particularly grand building in windsor great park

and was used in the past by members of staff , and was used in the past by members of staff, including group captain peter townsend, who famously had a love affair with princess margaret. the late queen's sister. his wife, who later divorced him, of course, said it was the coldest place she'd ever been to in all her life, so adelaide cottage may have echoes of sunny australia, but it's not a nice place in january or february. >> okay, michael cole, i have to flick off your switch now. sadly, always a delight to have you on the show. thank you very much. now six time olympic medallist charlotte dujardin has been banned from competing in this year's games after a disturbing video emerged of her whipping a horse repeatedly. i'm surely going to be joined by a horse expert to discuss this story . i'm horse expert to discuss this story. i'm martin horse expert to discuss this story . i'm martin daubney horse expert to discuss this story. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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really, what's your take on it? >> well, one of shock, but certainly not one that i wouldn't have expected. we see that animals in sport are abused, not only, this incident, but they're abused almost every day on british racecourses. you know , they are animals in sport know, they are animals in sport and we see the whip used every day, in horse racing. so why should we be any more alarmed by this? of course, this is a shocking, incident that has caused pain and abuse to a horse. and this should, should actually carry, i would say a penalty by, removing charlotte dujardin from equestrian events altogether. she's got to be used as an example. but i think the wider issue is why are we doing this to animals in sport? why are we whipping horses every day on racecourses? why are horses getting killed in horse sports? what you know, the problem is, is that it's self regulated and that has to change the industry has to be questioned and made

accountable. and this is an incident that has brought that to light. >> dean, what do you say to those people who say this is just a part of how animals are trained? it's not necessarily pleasant, but this is what they do . do they have a point or is do. do they have a point or is there no place for anything like this in equestrian events at all? >> there's no place for this at all. martin. in a civilised society, you know, horses are particularly sensitive animals. and they're easily intimidated into submission. and this is what we saw with, in the video of charlotte dujardin , so we see of charlotte dujardin, so we see this on racecourses every day. we see it in, in cross country events that will be shown at the olympics. we will see it in showjumping, and we will particularly see it in this, form of dressage that she was involved in. of course, dressage isn't only about horses looking pretty and prancing about an arena, it's about control of a horse. you know, these horses have crank nosebands on that. keep the mouths tightly shut , keep the mouths tightly shut, but the riders use spurs ,

but the riders use spurs, they're double bridle. they've got two bits in the mouth. these are, you know, these are these are, you know, these are these are welfare issues. you know, the whip is a very visible thing, but there are also other issues going on when we see horses in a dressage environment that we, the public, is perhaps not aware of. and of course, there's 200 horses. >> i'm afraid we have to leave it there . we've simply run out it there. we've simply run out of time. but thank you very much for joining me. and that's it forjoining me. and that's it from me. but dewbs& co is up next. and don't forget to join from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with stephen and ali followed by britain's newsroom at 930, and then tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. my mush is back at 3 pm. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. your weather with aidan mcgivern . aidan mcgivern. >> looks like things are heating up . up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. following a

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the face and then appearing to stamp on his head whilst he was already down on the floor. i can tell you now, right? it sparked debate in this country about what kind of policing we need to have. some would say actually what we need is a police force. other people would say what we need are police services. what do you make to all of this ? and sir make to all of this? and sir keir starmer, that's how our prime minister has been described. following his refusal to scrap the two child benefits cap. he also removed the whip from seven of his mps, who had the audacity of voting in favour of that cap being removed. is

that harsh or fair? and