>> good morning police in america foil a potential third assassination attempt against donald trump, a man released on bail. >> he was arrested outside a trump rally in california carrying weapons and multiple fake identity documents. >> the 49 year old in question denies wanting to hurt the former president, as the police claim he belongs to the far right group sovereign citizens. >> elsewhere, business leaders warn the government taxing jobs would threaten employment and damage investment ahead of the autumn budget.

>> ten more years of small boats. the home office sets aside £500 million to manage two met office warning a wet winter is going to happen. >> we'll be looking at how prepared britain is to deal with torrential rain and flood safety in this flood safety awareness week , as graduate salaries fall, week, as graduate salaries fall, we're asking if degrees are actually a waste of money. >> and in sport, we've still got noidea >> and in sport, we've still got no idea whether lee carsley wants the england manager's job or not. after a31 win against the or not. after a31win against the finns in helsinki. in sailing, couldn't be a worse start for sir ben ainslie. xenia's pretend britannia against the new zealanders and it may be banned from some schools, but the world conker championships have taken place . championships have taken place. >> rain clearing to the east through this morning . but will through this morning. but will you see sunshine by this afternoon? find out more with me later . later. >> hello there. very good morning to you. on this monday

morning to you. on this monday morning i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm isabel webster and this is gb news breakfast. >> just reminded me there of conkers. so the world championships have happened . championships have happened. this is no doubt as a child my favourite time of the year. absolutely beautiful. i'm just surprised that given everybody's predilections now towards nature and protecting nature, that you're still allowed to pick up conkers and open them and, well, they are trees deposited by each tree in there and they fall, don't they? >> so it's not like you're taking them, mining them, opening them up. there's nothing like. it's like they open up beautiful shiny . lovely, gorgeous. >> yeah. it is a beautiful thing. but is it not supposed to grow then in the ground? is that not what you're supposed to do with them? do you plant conker? >> no, no, it's going to take 50 years for a tree to grow. i

would agree, i would, i had planted a conker when i was born. >> no, on the way to the hospital, he picked up a conker. when he got home, he planted it in the garden. and of course, that's amazing. >> really. >> really. >> well, it's incredible what they can do in 56 years. >> how big is the tree? >> how big is the tree? >> well, we moved house, so absolutely no idea. >> it's a lovely thought. didn't think of taking the tree. but the thing is, the world championships, there's certain rules about it because remember, you never used to bake your conkers. >> goggles. >> goggles. >> yes, yes, you used to bake your conkers. >> didn't like playing them at all because it would just hit your knuckles. >> yeah, that's right. and that's why i think schools have banned them. i mean, for crying out yes, you've got to play conkers at school, haven't you. but shoelace through it. >> yeah, but but not only that. then we had the toy, the clackers. >> yeah, yeah. that was the ones that used to go like that. >> nope. >> nope. >> nope. >> no idea. you've lost me on that one. >> balls. >> balls. >> these were sort of balls on the end of strings. >> bigger than a conker. >> bigger than a conker. >> yes, but as hard and i don't know what you did with the clacker, but you used to play

with your clackers. >> thwacked a clacker. you clacked a clacker. >> you thwacked it, you thwacked a clacker. >> there were two. >> there were two. >> we digress. >> we digress. >> two balls that hang down. >> two balls that hang down. chancellor, ahead of the budget >> oh, dear. all right. i think we'oh, dear. right. i think we're going to swiftly move on. >> oh, dear. all right. i think we're going to swiftly move on. yeah. coyte. >> we will see you shortly. yeah. coyte. >> we will see you shortly. >> we will see you shortly. >> we will see you shortly. >> okay? okay. >> okay? okay. >> the shadow secretary of state >> okay? okay. >> okay? okay. >> the shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and for science, innovation and technology is andrew griffin. technology is andrew griffin. and oh, we're going to we and oh, we're going to we wouldn't have been talking a wouldn't have been talking a load of conkers there. load of conkers there. >> we had it all. >> we had it all. >> we had it all. >> he's there on the science of >> we had it all. >> he's there on the science of all that andrew. the science of all that andrew. the science of all that andrew. the science of all of that. right. so you go we all that andrew. the science of all of that. right. so you go we go in now to this this state of go in now to this this state of play go in now to this this state of play where it looks like play go in now to this this state of play where it looks like everybody's going to start everybody's going to start talking about the budget and talking about the budget and what's in store from labour. what's in store from labour. what are your worst fears? what are your worst fears? >> well, my worst fears are that >> well, my worst fears are that this government really doesn't this government really doesn't understand business. >> so they're hosting an we're understand business. >> so they're hosting an investment summit. but it's about much more about how you investment summit. but it's about much more about how you create a business environment. create a business environment. so we left the economy in decent so we left the economy in decent shape. it was our government shape. it was our government that made the uk a science and that made the uk a science and technology superpower . there are technology superpower . there are technology superpower. there are technology superpower. there are 100 days in, and what we're 100 days in, and what we're heanng 100 days in, and what we're hearing about is a tax on jobs, heanng 100 days in, and what we're hearing about is a tax on jobs, which would break their which would break their manifesto promise. last week we manifesto promise. last week we

had this whole slew of workers had this whole slew of workers rights, which means you can turn rights, which means you can turn up for work on a monday morning up for work on a monday morning and then take your employer to and then take your employer to and then take your employer to an employment tribunal in the and then take your employer to an employment tribunal in the afternoon. and now the afternoon. and now the chancellor, ahead of the budget chancellor, ahead of the budget we're hearing, is going to fiddle the definition of debt so they can go on a spending splurge splurge. so for business not all that to great be honest, i suppose. >> drill into what exactly you're saying there because we've got labour coming on later on and they will claim that this is not a breach of their manifesto. they never said they wouldn't increase national insurance for employers, which is what they're, you know , over is what they're, you know, over the weekend, say they would they didn't say they would. >> the inference was that there wouldn't be an increase because we're all going to have to pay probably a moot point. >> and you probably won't agree. but i suppose the question is, doesit but i suppose the question is, does it make sense to do it? and you know what will this raise in terms of revenue for the treasury? and could it be worth doing and what would it mean for business, in your opinion ? business, in your opinion? >> well, it's another body for blow business. so you're right, you're put to them. and, you know, now we're hearing all the

small print that they never said dunng small print that they never said during the election. they made a very clear commitment that they wouldn't put tax on work. and absolutely, national insurance for business is a tax on work, but it just comes across a whole slew of things that they've been doing many more, you know, pieces than your lot were

different than your lot were last time round, which is you know kid gloves as regards the amazons and all these big, big companies like this, everything's good for that. and yet then the workers , the yet then the workers, the grafters, we are the ones who are hit and hit hard. and that's the way it's going to be. yet again. >> well , i again. >> well, i don't agree with that. i mean, we had to put up taxes to cover the cost of covid, and we all understand that. but conservative governments lower taxes. we lifted millions of people out of tax by raising the minimum income tax threshold. and it's really important. eamonn if you're going to try and grow the economy, which i agree, all governments talk about growing the economy, don't they? but if you're going to grow the economy, you've actually got to

walk the walk. it's not just about hosting a big fancy conference, giving them a few canapes. you've actually got to create an economy that businesses want to come here and invest, and that people want to set up small businesses themselves. there's an awful lot of red tape that gets in the way. our government understand that this government 100 days in, you know, all that this government 100 days in, you know,