well . well. >> good morning. i'm olivia utley alongside ben leo and this is saturday morning live. >> very good morning to you. to great have your company this morning. and we've got an action packed special show as the tory leadership race is decided today. >> coming up over the next two hours, we'll bring you all the lead up analysis and ultimately the results everyone has been waiting for. after months of battling away between the two final tory leadership candidates, will it be robert jenrick or kemi badenoch who comes out on top as leader of the conservative party .7 the conservative party.7 >> two hours of action packed analysis and reaction. the big

result comes at 11 am. we'll be going live to london for the announcement. and olivia, it's announcement. and olivia, it's an important day for the tories and the future of the party. well, it's a very important day. >> people have been saying it's a sort of fight for the life and soul of the conservative party as they decide whether to sway to the left, get those lib dem votes back or sway to the right, and try and bring reform voters oven and try and bring reform voters over. and of course, on this very important day , we want to very important day, we want to hear from you. we would love to hear from you. we would love to hear what you think. send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news .com. >> slash yourself massive two hours coming up. but before we do anything else, lewis mckenzie has all your news headlines. thank you very much, team. good morning. it's 10:00 i'm lewis mckenzie morning. it's10:00 i'm lewis mckenzie here in the gb newsroom. now as you've just heard the new leader of the conservative party will be announced today at 11:00 here on gb news . either announced today at 11:00 here on gb news. either kemi announced today at 11:00 here on gb news . either kemi badenoch announced today at 11:00 here on gb news. either kemi badenoch or robert jenrick will succeed

rishi sunak as the leader of the opposition. both candidates say they would serve in each other's shadow cabinets if they lost the contest. this comes as the conservatives have regained a poll lead over for labour the first time in three years. six teenagers have been arrested after a 13 year old girl was found with multiple stab wounds at the side of a major road in east yorkshire. police say she was found on the a63 in hessle, with life threatening injuries, including lacerations to her neck, abdomen and chest. four boys and two girls , aged between boys and two girls, aged between 14 and 17, were arrested in a nearby wooded area and are being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder. police believe the attackers knew the victim and the girl remains in hospital in critical condition . ukrainian in critical condition. ukrainian leader volodymyr zelenskyy has renewed calls for the uk and us to allow his troops to use

western long—range missiles in recent weeks , north korea has recent weeks, north korea has continued to deploy more soldiers into russia to fight in the war, with defence secretary john healey warning the growing alliance between north korea and moscow is worrying . now. more moscow is worrying. now. more than 5000 migrants arrived in the uk after crossing the channelin the uk after crossing the channel in october, making it the busiest month of the year so far, according to the home office figures, 230 people have made the journey in five boats on thursday, which brings the total number of arrivals recorded last month to 5417. it comes after the 10th death this month was recorded on wednesday, with the total number of people who have died while trying to cross the channel this year to 50. well to spain now, where rescue teams are continuing to search for bodies after flash flooding swept through large areas of the country, crews are

continuing to search for bodies in stranded cars and buildings following the flash floods, as authorities deal with the worst flooding in the country in decades. with dozens of people still missing, spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has declared the area a disaster zone. declared the area a disaster zone . the spanish government has zone. the spanish government has now confirmed 205 deaths so far . now confirmed 205 deaths so far. and finally, a us navy veteran has become the first professional santa claus in the world to be fitted with a bionic arm. mike tindall of tennessee has he had his left forearm amputated in 1994 after an automatic wood saw accident when he received the bionic arm from the bristol based company open bionics. he said when i first saw the red design, i knew it was perfect. it even matches my santa suit . well. those are your santa suit. well. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm louise mackenzie. more from me in an hour's time for the very latest gb news direct to your

smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> and we're going to cross live now to the tory leadership event where we're joined by gb. news, political editor chris hope, who's with andrew griffith, the mp for arundel and south downs and shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology. tell us more, chris. >> that's right. morning , >> that's right. morning, olivia. morning, ben. yeah, we're here in central london for the final result. after three months of waiting of the new tory leader. and it comes with a good poll here of the tory party today, with everything going in the right direction. the tories are at one point ahead of labour up four. labour down two. and crucially for me, reform down three at 17 points. there's almost a perfect gift for this new leader. if it's robert jenrick or kevin badenoch. but joining me now is andrew

griffiths. he's of course he's a supporter of kemi badenoch . supporter of kemi badenoch. andrew griffiths a quick one for the viewers who's one. >> good morning chris. good to be with you. we're all going to have to wait. what is it. be with you. we're all going to have to wait. what is it . about have to wait. what is it. about 55 minutes. i've got the same butterflies in my stomach that many people will have. look , many people will have. look, i've always been quietly optimistic that kemi would win the interactions that i've seen with members, the fact that she's always seemed to me the best answer to the question that we've had right now, which is how do we reunite, re—equip ourselves, ready for government? so we'll have to find out. but, you know, hopeful. i'm hopeful by my maths. >> 80 mps or 79 mps don't back kemi badenoch, 80 don't back robert jenrick. so two thirds of the parliamentary party don't support the new leader . that's support the new leader. that's a bit of a nightmare, isn't it? >> well, i think 121 conservative mps sitting across the benches looking at the absolute horror show that that was the labour budget last week , was the labour budget last week, are very keen that we all unite,

we all roll up our sleeves and get down to work on monday, take the fight to labour and as quickly as possible and having built credible plans, get ready for government. >> but do you worry that some of the big beasts are leaving the frontbench? james cleverly won't be part of the new shadow shadow team. jeremy hunts off. rishi sunak, i'm sure is in yorkshire, not the frontbench, with oliver dowden probably. certainly not. you have to create a new team, don't you? around the new leader. >> well, look, the process of any party, any human talent organisation is obviously renewing its talent over time . renewing its talent over time. but but all of the people you've mentioned have said that they're going to make a contribution from the backbenches. all of them are as motivated as anyone could ever be to unite the right to get us back into government, obviously learn the mistakes as well that were made in the past. so i have no, i actually have no concerns on that score. this labour government is such a horror show. that budget absolutely showed where their values are. and there is a very clear difference between what

the direction they're leading the direction they're leading the country and the direction all of the conservative members of parliament and the wider party want to go in a quick one. >> what job have you been offered? you're being tipped to be shadow chancellor if kemi wins, kemi badenoch wins. >> look, with 121 of us, chris and you know this. we've all got to roll up our sleeves. i'm going to do whatever i can to support whoever is the leader , support whoever is the leader, because it's a really important job that we've been sent to parliament to do. >> now, is it possible to overturn this? 171 majority of labour's got in one term? it would be historic if it happened. wouldn't it? >> well, we lost, sad to say, chris, but we lost our majority of 80 in 1 term. to govern, you only need a majority of one. you can see already after an unprecedented what is it, 120 days? just how catastrophically the labour ratings have fallen ? the labour ratings have fallen? keir starmer's ratings looking at last week's budget , which keir starmer's ratings looking at last week's budget, which is still being digested and unpicking day by day. so yeah, i really do believe that unpicking day b