attack in new orleans. now, the fbi are suggesting it could be a terrorist attack, and then it will be back to normal programming. as we debate which party leader had the best new year's message. and politicians haven't been calling for officials who ignored the rotherham grooming gang scandal to go to jail. follows on from elon musk tweeting people at all levels of power in the uk need to be in prison. why has justice taken so long? and labour's vat raid on schools comes into place

this month? but will it backfire? and my panel tonight, aaron bastani, co—founder of novara media, and benedict spence, writer and political commentator. first of all, though, we're going to get your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> darren. thank you. good evening. it'sjust >> darren. thank you. good evening. it's just gone 6:00. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. the suspect accused of driving a truck through a crowd in new orleans killing ten people, has been identified as 42 year old shamsuddin jabbar, according to us media. the fbi are investigating this morning's deadly attack as an act of terrorism. at least 35 people have been injured after the pickup truck drove into a large crowd on the corner of the popular bourbon street in the

french quarter of the city. local police said the driver of the vehicle got out and opened fire on police with two officers shot but in a stable condition. while the suspect was declared dead at the scene. it happened at around 3 am. local time and people are being asked to avoid the area. president joe biden has released a statement following this morning's deadly attack. the us president spoke a short while ago while leaving on a flight from delaware, refusing to give much away, saying in the next hour or so, following what's going on in new orleans, i'm not going to comment until i speak to the group later. >> i've spoken to every member of the agency, from the cia to the to our national security team, to our fbi, the nsc. >> meanwhile, donald trump says his administration will fully support the city of new orleans as it investigates and recovers from the attack. posting on truth social. the president elect said, when i said that the criminals coming in are far

worse than the criminals we have in the country, it turned out to be true. in other news now, sir keir starmer has hailed 2024 as a year of change as he shared his first new year message as prime minister. sir keir declared that the uk will embark on a year of rebuilding and rediscovering the great nation we are in 2025. >> until you can look forward and believe in the promise and the prosperity of britain again, then this government will fight for you. >> but the conservatives have accused labour of offering change for the worse, as kemi badenoch used her own new year's message to warn that efforts to turn around tory fortunes would be bumpy. >> happy new year! like all of you, i am looking forward to a 2025 that is full of hope, security and prosperity. the conservative party is also going through a period of change. this

process of renewal will be a long term project. things may be bumpy along the way, but the party i now lead is going to do things differently. watch this space. >> now, a major incident has been declared in greater manchester after flooding forced homes to be evacuated and closed train lines and roads following heavy rain. more than 100 flood warnings have been issued across the uk, as rain continues to batter parts of the country on the first day of 2025. greater manchester police said people became trapped in their homes without running water, while others were rescued from cars stranded in floodwaters. meanwhile, a three day snow warning has been issued for almost all of england and parts of scotland this weekend, as the met office has warned rural communities communities could become cut off. and to scarborough now, where brave people have been ringing in the new year's day by jumping in the freezing cold sea. the 2025 new year's day dip has over 150

dippers, helping raise thousands of pounds to help those most in needin of pounds to help those most in need in the scarborough community. thousands turned out on the south shore to see scarborough's mayor welcome the dippers, before the town crier sent them away to the cold north sea. our yorkshire reporter, anna o'reilly, is on the beach in scarborough. >> the new year's day dip in scarborough, where 150 swimmers have taken to the north sea. here you may be able to see the crowds that have turned out. hundreds of people have come to the beach here to encourage people to take the dip. and it's all about charity. it's something that's been arranged by the scarborough lions. they take a fee for people to enter that goes towards charity. and then many people here are raising money for charity through doing this new year's day dip. it certainly attracted a lot of crowds. you can see some people here in the crowd in fancy dress. there's been a competition for the best dressed

and we can see people coming out of the water now who have taken part, and those are the latest gb news headlines. >> now it's back to darren. >> now it's back to darren. >> thank you very much sophia. now my friends, before we get to the regular show, i just wanted to do something more on the awful news coming to us from the united states of america. now, us media have identified the suspect involved in ploughing into a crowd of people in new orleans as 42 year old shamsuddin jabar. now, according to cnn, the attacker was carrying an isis flag. now ten people were tragically killed and 35 injured after the vehicle rammed into the revellers celebrating new year. the incident took place on the corner of the popular bourbon street in the french quarter of the city. that's a tourist

destination. the reports suggest the man in question got out of his vehicle and opened fire, at which point the police fired back. well, joining me to give us the latest on this is steve gill, a political commentator based in nashville, tennessee. steve, thank you very much for your company. the latest there is pretty harrowing news, and president trump has actually issued an intervention from his truth social social media platform. >> well, it's interesting that the clip you just aired from joe biden indicated that he had talked to the cia and to the national security adviser, indicating that very early on, they suspected that this was, in fact, a terror attack. new orleans authorities just a moment ago are saying now that they suspect 4 to 5 others were involved in this. there are some media reports that he was wearing body armour, although so often we see the case when somebody is wearing tactical gear that it gets reported as

body armour. the fact that the police shot him through the body armour indicates it was probably just tactical gear. but a tragic day in new orleans. and again, the news is still breaking in terms of the details of who this guy was, who he may have cooperated with. new orleans authorities are saying he had an isis flag with him again. they're now saying that there were 4 to 5 other individuals involved. he's reportedly a former us. army veteran, you know, worked in like some capacity in the military, not not active combat, but in capacity as sort of a human relations human resources guy. so there there are details literally coming out as, as we're on the air. >> yeah. and steve, i mean, i wonder to what extent the resurgence of the threat of isis, you know, in the wake of what's going on in syria, for example, that threat is still very much there across the western world. >> well, and there are reports that this this truck traversed, first of all, there were reports

that it had come across the eagle pass texas border a couple of days ago and now is being reported that it was about a month ago. but the fact that we still in this country, as you all experience in england as well, open borders with, with no knowledge of who's coming in and what their purposes are and intent, we know that terrorists are coming into this country with nefarious intent, and we're going to see more and more of these kinds of attacks in this country until we a secure the border and then target those who are here illegally and remove them, starting with those who are the criminal illegals who've committed atrocious violent acts in their countries or in ours. >> yes. i mean, steve, to be honest with you, there was a sense of surprise, surprise when we read the name of the individual involved, because 1512 00:09:47,736