freezes all to death next. >> good evening. it's 9:00. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. president elect donald trump has been handed an unconditional discharge in the stormy daniels hush money case, meaning he won't go to jail or face a fine. it comes just days before the 78 year old is due to before the 78 year old is due to be inaugurated as us president for a second time on the 20th of january. explaining his decision, judge merchan says the protections afforded to the office of the president are a factor that overrides all others. trump said this has been a terrible experience and he is totally innocent. a night—time curfew has been imposed in the fire hit areas of la, as police warn that anyone involved in despicable looting will be arrested. at least ten people have died in wildfires tearing through the region, with high winds threatening to spread the flames further. five fires are

still burning and a man has been detained, but authorities say there is no conclusive proof they were started deliberately. body cam footage from the new orleans attack has emerged, showing shamsuddin jabar firing at police officers, who dived to the ground before they shoot him dead. a warning the following images may be distressing. the us army veteran drove a rented truck into people celebrating on the city's famous bourbon street, killing 14 people. new footage released by new orleans police shows him shooting from behind an airbag as several officers surround his truck after it crashed. the officers then run and dive for cover. back in the uk, three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 17 year old boy was fatally stabbed in bedford. thomas taylor was attacked on wednesday as he walked along greenhill street near a bus station in the town centre. thomas suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital, but sadly died a short

time after. a 17 year old and 218 year olds have been arrested on suspicion of murder and have been taken into custody for questioning. the owner of british gas has warned uk gas stores have fallen to concerningly low levels amid freezing cold temperatures. centrica says the uk now has less than a week's worth of demand for gas in store. the country's largest gas storage site said it could be down to plunging temperatures driving up demand, adding that the need to replenish stocks could lead to rising prices ahead. and a second pair of links have been captured after being found in the cairngorms national park in scotland. two other links released illegally were caught in the same area on thursday. doctor helen sen, from the royal zoological society of scotland, said i'm sure that everyone in the community will be happy and relieved to know that the second pair of links have been safely

captured. investigations are ongoing to uncover the full story behind the incidents. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to patrick 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/alerts. >> welcome along. now before i get stuck into read ed miliband's net zero lunacy, we can go live to reform uk's south east conference and our political editor christopher hopeis political editor christopher hope is there for us. and christopher, i believe you've got someone with you. and also, interestingly, it appears that nigel farage might have opened the door to a shamima begum return. what's all that about? >> patrick. hi. welcome to esher in surrey, where we've been here for the south east conference of

the reform uk party. and with me is the chairman of the party, zaheer yusuf ziya. patrick was asking now on the channel, what's all this about? shireen obe begum, your leader thinks we should be opening the door to her coming back to the uk. >> well, when reform uk topped a national opinion poll for the first time to find out. now poll yesterday putting it at 25%, albeit joint up with labour. i said to nigel, okay, watch the attacks come in and right on cue. so if anyone actually cares about truth, then they should actually look at what nigel actually look at what nigel actually said, which was that what's happened in syria is that there's been regime change. and let's be clear about what's happened as a result of that. you have jihadists in senior government positions. if you are a british citizen and you are concerned that there are people in syrian prisons that are security threats to the united kingdom, where would you rather they were sitting inside a prison in a now potentially

jihadist controlled syria, or inside a maximum security prison inside a maximum security prison inside the united kingdom? and that's what the point nigel was making. this is really important. one of the key points is that we've had governments now 14 years of tory rule and now 14 years of tory rule and now this awful labour government where politicians pretend to care about british people and will say the words that they think are going to maximise their outcomes on social media and government and media headlines. nigel farage is the opposite. he truly cares about the british people and will say the british people and will say the things that are true in order that they benefit, including when it comes to security. and that's what those comments were about. >> it's a bit of fair. you're saying it's an attack on reform? i'm just quoting about what he said. he said i'm instinctively never wanted to allow her back to the uk, but now i'm thoughtful. so he's opening the door to the idea of her coming back here and going to high security prison. is that what you're saying? >> well, the first point is, as he said multiple times, instinctively he would be against it. and look, everybody watching this knows what nigel farage stands for. he stood for it for 30 years. but look, the

facts on the ground have changed. there has been regime changed. there has been regime change in syria. and let me say it again, there are islamists and jihadists now in senior governmental positions in syria. it's a highly unstable situation. who knows how it's going to pan out. so and by the way, we have a totally permeable border. now people are crossing the border, tens of thousands, around 37,000 crossed last year alone. we're seeing in some days hundreds cross the channel, including, by the way, people originated from syria, even though they're now coming from france. so the reality is what nigel said was national security matters. we would rather such people were in maximum security prisons in the uk rather than sitting in prisons in syria, potentially in the hands of islamists who might have different views. >> but when you're leading the polls, you get more scrutiny. now, a dozen or so reform uk councillors have apparently quit or may quit the party tonight. is that worrying? they're saying here in a statement that there has been no meaningful steps towards democratising your

party, which he promised to do to gb news when i interviewed you back in in august, september time. >> i'm the opposite of concerned about that. i just posted on twitter that the leader of this group of. and i'm putting in inverted commas here. councillors were suspended by the party last month, several weeks ago, and the disciplinary disciplinary committee was due to sit on monday with regards to whether they would be okay. >> but he's not here to defend himself. but why have you taken 4 or 5 months and you still haven't got this, this new idea of democratising your party sorted out yet? >> well, it's quite important actually, because it's not only the leader of that party was suspended. the reason he was suspended. the reason he was suspended is because he was nominating candidates for council seats who had failed vetting and in and frankly, was using a certificate that was not valid. so several of the councillors that's why i'm putting it in inverted commas are illegitimate that they aren't they aren't here to defend themselves. >> but on the point about your change to the party, which everyone welcomed, there's

concerns that ben habib, he's concerned. why are you taking so long to democratise the party? all these people here think they're joining a party, but they're joining a party, but they're really joining a company owned by nigel farage at this point. >> well, all of the people here are fully paid up members and know exactly what they're joining. the people who are not members and seek to tear reform down won't succeed. let me be clear. actually doing things in the world takes time and it takes effort. what we're doing right now, which is converting a company limited by shares to a company limited by shares to a company limited by guarantee at this scale, to my knowledge and to the knowledge of the case and the lawyers working on the case, it's unprecedented in the united kingdom. it's a huge amount of work to 1504 00:08:38,752 --> 00:0