>> well, good evening everybody. you're watching state of the nafion you're watching state of the nation on gb news with me matt goodwin. the show that speaks up for you the forgotten majority. coming up tonight the great distraction is underway today as great coming up tonight the great distraction is underway today as the labour government seeks to the labour government seeks to blame the southport atrocities blame the southport atrocities on get this online knife sales. on get this online knife sales. that's right. not immigration, that's right. not immigration, not terror ideology but people not terror ideology but people buying knives on amazon. but i buying knives on amazon. but i want to go deeper tonight and want to go deeper tonight and ask more troubling questions ask more troubling questions about the brutal murder of those about the brutal murder of those poor three little girls. poor three little girls. meanwhile, as donald trump hits meanwhile, as donald trump hits the ground running with his the ground running with his presidency, his people have presidency, his people have called for maga to become mega called for maga to become mega encouraging nations here in encouraging nations here in europe to embrace his policies. europe to embrace his policies. but what would making the uk but what would making the uk great again really look like? great again really look like? i'll be talking tonight to a top i'll be talking tonight to a top trump adviser. deeply shocking trump adviser. deeply shocking figures on illegal immigration figures on illegal immigration in britain were released today. in britain were released today. in the last four years, some in the last four years, some

175,000 illegal migrants were 175,000 illegal migrants were recorded by uk authorities, with an estimated 1.2 million illegal migrants living and possibly working here in the uk. today, i talked to a leading expert about a radical new plan to stop this crisis by sending those

a radical new plan to stop this crisisviews�*nding those a radical new plan to stop this crisisviews ating those a radical new plan to stop this crisisviews at gbnews.com/yoursay your views at gbnews.com/yoursay and hit me up on x at goodwin mj. but now it's time for the news bulletin with sophia question of addressing root cause bulletin ukrainian question of addressing root cause bulletin with nian question of addressing root cause bulletin with sophia news bulletin with sophia wenzler. wenzler. >> matt. thank you. good >> matt. thank you. good evening. it'sjust evening. it'sjust >> matt. thank you. good evening. it's just gone. 8:00 >> matt. thank you. good evening. it's just gone. 8:00 these are your headlines. russia these are your headlines. russia has responded to donald trump's has responded to donald trump's ultimatum to end the war in ultimatum to end the war in ukraine. the us president said ukraine. the us president said russia will face high levels of russia will face high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions if taxes, tariffs and sanctions if president president putin does president president putin does not end the war. posting on his not end the war. posting on his truth social, trump expressed truth social, trump expressed his love for the russian people his love for the russian people and his good relationship with and his good relationship with putin and then issued a direct putin and then issued a direct warning to stop this ridiculous warning to stop this ridiculous war. russia's un envoy has said war. russia's un envoy has said the kremlin would need to see the kremlin would need to see what trump thinks is a deal. what trump thinks is a deal. compromises comprises of before compromises comprises of before proceeding. it's not merely the proceeding. it's not merely the question of ending the war, he question of ending the war, he said. it's first and foremost a said. it's first and foremost a question of addressing root question of addressing root

causes of the ukrainian causes of the ukrainian crisis.

question of addressing root causes of the ukwas an crisis. question of addressing root causes of the ukwas undergoing said the suspect was undergoing psychiatric treatment and had his asylum process closed, and said he would voluntarily leave germany in december, but had not left and remained under treatment. meanwhile, people have begun to gather in protest with a placard reading we won't let diversity kill us. the stabbing adds to a string of violent attacks in germany that have raised concerns over security and stirred up tensions over migration. back in the uk, a 12 year old boy who was fatally stabbed in birmingham on tuesday has been named by police as leo ross. leo, described as funny and sweet, was found with serious injuries and died in hospital. a 14 year old boy has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing. police have now revealed the 14 year old is also being held in connection with the assault of an 80 year old woman in the same area, and a danger to life warning has and old woman in the same area, and a danger to life warning has been issued for parts of the uk been issued for parts of the uk

ahead of storm erwin, as britain ahead of storm erwin, as britain prepares to be lashed by severe prepares to be lashed by severe gales. gusts could reach up to gales. gusts could reach up to 90mph in coastal areas, bringing 90mph in coastal areas, bringing risks of travel disruption, risks of travel disruption, power cuts and flying debris. power cuts and flying debris. the north west will see the the north west will see the strongest winds, but large waves strongest winds, but large waves and dangerous conditions are and dangerous conditions are also expected along sea fronts. also expected along sea fronts. heavy rain and snow will also heavy rain and snow will also spread east, with up to 25cm of spread east, with up to 25cm of snow possible on higher ground. snow possible on higher ground. the met office says the the met office says the situation could escalate as a situation could escalate as a storm rapidly develops tomorrow. storm rapidly develops tomorrow. those are the latest gb news those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to headlines. now it's back to matt. >> for the very latest gb news matt. news >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to or go toin 2019. and gbnews.com/alerts. >> welcome back to state of the

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the plymouth attack in 2019. and of course, after southport, he had no problem at all in deriding many people in this country as far right thugs before they went to court and had their cases heard. yesterday he appealed to contempt of court laws for not releasing the information about southport earlier. check it out. >> and not just my choices though. it is a choice i would make. it is also the law of the land. that is why i could not disclose the details. it is why others could not disclose the details. it is why all of you as journalists could not disclose the details, because the same laws apply to you, just as they appued laws apply to you, just as they applied to me. and it's really important that we make that clear. but the purpose of the rule is to protect the justice that the families and the victims are entitled to. >> but if it applies to southport, why didn't this apply to three other terror attacks as well as those protests where now, of course, hearing reports that cps pressured merseyside

police not to release details about the suspect. but just to top it all off, the government now wants you to believe that this was a case of knife purchase laws not being strong enough. you may remember when david amess, sir david amess, was murdered by an islamist terrorist. parliamentarians tried to make the issue about onune tried to make the issue about online abuse. let's just be nice to one another. well, the same thing is happening now. the government has fast tracked tighter restrictions on online knife sales for under 18 seconds, as if amazon was to blame for southport. writing in the sun today, the prime minister called axel rudakubana a two click killer. but the fact of the matter is that the system the state failed the victims of southport, much like the state, failed the victims of pakistani rape gangs. it's time for the obfuscation, the concealment, the cover ups and the deflections to come to an end. it's time for the people in power to tell us, the people the

truth. now i'm joined tonight to discuss keir starmers response by my panel columnist and former mep patrick o'flynn and former labour adviser scarlett mccgwire scarlett. if i could come to you first. i mean, the labour party is hideously out of touch with the country on this, isn't it? >> look, can we get a few things straight? what happened in southport was not a terror attack, right? >> based on what? >> based on what? >> based on what? >> based on. based on the government definition of terrorism, which is that the use or threat of violence or damage to property to influence the government or intimidate the public. government or intimidate the pubuc.the government or intimidate the public. the action must be intended to advance a political, religious, racial or ideological cause. this guy was a psychopath. this guy was interested in violence. he wanted to murder everybody who murders is not a terrorist. >> so in which case, keir starmer and yvette