>> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> it's 1:00 on sunday, the >> good afternoon. >> it's1:00 on sunday, the 9th of march. i know it's going so fast already. and this is the weekend on gb news. thank you for your company this sunday lunchtime. now your stories this houn lunchtime. now your stories this hour. nigel farage warns a sense of unity within reform has been dented following that very pubuc dented following that very public row, with rupert lowe saying the public does not like political parties that engage in constant infighting. okay, what's next for the embattled party.7 and gb news can exclusively reveal you're not going to like this, that more than 2000 migrants have crossed the channel into the uk in just over a week. among those who arrived is a young palestinian

man who alleged with alleged extremist links. we'll have the latest on that with our home and security editor. and some more breaking news for you from the united states. the secret service says they have shot an armed man outside the white house following a confrontation with law enforcement. we'll be live on the ground with that story for you. hello, i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend. so thank you so much for joining me this sunday lunchtime. always appreciate your company. you know that. and what my favourite part of the show, any show is talking to you out there. so please do get in touch. really easy to get involved in the show. talk about what we're talking about, anything you want to talk about and here's how you hit it. just go to

gbnews.com/yoursay. and joining our conversation. it's really that simple. i'll read out as many as i possibly can through the show now. great panel for you today. keeping me company today is journalist and broadcaster benjamin butterworth and former conservative mp neil parish. so a great panel and wp parish. so a great panel and yep, please feel free to send your comments in about benjamin. i know you do before you get started. okay. but before we get stuck into having a go at benjamin, i know what you're going to do. let's get the news headunes going to do. let's get the news headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. just after 1:00, let's start with a recap of the situation in washington, where we have heard this afternoon that shots have been fired just a block from the white house, with secret service agents there shooting a man after he pulled a gun on officers. police had warned the agency about a suicidal individual travelling from indiana, and just after midnight, agents spotted him in

the area. as they moved in, the man brandished a firearm with officers opening fire. he has been left critically injured and is now in hospital. that confrontation unfolded just west of the west wing, but we understand no secret service agents were hurt. police are now leading the investigation. we also understand that the us president, donald trump, was in florida at the time of that altercation. well, in breaking news here at home, a 32 year old man has been charged with the murder of 16 year old nathaniel burrell, who was shot dead in stockwell in south london on tuesday of this week. omar prempeh was arrested and charged on saturday and will appear in court tomorrow. nathaniel was found with gunshot wounds but sadly died at the scene. despite paramedics best efforts, police are now reviewing cctv footage and urging witnesses to come forward, saying they are keeping an open mind about the motive. and in hampshire. more breaking

news for you. a bomb squad there have blown up a car in a controlled explosion that is after a man rammed through the barriers of a disused army barracks in aldershot. that man reportedly got out, shouted at guards and slashed the vehicle with a knife before being arrested. police now say the 54 year old is in custody, though the incident is not believed to be terror related. no one hurt, but an investigation, of course, now underway, to try and piece together just what happened. now underway, to try and piece togetherjust what happened. in together just what happened. in other news this lunchtime. under—performing civil servants could be incentivised to leave their jobs under government plans to overhaul the service. cabinet office minister pat mcfadden says it's not match fit for what the country needs, and is promising a shake up where top officials pay is linked to performance. the government insists it will create a more focused and productive civil service, but unions say it's just a sound bite with no real plan for change. well, earlier we spoke to labour's pat mcfadden here on the programme and he said the reforms will be

radical, but insists it's not about stripping back the state. >> what's really important is to get the best value for money for people, make sure these are good jobs that people want to do and make sure that when we use pubuc make sure that when we use public resources, it's where the pubuc public resources, it's where the public really want to see it. and that's why we fought the election, saying, let's hire more teachers, let's hire more police officers. let's make sure that when taxpayers are paying in, they get a good outcome. that's what we want to see. >> as we heard from dawn at the top of the hour, we can confirm that 2000 migrants have now crossed the english channel in just over a week. that makes up half of all arrivals so far this yeah half of all arrivals so far this year. among them a palestinian man with alleged extremist links. he is accused of posting anti—israel hate messages and posing in photos with automatic weapons. the campaign against anti—semitism says he has ties to a former hamas leader, but the home office won't confirm if he has been detained or not.

earlier this morning, the shadow home secretary, chris philp, told us that he thinks labour has lost control of our borders and vowed the tories would crack down on foreign criminals. >> what the home office needs to do is identify where this despicable individual is and, frankly, remove him from the country back to palestine immediately. he clearly has no place in the united kingdom and potentially poses a threat to our fellow citizens. and this just illustrates why it is so important to get control of our borders and to stop these boat crossings. unfortunately, since the general election, these boat crossings under labour have gone up crossings under labour have gone ”p by crossings under labour have gone up by about 28%. and these are the kind of people that labour are now letting into the country. >> nigel farage has defended suspending mp rupert lowe warning constant infighting damages political parties. writing in the telegraph, the reform uk leader said lowe's pubuc reform uk leader said lowe's public criticism had dented party unity and called it

inconceivable to ignore bullying allegations and threats made against the party chairman claims. though claims, though lowe strongly denies now sitting as an independent, he insists there's zero credible evidence and says farage's account is an entirely false and poisonous narrative. an independent inquiry is now underway, with reforms five mps dropping to four amid those escalating divisions in the party. and a man has been arrested after spending more than 16 hours barefoot on top of big ben's clock tower holding a palestine flag. he scaled the elizabeth tower on saturday morning, finally coming down just after midnight, with police using a cherry picker to bring him down. video you can see there from the scene shows negotiators warning the man about an injury to his foot, but he insisted he would only descend on his own terms. while that incident has now raised some security concerns, with mps demanding answers on how the man entered parliament quite so easily. that's the news

on gb news. i'll be back with you for another look at the top stories in around half an hour. now though, it's over to dawn. >> 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. >> oh dear. thank you very much sam. it'sjust >> oh dear. thank you very much sam. it's just been pointed out to me that sam. yes. is addressed in a certain way. i'm not going to go there, i might tell you later, but he might kill me if i do that. in any case, thank you for your company this sunday afternoon. really appreciate it. so let's get cracking, shall we've got an absolutely packed show for you. so apart from making a quick cup of tea, you're not moving anywhere. all right. for two hours now, the public does not like political parties that engagein like political parties that engage in constant infighting, polikoff says reform leader nigel farage, as he warns a

sense of unity within the party has been dented following that very public row with rupert lowe, which centred around allegations of bullying which rupert strongly denies. reform's deputy leader, richard tice, was grilled earlier. brilliantly, i have to say. great interview grilled earlier on by gb news camilla tominey. let's have a listen to what he had to say. >> five of you listen to