members of nato. greenland was once a danish colony and is now an autonomous territory of denmark and danish parliament member and conservative spokesman for greenland, rasmus harloff, called out trump and his threats, posting this quote this level of disrespect from the incoming u.s. president towards very, very loyal allies and friends is record setting. and jaroff joins us now from copenhagen. sir, thank you so much for joining us this morning. i guess, what was your response? what has been your response when you heard donald trump talking about all of this hello, jim. >> well, to be honest, we are a bit shocked by such statements. it's very unusual for a close ally to make threats about annexing another country's territory and not even wanting to rule out using force or economic coercion. so we're trying to find a balance here between, on one hand, not escalating the situation by responding to aggressively, but on the other hand, also making it very, very, very clear that nobody in greenland wants this, nobody in denmark wants it. and it's definitely an absolutely not going to happen. >> and i guess what would the impact

he wanted to stay in this but the members of his cabinet and members of parliament and his own party said, look, we don't think you have it in you and the conservativearty had opened up a 20% lead in the polls and an election has to be held at the latest this fall and at issue and i know this rings true for so many but inflation and rising legal immigration putting a strain on public services and then as well the issue of affordable housing which has now come home especially as canadians are looking for what will be economic challenges ahead as president elect trump takes office and i want you to listen now to justin trudeau talking about some of these regrets. >> if i have a regret particularly as we approach the selection and there are probably many regrets that i will think of but i do wish that we had been able to change the way we elect our governments in this country so people can choose a second or third choice on the same ballot so that parties would spend more time trying to be people second and third choices and people would have been looking for things they have in common instead of trying to polarize and divide canadians against each oth

labor party member of parliament, an internationalist, an opponent of brexit, was murdered by, a brexit supporter. a classic case of political assassins. and then last year, a conservative mp, david amos, who was stabbed to death, stabbed to death by and an islamist terrorist who was just sentenced to a life sentence in the uk. a couple of a couple of weeks ago. you know, the cox name is killings are they related to that, to, you know, to aspects of british politics? but they are a reminder that the concept of legislative violence is hardly something that is confined to to the us. a couple of concluding remarks that hopefully people will have some questions. at the broadest level, it seems to me that this basic subject, the idea of legislative violence, the sense that members of congress are targeted for violence, is a symbol of of of the broader health of of the body politic. that is, if you think of periods of, american history in which the concept of legislative violence has seemed utterly beyond the pale, these have been periods where in a situation has been at least, you know, a somewhat healthier political system. on the other hand, if you think back in american h

conservative republican, there's no doubt about it. but he's shown his independence from intelligence reform issues to ukraine to our alliances. you know, he's an essential member of the nato parliamentt just is intolerable in certain elements of the world. >> do you know what the is there a specific issue that may have turned run him afoul of either donald trump or people around donald trump? was it ukraine? was it that he was such a strong supporter of ukraine? what what do you think it was? >> i senses his support for ukraine and then his support for fisa 702, which is that really essential intelligence authorization that allows us to foil terrorist plots. >> so, i mean, it's a contentious intelligence tool, but a really important one we've made. >> and tulsi gabbard was opposed to that. and now has she she's flipped now. >> now she's not opposed to that. >> that's right on that. that's right. and why why do you think she flip flopped on that issue. >> well, because the senate knows that it's an important tool and the incoming administration knows it's an important tool. now we've had to make reforms to it. and i was one of the people who called for reforms because there were viol

conservative republican, there's no doubt about it. >> but he's shown his independence from intelligence reform issues to ukraine to our alliances. >> you know, he's an essential member of the nato parliament, who believes in friendships. and that just is intolerable in certain elements of mega world. >> do you know what the. is there a specific issue that may have turned run him afoul of either donald trump or people around donald trump? was it ukraine? was it that he was such a strong supporter of ukraine? what what do you think it was? >> my sense is his support for ukraine and then his support for fisa 702, which is that really essential intelligence authorization that allows us to foil terrorist plots. >> so, i mean, it's a contentious intelligence tool, but a really important one we've made. >> and tulsi gabbard was opposed to that. and now has she has she switched now? >> now she's not opposed to that. >> she's flip flopped on that. that's right. and why why do you think she flip flopped on that issue. >> well, because the senate knows that it's an important tool and the incoming administration knows it's an important tool. >> now we've had to make reforms to it. and i was one of th

also joined by jane stevenson, former conservative member of parliament, and doctor chris candy, a campaignerunder of sanctuary foundation. good evening everybody. alex, we kind of knew i mean, rotherham was the first big town where the scale of abuse was uncovered and where not only was the country shocked, but the world was shocked. you know, i had people in australia saying to me, my goodness me, what's happening in rotherham? i mean, it reflected appallingly on the country and there was a big report into rotherham. there's been nothing since that report that actually has drilled down as much as to what happened in that town, but we are now learning that at least 50, at least 50 other towns, this scale of abuse did take place. what do you make of today's announcement? >> well, i think it's too little, too late. and if i was one of the towns that didn't have an inquiry given to me, i'd say, what about my girls? what are my daughters? my wife? what do you mean? don't they matter? yeah. don't they matter? surely this is labour saying we're going to pick and choose some towns which matter and

of that and lots more. and alongside me tonight, my panel. baroness jacqueline foster, the conservative peer and former member of the european parliament, and jim schneider, the former adviser to jeremy corbyn. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live for the 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom. the home secretary has said public bodies completely fail to identify the terrible danger axel rudakubana posed as she announced a public inquiry into the southport attack. yvette cooper said the 18 year old, who admitted carrying a knife over ten times before his deadly rampage, should have faced stronger intervention. she also revealed his case wasn't escalated despite three referrals to the prevent counter—terrorism scheme. ruda cabana has pleaded guilty to murdering three girls at a dance class, as well as charges of attempted murder, ricin production and possession of terrorist material earlier. sir keir starmer warned of a new growing terror threat, with lone young men now responsible for carrying out extreme acts of violence. donald trump has begun his first full day back in office

of that and more with my panel tonight. jacqueline foster, the conservative peer and former member of the european parliament, and matt lazarthe former labour adviser. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live to tonight's latest news headlines. >> very good evening to you. the top story tonight at six. well, the princess of wales has revealed her cancer is in remission. in an emotional instagram post, she thanked staff at the royal marsden hospital for their exceptional care, saying it's a relief to be in remission after chemotherapy. princess catherine shared what adjusting to life looks like after a cancer diagnosis, saying it takes time but expressed hope for a fulfilling year ahead. the message signed catherine also thanked supporters for their kindness over the past year. and in other news today. tulip siddiq has resigned from government, calling her position a distraction amid corruption probes in bangladesh. her resignation came just hours after a criminal case was filed against her, accusing her of acquiring land illegally with her aunt, the ex—prime minister of bangladesh. the labour mp is also under investigat

yet in just a few years i was the deputy chairman of the conservative party, and now i am the chief whip and a member of parliamentor ashfield, which, by the way, is the capital of common sense. and i am. i feel so proud, i feel so it's amazing. it's a truly amazing experience to be, to be in this party. and i feel like i'm part of a truly amazing party that's captured the hearts and minds of people, millions of people all around the country. good people like you. these people, by the way, are true british patriots, but they're not far right. we are just decent, hard working people who love our country and want to leave our country in a better state than when we arrived. nothing wrong with that. i know, i know, i know, there's huge pressure on us. five reform uk mps in parliament to take our country back and that's what we're going to do. this is a battle, guys. it's a battle for the heart and soul of our great country. i love my country and so does reform uk, which is why we will never apologise for our history, our heritage or our culture. yeah. go on. my message is clear. if you do not want to embrace our way o