adam: this past weekend was peak cherry blossom season. that means thousands upon thousands of americans are wandering down by the jefferson memorial. they have to look up at one of the lines inside the memorial which is jeffersons statement, i tremble for my country when i remember god is just. jefferson was well aware of many of the moral compromises and the hypocrisies of his generation, of himself. what should we learn from that? what did you learn from jeffersons self understanding? it's not like he was blind to his hypocrisy. he was very much aware of it. after thinking and writing about jeffersons self comportment, self constitution, self understanding, what do you take away from that? how he saw himself in the question of slavery. jeff: he had a remarkable capacity for self justification and compartment was asian -- compartmentalization. a figure who is designed -- divided against himself. his two justifications for the revolution are at war with each other. he locates american liberty in the ancient mists of the sachsen past in th

i'm emily carver and i'm adam cherry. well, chaos on britain's railways as a nationwide fault continues to cause mass disruption. meanwhile, the met office warns brits to stay indoors as storm dara is set to batter britain with 90 mile per hour winds. should we all just batten down the hatches? >> and the national federation of builders claims britain needs hundreds of thousands more migrants to build enough houses to hit labour's target. but won't they need somewhere to live as well? >> good question. and confusion today over what exactly? keir starmer is not a reset speech means for the country. this comes as new shock polling puts labourin comes as new shock polling puts labour in third place nationally after reform and the conservatives. >> and we'll speak to a student who claims she was suspended from her university radio station after daring to question transgender transgender ideology. she's not going quietly. we'll speak to her later . later. >> yeah. yet another storm. we're going to be battered with apparently t

. >> 6:00 i'm adam cherry, i'm nana akua and this is gb news breakfast. good morning.rench authorities confirmed three deaths yesterday morning following an incident off the coast at sangatte, near calais, in which 45 people were rescued after struggling to board a small boat bound for the uk. >> border security and asylum minister dame angela eagle said that ruthless criminals were responsible for overloading the boats. >> but who is really to blame? >> but who is really to blame? >> well, we're joined by deputy editor of spiked fraser myers. are the smuggling gangs to blame, or should they have been stopped by now? what do you reckon? >> well, it's the starmer's policy is to smash the gangs, but it looks like the gangs are smashing starmer. unfortunately, i think the issue here is that we all want to see enforcement of the law. we all want to see these criminal gangs brought to boot. but there doesn't seem to be any other policy on the other end that is essentially reducing the incentive to come over. i think, unfortunately, you know, tragedies like this happen becau

. >> i'm adam cherry here in london, where 45 mile an hour winds aren't putting off anybody. >> thousands already gathering here. sky will light up with those fireworks behind me at midnight. people are expecting a great show. we'll be here for all of it, so stay tuned. >> so get that english sparkling wine on ice. grab a glass. stay with us for our new year's eve party. >> over the next three hours, we've got the best guests and a few surprises. >> yes, it is the most exciting night of the year. we are delighted to be spending it with you. this is gb news new year's eve live. from. >> it's 10 eve live. from. >> it's10 p.m. eve live. from. >> it's10 pm. live across eve live. from. >> it's 10 pm. live across the united kingdom as the countdown to 2025 begins. this is gb news new year's eve live. >> that's right. we are delighted to have your company this evening. as we ring in 2025, we're looking at live pictures there of london. we're going to be going to cities all around the country this evening with our reporters. scotland. the weather was supposed to be so bad patrick christys that th

our reporter adam cherry is there for us. >> that's right. i'm here in the west end, where the farmers have descended upon the london palladium to protest those measures in the budget, that inheritance tax measure that they hated so much by farming communities will also be hearing from kemi badenoch, the leader of the opposition, later today as well. >> and of course, it's not just that in london, we're also going to be up in darlington, where 150 farmers will rally in a peaceful tractor showcase. anna o'reilly is there for us. tell us more. us more. >> us more. >> that's right. yes, we're here at darlington farmers auction mart up in the north east, where farmers are going to be rallying together in 150 tractors like this one. this one reads my family feeds yours. and farmers are going to be gathering in solidarity to show their opposition towards inheritance tax. >> fantastic stuff. and in other news, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has announced a £50 million aid package for vulnerable syrians after the fall of president assad. but sho