>> good morning, i'm ellie costello alongside ben leo and this is saturday morning live. >> very good morning to you. great to have your company this morning. and we've got an action packed show in store, all of the day's top stories with journalist and broadcaster candice holdsworth and the writer and podcaster louis oakley. >> the princess of wales hosted her annual carol concert at westminster abbey last night with a message of love and empathy. ingrid seward will join us very shortly to share what happened. >> great to see her back. we'll also be heading stateside in what's been another busy week. president joe biden. he issued a presidential pardon for his son, hunter. journalist nelson aspen will explain what's been happening. >> and later this hour, we'll be speaking to big brother finalist emma morgan about life outside the house and what's next for her. >> this morning. hope you're well. thank you for your company this morning. i know breakfast have been calling for christmas tree pictures, some amazing christmas trees out there, some very nice trees. it's a shame we thought

i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. all right.his is where we do china in your hands , paul >> you know what? >> you know what? >> no. we better. >> no. we better. >> are you sure? well, i was just kidding. i was just going to take a deep breath. it's one of those songs where as we as we realised, you know, some of the words, but not all of them. no, but you can sort of foreign land, eyes wide and there's just the odd bit. >> you'll be fine in a bar. >> you'll be fine in a bar. >> it's. yes , sir. and on my >> it's. yes, sir. and on my own, away from anybody. yeah. >> i love, i mean, it's one of those just incredible songs. it was a huge song. >> massive sea, heart and soul was the first one. heart and soul than that. and then china in your hand was huge. and are we waiting for the follow up single now for i don't know what came after that , if anything, came after that, if anything, but but carol has just kept on going. >> yeah, she's she's absolutely incredible. yeah. so i'm very excited. we've got a good on the show later on. >

. >> i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> so here we are at last. breakfast show of the year. >> i know, and what a year it's been. >> it's been quite an interesting one, hasn't it? >> i'd say so. >> i'd say so. >> i mean, the election. oh, yeah. all the rest of it. two elections. two. >> two big elections. >> two big elections. >> two big elections. >> two big elections this year. manchester united and manchester city are both going down the pan. awful, awful. >> gary neville called man united, pound for pound, the worst club in the country yesterday. it's becoming a sport, isn't it? it's criticising man united but they don't help themselves. >> no they don't. they don't know what's going to happen in 2025 though man united. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> they're going to turn themselves around. >> look i don't know this. i think this guy's realising he's coming to the club. there's a world of difference between managing sporting lisbon and manchester united. how do you turn around? turn around something that big? it takes more than just one person, but the

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> we had a dramaticterday. >> we did have a dramatic day yesterday, but it started really nicely, didn't it? you came to my house. >> i did. >> i did. >> made you a cup of tea? >> made you a cup of tea? >> yes. barry's. barry's my first barry's. it was all right. >> and it's good, isn't it? >> and it's good, isn't it? >> irish stuff. yeah, it is irish tea bags. >> and i was worried about making you a tea because stephen always requested a manly tea. manly tea? like a nice strong tea, don't you? yeah. so then i even panicked this morning. i said, do you think my tea was manly enough yesterday? >> it was very nice. he said he had a nice tour of the house. >> i did, yeah, you did. i did, yes, i was cleaning like a mad woman before you arrived. yeah. the floors were still wet. >> i should think so. after i'd mop. i did nearly walk off though. why? because i stood outside. i pressed the doorbell, rang the doorbell three times and nobody answered. i stood there outside for about ten minutes. >> i did establish

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> i mean, i'm quiteppy for you to do a debate on the world cup. are you really? i am, i'm good. >> but no, you're not. >> but no, you're not. >> you're not bothered, have you? >> honestly, you see the stadiums? it's so dodgy. i mean, the whole thing is it's so old. i mean, really, i mean, the money, that's. it's all about fifa and their money. and of course, we know what it's like saudi arabia. >> and are they going to have to play >> and are they going to have to play it in winter. >> yeah. so they'll have to play it in january up there. >> yeah. again. yeah. >> yeah. again. yeah. >> that's going to cause trouble in january. >> she's doing a research for this debate. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i heard it on the radio yesterday, actually. so i was i was across those christmas parties. >> yeah. why? why do we have office christmas parties for morale? well, it's not morale, is it? because it's always people just have to do the walk of shame and wear the dark glasses the next morning. and it's just kn

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> so in terms of christmas decorations, are we putting them up? i sort of feel like i am a little bit early. >> yeah, mine's been out for weeks. no weeks. >> seriously? >> seriously? >> yeah, yeah, they go up just after my birthday, so. kind of 20. >> your birthday's in august, 24th of november. >> yeah. so, no, not that crazy, right? the last week or so of november. >> so be honest. now we can do that side, which is all very exciting. which let me get the decorations out. get the box out. but then at what point do you start thinking, i really want to get these away now. so how early do you put them away? do you wait for 12th night desperate to pack them away? see? there you go. cos you're going early. so if you went a little later, then you could probably make it to 12th night. >> we took them down before new year last year and it was. and it was really nice. yes. felt fresh and everything. >> because you went too early. yeah. you went too early. >> see, i don't think you do it too early. when did you do it la

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> i don't know why i'mn a laughing mood this morning. i'm giddy. >> are you delirious? >> are you delirious? >> it could be. yeah, yeah. utter hysteria. delirious? possibly. but, you know, we're going to be debating later on this should, you know, should you charge your guests? this is. i'm reading this article in the mail. >> oh. that's relevant. >> oh. that's relevant. >> yeah, that's something else. and this woman from last year, carla bellucci, charged her family £150 a head. and this yean family £150 a head. and this year, apparently, she's an internet personality. this year it's gone up to £200 a head, not including alcohol. >> what is she feeding them for, £200? go to a nice restaurant for that. >> why are they paying it? why? >> why are they paying it? why? >> why are they paying it? why? >> why are they going for a second year? >> yeah, just say no. >> yeah, just say no. >> well, because despite the fact she says we're in a cost of living crisis, clearly they're minted. clearly. and money is not a