liz lloyd said that _ confidence? yes, i would say so. liz lloyd said that than _ confidence? _ confidence? yes, i would say so. liz lloyd said that than first minister i lloyd said that than first minister stress tested ideas with her on how to respond to the pandemic. advisers advise, politicians decide, the saying goes. liz lloyd was asked if it was really the case. if saying goes. liz lloyd was asked if it was really the case.— it was really the case. if the first minister has _ it was really the case. if the first minister has a _ it was really the case. if the first minister has a strong _ it was really the case. if the first minister has a strong enough - it was really the case. if the first i minister has a strong enough mind that if— minister has a strong enough mind that if she — minister has a strong enough mind that if she had felt that my advice was not _ that if she had felt that my advice was not the right advice, she would have said _ was not the right advice, she would have said so. the was not the right advice, she would have said se— have said so. the virus

what role liz lloyd played? for instance that she made the decisions alongside nicola sturgeon on who would take to the podium sometimes during the daily press briefings. that may sound peripheral to the main decision—making process. but if she played a role in those decisions, what role did she play in others? we know that nicola sturgeon also has become what is known as gold command meetings between her and her trusted advisors ahead of any cabinet meeting that would take place on the sunday or monday ahead of cabinet meetings, but usually took place on a tuesday. those so—called gold command meetings were not minuted and the inquiry lawyers may seek to question liz lloyd on whether she took part in those meetings and what was discussed at them, if she did. we have seen messages already submitted to the inquiry which showed that liz lloyd and nicola sturgeon had a very familiar language in their communications. you know, some people may say what is the importance of these informal messages that were exchanged

liz lloyd.ober 2020 at 7.10 stopped reading through, it says, i'm having a bit of a crisis. — through, it says, i'm having a bit of a crisis, this is you speaking. i'm of a crisis, this is you speaking. i'm having _ of a crisis, this is you speaking. i'm having a _ of a crisis, this is you speaking. i'm having a bit of a crisis in decision—making and hospitality, not to mention _ decision—making and hospitality, not to mention i — decision—making and hospitality, not to mention i haven't slept. the public— to mention i haven't slept. the public health argument says to stick with 6pm. _ public health argument says to stick with 6pm, n o, public health argument says to stick with 6pm, n 0, no alcohol for level three _ with 6pm, n 0, no alcohol for level three was— with 6pm, n 0, no alcohol for level three was that i suspect the industry— three was that i suspect the industry could go mad and i worry we could _ industry could go mad and i worry we could derail— industry could go mad and i worry we

talk to us about liz lloyd and her relationship to the former first minister.he scottish cabinet during the pandemic and the first time we will hear from liz lloyd, the chief of staff to nicola sturgeon. she was nicola sturgeon's right hand woman during the pandemic

for years, liz lloyd was either at nicola sturgeon�*s side, or one step behind.antes, but this morning it was ms lloyd who took centre stage, alone. can we go back to your whatsapp messages? this time, my lady, i wanted to give a warning that there will be some bad language in some of these. i'm used to it. the inquiry saw exchanges between the two women. in messages relating to the uk government's announcement of a second lockdown in england, nicola sturgeon wrote, "this is bleep excruciating, their comms are awful", accusing borisjohnson of "utter incompetence". the prime minister, she concluded, "is a bleep clown". it was evident in his exchanges with the scottish government, with the first minister, and i think with the other first ministers, because we would be on the same call, that he didn't want to be on those calls. he wasn't necessarily well briefed on those calls and he wasn't listening to the points we were making on those calls. so i think engagement with him came to be seen as slightly pointless during this period. ms lloyd was then questioned about

for years, liz lloyd was either at nicola sturgeon's side, or one step behind.r's closest confidantes. but this morning, it was ms lloyd who took centre stage, alone. can we go back to your whatsapp messages? and this time, my lady, i wanted to give a warning that there will be some bad language in some of these. i'm used to it. the inquiry saw exchanges between the two women. in messages relating to the uk government's announcement of a second lockdown in england, nicola sturgeon wrote, "this is expletive excruciating, their comms are awful", accusing borisjohnson of "utter incompetence". the prime minister, she concluded, "is a expletive clown". it was evident in his exchanges with the scottish government, with the first minister, and i think with the other first ministers, because we would all be on the same call, that he didn't want to be on those calls. he wasn't necessarily well briefed on those calls and he wasn't listening to the points we were making on those calls. so i think engagement with him came to be seen as slightly pointless during this period.

in one text conversation with her chief of staff, liz lloyd, the first minister called borisjohnson aquiry she had lost her messages prior to september 2020. -- her messages prior to september 2020. —— called him a clown. this meant she had none covering the initial stages of the pandemic. nicola sturgeon says the inquiry does have messages from her, although she had not retained them on her own device. in a crucial moment earlier, nicola sturgeon admitted to jamie dawson kc that she had in fact deleted those messages. whatsapp messages between yourself and mr— whatsapp messages between yourself and mr yousef and miss lloyd were produced _ and mr yousef and miss lloyd were produced by you with your second statement. where did you get them? young _ statement. where did you get them? young like _ statement. where did you get them? young like they were provided to meet _ young like they were provided to meet through the scottish government. you are busy didn't have them _ government. you are busy didn't have them on _ government. you are busy didn't have them on your— government. you are

in her exchanges to the layer, questioning her, liz lloyd denied that she said this was driven by a senseed down, because, of course, this was done on national television, but it didn't apply to scotland. it applied to just england. she said there was a frustration with the way that these messages were being pushed out. she also denied any politicising of the pandemic, trying to advance the cause of independence. she said in relation to one set of messages that this was about wanting to provoke action by westminster on policy, but it was pretty explosive testimony, very colourful language being used by nicola sturgeon behind the scenes by nicola sturgeon behind the scenes by a first minister who is widely regarded as an expert communicator, a very able communicator to the public, but perhaps getting an insight into her thought process along the way about what was going on between both governments, the government at westminster on the government at westminster on the government here in scotland at the time. . ~' ,. government here in scotland at the time. . ,, i. .. government here in scot

we were hearing from liz lloyd, the former chief.la sturgeon. let's listen in. to a decree nicola sturgeon. let's listen in. to a degree overstates _ nicola sturgeon. let's listen in. to a degree overstates what - nicola sturgeon. let's listen in. to a degree overstates what was - nicola sturgeon. let's listen in. to | a degree overstates what was there to break. they had met on a number of occasions, there was always a politeness, businesslike approach to it when boris johnson first became it when borisjohnson first became prime minister and came to meet nicola sturgeon in scotland. they had a discussion, it was more like a debate between intelligent people, engaged in discussion about policy issues but when we got to covid, i think it was much harder, it was evident in his exchanges with the scottish government and the first minister and i think with the other first ministers because we would all be on the same call that he did not want to be on those calls, he was not necessarily well briefed on was not necessarily well briefed on

prime minister borisjohnson. 0ur scotland editorjames cook reports from the inquiry: for years, liz lloyd inquiry heard, she was one of the former first minister's closest confidants, but this morning it was ms lloyd who took centre stage, alone. ., ., . ,, ., ,., alone. can we go back to your whatsapped _ alone. can we go back to your whatsapped messages? - alone. can we go back to your whatsapped messages? this| alone. can we go back to your - whatsapped messages? this time, my lady, i wanted to give a warning that there will be some bad language. that there will be some bad language-— that there will be some bad lanaauae. , . ., , language. the inquiry saw exchanges between the — language. the inquiry saw exchanges between the two _ language. the inquiry saw exchanges between the two women. _ language. the inquiry saw exchanges between the two women. in - language. the inquiry saw exchanges l between the two women. in messages relating to the uk government's announcement of a second lockdown in england, nicola sturgeon wrote, this is bleep excruciating, accusing borisjohnson of is blee

i would have had the most extensive communication with would have been my former chief of staff liz lloyds which i hadn't retained but they had. i think they will give a sense of the nature of that communication. the communication of that nature was not used by me for anything other than routine exchanges, logistics, passing on information. the exchanges with the individuals i have referred to will be littered with things like, there was a note coming to you through the system, i am giving you a heads up about that, but is the nature of the communication. i understand the inquiry may want to explore some elements of that and i will of course answer questions about specifics but that is the overall nature of that communication, extremely limited. i operated on the basis that i would ensure that anything in communications of that description were otherwise recorded on the scottish government system if there was anything of that nature. we have heard others refer to recording _ we have heard others refer to recording salient information on a group _ recording salient information on a group o

the inquiry will hear from liz lloyd, anyone else have?vour. and a nation wept. wind that advice was given. it led to a diplomatic exchange and the us embassy apologising. downing street got involved. they were not saying do it all the time. if it has been over brewed and is bitter, that is when salt could make a difference. i think that was in principle. the us embassy said yesterday, they described tea as the elixir of camaraderie that unites the two nations and we want to ensure that the unthinkable notion of adding salt to britain's national drink is not official us policy and never will be. they say they will continue to make tea the proper way. in the microwave! and that is the joke at the end. by putting it in the microwave. this is coffee, by the way. microwave. this is coffee, b the wa . , ., ., this is coffee, by the way. glad to hear it. this is coffee, by the way. glad to hear it- good _ this is coffee, by the way. glad to hear it. good morning. _ this is coffee, by the way. glad to hear it. good morning. if- this is coffee, by

liz lloyd, strongly criticising the then prime minister as he announced another .lockdown in october 2020. in the messages, mr aiden described his address to the nation as excruciating and that the government's communications were awful . you can get more on all awful. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gb news. com . for website gb news. com. for a valuable legacy, your family can own, gold coins will always shine bright. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2733 and ,1.1690. the price of gold is £1,583, and one pence per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7512 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report tonight, gb news the people's channel tonight, gb news the people's channel, britain's news. channel >> okay, it's 138 and let's return again to our lead story , return again to our lead story, waldo calican, who stabbed three people to death in nottingham city centre and attacked three others, has now bee

liz, liz, liz lloyd, the chief of staff, said last thing of staff, said the last thing you at night isnister. is. sinister. it is. >> didn't just call >> and she didn't just call bofis a >> and she didn't just call boris a clown. she boris johnson a clown. she called an effing clown. called him an effing clown. >> said >> yes, that's right, she said he that's okay. he was. but that's okay. >> office. well, >> grace. public office. well, i think diluting all your whatsapp messages a messages deliberately is a disgrace to public. >> the real disgrace is >> i think the real disgrace is that the deaths by drug that is the deaths by drug addiction. of addiction. it's the collapse of the ferries. it's all the other things got things that you've got absolutely falling tibet. >> country >> and you just let the country disintegrate. and steve, when you to do things you said she wanted to do things different, wanted get you said she wanted to do things differiintense.wanted get you said she wanted to do things differiintense.she:ed get you said she wanted to do things differiintense. she wanted a

liz. i went to west point, i was there with lloyd austin.out killing things, and you know destroying the enemy, yet we're -- you know we're taking funds, and taking all sorts of our energy in the wrong direction. no wonder our military today cannot recruit enough good people, we told our sons and daughters, don't go in you are wasting your time on die dei nonsense is wrong. it needs to be corrected. elizabeth: a witness testified, that history is littered with quha examples of military propolitical ideology -- collapsed and hurting those nations national security. >> the soviets, chinese are good examples of how things do fail. and if you put ideology in front of merit and combat effectiveness and building cohesive teams you will ruin our country and your military in the process. elizabeth: is this why you think that recruiting is down? >> yeah yes, it is down and because in part, because of the this nonsense this administration is pushing. elizabeth: got it, colonel bob mcginnis thank you for your service to america, we appreciate you. good

you have a new op-ed about lloyd austin and the lack of transparency. got it, read it, should he be fired? liz: the reason i don't want to fire him is people in the white house, jake sullivan, antony blinken, who i think are running the pentagon are worse this is an unbelievable dereliction of duty on the part of lloyd austin. it surprises me no one is asking why, why did he do this? this is another very guy his entire life, rules and regulations and chain of command. all of a sudden he breaks every known protocol, in my view, there's a history of a rift between national security apparatus in the white house and the pentagon. when we had the pull out of afghanistan, the white house tended to blame the military. the military went before congress under oath and said it wasn't us. it was the white house security team that did this and there have been other instances where i think you have lack of trust. i'm surprised this hasn't come out because i think it is true. stuart: there's going to be an investigation. liz: and there should be. the other things it's not being talked about, kathleen hicks

. >> reporter: liz, the issue of communication within the administration thrust to the front because of defense secretary lloydnow, as far as we know, the defense secretary is still in the hospital. the last time the president had a full cabinet meeting with all of his cabinet if members was october 2nd. you're looking at video from that meeting. this leaves a lot of questions concerning all of the cabinet members. the last cabinet meeting was three months ago. so does the president know where his cabinet members are and what they're doing? >> the president is in regular touch, and not just the president, obviously. there are folks here whether it be office a of cabinet fairs, other folks here in the -- affairs, other folks here in the white house that is in regular touch with, certainly, leaders of these, the different cabinets on a regular basis. >> reporter: but the fact is the white house and the president did the not know where the defense secretary was from january 1st to january 4th during the complications. the president did not know the defense secretary had cancer diagnosis and elected to do a surger

lloyd austin. gosh, and i think the publish is tired of it. one person that always tells the truth is liz macdonald. that's why she's so great. elizabeth: thank you, larry. they sure keep us bus reigns leadingy; right? busy; right? right to the attorney for former president trump and legal spokeswoman alina habba joining us. great to have you on the show, alina. the news on former president trump facing audiotape against special council jack smith as dc court appeals hearing. what's your reaction to the news of judge's being skeptical of trump's claim of immunity. >> first, as a attorney that's been in that situation, you have no idea what the judges are going to do. i've left court sometimes thinking one thing and they come out with the other. secondly, let me be clear, immunity, absolute immunity is called just that. on purpose and because the case law says it, it's a very simple fact that all presidents are granted presidential immunity within the scope of their employment, within the outer perimeters of their employment. i've argue it had many times. the hypotheticals given today are

lloyd austin. gosh, and i think the publish is tired of it. one person that always tells the truth is lizbus reigns leadingy; right? busy; right? right tohe