we'll see. >> general mccaffrey, can i ask you this, the white house is being careful not to call it a balloon. we know it's the size of a small car, seen at 40,000 feet altitude. what could be it be? what are the possibilities that are out there based on your expertise here? >> i assume it's a balloon. i assume it came out of either russia or china. the fact that it was smaller means it potentially could be just a metro device, not an intelligence device. it was easily shot down. i think the key question for us to find out is was it chinese? was it launched subsequent to the last balloon being identified, meaning they were ignoring u.s. feedback. the whole notion of the previous shoot down was the unbelievable brazenness of collecting intelligence in a manner that was easily could be discovered by the united states. so we got to be concerned. what is going on in china. is the people's liberation army and the intelligence services out of control? disease xi still have control of his own forces? >> peter, the significance of whatever the answers are to those two questions that the gen

mccaffrey.arren, do we have any more indications of where the dup are on deal today. in many ways not, tom. and the reason i say that is because you have to remember the dup could be and also what split on this as well. first of all, we heard from people like in paisley junior, a senior gb mp last night under the tommy wilson effect, saying that they didn't think at that stage the deal didn't think at that stage the deal, the mustard. you can't trust that the morning with jeffrey donaldson, the leader of the suggesting he was kind the divi suggesting he was kind of cautiously optimistic . some of cautiously optimistic. some regards about things like the stormont break that on his first reading it did look it might fly. however ultimately the party going to take its time. is going to consult widely. it is consulting with lawyers. i don't they're going to be rushed into a decision . i think there were a decision. i think there were also a few factors to take in play also a few factors to take in p

now moving on, darren mccaffrey joins us from downing street, of course, to reflect on 100 days in officer rishi sunak, darren, how has he done ? sunak, darren, how has he done? well, it's really interesting, isn't it, tom? this 100 days, i mean , be dozens of articles mean, be dozens of articles written about it. it's not actually a thing in the you got in that we've imported from america that became a thing around the us president is on the days i mean in many regards sunak doing he set out sunak is doing what he set out to achieve fundamentally which was to stabilise politics and economics the sense that economics in the sense that remember he took over at a time in which this trust was prime minister or had just been prime minister, which the financial markets were very jittery. there were concerns to liam about interest rates going way beyond 4% and looking at five, six, 7. and that seemed that there was no end in some regards to inflation. now we're, in a very situation, very different situation, very different situation today. liam is right, though, in suggesting that i mean, the g

general mccaffrey, let's ask you this. joe biden said something to the effect if russia were to stop fighting today, the war would end. if ukraine were to stop fighting today, ukraine would end. he was making the argument this is existential for ukrainians, it's not for russia. although vladimir putin is trying to sell to his people this is some sort of existential fight for the future of russia. >> yeah, no question. it's a good sound bite for starters but it also underscores what's at stake with ukrainians. if they were to lose, it would not just be the loss of their freedom. i think you'd see a massive outflow of refugees or people fleeing -- ending up under russian control, and there'd be massive shootings and reprisals from the russians. their behavior has been simply disgraceful at the highest levels down to the infantry torturing, killing, raping, destroying civilian infrastructure. certainly the ukrainians have no choice but to fight. one comment about president biden's remarkably good, balanced presentation was hi

thank you both for joining me, general mccaffrey, i want to begin with you.considerations did defense officials take when deciding how to shoot down the balloon safely. when it should down. and talk to us about what that conversation with the white house would look like? >> it was very properly organized operation, i think that they took it down. first of all, not acting irrationally and quickly. they were concerned about the safety of americans, and infrastructure on the ground. they wanted to recover the parts of it wince it was brought down. then they said, it was probably a policy matter that we have to do something about the balloon and not ignore it. this is one of the most boneheaded moves by chinese intelligence, in the last 50 years. it is astonishing, a giant, non covert balloon, lingering 60,000 feet over sensitive operations, what did they think what's gonna happen? i have a feeling that the chinese ministry of foreign affairs that had no clue that this was going on and it makes you wonder if president xi, has control of the pla, this made no sens

and general mccaffrey, i want to begin with you.hat considerations did defense officials take when deciding how to shoot down the balloon safely, went to shoot it down, and talk to us about what that conversation with the white house with look like. >> it was very promptly organized operation. i think they took into account, first of all, not for -- acting quickly. they were concerned with the safety of americans and infrastructure on the ground. they wanted to be able to recover the parts of it once it was brought down. i think finally they said were probably as a policy matter going to have to do something about the balloon and not ignore it. this is one of the most boneheaded moves by chinese intelligence in the last 50 years. it's astonishing. a giant non covert balloon lingering 60,000 feet oversensitive operations. what did they think was going to happen? i have a feeling that the chinese ministry of foreign affairs had no clue this was going on. and it makes you wonder if president xi has control over the pla. this made no se

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now let's cross to our political cross back to our political darren mccaffrey still in westminster fors. is anything changed in the last 5 minutes, darren? i know i'm surprised each time it hasn't. although we have had a tweet from dean said, i tell you what got to say, and she, of course, being the former secretary state at dcms, it's the department for culture, media and sports. it's saying that she reckons the department works and that it's tragically lost profile of late despite being the effective in whitehall track record. she says in technology, digital gigabit rollout, telecoms data speaks for itself. this obviously on the back of we're expecting department to lose at least one element that is the digital element that is the digital element of its remit . she says element of its remit. she says that it's like cummings dominic cummings has never left . i think cummings has never left. i think so to say. nadine dorries has been slightly better since the removal of boris johnson, but she's not happy about some of the changes this morning. i think it does kind of bleed into the whe

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well, let's go straight to hollyrood and join darren mccaffrey . gb news is political mccaffrey.ews is political editor darren. a pretty remarkable day for keir starmer is my take on this. labour already rising in the polls in scotland and the snp in disarray . a snap poll of scottish voters asking who should replace sturgeon and 69% say we haven't got a scooby doo. that's corbyn out. some quick reflections. darren perhaps on keir starmer's day . you yeah. really day. you yeah. really fascinating. i started the day in east london this morning in that same room as keir starmer. labour seems to be turning a page on what's been a very horrific and toxic period of time with the allegations . more time with the allegations. more than allegations are wrong in that party. labour this morning wanting to apologise , but wanting to apologise, but wanting to apologise, but wanting to apologise, but wanting to say as keir has been trying to do frankly for the last three years, to put as much distance between himself and jeremy corbyn as possible emphatic he will not be standing at next and t

well, let's go straight to hollyrood and join darren mccaffrey . gb news is political mccaffrey.ews is political editor darren. a pretty remarkable day for keir starmer is my take on this. labour already rising in the polls in scotland and the snp in disarray . a snap poll of scottish voters asking who should replace sturgeon and 69% say we haven't got a scooby doo. that's corbyn out. some quick reflections. darren perhaps on keir starmer's day . you yeah. really day. you yeah. really fascinating. i started the day in east london this morning in that same room as keir starmer. labour seems to be turning a page on what's been a very horrific and toxic period of time with the allegations . more time with the allegations. more than allegations are wrong in that party. labour this morning wanting to apologise , but wanting to apologise, but wanting to apologise, but wanting to apologise, but wanting to say as keir has been trying to do frankly for the last three years, to put as much distance between himself and jeremy corbyn as possible emphatic he will not be standing at next and t

hopefully darren hopefully it's a darren mccaffrey only mccaffrey who is there.w moments ago, spoke to you a few moments ago, darren. this has broken darren. and this news has broken greg what's your greg hands. what's your reaction? looks reaction? yeah, it looks like he's to the next chair he's going to be the next chair of the conservative party. someone who's been an mp in west london actually since 2005. actually, he's been a trade minister for quite a lot of his ministerial career , but now ministerial career, but now taking over from nadhim zahawi, it seems as i say, is sort of conservative party chairman. now this is interesting in the sense that the conservative party could do with a german, frankly, at moment, guys have at the moment, as you guys have just been talking about, they're not doing terribly well in the polls. at very, polls. they're looking at very, very local elections in very tricky local elections in may indeed a very tricky may and indeed a very tricky general election next year, unless something changes, what is interesting, though, is

we want to bring in retired four star -- msnbc military analyst darren mccaffrey.tary used here bringing this thing down. we are talking about an f 22 f-15 eagle, a destroyer, a cruiser, an amphibious landing ship, multiple midair -- refueling tankers from as far away as oregon. you think about this mission, the fact that the president gave the orders on wednesday, they wanted to wait until he was in a safe area to take it down. that was when it was over water. four days later, what do you make of? >> quite the entertainment value. the most obvious thing that worked was the u.s. air force had 22, one of them fired. i had a tory hill in the cockpit of an f 20 to a few years back. it's probably the preeminent aircraft in the world today even though it's an old one. it has the capability of 1500 mile an hour speed, 1900 mile range, and unveiled a balloon with a nine x missile, and personally. all this is run out of one of the 11 combatant commanders, joint command in colorado, northcom, which in turn commands nor, north american aerospace defense. that is a joint comm

mccaffrey, thank you very much for being here. facts on the table, we don't know what the object is or who sent it or even what it was doing. 40,000 feet up. so take us inside what the process is for gathering more information about this object. how long could it take the military? >> well by the way, one comment about the senator from alaska and her concern about alaskan airspace, if you either forget that during world war ii the japanese actually invaded the aleutian islands. it's sort of baked into the dna of the alaskan political delegation that they want protection. we have enormous amount of military power up in alaska. air, coast guard, army, some occasional navy transit. it was interesting for me to see her extreme reaction. we all know what that object was. it sounds very on likely from what so far are merged, that it was an active chinese collection intelligence device. it wasn't, man did not have surveillance equipment. it was fairly small. i think the president did the right thing by calling the military to take it dow

this in the last hour i spoke with general mccaffrey. he suspect we will not learn a lot from the remains of this balloon after it is all gathered up. what is your suspicion here with that? what can we glean from these remnants? >> a couple things. first, i would say that, remember, it was under observation for at least four days, pretty much continuously. you see it from the footage we are watching right there and we have watched over the last three or four days, the military was watching as well. they have a good understanding what that is. and they also have things like signals intelligence, other aerial surveillance, satellite capabilities. they may have a very good idea what that balloon was for. by all indications, what they've said publicly, it seems they are convinced it was a spy balloon of some sort. second, if they can get a hold of some of the material, it might give them a better idea of the construction, verifying a lot of things they maybe think they know but are not entirely positive about yet. remember, this fell from a

general mccaffrey, thank you both, and still to come, biden's big week. he's got the state of the union address coming up on tuesday. what we are hearing about that speech, next. and we will take you to florida for a front row view of how a coast guard searches for migrants. dealing with a desperate lengths that people will take for just a chance of becoming an american. later, defended donald trump, the news that has some wondering if charges could soon drop from the da's office. first, to richard louis with the other big stories we are tracking on msnbc. richard? >> great to see you. investigators saying that a mechanical issue might have caused a train drill meant that sparked a massive fire it is still burning in ohio. that train was carrying hazardous materials when it derailed on friday at the pennsylvania border, and a state of emergency among fears of threats from toxins. live orders of evacuation or sheltering in place. pakistan's former president passed away in -- providing crucial support to the war on terror. the cause of death, not known, but

but for now, darren mccaffrey, thanks for joining us there stormont .there live from stormont. now, just this morning just a reminder this morning that the russian president, vladimir putin, is making a key state address in moscow ahead of the one year anniversary of russia's brutal invasion of ukraine. we can see him talking there in a key state address to many delegates and officials within the russian federation. we'll keep you abreast of what's going on there throughout the program and indeed talk a little bit more about the of our part of the world in a later interview. but let's return to westminster now because the deputy political editor of the daily mirror, ben glaze , joins daily mirror, ben glaze, joins me in the studio . ben rishi me in the studio. ben rishi sunakis me in the studio. ben rishi sunak is hosting a cabinet minister, a cabinet meeting this morning as he does most tuesday morning's what's top of the agenda they will be discussing i'm sure the ongoing situation with and whether or not there will be a to iron out the problems with

me is darren mccaffrey is political editor. me is darren mccaffrey is political editor .ditor. what he's been there 100 days is but i understand some new polling coming out tonight not looking that pretty for it. no. and this is a big problem, isn't it, for rishi sunak, is that even, i think, a sense of stability with people where we where there was panicky financial markets, the pound , you know, real pound falling, you know, real concerns about actually drawing back on that . and he has managed back on that. and he has managed to do that . and jeremy hunt of to do that. and jeremy hunt of zachary, you're right, managed to do that. but the problem is, the are inching the polls are just inching continually the wrong continually in the wrong direction, not the direction, not for the conservative party, him conservative party, for him person have look at it. person. we have to look at it. he goes cabinet ministers in he goes to cabinet ministers in the , what, three the space of, what, three months? he i would reckon, is on the verge of a third, almost feels . dominic raab

me is darren mccaffrey is political editor. me is darren mccaffrey is political editor .ditor. what he's been there 100 days is but i understand some new polling coming out tonight not looking that pretty for it. no. and this is a big problem, isn't it, for rishi sunak, is that even, i think, a sense of stability with people where we where there was panicky financial markets, the pound , you know, real pound falling, you know, real concerns about actually drawing back on that . and he has managed back on that. and he has managed to do that . and jeremy hunt of to do that. and jeremy hunt of zachary, you're right, managed to do that. but the problem is, the are inching the polls are just inching continually the wrong continually in the wrong direction, not the direction, not for the conservative party, him conservative party, for him person have look at it. person. we have to look at it. he goes cabinet ministers in he goes to cabinet ministers in the , what, three the space of, what, three months? he i would reckon, is on the verge of a third, almost feels . dominic raab

gb news is political editor darren mccaffrey . she has this report mccaffrey.ear she said it walked into downing street as new prime minister. i've just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king's invitation to form a government invitation to form a government in his name. his first 100 days have been marked by the s's strikes , sleaze and stability . strikes, sleaze and stability. the prime minister's undoubted first success had been to stabilise the panicky financial markets after the calamitous tenure . liz truss . confidence tenure. liz truss. confidence has been restored , but the has been restored, but the economy remains bruised and inflation continues . plunge into inflation continues. plunge into double digits . interest rates double digits. interest rates are still rising and britain is faced with a recession year unlike any other g7 economy . unlike any other g7 economy. real time wage cuts are also provoking massive action not seen for decades. teachers, nurses. firefighters paramedics. railway workers bus drivers . railway workers

darren mccaffrey . gb path is. darren mccaffrey.nic. let's get the views of our political correspondent tom harwood. how would you assess his first 100 days? well, it's very tricky because, of course, he inherited a for the a very sticky wicket for the conservative party. many conservatives believed that replacing yet another prime minister would have them soaring in the polls, would stabilise things back to where they were before the summer. and yet that hasn't really happened. we've seen this enormous gulf in the polls being really quite remarkably steady . and it is remarkably steady. and it is interesting how when boris johnson was sort of forced out, there was a single digit gulf in those polls that is now really below round into this more than double digit, two times double digit gulf in those polls. double digit, two times double digit gulf in those polls . and digit gulf in those polls. and it hasn't really made that big an impact in terms of creeping back. there have been some ups and downs there, but ultimately , in terms

army general, barry mccaffrey.ecorated combat veteran of vietnam, the former battlefield commander in the persian gulf. general, president biden said he told his team to come back with some, quote, sharper rules on how to deal with these objects in the future. if you are advising president, what would you tell him? >> well, i think his presentation was barely straightforward. it was clearly, we now know about publicly, something that u.s. intelligence community has been tracking, a massive, ongoing chinese intelligence collection effort using these balloons. their global in nature including the united states. now, it's out in the open. we're gonna have to do something about it. a new policy of how to deal with intrusions in our sovereignty, the giant balloon that we shot down initially will be exploited, they'll tell the american people in congress what was in it, it clearly was intelligence collection. that's a central story. the second story, how are we going to deal with unknown objects in u.s. sovereign airspac

darren mccaffrey thanks day. darren mccaffrey thanks very indeed. now the labour very much indeed. the labour leader has apologised on behalf of his party for the handling of antisemitism complaints under his predecessor, jeremy corbyn. sir keir starmer said today he confirmed mr. corbyn won't be standing down, standing rather for labour at the next general election and the equality and human rights commission announced it will end its monitoring of the party. two years after finding it responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination. sir keir starmer said action not just an apology, was needed to all those who were hurt , to all all those who were hurt, to all those who were let down. to all those who were let down. to all those driven out of our party who no longer felt it was their home, who suffered the most appalling abuse. today on behalf of the entire labour party , i of the entire labour party, i say sorry . what you've been say sorry. what you've been through could never be undone . through could never be undone. apologies alone cannot make it right . you new leader

general mccaffrey, a former member of the national security counsel.hile on the house she served as vice chair of the armed services committee. general mccaffrey, this has already i think seeped into our culture, everyone everywhere is asking why don't we just shoot it down including all of the republican primary candidates people like mike pompeo and nikki haley. why don't we just shoot it down? >> there's a lot of theatrical bravado going on in washington. what a thoughtful, measured, sober-minded experienced diplomat he is. this is a provocation. looks like it's an uncoordinated action by the chinese military. it's hardly a covert collection device. these balloons are up at 100,000, 150,000 feet. it was seen by pilots, commercial pilots, photographed on the ground hovering over 150 icbm interballistic missile airspace. it's a brutal move on the part of the chinese, and their denial is expected but doesn't make any sense, so i think shooting it down opens us to the pla then one upping all this. we collect at sea and offshore in the air and possibly b

and christian mccaffrey, i prefer nick bowles, because we belong together now, yeah. i'd rather be here somehow, yeah. and honestly, my life would suck without you. and you, and you, and all you guys, thank you. >> he is amazing, oh, my goodness. but, i loved his wife, she was there and moving and smiling the whole time while they were like oh, my goodness, what is going on here? >> he is the drunk guy at the karaoke bar. he just let it go. >>> still ahead, looking to save some money on eggs but not ready for the commitment of raising your own hands? why not rent a chicken? >> i get calls from people all over the bay area and beyond. >> the bay area >>> the recent spike in egg prices has prompted a lot of bay area families to consider raising chickens. that is a pretty big commitment, you have to clean, it's a thing. it turns out, it doesn't have to be that complicated. renting a chicken is now a thing. >> eric has always loved chickens, he remembers raising them as a kid. and he knows he is not alone, many people want to have them at home or at least give it a try. >

embassy military analyst retired four star army general baron mccaffrey. monica, if we can, let start with you. can it take us through the abc 's and what happened. >> but a lot of development in the last couple of hours, yasmin. we forgive people for being a bit confused and saying wait, what is this. another one. what's going on. let's rewind a bit to this first object i was shot down on friday. under president biden's orders over the alaska waters. then there was that obstruction yesterday's, edited corners for team canada in the united states. both of those objects we're learning now from the white house to not unreasonable the chinese spy balloon. they are much smaller than that massive balloon that was shot down over the atlantic last weekend. then, last, night there was a temporary flight restriction over montana. that's an fda statement came out that lasted a bit of time and there were questions about the reason for. it the only thing we understood was that there were department of activities. then we heard from the montana congressional delegation

the ukrainian standpoint on this battlefield, time is of the essence. >> erin mclaughlin, general mccaffreyw i can't get to you, but please stay with us, we have to go back be to the trial in south carolina, the murder trial, alex murdaugh is resuming his testimony. i thank you all for being with us this morning. >> i remind everyone in the courtroom that there is to be no reaction to the testimony, no jeers, cheers, no reaction at all by anyone in the courtroom. you may bring in the jury. >> -- before the jury comes in. >> there will be an opportunity to put some -- something on the record. if it is regarding an objection, it can be done later. >> yes, sir. >> the courtroom, as soon as they are seated, the cross examination of alex murdaugh will continue. >> the jury is present. >> thank you. you may proceed. >> thank you, your honor. >> when you pick up that chicken, was there any blood on it? >> i don't believe so. >> did you wash your hands at all? >> at that point in time? i don't believe that i did. >> when you say you were there, you said maggie was nearby you, is that correct? >> ri

shannon mccaffrey is the editor of grand jury coverage at the atlanta general constitution.host of the charles coleman podcast. welcome to you both. okay, people are eager to see accountability here. shannon, based on the conversations that you are having, what is the -- do you have a sense of the timeline that we are looking at for potential indictments or other findings specifically from the georgia case? >> well that is the million dollar question, isn't it? as was said at a recent hearing -- she thought decisions on indictments would be imminent. later on one of our reporters qatar in a hallway and asked her what imminent meant and she said legally eminent. not a reporter imminent. whatever that means. so we are hoping to see those soon. i think anyone who saw the brief release of information, you know, five pages, not even all of them filled. you, know left tantalizing clues for what is to come. but it really didn't give us a ton of information. so i would think in the coming weeks, but the person who knows that for sure is fani willis. >> and she is holding her cards c

here to discuss is police chief daniel mccaffrey. ch chief.rstand how it works. >> good morning. thank you for having me. so in accordance with the attorney general of new jersey, they indonesia kwlat add pilot program called arrive. it actually had began with the new jersey state police in southern new jersey. what happens is they partner a mental health screener, mental health evaluator with a police officer and the effort is to try to get resources as quickly as possible to those in need. we in law enforcement have recognized there is a need for officers to not wear as many hats as they are currently wearing. as police officers, we to multifunctions, whether it be screen mental health circumstances, play referee in some domestic violence instances, all sorts of things we are is asked to do, and it's an overtask. so in law enforcement we recognize that there is a need to try to get the resources to the people quicker. this is how this is implemented. >> and chief, what effect has the program had on your department? how have officers responde

what he gets while the way things have gone the last few years, mccaffrey should get some reps, too. just in case it that our 4 zone forecast with a live look at san francisco and lou standing by. what's ahead, laura? i have got some rain may could be turned the bay area's february settles in. now we are going to see. >> well, looks like a more active weather pattern is high pressure going to be moving out of the way and that's going allow for the first of the series of storms to work their way in the bay area. in fact, tonight, you see couple high clouds up above. and because of that, it's not going to be quite as cold. but we are going to see what looks like a change in the weather pattern is more rain mix return by tomorrow night out there. little hazy. but the storm clouds, you can see those gathered off the coastline already. those will be moving in late tomorrow night into early on friday morning. you see here to this is just the beginning. the first one coming through there. you are late tomorrow night friday morning. that storm system comes by that behind that the doors open

. >> great memories, christian mccaffrey, the way he affected our offense and helped our team was awesome through three plus quarterbacks and still play at a high level, awesome. >> it's cliche to say we'll be back next year better than ever but that's the mindset. >> one big question, who will be taking snaps next season? jimmy g, trey lance and brock purdy suffered injuries. brock purdy tore his ucl in sunday's nfc championship. >> always next year. >>> 4:57. coming up on "today in the bay," the oakland a's inching closer to moving to las vegas. 'le an update on the possible move and >>> right now at 5:00, the lone survivor of the half moon bay shooting is awake and talking. what he says he did to stay alive. >> a look at the white house where a big meeting is taking place today between the president and the new speaker of the house. a live report on their first meeting since kevin mccarthy took the gavel and the fight on the debt ceiling. >> and moving california forward. it's the deadline california cities have to plan to build more affordable housing. some plans are not ready yet. ho

joining us now nbc's courtney kube who was the first to report this story, and general barry mccaffreyretired four-star general and an nbc news military analyst. courtney, what are officials saying about this balloon? what really is it, and how did the u.s. learn about its presence? >> so the u.s. military first started tracking this several days ago. it moved down from the aleutian islands through canada into montana, and they were watching it during its entire track. they're characterizing it as a high altitude surveillance balloon, so something that is gathering, collecting information. they've been really particular about not saying what kind of information it can gather with the exception of the fact a senior defense official told me they don't believe it has any kind of new or different intelligence capabilities beyond some of the things that they already know that china does, like using satellites to gather information about things in the continental u.s. so they've been tracking this for several days, but one of the differences here, this is not unprecedented. the chinese have

that's what will drive actions and you see darren mccaffrey interview with the foreign secretary jamess. now detectives midday on gb news. now detectiveattemptingfizz”... ,....... midday on gb news. now detectiveattempting toe-.. ,....... midday on gb news. now detectiveattempting to fix. ,....... midday on gb news. now detective attempting to fix. well ,....... minister attempting to fix. well in an exclusive interview with gb news james told gb news how the government is approaching negotiations . we remain focussed negotiations. we remain focussed the outcome rather the method and the outcome is to protect northern ireland's place , the northern ireland's place, the united kingdom to make that people and businesses in, the political representatives of those people in northern ireland are comfortable with the resolution, whilst also making sure that we protect the internal market. those are very much motivations. that's what will drive actions and you see darren mccaffrey interview with the foreign secretary james cleverly in full tomorrow at midday on gb news. now detectives investig

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but let's speak to our political editor, darren mccaffrey, westminster mccaffrey, who is in westminster. i remember not so long ago , you and i, you were glued ago, you and i, you were glued to the steps of downing street as rishi announced his first cabinet. now not cabinet. now well, not all change, lot change. change, but quite a lot change. what's going on? yeah. and in some ways, actually, it's more change around departments or structures and the structures within government, the really the personal life. in fact, what's most interesting about today that no one's been today is that no one's been sacked . rishi sunak's job sacked. rishi sunak's job creation. or moving creation. if like or moving shuffling people around . what is shuffling people around. what is also is that dominic raab, the current justice secretary and, deputy prime minister, remains in post much speculation about his future given that inquiry. but it's clear that rishi sunak wants to hold on to him until that inquiry wraps up. when we find out, of course , allegations find out, of course, allegations of bullying.

now, before we let you know what darren mccaffrey has been getting up to with the foreign secretary, read some gb views here in response to some of the interviews done this morning, we've spoken lord frost. we've spoken to lord frost. we've sammy wilson, we've we've spoken sammy wilson, we've spoken labour's chapman spoken to labour's jenny chapman bill, fear bill, says camilla, i fear northern be dumped northern ireland will be dumped on time sunak. on again, this time by sunak. there'll spin and there'll be lots of spin and flowery words in this deal, flowery words in this new deal, but will still be in but i europe will still be in charge the northern ireland charge with the northern ireland protocol. i think it's outrageous selling part of the outrageous selling part of the out just for a deal. doug says well sammy rebecca says, well done, sammy rebecca says, oh brilliant show. so oh my god, brilliant show. so far. rebecca. some far. thank you, rebecca. some real gems from david real gems gleaned from david frost . fantastic interview. frost. fantastic interview. thank me some ho

i mccaffrey thank you i darren mccaffrey thank you very indeed . well, let's very much indeed. of former aide to the chief secretary to the treasury morale good to treasury leon. morale at good to see look, we've talked treasury leon. morale at good to see what)ok, we've talked treasury leon. morale at good to see what this we've talked treasury leon. morale at good to see what this meansalked treasury leon. morale at good to see what this means possibly about what this means possibly for s, who were for independent s, but who were the winners in all of this? the net winners in all of this? both the labour party and the conservatives potentially conservatives have potentially got gain from this. got something to gain from this. they i mean i think the they do. i mean i think the unionists are the real winners here. i do that the here. i do think that the separatist movement scotland separatist movement in scotland is take a hit. but is going to take a big hit. but i politically labour look i think politically labour look to big winners to be the big winners because ultimately t

one of labour's most toxic and difficult chapters darren mccaffrey . gb chapters darren mccaffrey.the latest from edinburgh on this news of nicholas sturgeon. of course, stepping down as first minister and getting plenty of your views on that. don't forget gbviews@gbnews.uk for all of your thoughts on today. for all of your thoughts on today . paul has been in touch to today. paul has been in touch to say only a few weeks ago in an interview, the first minister said she had plenty in the tank and was nowhere the point of stepping down. what changed, i think, will be finding out in the coming weeks. meanwhile james says maybe sturgeon's departure is because she's had so negative lately so much negative lately regarding controversial . you can regarding controversial. you can tell from her demeanour she does not like to be challenged . not like to be challenged. meanwhile, mary has been in touch to say you have to look at scotland pre and post devolution to get some idea of what an independent scotland like. independent scotland look like. i it looks , she said, it's i think it looks

if i darren mccaffrey popped on mccaffrey he's just popped up on our screens of political we've beenget ahold of durham last hour so durham for the last hour so would to actually talk would be nice to actually talk to at point but darren to him at some point but darren mccaffrey his way out mccaffrey making his way out with other in with all the other bigwigs in political journalists. can political journalists. you can see quite a few people that ursula von der leyen be ursula von der leyen will be coming will be as well coming out, will be as well going king and going to meet the king and people saying, has the people saying, why has the king got in this? got involved in all of this? just to return to a couple of the points i was making earlier on, which is that he's basically trying that the trying to emphasise that the deal that got at the deal that he's got at the moment. will better for moment. he will be better for your man woman in your average common man woman in northern ireland. and i think they're to the they're trying to swerve the pellets of consequences out of so the du

northern ireland, head to john mccaffrey, our head over to john mccaffrey, our political editor who's, particularly what doug beattie, the leader, is the ulster unionist leader, is saying, look, you know, there's no to drag out for months no reason to drag out for months and saying no reason why and also saying no reason why power get going while power can't get going while those discussions are ongoing . those discussions are ongoing. yeah, indeed. and it's something you and i have been talking about all afternoon. it mark this essence, this that as much for the dup, this all came into this procrastination and thought process and this consultation is about the protocol. it is also about the protocol. it is also about trying to get the internal politics for them right here in northern ireland. what do i say that. well, first of all, they're absolutely determined not on this not to be pushed on this deadune not to be pushed on this deadline effectively in deadline that effectively is in place around the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, which is april 10th. there's an expe

darren mccaffrey thanks for joining us there from.ere keir starmer has speaking this morning. of course, sir keir starmer did serve in jeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet. he makes the argument he was making the case the inside. we the case from the inside. we didn't hear much him on didn't hear much about him on the outside through those years. but moving on, the united kingdom's maritime rescue services were being warned they're likely to see migrant crossings over a much wider stretch of southern coastline in the year ahead. gb news can reveal that people smugglers are increase english, launching small boats, much further south along the french coast to try and avoid robust police patrols around calais and dunkirk. are home and security editor mark white has this exclusive report . bracing out from the french caused a local lifeboat crew responding to reports of a small migrant in difficulties. but this incident also involving a french border patrol vessel is far away from the usual small boat routes out of dunkirk and calais . in fact,

general mccaffrey, thanks for being with us.? secondly, if you were advising the president, what would you be telling him? >> the important part of the story is we have brought into focus that the chinese have been running a global intelligence collection strategy using balloons. there are probably aspects of that d.o.d. did understand. a balloon came down. they had discovered four earlier incursions into the united states this year. we're going to have to take into account a new intelligence threat from the chinese. they've got 260 satellites collecting on us. they have an active cyber intrusion program. they have a healthy, robust human intelligence collection program. now we've got to sort out what to do about these balloons. we do have persistent latency eyes on target and we're going to have to do something about it. norad, very sophisticated and capable, they primarily look for incoming icbm missiles and high performance aircraft. now they're going to have to sort out balloon technology. >> it seems to me that perhaps the

okay as darren mccaffrey earlier and he's mccaffrey said earlier and he's completely right if the toryhey will find a way a vote. they'll way to have a vote. they'll amend another piece of legislation make to legislation and make you get to get it on to the whole paper. yeah. so making that a symbolic vote about this. right. well, let's to downing street now let's head to downing street now because oliver is there because oliver utley is there waiting us and olivia on waiting for us and olivia on this particular time , we know this particular time, we know that prime minister will that the prime minister will speaking well to the cabinet, first being , we first of all, is being, we understand from hotel understand virtually from hotel in windsor, which boggles the mind. then we've got rishi sunak addressing the commons , but we addressing the commons, but we still don't know if there will be a vote on this deal and what happens, of course, if the erg decides to kick off . know it decides to kick off. know it sounds like there won't be a vote on this any time soon, which might make thin

joining me for more is gb news is political editor mccaffrey. good editor at darren mccaffrey.. yeah, good morning, daryn daryn. yeah, good morning . that, as you say, morning. that, as you say, president zelenskyy touched down here in the uk, within the last hour or so. he met or was met on the tarmac by the prime minister, rishi sunak , in minister, rishi sunak, in a literal embrace, starting tweeting out a picture in the last couple of minutes of that meeting . and my word, that meeting. and my word, that picture speaks a thousand words in terms of the symbol. i think that the uk government trying to drive home today, this is only the second visit that volodymyr zelenskyy has made outside of ukraine since the invasion as say essentially a year ago . he say essentially a year ago. he met with president biden in the white house a couple of months ago . it is notable that this is ago. it is notable that this is the first european country. the president will have visited and it is going to be a jam packed day. he's expected to arrive here in downing street . we think here in dow

we begin our programme with the work of a gb news colleague and friend of mine, darren mccaffrey, who'stalking to james, the foreign secretary . here's that secretary. here's that conversation. foreign secretary i suppose, first of all, the question is one year into this , question is one year into this, let's talk about the british pubuc. let's talk about the british public. should let's talk about the british public . should they be braced public. should they be braced for conflict that potentially could go on not just for the next year, but years and years to come.7 well, of course, what we want is for this to come to a conclusion quickly. we're seeing tens, hundreds of thousands of people dead and wounded. we're seeing huge damage . ukrainian seeing huge damage. ukrainian infrastructure . we're seeing infrastructure. we're seeing disruption to energy supplies, food supplies. so all of us want this to come to a conclusion , this to come to a conclusion, but it has to be a conclusion that respects the charter of this place, the un charter, which basically says you can't invade neighbo

thank you so much, darren darren mccaffrey . guest darren mccaffrey. it's a daily express editor and former labour mp pound. right. i always get very moved talking to these farmers, you know, because you see those beautiful shots of our countryside and how important it is and how much we need them. and it feels like they're constantly neglected, doesn't it seem? and britain's battered by brexit fallout and rising costs, say their union, the press today. what are your thoughts? yeah, i thought i thoughts? yeah, i thought i thought it was really interesting interview with gareth and i think he makes the point which is cheap food comes a cost and as a nation we have to decide what's more important is it cheap food or is it local food and often you can't have both and obviously with part of the kind of bonus of brexit for many people is that you can go and negotiate new trade deals with australia, new zealand, places like that obviously what these nations what the prices for that is to have access to all markets to be able to sell in cheaper lamb and beef.

with down in the mccaffrey.he leadership election gun being fired , it seems at this meeting fired, it seems at this meeting it 630. but the bigger question about what they do about independence and on that matters stephen flynn, who's the leader of the party in westminster, saying, let's hold on a minute and that's actually decide where we're going to go first. yeah, really fascinating, mark, isn't it? these big add ons put, what, literally 24 hours ago all the attention on nicholas sturgeon resigning . attention on nicholas sturgeon resigning. but as attention on nicholas sturgeon resigning . but as always, with resigning. but as always, with the way with politics is that the way with politics is that the attention is on who's going to take over next. and those big questions about what does it mean for the snp, what does it mean for the snp, what does it mean for the snp, what does it mean for scottish independence and it mean for and indeed what does it mean for the of the uk? let's talk the rest of the uk? l

let's get more now with political editor darren mccaffrey , joining us from west mccaffrey, joining usise. don't understand that he came across the border from poland by train clearly security is a concern . we even heard the air concern. we even heard the air raid sirens when was on walkabout . yeah. did a pretty walkabout. yeah. did a pretty brief as it must be said though interestingly, it's been revealed in the last couple of minutes, to mark, bleed into that point, you were just talking there that the talking about there is that the us moscow notice that us had given moscow notice that president biden was going to do this ? jake o'sullivan, who's the this? jake o'sullivan, who's the national adviser of the us, confirmed that the pentagon essentially in touch with moscow allow this visit to. go ahead, if you like. so it's clear that the kremlin would have known that president biden was due to be kyiv at this morning . but as be kyiv at this morning. but as always, you know, it's the president, the leader of the free world. there was a lot of security there today as a pretty brief t

christian mccaffrey had this take on watching the big game. >> i hope both teams lose.that game still hurts, and it will for a while. i think nick bosa said it best. i don't know if i'm going to watch the game, it might hurt too much. chris: happy birthday, homecoming for my tonight in portland. i sun coming off game, season high 12 three-pointers in monday's win over okc. warriors star guard turning 33 today and returning to the pacific northwest, where he grew up. >> i am so excited to go back and see my family and be able to play on my birthday. it is just incredible, especially at 33. i have had so many great memories in that city, i fell in love with the game in portland, it will mean the world to me. chris: highlights at 11:00. re-team a minnesota and utah. russell westbrook headed to utah. mike connelly along with some pix are going to minnesota. you will see the new look on saturday night against the warriors. tip-off at 5:38 for we just saw this trade breakdown within the hour plus. what will the warriors do, the deadline is at noon pacific tomorrow. the lakers