Gb news. Morning. 930 on wednesday, the 24th of april. Britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Good morning. Thank you for good morning. Thank you for joining us. So defence spending boost. Prime minister rishi sunak pledges an extra £75 billion in defence spending by 2030. Will it go far enough though . Were going to be speaking to former Armed Forces Minister james speaking to former Armed Forces Ministerjames heappey later in the show and the miranda aftermath , the Prime Minister aftermath, the Prime Minister faces Big Questions over whether those flights will act as a deterrent after 250 migrants attempted to cross the channel yesterday. And of course, we saw those five deaths and a prestigious award for former detective turned whistleblower Maggie Oliver has received the award for her courageous efforts to expose the rochdale grooming gangs. Maggie will join us with her extraordinary story. And yes, what was it like . Andrew back in your day . I dont thin
And it is so nice to see you back, emily. Have you had a wonderful holiday . I have had a wonderful houday i have had a wonderful holiday , and in true british holiday, and in true british style, ive come back with a bit of a sunburn rather than a suntan. I roasted myself right up until the end of the holiday, before i got on to the, the transfer to the to the airport. So there you go. I made the most of it, but im feeling a bit of pain. Okay, okay, well, but at least refreshed. Refreshed . Refreshed. Refreshed. Relax on, what is going to be quite a busy week. Weve got, now, what is it, a week and a half until the local elections. Politics is hotting up. And elections. Politics is hotting up. And just just as you think things couldnt get any weirder. This morning, we had a horse rampage through Central London. You know, ive seen people saying perhaps this is an omen. Ihope saying perhaps this is an omen. I hope not, because it certainly wouldnt be a good one, would it . No, it . No, i
Right now trying to find the men behind a violent attack at a philadelphia landmark. Police say these five guys viciously beat a group of people at genos steaks in south philadelphia. The attack is too graphic to show on tv. Good evening, im Lucy Noland O Yann is off tonight. Victims say all of this started with a simple question. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson spoke with one of the victims much shes life at genos. Shawnette. Reporter lucy, the victim says this all stemmed from a friend of his asking the suspect for cigarette, and he says just as shocking as the tack is what the suspect allegedly uttered that he was with isis. All of that happened within seconds. Reporter these pictures show the injuries patrick cane suffered when he says five guys attacked him. I got punched in the nose and before i could react i got punched in the back of the head and while i was bent over i got like two upper cuts to the eye. Reporter happened just after 4 00 oclock in the Early Morning hours of saturday
Stopped for cheesesteaks at genos in south philly. They had been hanging out after a wedding the night before. He says the woman with them asked the guy for a cigarette. What patrick says the guy said and did next caught them totally off guard. He flew off the handle. He started yelling at us saying you dont know who we are. We belong to isis. And i remember him saying thats not something you joke about. What makes you think im kidding. Reporter tack was captured on surveillance 6789 police its too graphic to show but they released these images of the five suspects who attacked the victims. They shoved the one girl like he put his hand on her face and shoved her across the sidewalk. And then when my wife got involved, like they just smacked her. Reporter when patrick and the guy with him tried to break it up thats when they both were bruntly assaulted. Suspects got away in two separate vehicles. This is a picture of a woman police say was the get away driver in one of the cars. Its rid
We want to know what you have to say. The numbers are on the screen. You can also send us a tweet. Or you can go to facebook and send us also an email. We begin with the front page of the New York Times in their true stories on what police said yes on what the Justice Department said yesterday. The second story calls for reforms from the Justice Department. And the New York Times reporting on wednesday we begin with eric holder yesterday, the attorney general, at the Justice Department outlining this report. [video clip] records show a really disturbing history of unnecessary force against people with mental illness. The overwhelming majority of force, almost 90 , is directed against africanamericans. This deeply alarming statistic points to one of the most pernicious aspects that our investigation uncovered, that these policing practices disproportionately harm africanamerican residents. In fact, our view of the evidence found no alternative explanation for the disproportionate impact