:00:13. > :00:27.Welcome to 100 Days. Contenders for the FBI job were interviewed this
:00:28. > :00:31.weekend, democrats wonder if they were act independent of the
:00:32. > :00:34.president. The administration knows the Comey firing was not handled
:00:35. > :00:41.well and they have to do better in future. Could that lead to firing
:00:42. > :00:48.some of the top staff? Companies and Governments scramble to upgrade
:00:49. > :00:54.software after 150 countries were hit by a cyberattack. France's new
:00:55. > :00:59.president gets to grips with the most powerful woman in Europe, but
:01:00. > :01:05.will be Chancellor warm to the Emmanuel Macron's plans for European
:01:06. > :01:11.reform? And photos to mark what would have been president Kennedies
:01:12. > :01:27.100th birthday. Has the firing of James Comey put
:01:28. > :01:35.America's democratic institutions under threat. That was the view of a
:01:36. > :01:42.former top US intelligence official. But there was nothing illegal about
:01:43. > :01:48.the dismissal of Mr Comey. As Mr Comey stated himself, I have long
:01:49. > :01:52.believed a president can fire an FBI director for any reason, or for no
:01:53. > :01:57.reason at all. That is certainly the view of the president's supporters,
:01:58. > :02:03.including the US ambassador to the UN. The president can fire and hire
:02:04. > :02:08.whoever he wants. That is his right. Whether you agree or not, it is the
:02:09. > :02:15.truth and he is trying to find his own team and were there better ways?
:02:16. > :02:20.That is for everyone to decide. America has a system of checks and
:02:21. > :02:24.balances. But fears were raised this weekend that those may not be
:02:25. > :02:28.enough. This was the intervention yesterday from the former director
:02:29. > :02:36.of national intelligence, James Clapper. The developments of the
:02:37. > :02:41.week are disturbing to me. I think in many ways our institutions are
:02:42. > :02:46.under assault, both externally and that is the big news here, Russian
:02:47. > :02:54.interference in our election system. And I think as well, our
:02:55. > :03:04.institutions are have problems internally. Joining me is Jane
:03:05. > :03:09.Harman. Do you agree with Mr Clapper's fears, or is he being
:03:10. > :03:19.alarmist? I agree with them. We have had plenty of note that is
:03:20. > :03:23.Ransomware is dangerous. We have poor cyberhygiene across the world
:03:24. > :03:33.and the business model is wrong. Companies that are subject to this
:03:34. > :03:44.Fay ransom. At this rate it is going to get worse. I want to ask you
:03:45. > :03:51.about the firing of the FBI chief and that institutions could be under
:03:52. > :03:55.Flett? -- Threat. The election of Donald Trump reflect a lot of
:03:56. > :04:03.dissatisfaction with political leadership. The way the firing was
:04:04. > :04:07.handled, not his right to fire, it seems to me just amplifies the
:04:08. > :04:14.mistrust and the polls show in America that a majority of people
:04:15. > :04:18.think it was handled wrong. The clip you played, our ambassador is right
:04:19. > :04:23.to say he is the CEO and he can hire and fire. But better timing and
:04:24. > :04:27.better preparation was really it seems to me required here. I just
:04:28. > :04:32.add two things. President Obama could have fired Mr Comey last
:04:33. > :04:35.summer. I thought his press conference last summer was quite
:04:36. > :04:40.extraordinary and out-of-bounds and two more times he behaved close to
:04:41. > :04:45.our election in an unprofessional way. But Mr Trump had every right to
:04:46. > :04:50.fire him when he came into office that timing would have been better
:04:51. > :04:54.respect I think or accepted. A lot of people are talking about a
:04:55. > :04:59.special prosecutor, it would have to come from the department of justice.
:05:00. > :05:03.It is an Executive power to name one, it is not something congress
:05:04. > :05:08.could do. How are the democrats going to keep up the pressure to get
:05:09. > :05:15.that special prosecutor? It is not clear that it will happen. But I thi
:05:16. > :05:19.democrats are right, to slow down the confirmation of whoever comes
:05:20. > :05:26.next. There is some good names in the mix. I know many of them. But
:05:27. > :05:32.what we need is an FBI director who is totally politically impartial.
:05:33. > :05:38.The predecessor to James Comey is an example of what he need. He worked
:05:39. > :05:45.with Comey. It is surprising, ten years ago, to refuse to sign an
:05:46. > :05:49.order of the Bush 43 White House which they thought exceeded legal
:05:50. > :05:53.bounds. Somebody like that is the right model and as for special
:05:54. > :06:00.prosecutors, there is another way congress can go, congress has the
:06:01. > :06:05.authority to enact a 9/11 type commission with subpoena power that
:06:06. > :06:10.could look into things. A couple of the people being suggested are
:06:11. > :06:14.Republicans who serve on Capitol Hill from the Senate and from the
:06:15. > :06:19.House. Is that a good way to go, do you think for the president at the
:06:20. > :06:24.moment? Well, I think it matters who they are. People with political
:06:25. > :06:30.experience might be good in the role. Mike Rogers no longer serves
:06:31. > :06:35.there, but he was chairman of the intelligence committee and he was a
:06:36. > :06:43.more junior member when tifs ranking democrat -- when I was the ranking
:06:44. > :06:51.democrat. I think this idea that has been surfaced by Senator Mike Lee on
:06:52. > :06:59.the far right of naming possibly the... His name is escaping me, but
:07:00. > :07:05.the Supreme Court pick of the Obama administration is interesting. That
:07:06. > :07:09.apparently has some support from Mitch McConnell the Republican
:07:10. > :07:13.leader. A lot of good people, including women like Fran Townsend.
:07:14. > :07:18.What matter is will they be impartial? That requires a careful
:07:19. > :07:25.confirmation hearing by the Senate. Thank you. The Republicans blocked
:07:26. > :07:30.the judge didn't they when he was the pick for President Obama for the
:07:31. > :07:33.Supreme Court. You have been speaking to White House people over
:07:34. > :07:38.the weekend, do you think they understand where this went wrong
:07:39. > :07:43.last week? Yes, I was surprised at how candid they are about how this
:07:44. > :07:48.has been a rough week for them and how they handled it badly. At one
:07:49. > :07:51.point the White House official I was talking to said there is a review of
:07:52. > :07:56.the staff and the president will look at who is performing and who is
:07:57. > :08:01.not. That suggests we could be in for a shake-up. But the striking
:08:02. > :08:07.thing was how they said, we can't use the execution the -- excuse the
:08:08. > :08:12.decision was made fast to say we couldn't have handled it better.
:08:13. > :08:19.There should have been better co-ordination and the official said,
:08:20. > :08:23.if North Korea attacks, they will attack fast as well. They're not
:08:24. > :08:28.blaming the communications, they're blaming the people who took the
:08:29. > :08:33.decision? Well, both. I think there has been a lack of co-ordination is
:08:34. > :08:38.how it was put to me and this review is under way. Because I think that
:08:39. > :08:43.is the key for the administration, one thing they said, we were not
:08:44. > :08:52.brought in to be politicians, we are new to this and that is what their
:08:53. > :09:04.supporters asked for, people who are not old hands at the game. It will
:09:05. > :09:09.be interesting to see Trump 2.0. And I'm joined by a guest who can talk
:09:10. > :09:14.about this. We have the prospect of a big shake-up, are you hearing the
:09:15. > :09:20.same things I'm hear something Yes, in fact what I have heard that is
:09:21. > :09:25.many surrogates are appearing for Mr Trump on television are getting
:09:26. > :09:28.calls, saying are you interesting in joining, because the team we have
:09:29. > :09:34.isn't getting the job done for the president. How senior are the
:09:35. > :09:39.figures who could be asked to think about getting other jobs. Mr Spicer
:09:40. > :09:50.might be looking for a new line of twoshg. -- line of work. But the
:09:51. > :09:56.people one level beneath that, the deputies, the people writing the
:09:57. > :10:00.press releases and the talking points for officials are not getting
:10:01. > :10:05.the job done and I think the president is being ill-served. How
:10:06. > :10:11.much of this is about the president's own insecurities, he was
:10:12. > :10:16.mad about the leaks, he thinks his intelligence chiefs are undermining
:10:17. > :10:21.and he has a map apparently trying to convince people he won the
:10:22. > :10:24.election. How much is it about him and him getting on with it and
:10:25. > :10:32.instead of his staff? It is always about the president. I can tell you
:10:33. > :10:36.have been worked for one, you take your tone by the measure of the
:10:37. > :10:41.commander in chief. We felt confident with President Bush and
:10:42. > :10:48.the example he gave us. My friends who the White House are troubled
:10:49. > :10:52.that Mr Trump seems to continue to relitigate the election, as opposed
:10:53. > :10:57.to continue to do the business of the people. It is wearing on people
:10:58. > :11:03.and people who comment say, is the president doing his job at home and
:11:04. > :11:08.abroad. If he finds a bunch of staffers he has to replace them with
:11:09. > :11:15.people, people like you. I'm glad you're still with us, but if knocked
:11:16. > :11:22.on your door, would you be tempted? He loves being with us. Of course he
:11:23. > :11:31.wouldn't be tempted. I love being a BBC analyst. Don't worry. I think
:11:32. > :11:35.there is an issue here about whether the president's temperament, this
:11:36. > :11:40.need to relitigate the election is getting in the way of his ability to
:11:41. > :11:44.get this job done. I think that is the question that I have heard from
:11:45. > :11:48.people inside and outside the administration. It has to be
:11:49. > :11:52.addressed. No question about it. This demonstrates he does not have
:11:53. > :11:58.people who he surrounds himself with who can say, Mr President, no. We
:11:59. > :12:03.had Karen Hughes who has the ability to go into the Oval Office and say,
:12:04. > :12:07.Mr President, that is a bad idea, you're tired, you're not doing what
:12:08. > :12:12.you should be doing and the president listened. I think Mr Trump
:12:13. > :12:20.needs people who can come in and who know how to govern. It is not as
:12:21. > :12:33.much fun in the White House as in the studio. Now that sieber attack.
:12:34. > :12:40.-- cyberattack. The global attack known as WannaCry. Microsoft warned
:12:41. > :12:49.the Governments of the world should treat the attack as a wake up call.
:12:50. > :12:55.They're critical of the way governments store information. With
:12:56. > :12:59.me is our security correspondent. Some strong words from the Microsoft
:13:00. > :13:04.president. This worm, this programme, it was there in the NSA
:13:05. > :13:09.files and if it is in the files, at some point it could get leaked. I
:13:10. > :13:13.think what is surprising is the NSA didn't expect it to be get leaked.
:13:14. > :13:18.But that is a problem for them and their security wasn't good enough.
:13:19. > :13:24.Perhaps a contractor got it out and it got to a group of hackers who
:13:25. > :13:32.tried to sell it and whoever created this took that and adapted it with
:13:33. > :13:44.another couple of bits of code, not sophisticated, but devious and now
:13:45. > :13:49.Microsoft are blaming MSA. People are saying, Microsoft, you built the
:13:50. > :13:54.system... And charged a lot for virus protection. People say,
:13:55. > :13:59.governments, shouldn't they protect institutions. How farm is it the --
:14:00. > :14:02.far is the responsibility of institutions to close up the
:14:03. > :14:07.vulnerabilities. So there is a lot of blame to go around. I think this
:14:08. > :14:10.issue of whether the intelligence agencies have got the ambulance
:14:11. > :14:15.between offence and defence right is an issue. We have seen it in the
:14:16. > :14:24.last couple of years since the Snowden leaks and this will heighten
:14:25. > :14:31.the attention on that. It seems this time there was a serious impact in
:14:32. > :14:43.the UK. But there does seem to have been a bullet dodged and not very
:14:44. > :14:46.many people paid the ransom. What do cyberofficial mean when they say it
:14:47. > :14:54.could be the beginning. Two things worry them. One, is that this
:14:55. > :14:59.particular type of malicious software could reversioned and
:15:00. > :15:03.somebody could get around the fixes and does a similar attack and is
:15:04. > :15:08.harder to stop. I think there is a further problem that this is just
:15:09. > :15:14.exposed how much of our infrastructure is online. We knew
:15:15. > :15:20.that already. But how much of it is not properly patched and is
:15:21. > :15:25.vulnerable to not necessarily the most sophisticated attack. This
:15:26. > :15:32.Israel not like the attack the US is alleged to have taken against Iran.
:15:33. > :15:40.This is something very basic. If someone could do that, not necessary
:15:41. > :15:45.lay -- necessary lay state, but have this impact, that is worrying,
:15:46. > :15:50.because of what it tells us about the vulnerabilities. Must run that
:15:51. > :15:56.virus-checker tonight. Please do. The US has accused the Syrian
:15:57. > :16:04.Government of installing a crematorium in a military prison to
:16:05. > :16:10.disposed of thousands of murdered prisoners. Jane O'Brien joins us,
:16:11. > :16:17.this comes from a junior staff person at the state department. How
:16:18. > :16:20.credible is it? Well a lot of evidence they have cited could be
:16:21. > :16:26.described as circumstantial. They haven't said there is a crematorium
:16:27. > :16:31.there. They're saying that a number of intelligence reports and
:16:32. > :16:34.satellite imagery taken over several years show development, building
:16:35. > :16:39.development that would be in line with a crematorium. So they have
:16:40. > :16:52.seen things like air conditioning units being installed, a chimney,
:16:53. > :16:56.heat extraction. And there was a patch of snow melt on the roof
:16:57. > :17:08.indicating there was heat coming from the building. Thank you. Two of
:17:09. > :17:13.the biggest economy inure, France and Germany have an outsized
:17:14. > :17:18.influence on Europe, but it has been quite a tricky relationship. Perhaps
:17:19. > :17:26.today, markets the start of a new era. France's new president,
:17:27. > :17:29.Emmanuel Macron has travelled to Berlin to meet the Chancellor. On
:17:30. > :17:36.the surface this some broad agreement. TRANSLATION: We have
:17:37. > :17:42.exchanged our views today and we have agreed that we are going to
:17:43. > :17:47.continue to work closely together. TRANSLATION: With our respective
:17:48. > :17:52.teams we will be able to work for projects eve the medium term and
:17:53. > :17:56.have a common road map for the European Union and the eurozone.
:17:57. > :18:05.These are very important subjects as we have seen oversest -- seen over
:18:06. > :18:10.the last few years. Emmanuel Macron has some ideas not popular in
:18:11. > :18:14.Germany. Let's talk to Jenny Hill in Berlin. I guess some of the reforms
:18:15. > :18:26.won't go down well with the Chancellor? Exactly so. They have
:18:27. > :18:31.raised eyebrows here there has been talk about the so-called euro bonds.
:18:32. > :18:37.The electorate is unlikely to support the idea of German money
:18:38. > :18:42.going to sort out the debts of countries whose economies are
:18:43. > :18:45.performing less well. There were always going to be differences. But
:18:46. > :18:50.I think obviously for the cameras too, but there was a real sense of
:18:51. > :18:55.warmth in the welcome that Emmanuel Macron received at the Chancellor.
:18:56. > :19:03.Unusually for such a meetings, there was a crowd outside singing and danc
:19:04. > :19:08.dancing. A friendly beginning. But as Angela Merkel commented, there is
:19:09. > :19:12.magic in every beginning. What you sense is despite talk of agreement
:19:13. > :19:19.on road maps for Europe, there are a lot of differences to overcome.
:19:20. > :19:25.There have been over recent years through the eurozone crisis, because
:19:26. > :19:30.Germany keeps its eyes on the bottom line and of course France have had a
:19:31. > :19:34.more liberal attitude to money and they would be happy to weaken the
:19:35. > :19:42.euro. They have got to get over that first? Yes I think do things are now
:19:43. > :19:46.significant here. One of course after the Brexit decision, Germany
:19:47. > :19:50.has lost the political ally that filled in for France once the two
:19:51. > :19:56.economies started to diverge so widely. So there is a feeling in
:19:57. > :20:00.Berlin it would be good for Germany to have France back on side.
:20:01. > :20:05.Secondly, Brexit has changed everything. There is a real feel or
:20:06. > :20:13.there has been a fear that the EU would start to crumble. If it is
:20:14. > :20:16.possible to revive that old historical French/German axis that
:20:17. > :20:22.underpins much of the European project, that is a way forward. So
:20:23. > :20:26.the meeting was significant, both leaders said that they're happy to
:20:27. > :20:33.look at treaty change in order to create the further integration. We
:20:34. > :20:43.are starting to see perhaps the beginning of the future of the EU
:20:44. > :20:48.without Britain. Thank you. I wanted to remind you not of the future, but
:20:49. > :20:52.the past. You saw Francois Hollande being sworn into office. Emmanuel
:20:53. > :20:58.Macron has the sun shining on him. He is so lucky. Yes he is with the
:20:59. > :21:05.weather. I remember the inauguration in 2012 and there was a moment
:21:06. > :21:12.Francois Hollande went up the street and went to the arch detree op of
:21:13. > :21:16.and he was wet through. He went to the airport to make the trip to
:21:17. > :21:21.Berlin and his flight was hit by lightning and he had to land again
:21:22. > :21:26.at the airfield and pick another plane. But look... That was just the
:21:27. > :21:33.beginning. This is much warmer. What I want to pick out, look at this, so
:21:34. > :21:38.there is the handed on shoulder. I will give you one back. There is a
:21:39. > :21:44.one upmanship and then you go. Look at this... One after the other. It
:21:45. > :21:54.is a sort of... One upmanship of the way leaders do it and what they must
:21:55. > :21:58.do with their hands. Thought what, what does Donald Trump do? Sometimes
:21:59. > :22:04.he doesn't shake hands. Sometimes he doesn't let go. This goes on for
:22:05. > :22:11.about 15 second and he pulls him in. I have seen him do this with the
:22:12. > :22:17.vice-president. There is the tug and he clearly trying to release his
:22:18. > :22:25.hand and it goes on and at the end of this you see him turn away to the
:22:26. > :22:30.Japanese cameras. I think you spent your time last week becoming a body
:22:31. > :22:36.language expert. Yes I do. More serious issues. North Korea fired a
:22:37. > :22:43.missile and it suggests the country is getting closer to being able to
:22:44. > :22:50.reach the US mainland. This missile is capable of carrying a large scale
:22:51. > :22:58.nuclear warhead and it had a longer range than anything they have
:22:59. > :23:06.tested. The range is 4,500 kilometres. Of course he has done
:23:07. > :23:12.this when there is chaos in Washington. So the timing is
:23:13. > :23:15.interesting. Yes, the couple of things here, first that the message
:23:16. > :23:20.being sent to Donald Trump that you try and get tough on North Korea, we
:23:21. > :23:30.are not going to be easy to deal with. China starting a trade summit
:23:31. > :23:35.and a message to the Chinese and Russia, because this landed 60 mimes
:23:36. > :23:40.from Russia. The question people are looking at is what was the
:23:41. > :23:50.reenindustry like. -- reenindustry like. -- re-entry like. Interesting.
:23:51. > :23:56.We discussed earlier a White House shake-up. Perhaps no one would miss
:23:57. > :24:08.Sean Spicer more than Saturday Night Live. They have been at it again.
:24:09. > :24:14.The White House spokesman featured, played by a comedian. I'm filling in
:24:15. > :24:28.for Sean, he is in the naval reserve and he can't be here. I'm sure can I
:24:29. > :24:36.see him hiding in those bushes. The naval exercise, he is trying to
:24:37. > :24:43.blend in with his surroundings. Can you to this full-time. I would also
:24:44. > :24:55.light too ask that question. Your articulate and charming and Sean is
:24:56. > :25:01.bullish... That is cruel. He takes his podium and is driving through
:25:02. > :25:06.New York trying to find Trump Tower. Saying is did you ever put me in a
:25:07. > :25:12.position of not telling the truth. She is so good. The idea of him
:25:13. > :25:17.hiding in the bush, that is because he was hiding on the day James Comey
:25:18. > :25:22.was sacked. You missed this, a lot happened last week, James Comey was
:25:23. > :25:28.fired and Sean Spicer had a wonder around the white House garden
:25:29. > :25:34.bushes. Now you're watching 100 Days. Good to have you back. Viewers
:25:35. > :25:40.in the UK can get up-to-date with the events in the general election
:25:41. > :25:55.in the election Wrap in a moment. That is all on the BBC News
:25:56. > :26:10.channelment still to come the secret side of JFK.
:26:11. > :26:17.Today we saw the first spell of rain over quite a large area for quite
:26:18. > :26:19.some time. We would do again