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0:00:14 > 0:00:16Downing Street has no evidence that Russia successfully
0:00:16 > 0:00:18meddled in the UK election, but that doesn't stop
0:00:18 > 0:00:20the Prime Minister from slamming Moscow, accusing the Kremlin
0:00:20 > 0:00:22of threatening Western democracies.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Theresa May makes her strongest attack yet, saying Russia
0:00:24 > 0:00:26is weaponising information with the aim of sowing
0:00:26 > 0:00:33discord in the West.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35On the question of Russian interference, the US
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Attorney General suggests the Trump campaign was so chaotic
0:00:37 > 0:00:39that he just doesn't remember what contacts there may have been
0:00:40 > 0:00:43with Russian operatives.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45House Speaker Paul Ryan is the latest Republican to say
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Roy Moore should step down as a senate candidate
0:00:47 > 0:00:52in Alabama after multiple allegations of sexual abuse.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Also on the programme:
0:00:53 > 0:00:55From EU rules on health and safety to finance -
0:00:55 > 0:00:58MPs debate a bill that aims to turn them into British law.
0:00:58 > 0:01:08This is the scene now in the House of Commons.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11For every winner there has to be a loser.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13As Sweden celebrates making next year's World Cup,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15there is disbelief in Italy, who won't be going for
0:01:15 > 0:01:20the first time in 60 years.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26Get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond100days.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31I'm Katty Kay in Washington.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Christian Fraser's in London.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36On both sides of the Atlantic they are talking about Russian
0:01:36 > 0:01:38meddling in Western democracies, but listen to the tone from 10
0:01:38 > 0:01:45Downing Street and the White House, it could not be more different.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Donald Trump says he believes Vladimir Putin is sincere
0:01:47 > 0:01:49in his denials of Russian interference and suggests
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Moscow should be given the benefit of the doubt.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Here in London, Theresa May is much more suspicious.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58At a speech last night, she accused Moscow of using social
0:01:58 > 0:02:00media to undermine the international order, promising to do
0:02:00 > 0:02:04whatever it takes to protect future British elections.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06In a significant escalation of the rhetoric, the Prime Minister
0:02:06 > 0:02:08listed a string of other Russian aggressions, including Crimea
0:02:08 > 0:02:14and the Middle East.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It is seeking to weaponise information and plant fake stories
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and photosshop images in an attempt to show discord in the West
0:02:20 > 0:02:28and undermine institutions.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I have a very simple message for Russia.
0:02:31 > 0:02:39We know what you are doing and you will not succeed.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42For the first time, today Facebook conceded that Russian operatives may
0:02:42 > 0:02:45have used its site to influence the Brexit referendum.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Damian Collins is the Chair of the Digital, Culture,
0:02:47 > 0:02:52Media and Sport Committee.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55He has written to Facebook and Twitter and is investigating how
0:02:55 > 0:02:59far Russian interference in the UK goes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04What is it you are seeking to get from Facebook and Twitter?We want
0:03:04 > 0:03:09to know what activity took place in the UK around the Brexit referendum
0:03:09 > 0:03:13in particular that was linked to Russian backed organisations. We
0:03:13 > 0:03:16have seen evidence of this in America and a growing amount of
0:03:16 > 0:03:24evidence that in the UK, but we want to know facts.BuzzFeed is reporting
0:03:24 > 0:03:28tonight that they have obtained the statement from Facebook in which
0:03:28 > 0:03:32they admit for the first time that there were some Russian linked
0:03:32 > 0:03:37accounts that may have used its platform to interfere in the
0:03:37 > 0:03:45referendum vote.That's right. I have written to Mark Zuckerberg
0:03:45 > 0:03:50asking him to release to the community all the evidence they have
0:03:50 > 0:03:54of Russia backed activity promoting messaging around the time of the
0:03:54 > 0:03:57referendum and general election on their site. This is information that
0:03:57 > 0:04:05is held within the company and they should provide it to Parliament.The
0:04:05 > 0:04:08big three have been hauled before Congress to account for what
0:04:08 > 0:04:15happened in the US election. Their message seems to be, listen, we can
0:04:15 > 0:04:20handle this ourselves.Are you satisfied that they can? No, I'm
0:04:20 > 0:04:25not. Unless there is evidence of Russian activity had been requested
0:04:25 > 0:04:29from them we would not know about it now. We are having to request the
0:04:29 > 0:04:34same information about the UK, too. This is information they could find
0:04:34 > 0:04:40themselves presented a voluntarily, but they haven't done it. They are
0:04:40 > 0:04:45cooperating with the hearings we are holding and they will be giving
0:04:45 > 0:04:49evidence to our committee aurally I hope as they have done in America,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53but I feel they could be doing more to voluntarily look for and release
0:04:53 > 0:04:59the information.What happened here in the United States is that they
0:04:59 > 0:05:04played into existing political and social divisions, the Russians,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07through social media platforms. Are they the same kind of divisions have
0:05:07 > 0:05:12played into in the UK, as far as you understand?I think that is exactly
0:05:12 > 0:05:16right. They are looking to divide communities, undermined
0:05:16 > 0:05:22institutions. From a Russian backed account we saw a fake image link to
0:05:22 > 0:05:26the Westminster Bridge attack which tried to suggest a Muslim woman was
0:05:26 > 0:05:31indifferent to the suffering of people on the bridge. That was
0:05:31 > 0:05:37designed to divide communities and incite hatred.Is there any
0:05:37 > 0:05:41information exchange between the House of Commons and Congress and
0:05:41 > 0:05:44doesn't undermine the investigation when the American president is
0:05:44 > 0:05:49saying he believes what the Russian President is telling him?There is
0:05:49 > 0:05:51no formal link between the parliaments but as part of our
0:05:51 > 0:05:56select committee enquiry into fake news we will visit Washington in the
0:05:56 > 0:06:02early New Year, seeking to gain inside information from people
0:06:02 > 0:06:06involved in these investigations and I think that is an important part of
0:06:06 > 0:06:09our work. We are interesting in learning from other parliaments
0:06:09 > 0:06:13around the world as we look to deal with this issue. This is one of the
0:06:13 > 0:06:18biggest threats that democracy faces and we need to get it right.Mr
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Collins, thank you for being with us.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29There seems to be a pattern emerging, doesn't bear? The Russians
0:06:29 > 0:06:32are trying to prove that they have a sense of humour because they just
0:06:32 > 0:06:35sent out this tweet from the Ministry of foreign affairs.
0:06:49 > 0:06:56I think that is called geopolitical trawling of the first order, since
0:06:56 > 0:07:05Crimea under international law does not belong to Russia. That wine was
0:07:05 > 0:07:12made by the Ukrainians before Russia took over the Crimea. The timing is
0:07:12 > 0:07:16interesting because Boris Johnson goes to Russia before the end of the
0:07:16 > 0:07:19year and the rhetoric has been stepped up. Downing Street is saying
0:07:19 > 0:07:24they are not reacting in relation to any specific piece of news, there
0:07:24 > 0:07:31has been a revelation, but there is a growing body of evidence and
0:07:31 > 0:07:35perhaps she putting down a marker. In Downing Street they are saying
0:07:35 > 0:07:41look, when it always -- as we have always said when it comes to Russia,
0:07:41 > 0:07:48be aware but engage. Downing Street today said that they had no evidence
0:07:48 > 0:07:53that they have successfully interfered, but that doesn't mean
0:07:53 > 0:07:55that they did not.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57For some reason, the US Attorney General has
0:07:57 > 0:07:58a problem with his memory.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01He just can't seem to remember key events concerning Russia's contacts
0:08:01 > 0:08:03For some reason, the US Attorney General has
0:08:03 > 0:08:04with the Trump campaign.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08I lost count of the number of times Jeff Sessions used the words
0:08:08 > 0:08:12"I don't recall" in a hearing in Congress today, but it was a lot.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Mr Sessions couldn't really deny he had met George Popadolous,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16the Trump campaign staffer who's cooperating with the Mueller
0:08:16 > 0:08:18investigation, because there is a photograph of him sitting
0:08:19 > 0:08:21in his company.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23The President at one end of the table, Jeff
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Sessions at the other.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27He was asked about his memory of that meeting today by Democratic
0:08:27 > 0:08:34congressman Jerry Nadler.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Let's try and correct the earlier testimony for the record. Yes no,
0:08:38 > 0:08:44Digi chair the March 31 meeting of the National Security advisory
0:08:44 > 0:08:57meeting? Yes I did. Yes or no. Was George Popadolous at that meeting? I
0:08:57 > 0:09:02asked for yes or no. There are reports that you shut George dying
0:09:02 > 0:09:06when he proposed that meeting with Vladimir Putin, is this correct?
0:09:06 > 0:09:14Yes, I pushed back.Your answer is yes. So you are obviously concerned
0:09:14 > 0:09:18by George Popadolous's connections and his possibly arranging a meeting
0:09:18 > 0:09:25with Vladimir Putin.So he did remember pushing back and suggesting
0:09:25 > 0:09:28to George Popadolous that meeting with Vladimir Putin was not a great
0:09:28 > 0:09:32idea for Donald Trump. After that, he basically couldn't remember very
0:09:32 > 0:09:32much at all.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34much at all.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37For more on Mr Sessions' testimony, we are joined now from Capitol Hill
0:09:37 > 0:09:39by Democrat Karen Bass, who serves on the House Judiciary
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Committee and was in that hearing.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47How do you account for the fact that temp one doesn't remember very much
0:09:47 > 0:09:50about contacts that they have been made by the Trump campaign with
0:09:50 > 0:09:56Russians?I absolutely think it is very disingenuous. I could
0:09:56 > 0:10:00understand that many months ago the first time he was asked this, but
0:10:00 > 0:10:05you would think somebody of his stature would really have taken time
0:10:05 > 0:10:09to re-examine everything in his calendar, the meeting, talking to
0:10:09 > 0:10:13other people, so I don't accept his notion that he does not recollect
0:10:13 > 0:10:19what went on. That was far too significant for him not to remember.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21His only excuse today seem to have been that the campaign was very
0:10:21 > 0:10:27chaotic.Well, there is nothing new about that, but like I said he was
0:10:27 > 0:10:31asked these questions many months ago so he has had plenty of time to
0:10:31 > 0:10:37examine what happened in the past. I think saying that he doesn't
0:10:37 > 0:10:44recollect, the campaign is very strenuous, they are excuse -- excuse
0:10:44 > 0:10:50is that I think are very tenuous. How much pressure are you under from
0:10:50 > 0:10:54your Republican colleagues to wrap up the committee's investigation and
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Russian links?I don't necessarily feel any pressure specifically on my
0:10:59 > 0:11:05committee. We need to do far more investigating. I am glad that we had
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Jeff Sessions today, but this is one of the first hearings we have had. I
0:11:09 > 0:11:14don't think there is pressure from my committee, but the republicans
0:11:14 > 0:11:21clearly can go so much further in their investigation. It is nowhere
0:11:21 > 0:11:24near over.The Republican chair of your committee will be pleased to
0:11:24 > 0:11:31hear that the Attorney General has directed prosecutors to look into
0:11:31 > 0:11:35the Clinton Foundation and their links to uranium.I think it is a
0:11:35 > 0:11:39complete their version. The Attorney General will be under pressure to
0:11:39 > 0:11:43please the president he has clearly expressed on many occasions his
0:11:43 > 0:11:47displeasure with him, so everyone knows that if you want to please
0:11:47 > 0:11:53president Trump just focus on the Clintons, Barack Obama. It is absurd
0:11:53 > 0:11:57to have an investigation like that but I can't see him doing it so he
0:11:57 > 0:12:03can keep his job.I am digging out a coat that he gave to a committee on
0:12:03 > 0:12:08the 13th of June. He said I have never met with any Russians were
0:12:08 > 0:12:11foreign officials. I have no knowledge of any such conversations
0:12:11 > 0:12:16with anybody connected to the tramp campaign, but he did admit today
0:12:16 > 0:12:22that George Popadolous did discuss it with him. Isn't the sailing tours
0:12:22 > 0:12:28to perjury?That is why I said it was disingenuous. He was sworn in to
0:12:28 > 0:12:36tell the truth to the Congressional Committee. And he didn't.What are
0:12:36 > 0:12:41you going to do about it?We will have to see how it proceeds. I'm
0:12:41 > 0:12:48sure my Republican colleagues will not want to press the situation, but
0:12:48 > 0:12:55on our side we will.Talking about the Facebook hearings, to what
0:12:55 > 0:13:00extent does it make it difficult to have these investigation when the
0:13:00 > 0:13:04President of the United States seems to be saying when he is abroad that
0:13:04 > 0:13:07he accepts Russia's defence of itself that it never interfered in
0:13:07 > 0:13:14the American elections.I just consider it an embarrassment. I also
0:13:14 > 0:13:16serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee and they know people
0:13:16 > 0:13:20around the world must be looking at us and laughing. It is clear to any
0:13:20 > 0:13:23head of state around the world that if you want to have the president
0:13:23 > 0:13:28changes mind, just invite into your country, have a lot of pomp and
0:13:28 > 0:13:32circumstance, have all the bells and whistles and he was essentially
0:13:32 > 0:13:36agree with anybody. I think it is Barras and for him to be overseas
0:13:36 > 0:13:40and say that he had a five-minute conversation with Vladimir Putin and
0:13:40 > 0:13:46that has more credibility than the 17 separate intelligence agencies as
0:13:46 > 0:13:50a part of his United States government, and he takes a
0:13:50 > 0:13:53five-minute conversation with the enemy above that. It makes us look
0:13:53 > 0:13:59silly.Thank you very much for joining us.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02The Iranian president has promised government help to all those left
0:14:02 > 0:14:03homeless by Sunday's powerful earthquake which struck
0:14:03 > 0:14:05the mountainous border region between Iran and Iraq.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Hassan Rouhani was visiting the area today hit by earthquake.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09More than 460 people were killed.
0:14:09 > 0:14:19Thousands more have been injured.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27The ruling party in Zimbabwe has accused the country's army chief
0:14:27 > 0:14:30of treason after he challenged President Robert Mugabe over
0:14:30 > 0:14:31the sacking of the vice president.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Armed vehicles have been seen on the streets of Harare,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35though their presence is low key.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37The ZANU-PF party said in a statement that
0:14:37 > 0:14:38General Constantino Chiwenga's criticism was calculated
0:14:38 > 0:14:39to disturb national peace.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41The Lebanese politician Saad al-Hariri, who resigned
0:14:41 > 0:14:44as Prime Minister while in Saudi Arabia, says he will return
0:14:44 > 0:14:45to Beirut in the next two days.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Mr Hariri stunned Lebanon when he stepped down in Riyadh.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Many believed the Saudis might be manipulating and detaining him
0:14:50 > 0:14:55as they try to re-shape Lebanese politics.
0:14:58 > 0:15:07Here in London, the House of Commons has begun eight marathon days
0:15:07 > 0:15:10of debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill - a crucial piece of legislation
0:15:10 > 0:15:13that will end the supremacy of EU law in the UK after Brexit.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Nearly 500 amendments have been put forward to the delayed bill,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18just a handful of those will be selected for votes.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21If 20 Tory MP's were to rebel, the Prime Minister would be
0:15:21 > 0:15:24defeated, which some say is a possibility.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26One contentious amendment put forward by the government
0:15:26 > 0:15:29would enshrine the Brexit date and time in law, at 23:00 GMT
0:15:29 > 0:15:33on 29th March, 2019.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Labour and a number of Tory MP's are demanding
0:15:35 > 0:15:36the government withdraws it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:44Vicki Young is in Westminster for us now.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49Vicki, any chance of that amendment being withdrawn?I think there is a
0:15:49 > 0:15:53possibility of the government being defeated on this, but confusingly,
0:15:53 > 0:16:00although it is being debated today, the vote will come until dates and
0:16:00 > 0:16:06this is only day one. The tone of the debate today, listening to
0:16:06 > 0:16:10several Conservatives, they are not happy about this idea of putting up
0:16:10 > 0:16:16Brexit date in law in legislation. They feel that it boxes in the
0:16:16 > 0:16:19negotiators, the British government, and you need to have a bit of
0:16:19 > 0:16:23wriggle room. What do we get up to that date and no deal has been done
0:16:23 > 0:16:29but it is looking like it could be on the cards. That would require all
0:16:29 > 0:16:3327 of the other EU countries to agree to it, but nevertheless they
0:16:33 > 0:16:41feel it will let that -- it will limit the government too much. There
0:16:41 > 0:16:48is some anger here on all of that. Tonight, I think it is unlikely to
0:16:48 > 0:16:52be any difficulty for the government. Eight days of this
0:16:52 > 0:16:59detailed debate. At this moment they are voting on whether to repeal the
0:16:59 > 0:17:051972 European Communities Act. That is that tipped the UK into what was
0:17:05 > 0:17:09the European Community. Still a pretty significant moment.When you
0:17:09 > 0:17:14strip it down to the bare essentials, this is about the
0:17:14 > 0:17:18mandate of Parliament. What is the timetable, the difficulties, the
0:17:18 > 0:17:23practicalities? That is what they are concerned about.And it is a
0:17:23 > 0:17:27very contentious thing. The British people have voted to leave, but the
0:17:27 > 0:17:32point being made by someone like Kenneth Clarke, who all his life has
0:17:32 > 0:17:38been very pro-European, his point is that the referendum said the leaving
0:17:38 > 0:17:44the EU. OK, he will accept that reluctantly. His point is the
0:17:44 > 0:17:49practicalities, even when we do it, all of that detail, he said that is
0:17:49 > 0:17:53up to this place, up to MPs and peers to decide. They need to go
0:17:53 > 0:17:58through that kind of detail because frankly it wasn't discussed during
0:17:58 > 0:18:02the referendum. Some of these issues were touched upon by promises were
0:18:02 > 0:18:09made by people not in government now. The details of how we leave
0:18:09 > 0:18:14still has to be thrashed out and Parliament really want to have a say
0:18:14 > 0:18:19on all about, particularly on any final deal that Theresa May comes
0:18:19 > 0:18:26back with from Brussels.A rather the Potters character was going back
0:18:26 > 0:18:31and forwards behind you and Bobby running after her.Someone in fancy
0:18:31 > 0:18:37dress? There are all sorts of people who come to speak to their MPs. It
0:18:37 > 0:18:43is democracy in action, Christian!I had no idea that the Houses of
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Parliament to be so much fun!
0:18:45 > 0:18:49This is the scene now in the House of Commons where the debate
0:18:49 > 0:18:51is underway and we'll be back at Westminster later
0:18:51 > 0:18:53in the programme to our Brexit duo, the MPs Nigel Evans
0:18:53 > 0:18:59and Seema Malhotra, on today's events.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00So, try figuring this out.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Five women accuse a US politician of sexual harassment,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06one of whom says she was just 14 at the time, and the politician is
0:19:06 > 0:19:07still ten points ahead in the polls.
0:19:07 > 0:19:1050 pastors have signed a letter supporting him and an official
0:19:10 > 0:19:13from his local Republican party says that even if the allegations
0:19:13 > 0:19:18are true he'd vote for him anyway.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Welcome to the extraordinary story of Judge Roy Moore,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23who could well be the next US Senator for the state of Alabama.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26A woman went on TV yesterday with a detailed account of how
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Mr Moore locked her in a car and molested her.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33The accusations have appalled many Republicans in Washington
0:19:33 > 0:19:36who want him to step down, but he does still have the support
0:19:36 > 0:19:42of his famous backer Steve Bannon.
0:19:42 > 0:19:48Temp three reached over and began groping me. I'm putting his hand on
0:19:48 > 0:19:56my breasts. I tried fighting him off while I yelled at him to stop. But
0:19:56 > 0:20:01instead of stopping he began squeezing my neck, attempting to
0:20:01 > 0:20:07force my head onto his crotch. I thought that he was going to rip me.
0:20:07 > 0:20:15He said, you are just a child and he said I have the district attorney
0:20:15 > 0:20:21and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you.This
0:20:21 > 0:20:27is absolutely false. I never did what you said I did. I don't even
0:20:27 > 0:20:32know the woman, know anything about. This race just being 28 days off,
0:20:32 > 0:20:38this is just political manoeuvre.We are looking at whether there is
0:20:38 > 0:20:42someone who could run a writing campaign successfully.He should
0:20:42 > 0:20:47step aside. These allegations are credible. If he cares about the
0:20:47 > 0:20:51values and people he claims to care about, then he should step aside.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I'm joined now by our political analyst Ron Christie -
0:20:54 > 0:21:01a former advisor to President George W Bush.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05You have a host of republicans in Washington saying that Roy Moore has
0:21:05 > 0:21:10to go. The Washington Post has its allegations. It seems that a lot of
0:21:10 > 0:21:14republicans in the state of Alabama believe Roy Moore over the
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Washington post and republicans in Washington.I think that is all that
0:21:18 > 0:21:24counts, the people of Alabama will decide this case. What we should
0:21:24 > 0:21:27have is Roy Moore for the better part of his country, state and party
0:21:27 > 0:21:33should step down, but he will do that. Republicans are in a lose lose
0:21:33 > 0:21:38situation. If the goes on to win this, you have the senator in charge
0:21:38 > 0:21:41of the campaign arm of the Republican Party saying he should be
0:21:41 > 0:21:48expelled. If he loses, the Democrats have won more steep -- one more seat
0:21:48 > 0:21:53in the Senate. In neither case, the republicans are in a bad spot.We
0:21:53 > 0:21:56are not here to pass judgment on whether these allegations are right,
0:21:56 > 0:22:11but I'm sure how this looks around the world. Why are people circling
0:22:11 > 0:22:17the wagons and saying, we are going to support our guide.It is a very
0:22:17 > 0:22:20conservative, religious state. When he was expelled from being a Supreme
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Court justice, he said I am standing firm for the Ten Commandments, I
0:22:24 > 0:22:30will not remove this memorial. People loved him for that. The think
0:22:30 > 0:22:34he is a folk hero dined there he is standing for religion and
0:22:34 > 0:22:39conservative principles.Ordinarily you would expect the president to
0:22:39 > 0:22:45speak about this, because he has compromised because they will say if
0:22:45 > 0:22:50you believe that people who are accusing him, why shouldn't we
0:22:50 > 0:22:56believe the 13 women accusing you, Mr Trump?No question about that.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01The White House doesn't want to wade into this. He has focused all of his
0:23:01 > 0:23:06time, attention and tweets to what has gone on in his shirt. He has
0:23:06 > 0:23:11deliberately avoided what is a political landmine that we can
0:23:11 > 0:23:14expect Mr Trump to see when he gets back. The last thing he wants to
0:23:14 > 0:23:18talk about his allegations of sexual misconduct given some that were
0:23:18 > 0:23:24lodged against him in the past. This Roy Moore situation is a lose lose
0:23:24 > 0:23:28for republicans and I don't see the situation getting better whether he
0:23:28 > 0:23:34stays in this race for drop side. Thank you for joining us. And number
0:23:34 > 0:23:39of the far right groups have gone down to Alabama to dig around.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44I am hearing this is going to get more ugly. Breitbart, the far right
0:23:44 > 0:23:49news organisation, headed by Steve Bannon, has sent to reporters dined
0:23:49 > 0:23:56there to try to dig up dirt on these women who have accused him of sexual
0:23:56 > 0:24:01harassment. There are other groups that are also trying to dig up dirt
0:24:01 > 0:24:05on these women, the marital history, the boyfriends they have had, trying
0:24:05 > 0:24:08to discredit the story. A story has been running in the New Yorker
0:24:08 > 0:24:14saying that Roy Moore was barred from a shopping mall because he was
0:24:14 > 0:24:20harassing teenagers. So, both sides investigating this story and we will
0:24:20 > 0:24:26see where it goes. And we will be there for the boat when it happens.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Today is the 14th of November, an important date because it is your
0:24:32 > 0:24:37birthday! Have you still got Ron Christie with you? Still here! He
0:24:37 > 0:24:41did send me very kind birthday wishes yesterday. Did you know it
0:24:41 > 0:24:43was here!He did send me very kind birthday wishes yesterday. "But
0:24:43 > 0:24:49Day-to-day? And look, she even has the cards that they gave her.Yours
0:24:49 > 0:24:57is in the post! Ron Christie has given me a birthday card...! Well,
0:24:57 > 0:25:02yours might be in the post, we'll see. Yours might be in the post
0:25:02 > 0:25:07sounds like the kind of things that Jeff Sessions might have said at the
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Congressional hearing today. I'm so sorry this isn't something I
0:25:11 > 0:25:17recollected, I feel to remember. Happy birthday to you.Christian,
0:25:17 > 0:25:23happy birthday to you. Thank you, my good friend. Team the Scorpio on
0:25:23 > 0:25:25this programme. A sting in the tail.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26A sting in the tail.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC
0:25:31 > 0:25:32World News: Donald Trump Junior releases his Twitter
0:25:32 > 0:25:35exchange with Wikileaks - we'll look at just how
0:25:35 > 0:25:43damaging they are.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Sweden's footballers celebrate in style as they make
0:25:44 > 0:25:47it to the World Cup, but I've spent the morning
0:25:47 > 0:25:48with devastated Italians.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51That's still to come.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14Well, it has turned a little bit mile right there. We have had a lot
0:26:14 > 0:26:18of moisture and cloud that has been drifting off the Atlantic and with
0:26:18 > 0:26:22that comes a lot of damp weather for tonight and into tomorrow. Mist and
0:26:22 > 0:26:26fog could be a problem as well anywhere across England and Wales,
0:26:26 > 0:26:31so if you're travelling early in the morning in England and Wales could
0:26:31 > 0:26:37be tricky in some areas. It will not be so foggy in Scotland. Here the
0:26:37 > 0:26:40skies will be clearer tonight. There will be some patches of barbecue and
0:26:40 > 0:26:45there but I think a chilly, clear night overall in the north whereas
0:26:45 > 0:26:49in England and Wales, milder air and the butchers of 10 degrees. Let's
0:26:49 > 0:26:53have a look at this gloomy mark first thing in the morning. This is
0:26:53 > 0:26:58what it looks like around seven o'clock. You can see bits of drizzle
0:26:58 > 0:27:04in the site, drizzle in Lincolnshire as well. This is just generally grey
0:27:04 > 0:27:08skies with a bit of mist and fog. Similar picture in Northern Ireland,
0:27:08 > 0:27:13also a chance of fog patches. But in Scotland it should be a clear start
0:27:13 > 0:27:18of the day and we have a beautiful sunrise on the way, as well. Not
0:27:18 > 0:27:22much changes across the bulk of the country tomorrow. There will be more
0:27:22 > 0:27:25brightness developing in the afternoon, but some of the grey
0:27:25 > 0:27:30skies and missed to persist into the afternoon. Temperatures getting up
0:27:30 > 0:27:34to 13 degrees with a bit of sunshine. In the north out of the
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Calder starred in Scotland it will get higher than 8 degrees in the
0:27:39 > 0:27:43lowlands. For weapons in identifiers to, change on the way. This low
0:27:43 > 0:27:47pressure will send a weather front racing across the UK and could be
0:27:47 > 0:27:54heavy rain for a time. A brief burst of heavy rain, then it clears up
0:27:54 > 0:27:57across Scotland, northern England and the cloud. Breaking up on the
0:27:57 > 0:28:05site before that weather fronts tweets southwards. Then this
0:28:05 > 0:28:12clearer, fresher air mass out of the north. So at crisp day. This Calder
0:28:12 > 0:28:21error behind the front will not stick around for very long because
0:28:21 > 0:28:26them out there will move back in again and low pressure will be
0:28:26 > 0:28:30marching in, so the weekend will eventually turn unsettled.
0:29:16 > 0:29:25the country as a cold front sweeps through the UK.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28the country as a cold front sweeps through the UK.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12This is Beyond One Hundred Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington -
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Christian Fraser is in London.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Our top stories.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Theresa May accuses Moscow of meddling in elections to sow
0:30:17 > 0:30:19discord in the West.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24Russian officials hit back saying she is making of a fool of herself.
0:30:24 > 0:30:32US Attorney General Jeff Sessions gets a grilling before lawmakers
0:30:32 > 0:30:34and what contacts the Trump campaign had with any Russian operatives.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Coming up in the next half hour.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Contacts are revealed between Donald Trump Jr and Wikileaks.
0:30:38 > 0:30:46We speak to the journalist who brought the story to light.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Plus, Sweden celebrate in style as they make next year's world cup -
0:30:49 > 0:30:51but Italy is in mourning as they miss out for
0:30:51 > 0:30:55the first time in 60 years.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:30:57 > 0:31:07'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11New evidence has emerged that Donald Trump Junior was in touch
0:31:11 > 0:31:15with Wikileaks during the campaign - an organisation US intelligence
0:31:15 > 0:31:18believes disseminated material hacked by Moscow.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Congressional investigators already knew of Don Jr.'s
0:31:20 > 0:31:23correspondence with WikiLeaks.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25But now he himself has published them.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27The tweeted communications add insight into the web
0:31:27 > 0:31:29of communications linking the Trump campaign, Russia, and
0:31:29 > 0:31:31intermediaries like WikiLeaks.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34It's worth looking at the timeline to see how this may have
0:31:34 > 0:31:37affected the election.
0:31:37 > 0:31:43On 3 October 2016, WikiLeaks writes to Donald Trump Junior,
0:31:43 > 0:31:45attaching a link of Hillary Clinton criticising Wikileaks
0:31:45 > 0:31:47founder Julian Assange.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49"Hiya, it'd be great if you guys could comment
0:31:49 > 0:31:53on/push this story,", Wikileaks suggest.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Trump Junior responds within an hour and a half.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57"Already did that earlier today.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59It's amazing what she can get away with."
0:31:59 > 0:32:01A week later, Wikileaks gets in contact again.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03"Hey Donald, great to see you and your dad talking
0:32:04 > 0:32:07about our publications.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12Strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentions us" -
0:32:12 > 0:32:14there was no response to that message, but.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Just 15 minutes after the message was sent, Donald Trump tweeted this
0:32:17 > 0:32:19"Very little pick-up by the dishonest media of incredible
0:32:19 > 0:32:23information provided by WikiLeaks.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25So dishonest! Rigged system!".
0:32:25 > 0:32:28AND Two days on from that on the 14th October -
0:32:28 > 0:32:38Trump Junior tweets out the very link he'd been sent.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Donald Jnr could maintain he didn't know that Wikileaks was offering.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45But this was two months after the FBI alleged -
0:32:45 > 0:32:47in July 2016 - that they believe Russian had hacked
0:32:47 > 0:32:48the DNC computers.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53Here's CIA director Mike Pompeo on that in April this year.
0:32:53 > 0:33:00It is time to call-out WikiLeaks for what it is, a non-state hostile
0:33:00 > 0:33:03intelligence service often abetted by actors like Russia.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06A short while ago we spoke to Julia Ioffe from the Atlantic magazine -
0:33:06 > 0:33:09the journalist who first broke the story on Donald Trump Junior's
0:33:09 > 0:33:13correspondence with Wikileaks.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17The big question is how much closer to these revelations that Donald
0:33:17 > 0:33:22Trump Junior was in contact with WikiLeaks take us to any sense of
0:33:22 > 0:33:28whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the campaign?I
0:33:28 > 0:33:35think that is a question for a lawyer to answer, I do not want to
0:33:35 > 0:33:37venture into that territory or speculate as to whether collusion
0:33:37 > 0:33:43occurred. But we see WikiLeaks actively trying to solicit the help
0:33:43 > 0:33:50of the Trump campaign and asking them for increasingly bold favours.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55At the time as we know it was working closely with Russian
0:33:55 > 0:33:59intelligence.That is what is interesting, not just that WikiLeaks
0:33:59 > 0:34:04was suggesting to Donald Trump Junior that he disseminate
0:34:04 > 0:34:10information and giving him steers but also that WikiLeaks was making
0:34:10 > 0:34:17asks of the campaign.That is right and later the administration asking
0:34:17 > 0:34:24him to press for this training government to make Julian Assange
0:34:24 > 0:34:32the Australian ambassador to Washington, asking them to release
0:34:32 > 0:34:36the Trump tax returns, release e-mails about the meeting that
0:34:36 > 0:34:41happened in June 2000 16. So just increasingly, first they start with
0:34:41 > 0:34:45little things, have you seen this story, take a look into this and
0:34:45 > 0:34:52then it is can give us the tax returns, can you make are Gueye the
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Australian ambassador, can you get as these e-mails.So kind of
0:34:55 > 0:35:01escalating. And what is interesting is the response of the president
0:35:01 > 0:35:07around the time when these sweet messages were hitting the account of
0:35:07 > 0:35:13Donald Junior.That is right, on October 12 you have WikiLeaks
0:35:13 > 0:35:18writing to Donald Trump Junior saying if you're, if your followers
0:35:18 > 0:35:25have any time here is a link for a search in all the documents pilfered
0:35:25 > 0:35:28from, through Russian government hackers. If your followers have time
0:35:28 > 0:35:34to take a look at this. And by the way we've just released the fourth
0:35:34 > 0:35:39part of the e-mails of John Podesta, who was of course campaign editor.
0:35:39 > 0:35:45This message was five days after the American Department of Homeland
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Security and office of the Director of National intelligence said this
0:35:48 > 0:35:52is all part of a criminal orchestrated campaign to influence
0:35:52 > 0:36:00the presidential election. Nevertheless within 15 minutes of
0:36:00 > 0:36:02receiving the message Donald Trump, then the Republican candidate,
0:36:02 > 0:36:09tweeted out something about the John Podesta e-mails. And two days later
0:36:09 > 0:36:15Donald Trump junior tweeted out the search link, which is not a
0:36:15 > 0:36:19straightforward link at all but it seems pretty clear where we got
0:36:19 > 0:36:26that.Thank you very much for your reporting.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Moving from coordination, there appears to be some that all the way
0:36:29 > 0:36:38to collusion, that for Robert Mueller to decide. But looking at
0:36:38 > 0:36:41this, and all the things that we have been talking about, the
0:36:41 > 0:36:46campaign was open for business.Yes and I think that is where the
0:36:46 > 0:36:51goalposts have shifted. When the Trump administration was first
0:36:51 > 0:36:56inaugurated way back in January the idea that someone might Donald Trump
0:36:56 > 0:37:02junior may have had a meeting in order to get dirt on Hillary Clinton
0:37:02 > 0:37:05or better campaign operative may have had a meeting and suggested
0:37:05 > 0:37:10that he could get something on Hillary Clinton or in this case
0:37:10 > 0:37:13WikiLeaks wishing out directly to Donald Trump junior and saying we
0:37:13 > 0:37:19have got stuff on Hillary Clinton. I think we all would have said that
0:37:19 > 0:37:22kind of structure the realm of fragility and that possibly we would
0:37:22 > 0:37:27have said that definitely would be a definition of collusion. But this is
0:37:27 > 0:37:32the new normal, an indication of how things have shifted since the Trump
0:37:32 > 0:37:35administration has been inaugurated and now we define things differently
0:37:35 > 0:37:39and go getting more indications but as you said it is up to lawyers to
0:37:39 > 0:37:43decide whether this is any breach of American Law and whether this
0:37:43 > 0:37:49actually is a quid pro bowl which would be collusion. Back to British
0:37:49 > 0:37:52politics.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54MPs today began their line-by-line scrutiny of the EU Withdrawal Bill,
0:37:54 > 0:37:56the central piece of Brexit legislation.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Hundreds of amendments have been put forward by MPs who want changes
0:37:59 > 0:38:00to the bill before it becomes law.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Remember - the aim of the EU Withdrawal Bill is to bring
0:38:03 > 0:38:07all existing EU law into domestic UK law, to try to ensure a smooth
0:38:07 > 0:38:08transition on the day after Brexit.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Yesterday, Brexit Secretary David Davis made a surprise concession,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13promising MPs would be given a take-it-or leave-it vote
0:38:13 > 0:38:16on the final Brexit deal.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Some Tory rebels say that could mean a chaotic exit from the EU -
0:38:19 > 0:38:23if a deal was reached at the last minute - or if there was no deal.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Here's a reminder of what the Withdrawal bill intends to do.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31To help us pick our way through that - and to for a catch up -
0:38:31 > 0:38:33because it's been a while - we're joined now from Westminster
0:38:33 > 0:38:37by two familiar faces - Seema Malhotra and Nigel Evans.
0:38:37 > 0:38:44Great to see you both. Let's talk about the amendment which would set
0:38:44 > 0:38:51the date and time of departure. Take it from me, someone who has sat
0:38:51 > 0:38:55through all these Brussels meetings in the past, if you give the EU time
0:38:55 > 0:39:00they will fill it. So why not just give them a deadline?It is not
0:39:00 > 0:39:04about the EU actually, it is about the UK and about how we make sure we
0:39:04 > 0:39:09have the best chance of the best deal and orderly Brexit. I think the
0:39:09 > 0:39:14best quote today came from a senior Conservative MP who said he was
0:39:14 > 0:39:20voting against own side if it came to vote and said it was mad
0:39:20 > 0:39:23amendment and done without collective authority. Pretty
0:39:23 > 0:39:26staggering from a former Attorney General. The reason being we want to
0:39:26 > 0:39:31make sure when we have a deal, when we finally leave the EU that we do
0:39:31 > 0:39:35so with the security about what comes next and not but would fall
0:39:35 > 0:39:38off a cliff edge or that we challenge the legal basis on which
0:39:38 > 0:39:43we continue to transact. What he said today was important, that
0:39:43 > 0:39:48putting that date on the face of the bill in this way would actually
0:39:48 > 0:39:53challenge all the transition deal arrangements that have also been
0:39:53 > 0:39:58talked about by the prime Minster so that we continue to trade when we
0:39:58 > 0:40:02leave, but the key thing is if it jeopardises that it could lead to a
0:40:02 > 0:40:08hard Brexit which will be would be devastating and semi-catastrophic as
0:40:08 > 0:40:14one leading car manufacturer said today.Nigel, Anna Soubry told us it
0:40:14 > 0:40:18was a stormy meeting last night when they got together with the party
0:40:18 > 0:40:22whips. If 20 defect to the Labour side doesn't mean the Prime Minister
0:40:22 > 0:40:26might be brought down?I have got the scars of the Maastricht Treaty
0:40:26 > 0:40:33still on my back in 1992 and remember... I do not take my shirt
0:40:33 > 0:40:39off any more! I remember being dragooned at three o'clock in the
0:40:39 > 0:40:43morning and five o'clock in the morning to vote for aspects which I
0:40:43 > 0:40:47did not think win the best interests of the country. But overall I
0:40:47 > 0:40:51supported John Major and that is what I would hope that Anna Soubry
0:40:51 > 0:40:56will do in supporting Theresa May as well. Unless we set the date then
0:40:56 > 0:41:00all of a sudden people in the chamber still talk about if we leave
0:41:00 > 0:41:05the EU but you know what we are leaving because over 70 million
0:41:05 > 0:41:10British people voted to leave.But the confusing thing is we are
0:41:10 > 0:41:13already living on that date according to Article 50 so the
0:41:13 > 0:41:19question is why the government wants to do this now, what game are
0:41:19 > 0:41:22displaying and who it is doing it for.It is not the British people.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25The Brexit minister talked about us becoming a third country on the day
0:41:25 > 0:41:30we leave. So there's not going to be an extension so Brussels can still
0:41:30 > 0:41:33pad out the discussions and negotiations that are happening.
0:41:33 > 0:41:39David Davis is going in there and negotiating, preparing to concede on
0:41:39 > 0:41:43the rights of EU nationals living in the UK and even on the transit
0:41:43 > 0:41:49period that we could have another two years before we leave. And yet
0:41:49 > 0:41:54Michel Barnier says it is not enough.Sick and tired of it is not
0:41:54 > 0:42:00enough. I do not think that is the reality of how things are going on.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04I think in fact people are starting to realise that it is this
0:42:04 > 0:42:08government mishandling the negotiations.I think I understood
0:42:08 > 0:42:13most of the process, or some of it, but you voted remain, is there any
0:42:13 > 0:42:18way you would vote to support the EU withdrawal bill whatever it ends up
0:42:18 > 0:42:23as, however the amendments go down, you're going to say no?I think it
0:42:23 > 0:42:28depends on what was safeguards are that are put in place. I'm not on my
0:42:28 > 0:42:32own in that, you can see on the government side... So you could vote
0:42:32 > 0:42:36yes to it. I could if I thought safeguards were there on the powers
0:42:36 > 0:42:42that ministers are giving themselves. Do not hold your breath!
0:42:42 > 0:42:45If they changed the way they sidelined Parliament all through the
0:42:45 > 0:42:49process. The amendment again was about making sure that the
0:42:49 > 0:42:52government has the right to proceed to no deal without having to come
0:42:52 > 0:42:56back to Parliament. And Parliament standing at the ground today, I was
0:42:56 > 0:43:02proud to be in the chamber. But what is important as well is that we have
0:43:02 > 0:43:05a vote in parliament, say about how to move forward and also the risks
0:43:05 > 0:43:08of us leaving and the way we leave, making sure we safeguard British
0:43:08 > 0:43:16businesses, jobs. That is what this is really all about.I'm with James
0:43:16 > 0:43:21Dyson on that. We have to leave it there. I will leave it to you to
0:43:21 > 0:43:26continue this because I think your colleague has just accused you of
0:43:26 > 0:43:31being disingenuous!I do not think so. And we have got a long night to
0:43:31 > 0:43:35go!And another seven sessions! Lucky you!
0:43:35 > 0:43:38This weekend the New York Times reported the State Department
0:43:38 > 0:43:40is offering twenty five thousand dollars in redundancy money,
0:43:40 > 0:43:42to any staff members who want to move on.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45All part of Secretary Tillerson's plans to streamline the way
0:43:45 > 0:43:48the State Department operates.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51But is it root and branch reform - or is it more something akin
0:43:51 > 0:43:52to corporate vandalism?
0:43:52 > 0:44:02There are plenty who are connected with the State Department who say
0:44:02 > 0:44:04its role is being sorely undermined, and its expertise
0:44:04 > 0:44:05ignored by the White House.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08I am joined by David Rank who spent 27 years
0:44:08 > 0:44:12at the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer.
0:44:12 > 0:44:19You five American president is Republican and Democrat but Roger
0:44:19 > 0:44:21letter saying you would resign from the State Department.Why would you
0:44:21 > 0:44:25not serve under Donald Trump? It was not but I would not serve under
0:44:25 > 0:44:29Donald Trump but the policies that he was implementing I think were bad
0:44:29 > 0:44:35for the US, bad for my kids and kind of bad for myself.Which policies in
0:44:35 > 0:44:40particular pushed you out the door? It was the decision to leave the
0:44:40 > 0:44:44Paris minor change agreement. I think if you look at what happened
0:44:44 > 0:44:51this week in Germany, 200 countries on one side and the United States on
0:44:51 > 0:44:54the other. It used to be that people would look to Washington for
0:44:54 > 0:45:00guidance. -- climate change agreement. And now we are the
0:45:00 > 0:45:06subject of derision if you look at what happened.You served 25 years
0:45:06 > 0:45:10but you think this is quantified be different?Absolutely, what we had
0:45:10 > 0:45:13in leaving the Paris agreement, I think the one agreement that unifies
0:45:13 > 0:45:19the rest of the world and literally unifies the rest of the world and
0:45:19 > 0:45:25unifies the partners, the EU, Japan, Australia, really the backbone of
0:45:25 > 0:45:32American diplomacy for the last 70 years.I think just a terrible
0:45:32 > 0:45:36decision. How is morale in the State Department when you talk to your
0:45:36 > 0:45:43colleagues?Well it is pretty bad. Just like anywhere else, you want to
0:45:43 > 0:45:47work for you feel you're on the asset side of the ledger, these are
0:45:47 > 0:45:52people who have devoted their lives in many cases, spent years and years
0:45:52 > 0:45:57away from family and in really tough situations. They have spent a lot of
0:45:57 > 0:46:02time developing expertise in areas and it is difficult not to not get
0:46:02 > 0:46:06the final say but not even have a voice as policies are being
0:46:06 > 0:46:10developed, not being listened to.It is a tough environment. We spoke to
0:46:10 > 0:46:16people on the first part of the Asia trip this week and the feeling was
0:46:16 > 0:46:20there were some big deals in the pipeline but they had been side
0:46:20 > 0:46:23ahead of time anyway. There was no real strategy over what the
0:46:23 > 0:46:33president wanted to achieve in China?I will try to... I assume the
0:46:33 > 0:46:37White House will put forward a strategy but if you look at the
0:46:37 > 0:46:42deals, we sell a lot of Boeing aeroplanes most years, there was the
0:46:42 > 0:46:45language of as much as, I'm sceptical having use that language
0:46:45 > 0:46:50myself in a previous career when you set up to, there is the possibility
0:46:50 > 0:46:55of not up to.You served six times when you are in the foreign service
0:46:55 > 0:46:58in China and you write in your letter that there is a risk that if
0:46:58 > 0:47:01America withdraws its global leadership other countries will step
0:47:01 > 0:47:05in. If you look at what happened in the Asia trip have already got
0:47:05 > 0:47:09evidence that China is taking America's place in the world?To
0:47:09 > 0:47:16some degree, China of course delighted to have the chance without
0:47:16 > 0:47:19really having to raise its game or put more on the table, to step
0:47:19 > 0:47:23forward as a global leader but on the other hand I think there's not a
0:47:23 > 0:47:27substitute for American leadership out there. I think China does not
0:47:27 > 0:47:30have the instincts to be a global leader, I do not think they have the
0:47:30 > 0:47:35experience to be a global leader. And I think certainly countries in
0:47:35 > 0:47:39the region, and many around the world look at what Chinese
0:47:39 > 0:47:42leadership might look like and I do not think they are comfortable with
0:47:42 > 0:47:51that either.Do you think it is generally a suspicion about civil
0:47:51 > 0:47:55servants, conservative politicians do not believe that civil servants
0:47:55 > 0:47:58are acting in their interests and they see them as part of the
0:47:58 > 0:48:02establishment?Civil servants are part of a political establishment in
0:48:02 > 0:48:08the sense that they work from one administration to the next. When I
0:48:08 > 0:48:12left I was accused of being an Obama administration holdover but you
0:48:12 > 0:48:16could call me of George W Bush holdover, I began my career more
0:48:16 > 0:48:23than two decades prior. We are in institution, that works for the
0:48:23 > 0:48:26American people or the British people or the people of the country,
0:48:26 > 0:48:31the countries they represent.Thank you very much.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33This is Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34Still to come.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37Mamma Mia - Italian football fans are drowning their sorrows
0:48:37 > 0:48:44after their team misses out on the World Cup.
0:48:44 > 0:48:49Christian goes to find out how.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Motorists should be forced to have their eyes tested
0:48:51 > 0:48:56every ten years according to the Association of Optometrists.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58They say too many people with poor eyesight -
0:48:59 > 0:49:00are still driving.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Their campaign is backed by the family of Natalie Wade,
0:49:02 > 0:49:04who was killed by a partially sighted driver.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08Ali Fortescue reports.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11If she walked into a room, as the saying goes, she lit it up.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13She enjoyed every moment and was so looking forward
0:49:13 > 0:49:16to getting married.
0:49:16 > 0:49:1928-year-old Natalie Wade died on her way to buy a wedding dress.
0:49:19 > 0:49:23She was hit by a 78-year-old driver with poor eyesight.
0:49:23 > 0:49:27There's always an empty chair, and Christmas, birthdays,
0:49:27 > 0:49:33the day she would have been married, they are still very painful.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36The driver who killed Natalie was blind in one eye and partially
0:49:36 > 0:49:38sighted in the other, but he died before being tried
0:49:38 > 0:49:40for dangerous driving.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43But Natalie is just one of 70 people who are killed or seriously injured
0:49:43 > 0:49:46in similar incidents involving bad eyesight last year.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49The legal standard for eyesight involves being able to read a number
0:49:49 > 0:49:51plate from 20 metres, but that's something that's
0:49:51 > 0:49:55only tested when you first take your test.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58At the moment, everyone needs to fill out a form like this every
0:49:58 > 0:50:01ten years to renew their driving license and that involves answering
0:50:01 > 0:50:04a question about their eyesight and if you're over the age of 70,
0:50:04 > 0:50:06you have to fill out a slightly more comprehensive
0:50:06 > 0:50:09form every three years, but it's still a question of just
0:50:09 > 0:50:11putting a tick in a box, there's no requirement to take
0:50:11 > 0:50:13an actual eye test.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16The mechanism of self reporting isn't always reliable.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18We know that vision can change gradually over time,
0:50:18 > 0:50:21so drivers might not be aware of a deterioration to their vision.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23The Association of Optometrists don't have a legal requirement to do
0:50:23 > 0:50:25anything if they're concerned about a patient's driving -
0:50:26 > 0:50:27it's down to the driver.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29More than one in three of their optometrists surveyed have
0:50:29 > 0:50:32seen a driver in the last month who continues to drive
0:50:32 > 0:50:34despite being told their vision is below the legal standard.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36Nine in ten of them believe the current sight
0:50:36 > 0:50:37tests are insufficient
0:50:37 > 0:50:42and they want to see a change in the law.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45The Department for Transport say that all drivers are required by law
0:50:45 > 0:50:47to make sure their eyesight is good enough to drive.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49They also say that if a driver experiences any changes
0:50:49 > 0:50:52to their eyesight or has a condition that could affect their driving
0:50:52 > 0:50:55they must notify the DVLA and speak to an optician.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Ali Fortescue, BBC News.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00You're watching Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Italy is in a state of shock.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05For the first time in 60 years - the national team will not be
0:51:05 > 0:51:07at the World Cup finals.
0:51:07 > 0:51:15Last night they lost a play off to Sweden 1-0 over two legs.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17And if you've ever sat in an Italian restaurant
0:51:17 > 0:51:22when the Azzuri are playing, you will know this matters - a lot.
0:51:22 > 0:51:32The country is in mourning.
0:51:55 > 0:52:00Six times the finalists, four times the champions. World Cup without
0:52:00 > 0:52:05Italy is unthinkable, like a cappuccino without the sprinkles or
0:52:05 > 0:52:11an opera without the genie. The last time this happened was 1958, Harold
0:52:11 > 0:52:14McMillan was the Prime Minister in the UK and Eisenhower was the
0:52:14 > 0:52:20president in the US. So bad that it was said this morning that it was an
0:52:20 > 0:52:27apocalypse. If you want to talk to Italians today you're going to need
0:52:27 > 0:52:41one of these.My husband cried.I am wearing my black tie. Is this the
0:52:41 > 0:52:48worst thing that has happened? It is, yes. You are Italian. Half
0:52:48 > 0:52:54Italian. But also Scottish.From Glasgow. So you watch Scotland get
0:52:54 > 0:53:00knocked out and now Italy. You will have to watch England. I will watch
0:53:00 > 0:53:05and see how it goes, if they win I will be English for the next couple
0:53:05 > 0:53:11of weeks.How are Italians consoling themselves?Pizza? A good soup and
0:53:11 > 0:53:20nothing else!I have a quiz for you, which is the only country in the
0:53:20 > 0:53:24world ever to have been in every single World Cup tournament?I do
0:53:24 > 0:53:33not know.Who is it? Brazil. They won five times and been in every
0:53:33 > 0:53:40single tournament.I did not know that. I feel bad not to send you a
0:53:40 > 0:53:43card but I got in touch with the Washington team and they said can
0:53:43 > 0:53:51you go and give me some reaction. You feel strongly about what you
0:53:51 > 0:53:57bring to this programme and local wanted to get involved.A total
0:53:57 > 0:54:05star. Done an incredible job thus far. Respected by everyone. Great,
0:54:05 > 0:54:09great company. That is so nice. This moment is your moment, it belongs to
0:54:09 > 0:54:17you.It belongs to you and not only does he feel that way but you know
0:54:17 > 0:54:20what, I said listen it would be great if you could give us a card so
0:54:20 > 0:54:31he took some time out. And look at this. Happy birthday. Now I had my
0:54:31 > 0:54:37eye on something for your birthday of the in fact I had a bid on this.
0:54:37 > 0:54:43Take a look at this. Producers tell me that this is going to a higher
0:54:43 > 0:54:49bidder. I was going to put in a bid for you today. We have the pictures.
0:54:49 > 0:54:58Here it comes. Here it is. This is what I was going to bid for. This is
0:54:58 > 0:55:04the largest flawless diamond that has ever come to market and it was
0:55:04 > 0:55:13on auction tonight in Geneva. It is a necklace hanging on 5949 emeralds,
0:55:13 > 0:55:17160 odd carrots and expected to sell tonight in Geneva for more than £23
0:55:17 > 0:55:25million. $30 million.So you know they say it is the thought that
0:55:25 > 0:55:31counts? Exactly, the thought that counts. In the case of that
0:55:31 > 0:55:34particular necklace, not just having the thought would have counted for
0:55:34 > 0:55:43even more!Just one of those roles! Or even the little clasp on the
0:55:43 > 0:55:52back! Well it is very pretty and I'm so happy you have chosen to give me
0:55:52 > 0:55:56that for my birthday. Thank you. Have a good evening in Washington
0:55:56 > 0:56:01wherever you're going.We have got rid of all the birthdays for