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The two french president ial candidates are about to go head to head in a televised debate. Just days before the election both Marine Le Pen and Emanuel Macron Will Square Off for one last time before the ballots are cast. Ever wonder whats on the white house to do list . Well thanks to twitter the whole world knows now. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Theresa may is back from visiting the queen. After informing her majesty of the dissolution of parliament ahead of the election the Prime Minister took direct aim at the European Commission. She effectively accused the eu of interfering in the British Election and the European Press of misrepresenting britains position. Her tough comments about europe follow a now infamous german press report of a difficult dinner between ms may and the Eu Commission president Jean Claude Junker which suggested the two sides are not even in the same galaxy, let alone the same planet. The Prime Minister also reminded british voters of the perils to their own security and prosperity if the negotiations dont go well. Whoever wins on the 8th ofjune faces the task of getting the best possible dealfor faces the task of getting the best possible deal for the uk from brexit. In the last few days we have seen just how tough these talks are likely to be. Britains Negotiating Position in europe has been misrepresented in the continental press. The European Commission S Negotiating Stance has hardened. Threats against britain have been issued by european politicians and officials. All of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the General Election that will take place on the 8th of june. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said mrs may is taking the wrong approach to the negotiations. The risk to this country is a government that sets up megaphone diplomacy ahead of serious negotiations, that threatens to walk away from those talks if they do not go their way. Arguably as you work with people, you do not threaten at the start, you start with the idea and the game and the intention of reaching an agreement. Of tariff free trade access to europe and protection of important workers, consumer and environmental rights that we have in this country. Complicating the Future Brexit Negotiation is the disagreement between the commision and britain over what the divorce bill should be. Several figures have been banded around, 50, 60 Billion Euros today the Financial Times reports the bills gone up to 100 billion. The eus Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier today said the severance fee shouldnt be seen as a punishment. Alex forsyth has been following the debate. The Prime Minister was on the back foot on sunday after this briefing from the European Commission although others would say she is fairgame Commission Although others would say she is fair game because she made prep may brexit a she is fair game because she made prep may brexit a central she is fair game because she made prep may brexit a central theme of the election. It was quite an extraordinary intervention from theresa may because we have heard about these Briefing Reports following the meeting, that they we re following the meeting, that they were just brussels gossip according to the Prime Minister but now she is labelled these accusations are some in brussels suggesting they were interfering in the uk General Election and do not want the uk to get a good dealfrom brexit. Part of political calculation will be i think this may play well with voters in the uk who backed brexit and want to see theresa may take a tough sta nce to see theresa may take a tough stance in these negotiations. But It Isa Stance in these negotiations. But it is a gamble because of course some 40 of the uk population did not back brexit and may not like the tone of theresa may suggesting she is going very hard into the talks and a course from the eu perspective theresa may might be in election periods in the uk but if she comes backis periods in the uk but if she comes back is by minister she will have to sit down around the table with the people that she is making these accusations about to conduct those negotiations. Eu sources have dismissed suggestions from theresa may of interference in the election is just pure fantasy, they seem to recognise there is an election period in the uk which may be part of it but in the last few days the tension around these brexit talks has been ramped up. We heard Michel Barnier today saying the settlement for the Brexit Process should not be seen for the Brexit Process should not be seen by the british as a punishment. But 100 billion, i imagine thats how it is being seen in the uk. This is likely to be one of the most difficult first issues in these talks when we get beyond this General Election period. The eu position confirmed today by Michel Barnier, their chief negotiator, is that the uk must meet its financial commitments and any payment should be seen as bad, not a bill or punishment but then just settling the account that they owe. The eu so far has refused to put a figure on it, various numbers being banded around. Today david davis the brexit secretary said they would not pay anywhere near the region of 100 Billion Euros to leave. So theres going to be an argument over this but i think you can add into this some degree of positioning and deliberate political play by both sides if they can talk up the numbers now may be able to come down and reach a compromise which they can take back to their respective parties and look like it was a success. But do not think the issue will be easily resolved. Well tomorrow we have local elections across the uk. And six areas across england for the first time will be electing their responsible for Economic Development in their region. Professorjohn curtis is with us. Ijust want to talk about this public spat between brussels and downing street. Is there any polling suggesting the Prime Minister is right, that they are undermining her at home . There is no evidence to suggest the European Union has so far been successful in undermining her at home. There is polling evidence to suggest that those who voted leave in the european referendum have increasingly swung to the Conservative Party including since the election was announced on the tuesday after easter. As a result thatis tuesday after easter. As a result that is a significant factor that helps to push the conservatives up in the Opinion Polls even since the election was announced. 0ne in the Opinion Polls even since the election was announced. One example, for the election about a quarter of those who said they would still vote for was that they did vote for ukip said they would switch to the conservatives. That is now a0 . And overall somewhere between three fifths and two thirds of leave voters are fifths and two thirds of leave voters a re now fifths and two thirds of leave voters are now saying they will vote for the conservatives. So what theresa may needed to do today i think was to instil confidence in those voters that she indeed has a realistic prospect of delivering the kind of brexit she says she wants to deliver. Clearly the risk to her from the mood music of the last few daysis from the mood music of the last few days is that perhaps it gives the opposition the chance to argue that maybe she may not be as successful after all. So i think she was trying to avoid possible damage because of the moment at least wrapping the flag around herself and pointing at the contrast to the opposition has proved successful. Local elections tomorrow, do people vote in local elections as they do in a General Elections as they do in a General Election but you can take something from it but not simply read it directly. To some degree people vote the same way and broadly speaking a party that is doing well across the country as a whole will tend to do well in local elections and vice ve rsa. Well in local elections and vice versa. 0ne party for whom this tends to be an exception is the lib dems. They tend to be past masters at doing well in local elections but not so well in General Elections. But the complication about these local elections, the seats being fought were not just local elections, the seats being fought were notjust bought into the 15 but it is a different political climate. In 2013 when elections in england were on asphalt, you could did extraordinarily well. We expect that to fall away. In scotland in 2012 the snp did not do anything like as well as they did in the General Election of 2015. So parties may go up and down as compared with the last local elections, it does not necessarily tell you about the General Election. A question on polling, you had a string of opposition candidate saying this election is about a series of things, theresa may and the Conservative Party saying really is about brexit. How do the voters feel, is it seen as a brexit election in the uk . Given the extent to which leave voters have congregated around the Conservative Party, two next dashed to an increasing extent or leave voters it seems to be a brexit election. But oii seems to be a brexit election. But on the remain inside the voters still fragmented between conservative, labour and lib dems and remain voters at least are certainly not in agreement with each other as to which party best represents their view. But the National Health service and economy are also issues that voters are concerned about. The director of the fbi is sick at the thought that he may have influenced the us election he was referring to his announcement 10 days before the poll that he was reopening the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. James comey was testifying before the senate. The fbi chief also refused to rule out whether mr trump or anyone from his campaign is a target in the russia hacking investigation. He says he has no regrets about the way the whole email affair was handled even though it clearly still weighs on him. This was terrible, it makes me mildly nauseous to think we may have had some impact on the election but honestly, it would not change the decision. Everyone who disagrees with me as to come back to october 28 and stare at this and tell me what you would do. Would you speak 01 what you would do. Would you speak or conceal. I could be wrong but we honestly made a decision between those choices that even in hindsight i would make the same decision. Mr comeys testimony comes as both the fbi and congress are investigating russias interference in the election. So how will his comments affect those probes . Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger sits on the Foreign Affairs committee, i spoke to him a short time ago. What did you make of the fbi director saying that it made him feel rather sick to think the fbi might have influenced the election, you think it did . The president says it helped Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton says it helped the president. From this perspective he says we are independent, and so i think he obviously has some kind of heartache about the idea that maybe heartache about the idea that maybe he had an effect. Theres no that russian russia tried to influence the election as they will try to do Around The World. We need to get to the bottom four of what really happened and move on and make sure we guard against that in future elections. He was questioned repeatedly be about why he released the information about the Clinton Investigation but not above the Russian Investigation into people surrounding President Trump and his campaign. Where you convinced by his answer . I trust him implicitly, campaign. Where you convinced by his answer . Itrust him implicitly, i think hes a very good person and someone think hes a very good person and someone that just wants think hes a very good person and someone thatjust wants to do right by the fbi and the American People as law enforcement. Im not in the fbi, ido as law enforcement. Im not in the fbi, i do not even do investigations so fbi, i do not even do investigations so why one part would be released and not the other i leave up to him what i trust him as Thejudas Yate of what to release or not to release. I satisfied with the pace into investigations into the russian role in the election is right we all Wa Nt A Nswe Rs role in the election is right we all want answers now, no doubt about that. These take a long time and evenif that. These take a long time and even if today we put an independent investigation we will be talking about beer and a half, two years to get the answers, it is takes a long time. I would love to have the a nswe is time. I would love to have the answers tomorrow but i think it is important they do their work in a bipartisan way and we get the right a nswe rs bipartisan way and we get the right a nswers to bipartisan way and we get the right answers to defend against the next election. We know how putin does 40. Election. We know how putin does 40, he is a very small country in comparison to what the Old Soviet Union does and we will give this information to our allies. President trump had a conversation with Vladimir Putinjust trump had a conversation with Vladimir Putin just yesterday i think. He has also said he would consider meeting the north Korean Leader kimjong consider meeting the north Korean Leader kim jong un. Consider meeting the north Korean Leader kimjong un. You have said before you would not meet with leaders of countries that kill their own people. What you think of the comments from President Trump, his repeated phone calls with President Putin and saying he would meet kim jong un . A phone call with putin to me is fine, i do not know what was discussed. They now a player in The Middle East, i think we allowed them to be. I think President Trump probably regrets it, maybe using the term, i would probably regrets it, maybe using the term, iwould be probably regrets it, maybe using the term, i would be honoured to meet kimjong term, i would be honoured to meet kim jong un. But term, i would be honoured to meet kimjong un. But i think the idea is that now is not the time for one on one negotiations, we need to put more pressure on and make it clear we have a credible military option, which we do. And hope the military instrument of power is enough to back the diplomatic instrument of power to get us to a solution. If ultimately that means the president decides in his best interests, for him or the administration to meet with kim jong un well we will evaluate that when it happens. But now is definitely not the right time. It only emboldens a leader that starves his own people. History willjudge james comey and his intervention but he said the cloud of doubt will hang over the objectivity of the fbi. He has a problem becausejust over the objectivity of the fbi. He has a problem because just 32 of americans actually trust the fbi at the moment. Another of those institutions for which trust is declining. He was asked why he publicised the reopening of the investigation into the Hillary Clinton e mails and not that of the russia probe into the top campaign and he said the clinton won had been going on for a long time but the President Trump one was new. A lot of democrats on the committee were not convinced by that answer. For decades the issue of how to achieve peace in The Middle East has eluded us president s and other world leaders. But touting himself as the ultimate deal maker donald trump says he wants to give it a shot. Today he welcomed Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas to the white house for a series of discussions and said he was willing to play any role which would help bring about an agreement. The palestinians and israelis must work together, to reach an agreement that allows both peoples to live, worship and thrive and prosper in peace, and i will do whatever is necessary to facilitate the agreement to mediate, to arbitrate anything they would like to do, but i would love to be a mediator or facilitator and we will get this done. For more on this meeting we are joined now by martin indyk who formerly served as president 0bamas Special Envoy for Israeli Palestinian negotiations. A lot of optimism both from president Mahmoud Abbas and president Mahmoud Abbas and President Trump. Justified . Not by the facts on the ground. If the will of President Trump was enough to resolve this problem then there would be reason for optimism. But weve learned from bitter experience that the will of the United States president alone cannot do it. It is the parties themselves that must make difficult compromises and abbas and Prime Minister netanyahu both faced domestic political difficulties that constrain them from making a deal. Is there a chance that it would take a president like President Trump whos seen as president like President Trump whos seen as having close relations with israel to be able to build up abbas in this way and perhaps make a breakthrough . I think building up is what we saw here, in that clip. Abbas did not endorse a two state solution. But nevertheless he did treat abbas as an equal. As a leader. He is under siege from hamas, under siege from both egyptian, jordanian, leaders who do not think he should represent the palestinians and here is a drug is presenting him as the leader who is going to make peace. Here is donald trump. Some things that americans have done unilaterally to complicate the issue. They appointed ambassador to israel in David Friedman was known to be a donor to illegal settlements. Yes on both of thoseissues illegal settlements. Yes on both of those issues President Trump has walked back from what he was expected to do. He had said he would move the embassy on the first day but has not done it and now it is just under serious consideration. But the possibility that it could happen was reiterated. They said again it was under serious consideration and will be so in my estimation for another four years. That is what serious consideration means. 0n the settlement issue what is interesting is notwithstanding what you said about the ambassador to israel, who is a strong supporter of settlement activity, the president himself in front of Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected there to be settlement restrained. And in fact there has been. Since that visit. So actually hes doing things which indicate to me a seriousness about his desire to do it. Thank you very much. And that is why we need diplomats like modern to translate for us. It is interesting the idea of pulling people close and saying, you are my friend. Much harder to break trust when, it is like having your favourite teacher and you do not want to let them down. I wonder if that is part of this secret as negotiator, that he tells them they are his best friend and they do more for him. We have seen and they do more for him. We have seen this in china in particular, the importance of personal relationships to donald trump and he stressed his ability to build relationships with xi jinping. It will be interesting whether he talks about the personal relationship also with malouda bass. Imagine it worked with malouda bass. Imagine it worked with his Business Dealings and we will see if that translates into politics and it is about how well you could build up personal relationship or not. In just four days the french will chose their next president and a high stakes tv debate tonight between marine lepen and Emmanuel Macron may help voters make their decision. For two and a half hours the candidates will be questioned on their Policy Positions as the voters make their choice. 0ur Correspondent Thomas Fessy is in the city of troyes once a bastion of frances old Textile Industry and now crippled by industrial decline. Hejoins us now. If we put this in metaphorical terms, what macron is doing tonight effectively in this tv debate is walking across a carefully polished marble floor holding the precious ming vase and all he has to do is not to drop it. Exactly, i think a lot of people are waiting to see how macron is going to handle these debates. 15 years ago in 2002 when Jean Marie Le pen went into the run off, his Contenderjacques Chirac refused to hold a debate with him. It is the first time that a candidate has accepted to hold a discussion with a far right candidate, tonight Marine Le Pen. And of course we anticipate some kind of animated discussion. It is a key point in this campaign, they have much to convince, both candidates will be trying to convince voters to turn out on sunday. A lot of people you know are saying they cannot identify with either candidate. And so theyre planning to abstain or stay home. So that will be the last chance for both candidates to convince these people to turn out. 0bviously both candidates to convince these people to turn out. Obviously a big challenge for the Manual Macron, a lot of people think hes young and does not have the experience. Tonight is the possibility for him to prove them wrong. A big night for a Manual Macron. Thank you. I have forsworn polls but im going to fall off the wagon. I have not seen a to fall off the wagon. I have not seen a poll yet which puts a Manual Macron less than around 20 points ahead of Marine Le Pen. Is there an increasing feeling that the vote this weekend is a foregone conclusion . Yes although you would be brave to say that in the context of what has happened with brexit and donald trump. But the polls are pretty good and i was looking at the polls from 2012, and they were close to the mark. So i think it is unlikely that Marine Le Pen can do anything. What is interesting tonight is what damage she might do tonight is what damage she might do to him longer term but she will flag him up as part of the establishment etc. If things do not go quickly in the First Six Months then they might start thinking about Marine Le Pen. And im going to be there, did i tell you that . Several times i will be there for the Results Programme On Sunday and i hope that you willjoin me for that. I want to show you a photo. This is rabbi shmuley Tv Personality you will know well alongside the white house chief strategist steve bannon. The rabbi was there to celebrate israels independence day. Nothing particular remarkable about the photograph. Until you look beyond at the white board behind them and there you will see, Steve Bannons giant to do list. Complete with ticks and check marks next to each completed items. Now some of these proposals we know well if we zoom in a little you will see there is the pledge there to build the border wall and eventually make mexico pay for it. Down there at the bottom is that plan to move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. Number four is his plan to suspend the Syrian Refugee Programme i am not quite sure why theres a tick next to that one, the last time i looked it was stuck in court. But this is my favourite bit look how long the Immigration List is. And look how long the list of proposals is on 0bamacare. One line. Youre watching 100 days plus from bbc news. Not per day for Cloud Spotting in northern ireland, barely cloud in the sky. For most of us just blue sky from dawn until dusk. Temperatures in the high teens. But very different for many across east anglia and south east england, cloudy and breezy, also damp in places and quite cold atjust around nine celsius. 0vernight we keep some cloud across parts of england and wales so here the temperature is not going down too far. Some clear spells for parts of wales, Northern England and scotland and northern ireland. Turning quite chilly in rural areas with some pockets of frost in scotland going into the warning. A bit more Cloud Filter Name across scotland, not the clear blue skies tomorrow but good sunny spells. Further south we have more cloud, a few brighter breaks within it. But even from the word go into the midlands and east anglia, south east england, the chance of a shower. We have this cool north easterly breeze which is if anything more noticeable tomorrow. The chance ofa more noticeable tomorrow. The chance of a shower into southern england going into the afternoon but again some brighter breaks possible. Temperatures held down along north sea coasts by that breeze. Higher temperatures to the west in the sunshine. Variable cloud and sunny spells on friday and a breezy day with the chance of the odd shower in the south. Into the weekend a lot of uncertainty about this Weather System coming up which may bring may bring some rain. But it is far from certain at this stage. Elsewhere perhaps a shower but most places looking dry. The breeze using a bit during the day and by Sunday The Wind is going to be much lighter. West is best for any sunshine on sunday. Rather cloudy to the east and most places ending the weekend drive. Welcome back to 100 days plus, im katty kay in washington Christian Fraser is in london. The british Prime Minister, theresa may, has accused some european politicians of issuing threats over the brexit negotiations, with the aim of influencing next months General Election. The fbi Directorjames Comey has defended his decision to announce an investigation into Hillary Clinton just before the us president ial election. America is in the grip of an Opioid Epidemic which is growing, despite national calls to tackle the problem. In huntington, West Virginia the death rate is more than ten times the national average. And from this Opioid Addiction has come a heroin epidimic, which the authorities blame on the cheap availability of prescription painkillers. By the time the authorities had imposed tighter regulations on prescription drugs, those already hooked were turning to heroin to fill the void. The Emergency Services in huntington are barely able to respond to the volume of calls. Video journalists tom bateman and Howard Johnson have been to the front lines of this fight and a warning theirfilm contains distressing images from the start. Thats an overdose. Come on. Steve williams mayor of the city of huntington, it is a town ofjust under 50,000 people, our county is 96,000 people, yet over a five year period, just a five year period, there was over 40 million, 40 million doses of opiates that were distributed in this county alone. The numbers speak for themselves. Most of our call outs are for drug, they probably make up something of a third of our calls, fires generally are about 15 , to 10 of our calls, so are about 15 , to 10 of our calls, so obviously the drugs are much. Sorry about that. Thats me. Thats an overdose. Come on. Responding to an overdose of a middle age man in a grocery store, he has been reported 911 and we are currently there now. What we got . His mum is outside. Hey buddy. What is his name . Timmy. How long you been doing heroin . Just lay there. Has it been a while since you done it . Have you been doing it for a while. We are going to stand you up against the wall. Get your bearings. Do you start on open yoids first before you move on to heroin. Yes. How did you get into it. |j before you move on to heroin. Yes. How did you get into it. I was, pain pills and i have ve been trying to get off. I would soon be able the hear from these companies that say well come in and partner with you to be abe to fight this addiction, rather than spend their time saying if its not our fault. We are just a business. When i was in the investment business, if i was giving advice to somebody, that caused harm to them, i would lose my career, lose my license and possibly have to pay money do no harm and there is plenty of harm that we can point to all around. Well, extraordinary film, the statistics are staggering. Let us look at them. 91 people die every day from open owed abuse in the us, although that is probably hiring because there is no standardised way of measures whether the death is a result of open yoid abuse. The us makes 5 of the World Population yet consumes 52 of the worlds Prescription Open Oweds and round 80,000 americans are currently in prison for open yoid related crimes. So, where has it gone wrong . At almost every level. Things i have heard from people who work in this field. About 10 years ago the measurements for how well a doctor was performing, started to include the question of how well they relieved pain, at that point doctors we re relieved pain, at that point doctors werejudged on pain relief, and there was a spike in open yoid prescriptions, they then lead to the heroin addiction. The people who are pushing heroin, are very good at data mine, they get access to data about towns where prescriptions are high, then they go in an start selling heroin because they know people are addicted to those pain relief. So they target specific towns, they know where. They target specific towns and that i have the data on which towns are vulnerable. It is stunning. Incredible. It was a Police Killing that sparked days of protest across the city of baton rouge, louisiana and once again it highlighted the poor state of relations between the police and black communities in america. This was the mobile phone footage that later emerged of two white officers appearing to hold down and shoot Alton Sterling Injuly of 2016. He died of Gunshot Wounds to the chest and back. Today the Usjustice Department confirmed it will not charge the two officers who shot and killed him. For more lets talk to the bbcs aleem maqbool, whos here with me now. Sta rt start selling heroin because they know people are addicted to those pain relief. So they target specific towns, they know where. They target specific towns and that i have the data on which towns are vulnerable. It is stunning. Incredible. You have been covering this story, what is the reaction from mr sterlings family . It has been interesting. All eyes were on the family because of all that protest that happened last year, the family was fairly positive, they said ok, the Department Ofjustice Has said that it doesnt meet their criteria for charging these officer, but they say they now have had more information from the department of justice, that will make it easier to prosecute these officers at a state level, so there is still the opportunity, you know, all the talk before now, over the last 24 hours or so before now, over the last 24 hours or so of rumour that the department ofjustice was not going to prosecute, was that it was something to do with the fact that donald trump was always support porting the Police Officers, that the Attorney General has had accusations of racism of course in the past, but the department ofjustice was saying whether it was under 0bama or triumph it wouldnt have made a difference there is opportunity for the state to take things forward and prosecute the officers in the case. It is becoming increasingly political here too. And the concern will be that this will raise tensions yet again in baton rouge and in other black communities round america. Certainly, if the state doesnt prosecute these officers is as well, but you know, there is all the talk about the current environment and you know, donald trump right through his campaign talked about how he supported Police Officers is and he was the Law And Order president. If you ask African American hearse, everyone under president 0bama if they expected Police Officers is to be prosecutes, i dont think they would have expected it then and they dont necessarily expect it now. Specific things were called for, for example police cameras, at the time of the really bad time of this last summer, has that happened any of that . It has happened in some police force, not all but it has happened. The difference will come with a different style of training, with difference in the confrontational manner in which Police Officers are taught to operate, to shoot first, and ask later, if they feel their life is in danger, it is to take that person out, and that hasnt changed as yet. Thank you very much for coming in. Hillary clintons appearance in new york yesterday made plenty of headlines when it came to the us election but there was also a strong message about empowering women Around The World. She spoke of her experiences travelling Around The World meeting with women and how while there has been progress, there is still a way to go. You look at places where womens rights are being stripped away, they are the places most likely to either ca ta lys e are the places most likely to either catalyse or protect terrorism, or create ideologies that are ant netical to womenss lives and futures. It islet no an accident. Pa rt futures. It islet no an accident. Part of what i really believe is that womens rights is the Unfinished Business of the 21st century. You do a lot of these Empowerment Discussions in america, has she got a point . Look, i do think that the evidence is there and the studies have been done, it is harderfor the studies have been done, it is harder for women the studies have been done, it is harderfor women to the studies have been done, it is harder for women to run for Political Office than it is for men, They Arejudged by Political Office than it is for men, they are judged by different standards, they are asked questions about whether they are spending enough time with their family, whether their political acareer are impacting their children. Men are never asked those questions. She has a point. Ithink never asked those questions. She has a point. I think she has to be careful about blaming the result of the last election, whether it is on the last election, whether it is on the fbi director, or misogyny. She has to accept it herself. We are critical of donald trump, when he doesnt speak truth and she didnt refer at all yesterday to the problems on the ground, in wisconsin, pennsylvania, in florida, she didnt talk about the fact the majority of white women didnt vote for her and a candidate that had negative Approval Ratings coming into office. Hillary clinton didnt talk about this new book we talked about last week where it was questioned whether she had a rationalfor questioned whether she had a rational for winning, questioned whether she had a rationalfor winning, that is questioned whether she had a rational for winning, that is what democrats need to look at. They have to find a convincing candidate. Democrats need to look at. They have to find a convincing candidatelj showed to find a convincing candidate. showed you a photograph. I wanted to tell you that apparently the rabbi tweeted this with the wrong twitter handle. He tagged the wrong steve bannon. In fact the steve bannon is from scotland, living in the south west and he has been deluged with messages since this went up. Not all of them favourable it is fairto not all of them favourable it is fair to say. If he is watching this isa fair to say. If he is watching this is a come on to steve bannon of south west of england. Why dont we have him on tomorrow to do our ordinary person of the week there must be a slew of people, there is probably Donald Trumps round the world that are getting twitter feeds that dont belong to the president and getting inundated. We should have a casting call. We are on the hunt for have a casting call. We are on the hu nt for steve have a casting call. We are on the hunt for steve bannon of england that is it from 100 days plus. We will be back tomorrow. I will be in paris. Thanks for watching. This is bbc news. Just coming up to quarter to eight. The headlines. The headlines. Theresa may has made an unparalleled attack on eu officials and politicians, accusing them of using threats to try to influence the outcome of the General Election. Labour say the pm is Playing Party Games With Brexit for political advantage. An eu source has dismissed the Prime Ministers claims as Pure Fantasty the eu chief negotiator has denied planning to punish britain for leaving the European Union. A 20 year old student is found guilty of Planting A Home made bomb on a busy London Underground tube train. An update on the Market Numbers for you heres how londons and frankfurt ended the day. And in the the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. To leave the eu, put as high today by some as 100 Billion Euros and who will have the final word on citizens rights. We can speak to charles grant, director of the centre for european reform. He is in central london. Good evening to you. Well, it is election time so politicians tend to use colourful language to get their points across. What do you make of it when theresa may talks of threats by the eu . Well, she is clearly upset and in a way has a right to be upset, i think she is making the wrong accusation now, she has a right to be upset because she had a private dinner with jean claude juncker, detailed account of which was leakled out by Commission Sources to a german newspaper in a way designed to embarrass theresa may, so she has found is not l ;l,sl 2 {zzz;; l; £5; ; can l li,li z {zzzglll l; lell e can trust. Negotiating partner she can trust. So she is pretty damned angry, and has a right to be but to say that the eu is, or people in the eu are trying to influence the Election Result is i think wrong. I was in brussels talking to some of the people at that dinner, and they certainly, are hoping she wins a big majority in parliament they zgeinxfif w if . as has a big and stability majority she has a big and stability majority she has a big and stability majority she will be Strong Enough to make the compromised and concessions is