Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond100days. Im katty kay in washington. Christian frasers in london. On both sides of the atlantic they are talking about russian meddling in western democracies, but listen to the tone from 10 downing street and the white house, it could not be more different. Donald trump says he believes Vladimir Putin is sincere in his denials of russian interference and suggests moscow should be given the benefit of the doubt. Here in london, theresa may is much more suspicious. At a speech last night, she accused moscow of using social media to undermine the international order, promising to do whatever it takes to protect future british elections. In a significant escalation of the rhetoric, the Prime Minister listed a string of other russian aggressions, including crimea and the middle east. It is seeking to weaponise information and plant fake stories and photosshop images in an attempt to show discord in the west and undermine institutions. I have a very simple message for russia. We know what you are doing and you will not succeed. For the first time, today facebook conceded that russian operatives may have used its site to influence the brexit referendum. Damian collins is the chair of the digital, culture, media and sport committee. He has written to facebook and twitter and is investigating how far russian interference in the uk goes. What is it you are seeking to get from facebook and twitter . We want to know what activity took place in the uk around the brexit referendum in particular that was linked to russian backed organisations. We have seen evidence of this in america and a growing amount of evidence that in the uk, but we want to know facts. Buzzfeed is reporting tonight that they have obtained the statement from facebook in which they admit for the first time that there were some russian linked accou nts there were some russian linked accounts that may have used its platform to interfere in the referendum vote. Thats right. I have written to Mark Zuckerberg asking him to release to the community all the evidence they have of russia backed activity promoting messaging around the time of the referendum and general election on their site. This is information that is held within the company and they should provide it to parliament. The big three have been hauled before congress to account for what happened in the us election. Their message seems to be, listen, we can handle this ourselves. Are you satisfied that they can . No, im not. Unless there is evidence of russian activity had been requested from them we would not know about it now. We are having to request the same information about the uk, too. This is information they could find themselves presented a voluntarily, but they havent done it. They are cooperating with the hearings we are holding and they will be giving evidence to our committee aurally i hope as they have done in america, but i feel they could be doing more to voluntarily look for and release the information. What happened here in the United States is that they played into existing political and social divisions, the russians, through social media platforms. Are they the same kind of divisions have played into in the uk, as far as you understand . I think that is exactly right. They are looking to divide communities, undermined institutions. From a russian backed account we saw a fake image link to the Westminster Bridge attack which tried to suggest a muslim woman was indifferent to the suffering of people on the bridge. That was designed to divide communities and incite hatred. Is there any Information Exchange between the house of commons and congress and doesnt undermine the investigation when the american president is saying he believes what the russian president is telling him . There is no formal link between the parliaments but as part of our select Committee Enquiry into fake news we will visit washington in the early new year, seeking to gain inside information from people involved in these investigations and i think that is an important part of oui i think that is an important part of our work. We are interesting in learning from other parliaments around the world as we look to deal with this issue. This is one of the biggest threats that democracy faces and we need to get it right. Mr collins, thank you for being with us. There seems to be a pattern emerging, doesnt bear . The russians are trying to prove that they have a sense of humour because theyjust sent out this tweet from the ministry of Foreign Affairs. I think that is called geopolitical trawling of the first order, since crimea under International Law does not belong to russia. That wine was made by the ukrainians before russia took over the crimea. The timing is interesting because borisjohnson goes to russia before the end of the year and the rhetoric has been stepped up. Downing street is saying they are not reacting in relation to any specific piece of news, there has been a revelation, but there is a growing body of evidence and perhaps she putting down a marker. In downing street they are saying look, when it always as we have a lwa ys look, when it always as we have always said when it comes to russia, be aware but engage. Downing street today said that they had no evidence that they have successfully interfered, but that doesnt mean that they did not. For some reason, the us attorney general has a problem with his memory. He just cant seem to remember key events concerning russias contacts for some reason, the us attorney general has with the Trump Campaign. I lost count of the number of times Jeff Sessions used the words i dont recall in a hearing in congress today, but it was a lot. Mr sessions couldnt really deny he had met George Popadolous, the Trump Campaign staffer whos cooperating with the mueller investigation, because there is a photograph of him sitting in his company. The president at one end of the table, Jeff Sessions at the other. He was asked about his memory of that meeting today by democratic congressman jerry nadler. Lets try and correct the earlier testimony for the record. Yes no, digi chair the march 31 meeting of the National Security advisory meeting . Yes i did. Yes or no. Was George Popadolous at that meeting . I asked for yes or no. There are reports that you shut george dying when he proposed that meeting with Vladimir Putin, is this correct . Yes, i pushed back. Your answer is yes. So you are obviously concerned by George Popadolouss connections and his possibly arranging a meeting with Vladimir Putin. So he did remember pushing back and suggesting to George Popadolous that meeting with Vladimir Putin was not a great idea for donald trump. After that, he basically couldnt remember very much at all. For more on mr sessions testimony, we are joined now from capitol hill by democrat karen bass, who serves on the Housejudiciary Committee and was in that hearing. How do you account for the fact that temp one doesnt remember very much about contacts that they have been made by the Trump Campaign with russians . I absolutely think it is very disingenuous. I could understand that many months ago the first time he was asked this, but you would think somebody of his stature would really have ta ken you would think somebody of his stature would really have taken time to re examine everything in his calendar, the meeting, talking to other people, so i dont accept his notion that he does not recollect what went on. That was far too significant for him not to remember. His only excuse today seem to have been that the campaign was very chaotic. Well, there is nothing new about that, but like i said he was asked these questions many months ago so he has had plenty of time to examine what happened in the past. I think saying that he doesnt recollect, the campaign is very strenuous, they are excuse excuse is that i think are very tenuous. How much pressure are you under from your republican colleagues to wrap up your republican colleagues to wrap up the committees investigation and russian links . I dont necessarily feel any pressure specifically on my committee. We need to do far more investigating. I am glad that we had Jeff Sessions today, but this is one of the first hearings we have had. I dont think there is pressure from my committee, but the republicans clearly ca n my committee, but the republicans clearly can go so much further in their investigation. It is nowhere near over. The republican chair of your committee will be pleased to hear that the attorney general has directed prosecutors to look into the Clinton Foundation and their links to uranium. I think it is a com plete links to uranium. I think it is a complete their version. The attorney general will be under pressure to please the president he has clearly expressed on many occasions his displeasure with him, so everyone knows that if you want to please President Trump just focus on the clintons, barack 0bama. It is absurd to have an investigation like that but i cant see him doing it so he can keep his job. I am digging out a coat that he gave to a committee on the 13th of june. Coat that he gave to a committee on the 13th ofjune. He said i have never met with any russians were foreign officials. I have no knowledge of any such conversations with anybody connected to the tramp campaign, but he did admit today that George Popadolous did discuss it with him. Isnt the sailing tours to perjury . That is why i said it was disingenuous. He was sworn in to tell the truth to the congressional committee. And he didnt. What are you going to do about it . We will have to see how it proceeds. Im sure my republican colleagues will not want to press the situation, but on our side we will. Talking about the facebook hearings, to what extent the facebook hearings, to what exte nt d oes the facebook hearings, to what extent does it make it difficult to have these investigation when the president of the United States seems to be saying when he is abroad that he accepts russias defence of itself that it never interfered in the american elections. Itself that it never interfered in the american electionslj itself that it never interfered in the american elections. Ijust consider it an embarrassment. I also serve on the Foreign Affairs committee and they know people around the world must be looking at us around the world must be looking at us and laughing. It is clear to any head of state around the world that if you want to have the president changes mind, just invite into your country, have a lot of pomp and circumstance, have all the bells and whistles and he was essentially agree with anybody. I think it is barras and for him to be overseas and say that he had a five minute conversation with Vladimir Putin and that has more credibility than the 17 separate intelligence agencies as a part of his United States government, and he takes a five minute conversation with the enemy above that. It makes us look silly. Thank you very much for joining us. The iranian president has promised government help to all those left homeless by sundays powerful earthquake which struck the mountainous border region between iran and iraq. Hassan rouhani was visiting the area today hit by earthquake. More than 460 people were killed. Thousands more have been injured. The ruling party in zimbabwe has accused the countrys army chief of treason after he challenged president Robert Mugabe over the sacking of the vice president. Armed vehicles have been seen on the streets of harare, though their presence is low key. The Zanu Pf Party said in a statement that general constantino chiwengas criticism was calculated to disturb national peace. The lebanese politician saad al hariri, who resigned as Prime Minister while in saudi arabia, says he will return to beirut in the next two days. Mr hariri stunned lebanon when he stepped down in riyadh. Many believed the saudis might be manipulating and detaining him as they try to re shape lebanese politics. Here in london, the house of commons has begun eight marathon days of debate on the eu withdrawal bill a crucial piece of legislation that will end the supremacy of eu law in the uk after brexit. Nearly 500 amendments have been put forward to the delayed bill, just a handful of those will be selected for votes. If 20 tory mps were to rebel, the Prime Minister would be defeated, which some say is a possibility. 0ne contentious amendment put forward by the government would enshrine the brexit date and time in law, at 23 00 gmt on 29th march, 2019. Labourand a number of tory mps are demanding the government withdraws it. Vicki young is in westminster for us now. Vicki, any chance of that amendment being withdrawn . I think there is a possibility of the government being defeated on this, but confusingly, although it is being debated today, the vote will come until dates and this is only day one. The tone of the debate today, listening to several conservatives, they are not happy about this idea of putting up brexit date in law in legislation. They feel that it boxes in the negotiators, the british government, and you need to have a bit of wriggle room. What do we get up to that date and no deal has been done but it is looking like it could be on the cards. That would require all 27 of the other eu countries to agree to it, but nevertheless they feel it will let that it will limit the government too much. There is some anger here on all of that. Tonight, i think it is unlikely to be any difficulty for the government. Eight days of this detailed debate. At this moment they are voting on whether to repeal the 1972 european communities act. That is that tipped the uk into what was the european community. Still a pretty significant moment. When you strip it down to the bare essentials, this is about the mandate of parliament. What is the timetable, the difficulties, the practicalities . That is what they are concerned about. And it is a very contentious thing. The british people have voted to leave, but the point being made by someone like kenneth clarke, who all his life has been very pro european, his point is that the referendum said the leaving the eu. 0k, he will accept that relu cta ntly. The eu. 0k, he will accept that reluctantly. His point is the practicalities, even when we do it, all of that detail, he said that is up all of that detail, he said that is up to this place, up to mps and peers to decide. They need to go through that kind of detail because frankly it wasnt discussed during the referendum. Some of these issues we re the referendum. Some of these issues were touched upon by promises were made by people not in government 110w. Made by people not in government now. The details of how we leave still has to be thrashed out and parliament really want to have a say on all about, particularly on any final deal that theresa may comes back with from brussels. A rather the potters character was going back and forwards behind you and bobby running after her. Someone in fancy dress . Running after her. Someone in fancy dress . There are all sorts of people who come to speak to their mps. It is democracy in action, christian had no idea that the houses of parliament to be so much fun this is the scene now in the house of commons where the debate is underway and well be back at westminster later in the programme to our brexit duo, the mps nigel evans and Seema Malhotra, on todays events. So, try figuring this out. Five women accuse a us politician of sexual harassment, one of whom says she was just 1a at the time, and the politician is still ten points ahead in the polls. 50 pastors have signed a letter supporting him and an official from his local Republican Party says that even if the allegations are true hed vote for him anyway. Welcome to the extraordinary story ofjudge roy moore, who could well be the next us senator for the state of alabama. A woman went on tv yesterday with a detailed account of how mr moore locked her in a car and molested her. The accusations have appalled many republicans in washington who want him to step down, but he does still have the support of his famous backer steve bannon. Temp three reached over and began groping me. Im putting his hand on my breasts. I tried fighting him off while i yelled at him to stop. But instead of stopping he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head onto his crotch. I thought that he was going to rip me. He said, you arejust thought that he was going to rip me. He said, you are just a thought that he was going to rip me. He said, you arejust a child and he saidi he said, you arejust a child and he said i have the District Attorney and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you. This is absolutely false. I never did what you said i did. I dont even know the woman, know anything about. This race just being 28 days off, this isjust political manoeuvre. We are looking at whether there is someone who could run a writing campaign successfully. He should step aside. These allegations are credible. If he cares about the values and people he claims to care about, then he should step aside. Im joined now by our political analyst ron christie a former advisor to president George W Bush. You have a host of republicans in washington saying that roy moore has to go. The Washington Post has its allegations. It seems that a lot of republicans in the state of alabama believe roy moore over the Washington Post and republicans in washington. I think that is all that counts, the people of alabama will decide this case. What w