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 CommissionS 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 NegotiatorMichel 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 LeaderMahmoud Abbas to the white house for a series of discussions and said he was willing to play any role which would help bring abo