poisoned along with her partner after handing a contaminated object. her partner is still in critical condition. you ll recall novichok is a chemical agent used to poison an ex-russian spy and his daughter living in the uk. the british government blamed russia for that attack. i want to get to cnn s phil black live in london. sturges s death comes the same week that president trump is expected to meet before a one on one meet with president putin. do police believe there is a link? they do. they haven t specifically identified it but their theory is that whatever item these two people handled, that it was contaminated by the same batch of novichok that was used in the attempted assassination of the former russian intelligence service sergei skripal and his daughter in the town of
members and friends of defendants asked him to go easy on people. but this is the president of the united states talking to the fbi not to prosecute one of his friends. isn t that a little different than what mayor giuliani is talking about. certainly it is different and the behavior isn t different and i think the president is right in that it was structured as not an order as both sides describe it so the unusual feature you ve zeroed in on is that he was the president talking to the fbi director but i don t think the request is unusual, particularly in light of what we know of the michael flynn plea, frankly. bill, it s been hard to tell at times whether or not mayor giuliani is going off script or trying to get ahead of the news by making certain facts public. is this a pr game? i think he knows president trump has certain vulnerabili vulnerabiliti vulnerabilities. things he s said to the media
weeks for president trump. he has the scotus announcement tomorrow. he ll meet with the queen one on one and then a meeting with vladimir putin. we re told that president trump wants to meet with vladimir putin alone with no advisers. is that a smart strategy for president trump? um no. i don t. but i think that s part of why he wants to do it is he wants to defy everybody else s expectations. i d add one more item in there, ry ryan. it s likely a texas court is going to enjoin the daca program in the case by the attorneys general including ken paxon of texas and so that will reheat the immigration issue at home while he s traveling abroad. very good point. bill, getting back to putin, why
do you think president trump wants to be alone with him? and let me add trade. republicans in congress are getting sufficiently worked up that you can imagine an attempt to move legislation that would take on the president s tariffs so there are big issues facing the president personally, the trump administration and republicans and everyone else on the hill. i worked for vice president quayle and there were times when you would have a one on one meeting before the larger group came in. it was regarded as a courtesy, you don t want business to be done without a reliable note taker, usually your national security adviser or someone like that so you don t get in a position where one person walks out with either genuine misunderstanding which could be damaging to the national interest or someone like putin taking advantage of something saying that trump said this, trump might say no i didn t but meanwhile damage could have been done to our allies confidence and stuff and so forth. so i
itthat s why i lovel the daily fiber wfiber choice,ood alone. with the fiber found in many fruits and vegetables. fiber choice. the number one ge recommended chewable prebiotic fiber. i m close to making a decision. haven t made it official, yet, obviousl obviously. i m getting very close to making a final decision. reporter: who do you have in mind? i ll probably be deciding tonight or tomorrow. to want or tomorrow, president trump teasing his last hour discussing his potential pick for the supreme court. he s set to announce his decision tomorrow night. meanwhile, there s been a significant development in the obstruction of justice investigation into the president. today his attorney rudy giuliani seemed to confirm the president did ask former fbi director james comey for leniency when it came to friend and national