opportunity for president biden in some cases to meet them for the first time. the white house just announcing earlier this morning that german chancellor angela merkel will be making her first visit to the white house next month for a one on one meeting. so, jim, all of this is leading into, of course, a crescendo. that meeting next wednesday in geneva with russian president vladimir putin. >> that's right. we will be there live as well to cover that. jeff zeleny, thanks so much. let's turn back to this breaking news this morning. stunning new reporting shows how president trump and the justice department secretly seized private records belonging to at least two democratic lawmakers, both of whom were prekwent targets of the president. house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff and congressman eric swalwell, along with their aides and family members, including at least one minor. in february 2018, the fbi subpoenaed apple seeking what's known as metadata on more than 100 accounts. the phone numbers dialed, et