COSTELLO: At the top of the hour, the Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon is expected to meet with the President of the European Commission to fight to keep Scotland in the EU. That meeting coming just hours after European leaders deliver their strongest blow yet to Britain. CNN's Nic Robertson has more, live in Brussels. Hi Nic.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yeah Hi Carol. Nicola Sturgeon has said because 62 percent of the Scottish population voted to remain part of the European Union, she wants to do everything she can to protect Scotland's place in the European Union. And that's why she's here having meetings. And she's certainly getting a lot of doors open for her. Meeting this morning with the President of the European Parliament. Other European party leaders in between, and this evening, meeting with the President of the European Commission. The European leaders here are really welcoming her. Britain as a whole, rejected the European Union but they really relish the idea that Scotland would like to continue to be a member. And of course for Nicola Sturgeon, she believes that Scotland is better off being independent from Britain. And if it can remain part of the European Union, that is a very strong step in that direction. At the same time, you have the battle lines now being drawn between the British leaders -- David Cameron right now -- still no replacement that we know about, who's going to replace him -- and the European leaders. They met this morning and their message for Britain was, "if you want to have a new deal with us, we welcome it. But if you want to have a deal where you have access to the single market of Europe -- those 500 million people who live here, then you're going to have to let some of those 500 million have free access to travel and work in Britain." David Cameron's parting message was, "that's an issue for us."</s>COSTELLO: All right, Nic Robertson reporting live from Brussels this morning. Thank you very much. Thank you for joining me today, I'm Carol Costello. AT THIS HOUR with Berman and Bolduan after a break.
Scotland's First Minister Meets with European Leaders Hoping To Strike New Deal.