ROMANS: British counterterrorism police investigating the death of the woman exposed to the Russian nerve agent Novichok as murder. Authorities say, 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess died Sunday after touching a contaminated item. Detectives are working to identify the source where this came from. This same chemical was used in the March attack on the former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. They have both been released from the hospital. Russia denies any involvement in that incident. 45 year-old Charles Rowley was also expose to the nerve agent last week. He is still in the hospital in critical condition.</s>BRIGGS: At least 100 people in the southwest of Japan have died after days of torrential rainfall that caused flash floods and landslides. Japan's fire and disaster management agency reports 112 people are injured and 15 are missing and 68 unaccounted for. These are the heaviest rains Japan has seen in decades. 2 million people have been ordered to evacuate. Hundred of homes have been destroyed or damaged. The Japanese official says, 73,000 people are working on search and rescue efforts.</s>ROMANS: The U.S. threatened other nations in an effort to weaken a World Health Organization measure that encourage breast feeding. The New York Times reports, the U.S. took issue with language and resolution encouraging member governments to protect and promote and support breast feeding. More than a dozen of participants in various countries told the Times, U.S. Delegates threatened retribution on trade and military aid to Ecuador. That was the measure's original sponsor. But the resolution passed largely unchanged after Russia stepped in as a sponsor. This really surprised so many people, because the health benefits around the world of breast feeding are just not even scientifically opposed. For the United States to step in to weaken that really was something that caught a lot of people by surprise.</s>BRIGGS: We will let you know, let us think about that at Early Start on Twitter. Ahead, President Trump with arguably the most consequential week he will had thus far. It all starts tonight when he announces his Supreme Court pick and then he heads to a NATO summit. We will breakdown the final four contenders for the Supreme Court ahead.
Murder Investigation Underway On Russia Nerve Agent Attacks.