Report: Putin "Probably" Ordered Hit on Spy
BOLDUAN: New this morning, a stunning twist in an already unbelievable spy story. British authorities for the first time are linking the death of a former Russian spy to the very top of Russia's government. The judge even saying Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved the killing.</s>BERMAN: The findings say the actual killing of Alexander Litvinenko was carried out by a former KGB and former Russian army officer. Litvinenko died suddenly in 2006 after drinking a cup of tea laced with radioactive Polonium. Let's bring in senior international diplomatic editor, Nic Robertson. Nic, there's been intrigue surrounding this. This just puts it into the stratosphere.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: It absolutely does. It's always been understood here that this murder never could have happened without the sponsorship, if you will, of the Russian state. That's what this inquiry lays out. It falls short of saying, here's a direct link between President Putin and Litvinenko's murders. What it does say very clearly is this polonium, this radioactive material, can only be made in a nuclear reactor. The nuclear material in Russia can only be transferred through intelligence services with somebody who's above both the intelligence service and above the country's atomic agency. Therefore, they say, under past practice, this means most likely, very probably, that President Putin must have had a hand in this. This does kick it up to the stratosphere. We've heard from the British government saying the two men accused of the murder are now on an Interpol notice, their on E.U. arrest warrants, their assets are frozen. The Russian ambassador in London has been called in to have details of the report explained to him and also questioned about this report. And the wife or widow, rather, now of Litvinenko, has also spoken out about this, criticizing Vladimir Putin.</s>MARINA LITVINENKO, WIDOW OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO: Vladimir Putin and Nicole Patrushev, (ph) personally approved assassination. I'm, of course, very pleased that the words my husband spoke on his deathbed when he accused Mr. Putin of his murder, have been proved through an English court with the highest standards of independence and fairness.</s>ROBERTSON: Now, she did also request that the British government check out all records on the Russian intelligence agents from Britain. Of course, the British government, this being an incredible sensitive issue, stopped short of doing that -- John?</s>BERMAN: Our Nic Robertson for us in London. Thanks a lot, Nic. Intrigue. A mother in Flint, Michigan, said the water was so toxic, her son's teeth started crumbling and their cat started losing hair. There are new cries for the Michigan governor to step down after his office released hundreds of e-mails related to the water crisis.</s>BOLDUAN: Moments ago, a big, new endorsement in New Hampshire for John Kasich. The Ohio governor is joining us live. That's coming up next.