Likely miss the rest of the season because of his ongoing hip injury. The world number 2 says its the best decision for his long term future. I did my first ever commentary for Bbc Television from this very gantry. And in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch for the fact that i did say once upon a time, its in the net. And, the unmistakeable voice of football for half a century john motson decides to call it a day. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Hurricane Irma one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic is now causing major damage on a number of caribbean islands. It first hit Antigua And Barbuda, before moving on to saint martin and st barts. Communications with those islands are down, but irma is believed to have caused widespread flooding and damage to buildings. The category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph, and gusts of up to 225mph is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida b
Distribution of the settlement money from the volkswagen emissions cheating scandal that, of course, was a case out of the federal court based here in San Francisco. He was to be in charge of the handling of the takata airbag settlement as well. No word what will happen to that responsibility now, but muller has always been viewed as a settlement expert and someone viewed as a most credible Law Enforcement official by both democrats and republicans. Larry and alma . All right, thank you so much, kristen. And we broke this news about mullers appointment to overseas russia investigation through the abc7 news app. Download the arp to get breaking news on your phone or tablet. New developments today in the child mole estation case. Doctor and nurse michelle. Abc7 news matt keller has the latest of the reporter the doctor looked out of sorts for his first appearance in the Santa Cruz County courtroom. He was known for his brain surgery in Dominican Hospital and suter Emergency Center in san
Democrats, right now, your governments not functioning and with this cloud over the administration and over the republican party, as they have not partnered with us to get to the truth, its very hard for them or for us collectively to govern. So the sooner we get to the truth, the better for the american public. Thank you for joining us today and giving us a limb insight. Lets tonight our coverage with nbc news anchor kristen . Naming former fbi director mueller as special counsel and right away President Trump has responded. President donald trump released a statement tonight reading as i have stated many times a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. The white house had only a 30minute heads up about this announcement. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had been pressuring acting attorney general Rob Rosenstein to get the appointmentep i after back to b allegations first that President Trump gave
Russian interference in the election. The white house didnt have much notice that the Justice Department had appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel. Lawmakers are scrambling now to react to the third bombshell in as many days. Jo congressman, do you think the appointment of mr. Mueller goes far enough here . No, but its a very significant step and we need to get to the truth and this is the way to get to it. Robert mueller is very well respected here in the bay area and nationwide, can you tell us how this investigation will work . From what i have read about director mueller is respected by his peers. What does this do to President Trumps agenda. Hes been taking one body blow after another. Does this grind all that to a halt . I dont think it grinds it to a halt, but it givens a process where we can govern collectively, congress and the administration, republicans and democrats, right now, your governments not functioning and with this cloud over the administration and over the r
2001 to 2013. He is acareer lifelong prosecutor and also served in the marines in vietnam. He is widely he inspected on capitol hill. And he has ties to the bay area. The president has tweeted about the special counsel. How is he responding . He said bring it on. He said that the, um, the special counsel will only prove and confirm what we already know that there was no collusion, he says, between his campaign and any foreign entity. He welcomes in investigation and looks forward to it wrapping up quickly. Thank you, mola lenghi. Lets take a closer look at Robert Muellers bay area ties. He rose to the ranks to head the Criminal Division at the u. S. Attorneys office in San Francisco in the 80s. In 1998 he was the u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of california. In 2001, he left here to become the fbi director. [ applause and cheers ] the turmoil is weighing down the markets. Stocks were down this afternoon the biggest drop of the year. Heres the closing numbers. Nasdaq down more