Look at the way ive been treated lately. No politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. A special counsel is assigned to the russia investigation. Do you think that the appointment of Robert Mueller will stop the talk of impeachment . Theyre just going to change their talking points and say this administration is in chaos. The president s alleged ties to russia has become too much for our country to bear. Hes brought this town to a screeching halt. Fox news and fox Business Pioneer roger ailes has died. He was 77 years old. Roger gave every single one of us on this couch an opportunity. Sad news for rock lovers around the world, Chris Cornell died overnight. The nfl is investigating allegations made by Gisele Bundchen, her husband tom brady suffered from concussions last season. Air canada flight diverted when a passenger tried to open the cabin door while the plane was still in the air. All that a Graduation Ceremony became memorable for all the wrong reasons. Fullfledged brawl. Its a graduation high fly ball, centerfield, and makes the catch and rays win all that matters. According to a new poll, if he ran for president , Dwyane Johnson would beat donald trump 42 to 37 . The only way the rock could lose, is if hes running against paper. On cbs this morning. Yesterdays leaked memo apparently written by former fbi director james comey is being held up by many as evidence the president should be impeached. First he helped trump get elected now he could be the reason trump gets kicked out. Call me cacomey comey rem me offerly black mother, i brought you into this world and child i can take you out of it. This mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. A special counsel is now in charge of investigating russian interference with the last president ial election. The Justice Department appointed former fbi director Robert Mueller yesterday with almost no warning. He will take over where the bureaus investigation left off that could lead to more trouble for the trump administration. Trump tweeted this morning, quote, this is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. Mueller was named a special counsel one day after we learned a memo by fired fbi director james comey said the president asked him to stop an investigation of general Michael Flynn. Jeff pegues is at the Justice Department. Good morning. Good morning. The memo was really a turning point that pushed doj to make this move, bringing in Robert Mueller changes things. He is the former fbi director and he is highly regarded in washington by both democrats and republicans. As special counsel, he will have the power to prosecute if crimes were committed. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein says in a statement the special counsel will ensure a full and thorough investigation of the russian governments efforts to interfere in a 2016 president ial election. It was rosensteins move since attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself from all russiarelated investigations over his own contacts with the russian ambassador, but sessions did play a role in former fbi director james comeys firing last week. President trump was said to be measured in his response to Robert Muellers appointment as he huddled with his senior staff in the oval office. The white house released a statement, saying there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. I look forward to this matter concluding quickly. Mueller who resigned from private practice for this appointment wrote, i accept this responsibility and will discharge it to the best of my ability. He served as fbi director for a dozen years, starting a week before the 9 11 attacks. Before that he led the u. S. Probe into the 1988 pan am 103 bombing. At the time it was the deadliest terrorist attack against americans. You want to know who ordered it and you want to know who approved it and who else was involved in carrying out the attack. Reporter mueller has been promised resources in this investigation to follow leads, even the resources of the fbi. He has also been given broad authorities to chase those leads wherever they may go. Gayle. All right. Thank you jeff. On capitol hill lawmakers generally agree that Robert Mueller is the right choice. In a statement Republican HouseSpeaker Paul Ryan said, i welcome his role at the department of justice. House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz said mueller has impeccable credentials and Chuck Schumer tweeted this, mueller is, quote, the right kind of individual to serve as special counsel. Three congressional committees are asking james comey to testify and also want the fbi to turn over all information about comeys conversations with the president. Reuters reports this morning that Michael Flynn and other Trump Campaign advisors had at least 18 previously undisclosed contacts with russian officials and learning that the Trump Transition Team knew flynn faced legal scrutiny weeks before the innagation. The New York Times says flynn told transition lawyers in early january he was under federal investigation for secret work as a paid lobbyist for turkey. Despite that warning flynn was sworn in as Donald TrumpsNational Security adviser on january 22nd. Flynn was forced to resign on february 13th. Major garret is at the white house with more on the story. Major, good morning. Good morning. The new flynn revelations add to the white house woes and filling the fbi director vacancy has become a conspicuous challenge after two candidates withdrew their names the white house was eg to show the search was not stalled. It brought in new candidates among them al gores running mate in 2000 joe lieberman. The white house orchestrated this mini parade of fbi director candidates amid a firestorm over the dismissal of fbi director james comey. Adding to that firestorm lock her up. Reporter ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn reportedly told now White House Counsel Don Mcgahn on january 4th he was under federal investigation. That conversation and another later showed the Trump Transition Team knew about the Flynn Investigation far earlier than previously reported. The white house is still dealing with the president s oval Office Disclosure of highly classified intelligence with russian officials. Russian president Vladimir Putin joked about the episode and called it political schizophrenia. To quiet the controversy he offered to give congress a russian transcript of the discussion. Sean spicer said he was unaware of russian tapes at the oval office meeting. No politician in history, and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. Reporter seeking refuge at the Coast Guard Academy wednesday the president delivered a woe is me commencement speech. Things are not always fair. Reporter and told cadets perseverance is key. You will find that things happen to you that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted. But you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight. Reporter the president has grown increasingly frustrated with his senior staff and we are told is actively seeking replacements. One seen he official described all of the russia story as noise and b. S. But one outside white house adviser said dysfunction at this white house has reached the highest levels, a significant concern, charlie, as the president prepares to be leave tomorrow for his first overseas trip. John dickerson cbs news chief washington correspondent. Hes also the host of face the nation and he joins us from washington. John, good morning. Good morning, charlie. Start with this question, what are the implications of this, because mueller seems to be supported on both sides of the aisle and he has significant power to do something . The implication for the president are think about this, he said all these investigations into russia, collusion with the Trump Campaign, they were a witch hunt, the fbi investigation was shouldnt go anywhere. Now, this investigation has been reenergized, its been revalidated, and somebody has been put at the top both republicans and democrats have prised. So this can no longer be knocked down by the president as a partisan witch hunt and also the president now has to be careful about what he says about it because in the mix, in the story now, is the off thebooks conversation with former director comey about possibly wrapping up the investigation so anything the president says now about it, hs to be seen in that light where people are talking about obstruction of justice. John, do you have any information on how the white house is feeling about this latest turn of events . Weve heard public statements . Well you know, they feel whipsawed by whats been of ten days of constant pounding. I mean and a lot of the trouble is selfinflicted. Some of it has been newspaper reports about about things, but a lot of it also has been just poor planning, the comey firing was handled in a way that just exacerbated lots of problems that couldnt get their story straight, thats been thats happened again with the story about what the president may have said in the oval office with the Russian Foreign minister, so they are feeling pretty battered over there. What limitations are there on this special counsel . Well, the limitations, looks like theres not that many of them and that you have two things. One, the way the power that mueller has been given looks like he can not only look at the underlying question of russia and the Trump Campaign but anything that comes up in the course of the investigation he would want to look into. You have his reputation in the way he comports himself, he doesnt put up with nonsense. If he wants to investigate something and anybody tries to stop him, thats not going to be a quiet by him. Hes going to do what he wants to do. He has that bipartisan support from both parties, which gives him a lot of political power too. I dont want to lose sight of the fact that the president leaves tomorrow op his first foreign trip, his first stop, saudi arabia. He will have lunch with 50 leaders from around the muslim and arab world. Ands theres a significant deals that will be announced, right . There are significant deals. This is a test not only of the president but of his administration. The ability to lay out a foreign trip with what they called deliverables, things he can praise and show that he has relationships in these cities. Often president s have recouped when they are in trouble by going overseas, acting president ial, carrying off the kind of set things that a president has do, so this comes at the right time, but as former secretary of defense robert gates said to us, the president has to stick to the script. Hes also going to make a major speech on islam . He is. Which will be really fascinating, given the many things he has said over the course of the campaign and some of the things that have been said by some of his close advisors about the religion and his connection to terrorism. All right. John, we will all be watching. Thank you very much. Roger ailes, one of the most influential and controversial figures in cable news died this morning. The founder and longtime chairman of fox news was forced out last year over Sexual Harassment allegations. Anna is with us, anna good morning. Good morning. Roger ailes was a titan of the broadcast industry helping Rupert Murdoch launch fox news more than two decades ago. He named the channel one of the most influential tv networks but his career ended in scandal. We learned some sad news this morning that our former ceo roger ailes passed away this morning. Reporter for two decades, roger ailes helped build fox news from the ground up. Weve invested a lot in politics from day one. Reporter ailes spoke to charlie rose in 2001. And we think that politics is really americas favorite indoor sport. Yeah. Whether people talk about it, they vote, they dont vote, they all have opinions about the issues. Reporter before his time at fox news ailes was a wellknown political consultant working with president s Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and george h. W. Bush. You are about to enter the no spin zone. Reporter ailes was essential in helping fox news rise to power behind personalities like bill oreilly who recently left the network over Sexual Harassment allegation but was one of its biggest stars for years. I am bill oreilly, thanks for watching us tonight. We kind of created people like bill oreilly. We didnt create him in the sense that bill has been around for 25 years, but we gave him a form to do his thing in prime time. The philosophy is to in prime time you have to create personalities, is that the idea . Yeah. You have to create ratings. In the end its about ratings and if you cant get ratings you dont survive. Reporter last year ailes ran into his own trouble at the network at resigned in july in the wake of Sexual Harassment allegations and a mountain of negative publicity. In a statement ailes wife said roger was a loving husband, he was also a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in country that gave him so much opportunity. Ailes was 77 years old. Gayle . Anna, thank you. This morning the music world is remembering grudge rock pioneer Chris Cornell. Cornell died unexpectedly last night in detroit at the age of 52. His death is being investigated as a possible suicide. Cornells music career spanned more than three decades and he performed with a number of bands. This video is believed to be from his final show last night just hours before he died. Anthony mason is here with the latest. Anthony, good morning. Reporter good morning. Just before that show at the fox theater in detroit last night, cornell tweeted out a picture of the marquee. He was in the midst of a monthlong tour with sound garden, a band he fronted, which along with nirvana and pearl jam, were founding members of the seattle grudge sound. Forever reporter Chris Cornell helped redefine the sound of rock and roll in the late 80s and early 90s. I like to say im down on my knees today reporter emerging from the seattle grudge scene, as the frontman of sound garden the singer was known for his octavesmashing vocal range. His talents spilled across a number of lineups over the years, including the super group temple of the dog. And the sevenyear run with former members of rage against the machine and audio slave. Exactly, its exactly in the works. Reporter last month he told me he was working on a new sound garden album. And how far away is the new sound garden album do you think . One of the things we did when we got back together was decide to never put a clock on what we do, which i think has been really helpful and its just all with being a positive experience. Reporter and in the studio that day, he performed an acoustic version of perhaps sound gardens best known song black hole sun. Black hole sun wont you come black hole sun wont you come black hole sun reporter really extraordinary performance that day. This news is just has just stunned everybody. Came out of nowhere. 52 years old. He has three children. Real stunner and great loss. Thank you. The nfl has begun a review of tom bradys medical records to determine if he ever suffered a concussion or had concussion symptoms. The inquiry was launched after bradys wife Gisele Bundchen said that the patriots quarterback had a concussion last year. It was apparently never reported and she made the claim yesterday in an interview on cbs this morning. Jeff glor shows us how the statements have shaken up pro football. Jeff, good morning. Good morning to you. Last year the league rolled out new rules, new punishments, to back its concussion protocol. These comments suggest those may not have protected the leagues biggest star. Reporter during his celebrated 17year career. Hes in patriots win the super bowl brady has his fifth. Reporter tom brady has never officially been sidelined by a concussion but his wife Gisele Bundchen says hes still been hurt. Brady gets buried. Reporter by all those hits. He had a concussion last year. He has concussions pretty much. But he does have concussions. Reporter the nfl is taking a closer look at the patriots injury reports and all reports about brady filed by the brain injury specialist who worked at patriots games last season. Chris is the ceo of the concussion legacy foundation. Football players playing through concussions is sort of the dirty little secret. And down he goes again. In many situations the player may not know they have a concussion. They may not recognize they have a concussion for another day or two. Reporter last july, the league announced new protocols to evaluate and remove players with concussion symptoms. Teams that dont comply can be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars and lose draft picks. Brady said last may Football Players should seek help for head injuries right away. You hate to stop doing something you love to do because of an injury. Ive been fortunate over the course of my career. Reporter according to stats llc since he took over the starting quarterback job in 2001, brady has missed just