And caught off guard. The nfl saying they have no record of giseles claims that her husband patriots Quarterback Tom Brady suffered a concussion last year. Did the super bowl star not report it, and could he be punished . Good morning, america. Yes, a very busy thursday morning on the heels of what happened late yesterday. That former fbi director Robert Mueller is coming in to investigate the Trump Campaign. And from the capitol to the stock exchange, george and robin, a lot have their eyes on wall street. Its worst day of the year. That drop came before we found out about Robert Mueller. Were also tracking all the latest from washington this morning including President Trumps reaction to that surprise appointment of a special counsel. The president said that investigation will confirm there was no collusion, that he did nothing wrong. Later today Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein will made that decision and what he knows about President Trumps decision to fire james comey. As for comey hes been invited to speak to the Senate Judiciary and House Oversight committees. Ill speak to the chairman of that committee in a moment. With Robert Mueller taking over the russia investigation, he has a long history with the fbi. He served as director from 2001 to 2013. He was confirmed unanimously under both president george w. Bush and president obama. Now when he retired in 2013 he was the second longest server director behind j. Edgar hoover. Our reporters covering all the fallout and Pierre Thomas starts us off. Reporter george, good morning. Its been a stunning week and stunning 4 hours with events that had potentially enormous implications for the white house. Now word of a special counsel to investigate whether there was collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians. The dramatic announcement, there investigating those with ties to President Trump. The man leading this new investigation, bob mueller, a former fbi director, in some ways a unique figure in washington. Last confirmed by the senate 1000. His prestigious tenyear appointment as fbi director extended by an additional two years. Theres almost nobody who has a better reputation than bob mueller for being a dogged investigator and a fair prosecutor. Reporter make no mistake, this will be a fullscale investigation with mueller exercising extraordinary power. Somebody who is in the role of special counsel will have the full range of authorities that they need to carry out their mandate. That includes subpoena power, grand jury power. Reporter just hours before the mueller announcement President Trump spoke at the coast guard academy. No politician in history and i say this with great surety has been treated worse or more unfairly. Reporter the white house special counsel decision until 25 minutes before the news was made public. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein who took over the investigation after attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself took the dramatic step of appointing mueller writing, based upon the unique circumstances, the Public Interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command, a special counsel is necessary in order for the American People to have full confidence in the outcome. Rosensteins independence questioned because he supported comeys firing and the president s decision to fire comey was rosensteins, it was suggested only later acknowledging it was President Trumps idea from the beginning. Rosensteins hand was finally forced after news broke that comey had written a memo suggesting that President Trump suggested him to go easy on Michael Flynn who resigned over that controversy discussions with the Russian Ambassador. The white house denied trump tried to influence comey but the revelation created more pressure for a special counsel, george. On the underlying issue of the Trump Campaign and russia new report from reuters saying there were at least 18 undisclosed previously undisclosed contacts between the campaign and russia. Reporter the reuters report made the result of what sources have told me the fbi was starting to do, they went back and looked at all the phone calls and communications that the Russian Ambassador had during the campaign and after the election. They wanted to know who he was speaking to and they should have transcripts of those conversations that could be critical, george. Right, according to the report still no evidence of any improper collusion. Okay, Pierre Thomas, thanks very much. We bring in dan abrams, special counsel. Tell us more about the power he has in that role. He has basically 60 days now to create a team and a budget. Hes going to have his own investigators, his own lawyers, his own independent crew to look into this and then the quest enough evidence to bring to try to seek indictments in front of a grand jury. If he does he would then go to the grand jury, try to get those indictments and people could get indicted. The issue that people need to remember, though, is in the end, he still reports to the attorney general. Now, when i say reports to means not in the daytodaikon text of his investigation but in the end the attorney general can fire him. And in the end the attorney general could decide they dont want to accept his recommendations and effectively overrule him. That doesnt mean that he reports to the attorney general. Its going to be independent. But unlike previous independent counsel laws, this special counsel in the end has to do whatever the attorney general says in the final decision. And he will also be investigating these meetings between the president and fbi director comey. What would it take for him to demonstrate obstruction of justice in a case like this. You have to be able intent. Corrupt intent, that the goal there was to impede the investigation, that it was to attempt to influence the investigation and theyre not just going to be looking at those comey notes but the totality of the circumstances here. Its all about theyre going to look at trumps public statements. Theyre going to look at claims that he demanded loyalty from james comey. Theres going to be a number of factors. Dan, thanks very much. The latest from our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega. Cecilia, youre on the scene in those moments late yesterday. The white house so clearly blindsided by this blow. Reporter completely blindsided, george. Im told they only got about a 20 to 30minute headsup which is virtue cal knock before the Justice Department made this announcement. After the doj called them and alerted the white House Counsel sources told me the entire senior staff went in to talk it over with the president. That is everyone from Vice President pence to chief of staff priebus to kel reaction was measured, not angry. That surprised some of the people who were there for that. You know, the white house and the president have pushed back strongly over the last couple of months about this notion of an independent commission and saying it was a waste of resources. Take a look at what the president said in his statement he put out. He said, quote, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. I look forward to this matter concluding quickly. That is the word from the president. The official word right now from the president , george. And, cecilia, the white house now hoping now that a special counsel is in place, though, they wont have to answer questions about this in public. Reporter you know, they hope this gives them some kind of cover now and can basically say this is under investigation. Asked and answered and the president has a press Conference Today here at the white house with the president of colombia. Im told, george, he will not be answering any more questions about this one. We will see. Cecilia viagra, thanks very much. Thepp on capitol hill. Both republicans and democrats overall have responded possley. Our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce tracked down some of those top lawmakers. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a real victory for democrats and a dramatic shift for republicans who for weeks argued that a special counsel wasnt necessary. But now both sides are agreeing on the appointment of mueller. A rare moment of bipartisanship here. Both democrats and republicans describing him to me as a real pro with solid credential, even those republicans who said this wasnt needed arent objecting, robin. So pretty much democrats and republicans in agreement over this and also in agreement they need to hear from james comey. Reporter yeah, robin, now three separate congressional committees have asked comey to testify. They want to hear his side of the story and see that memo he wrote documenting his conversations with the president. No word yet on when comey might speak out but the concern here, of course, even from republicans is that if thesell obstruction of justice and lawmakers, robin, simply want to get all the facts. Absolutely and so does the public. All right, mary, thanks so much. George. Okay, robin. Thanks, more on whats next with the chair of the House Government Oversight Committee gop congressman jason chaffetz, thanks for joining us. Right after former director mueller was appointed you said mueller is a great selection, impeccable credentials, should be widely accepted yet you think he shouldnt have been appointed. Explain what you mean. Well, i dont know that a special counsel was warranted at this point. I have not seen the direct, full evidence of an actual crime and believe theyre True Professionals at the fbi and should be allowed to continue to do that job. With that said i do think director mueller is probably the best possible choice they could have made. I guess with the acting attorney general Rod Rosenstein said when he was appointing this prosecutor yesterday he sai assuming he was referring to the fact that former director comey was leading the investigation, was fired by the president and now we know about these notes from director comey, as well. Yeah, and we like to see those notes. There was a New York Times article. Even the reporter hasnt seen those. We asked the department of justice to see those documents. If we need to subpoena them we will but we do need to see the full content of these materials and then also talk to director comey. Youve set a hearing for next wednesday. I know you want director comey to testify at that hearing on wednesday. Have you heard from him yet . I have. His telephone number changed since he left Government Service and so i used to be able to text and call him. I do believe he has my telephone number. I do hope to chat with him but to comply with house rules i set the date for next wednesday 9 30 a. M. Eastern time and hopefully we can have the hearing then. Is there any conflict now that a special counsel has been appointe w the Justice Department former director comey say well give all our tears over to the special counsel rather than testify to congress . Well, look, the house representatives has its own equities and interest in this. Just because there is an investigation or work done at the department of justice doesnt excuse the congress from doing its own work and getting to the bottom of things so thats hardly an excuse that has worked in the past and not going to work moving forward. You see nothing that would prevent former director comey from testifying before your committee . I really dont. I want to have the conversation with him and allow us to share that information but, no, i do think in the light of day, in a public setting he should be able to tell us about not only the materials if theyre there and i question whether or not theyre actually there but why do you question that . How did he take that . Nobody has seen them. Even the reporter that did the story hasnt seen them. Nobody that i know of, even the reporter, has not actually seen these comey had a history of taking notes of conversations. Yes. Weve seen his testimony to congress before. Yes, i mean, clearly were taking this very seriously. And im believing whats in there but, you know, i want to have some skepticism and im not going to presuppose the conclusion either. I want to look at the information and hear about the person that actually wrote it. I think thats the fair way and republicans and democrats can question him in the light of day in a public setting. Finally, on other front, the New York Times is reporting that President Trumps team knew that general flynn was under investigation for secretly working for turkey during the campaign, yet the president hired him anyway. Does this raise questions for your committee . General flynn is a former officer and should have never taken money from turkey nor should he have taken money from the russians. You just cant do that unless you seek permission and get permission. He evidently didnt get that. Thats why we referred the matter to the department of the army for the final determination. For joining us this morning. Thanks, george. In the midst of all this, President Trump, of course, is preparing for his First International trip tomorrow. Our chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz has more and in light of all these recent event, how does this impact the president s Upcoming Trip . Reporter well, robin, he is under a cloud of suspicion with World Leaders having no idea how this will end. He starts the trip in saudi arabia with an ambitious goal bringing together Muslim Leaders from around the world and announcing what the white house is calling an arab nato to help in the fight against terrorism and to put pressure on iran, but he will go into those meetings knowing that he shared information with the russians about the Islamic State which reportedly has put at risk the life of a source who was helping in the fight against isis. It will be a very complicated trip. Robin. Yes, it will. All right, martha, thank you. Wall street is reacting to al t washington. Stocks took a nosedive plummeting nearly 373 points. The worst drop since President Trump took office and our chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis is at the new york stock exchange. Good morning to you, rebecca. Reporter good morning, michael. It looks like that selloff is going to continue. Here on wall street they have a gauge that can track fear in the market. Its called the volatility index and yesterday it spiked by the biggest amount so far this year. Ive been talking to a number of veteran floor traders and they tell me theyre rattled. Concerned because all of the things on the trump agenda that helped send stocks up 12. 5 , tax reform, deregulation, infrastructure spending, all this chaos in washington now calls into question President Trumps ability to both deliver on those promises any time soon or even deliver on those promises at all. Michael. Thank you, rebecca. Karl and, jon, the president put out that statement basically welcoming, accepting the special counsel but in some way its the white houses worst nightmare. I saw it up close in the Clinton White house. Once you have a special counsel no idea where its going to go. Reporter and President Trump knows that full well. That is why this white house has resisted this idea strenuously for months. When it first came up in this room i asked sean spicer about it and he shot back a special prosecutor for what . They did not want this idea and the issue the decision of his taff that made him perhaps angrier than anything else is when sessions recused himself. He doesnt like the idea of an outofcontrol investigation. This is consuming washington. Everything has stopped. Reporter the hope they can defer this, delay it, mueller has a reputation as being somebody who does not leak. They hope it puts an end to some of the leaks for now and, george, they hope that but right now this is consuming it all. Jon karl, thanks very much. Amy is here with todays other stories starting with the verdict in the oklahoma trial. A trial found a Tulsa Police Officer not guilty. The verdict in the trial of officer betty shelby sparked demonstrations overnight. Protesters marching and holding hands, shelby testified that she shot Terence Crutcher last year because she feared for her life when he refused to obey orders. But prosecutors said it was an overreaction and crutchers hands were in the air. Also breaking overnight Rocker Chris Cornell has died. Best known as the lead singer of soundgarden and with audioslave and visi