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 going to change their adeaking point and say this stminiration is in chaos. The president s alleged ties to russia is too much to bear. Youve brought this town to a screechialng ht. Ura jy acquitted a white Police Officer in shooting death of a black man. Sad news for rock lovers around the world. S chrielcornl died overnight. The nfl is investigating allegations by gisele bheundcn that her husband tom brady suffered season. A man tried to open the door while the plane was still in the air. A Graduation Ceremony became memorable for all the wrong reasons. High fly ball. Keir meyer makes the catch and the rays win. And all that matters. According to a new poll, if he ran for president , Dwayne Johnson would beat donald trump 42 to 37 . The only way the rock can lose is if hes running against paper. On cbs this morning. A leaked paper allegedly prepared by james comey is held up by many. First he helps trump get elected. Now he could be the reason trump gets kicked out. Comey reminds me of every black mother. I brought you into this world, and, child, i can take you out of it. Eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. A special counsel now is in charge of investigating the russian interference with the last president ial election. The Justice Department appointed former fbi director Robert Mueller yesterday with almost no warning. Hell take over where the bureaus investigation left off. That could lead to more trouble for the trump administration. Robert mueller led the fbi for 1 years longer than anyone but j. Edgar hoover. We learned of this after we learn of the memo by fired james comey. He was asked to stop the investigation of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Jeff pegues has more. Good morning. Good morning. That pushed them to make this bringing in Robert Mueller really changes things. He the former fbi director and hes highly regarded in washington by democrats and republicans. As special counsel he will the power to prosecute if crimes were committed. Deputy attorney general rod rosen stain said in a statement the special counsel will ensure a full and thorough investigation of russias efforts to interfere with the 2016 president ial election. It was rosensteins move since attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself over all russian 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 many the oval office. White house then released a statement saying there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. On tuesday it was revealed comey drafted a memo after a prieshtd meeting with President Trump on february 14th. Then director comey wrote how President Trump tried to convince him to drop the federal i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go, the president allegedly said. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go. That meeting with President Trump came one day after Lieutenant General flynn was forced to resign his post as National Security adviser. After flynn misled the Vice President about his contacts with Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. Indication lee yak who met with the president last week is a central figure in the fbi appointment. Mueller wrote, i accept this responsibility and will discharge it to the best of my ability. He served as fbi director for a bezens years starting a week 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, who approved it, and who else was involved in kaying out the attack. Reporter mueller has promised to follow the investigation with leads. Hes also been given Broad Authority 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 schumer tweeted this. Hes the right kind of counsel to serve. They also w t over all information about comeys conversations with the president. This is only the second time the Justice Department has appointed a special prosecutor under the current rules. Jan crawford is cbs news chief legal correspondent. Jan, as special counsel, how much power will mueller have to investigate the Trump Campaign ties to russia . In his letter, Rod Rosenstein gives mueller significant power to investigate any links associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump and other matters that may arise directly from investigation. Now, the Deputy Attorney general will oversee muellers work and he technically has the power. But mueller wont be subject to the daytoday supervision. And if blocked, he would have to give an its just to make sure theres no interference of the executive branch. We all know ken starrs wideranging investigation over bill clinton. People on both sides of the investigation had issues with that starr investigation. The oversight power went back to the Justice Department. Gayle . Thank you very much. Reuters report this morning Michael Flynn and other Campaign Advisers had at least 18 previously disclosed contacts with its officials. And we learn that it happened weeks before the inauguration. The New York Times said he was under investigation. He did secret work as a paid lobbyist for turkey. Despite that, flynn was sworn in on january 22nd. He was 13th. Major garrett has more. Good morning. Good morning. Filling the fbi director vacancy has become a conspicuous challenge after two with drew their name. It showed it was not stalled. It brought in new candidates. Among them, al gores rinning mate joe lieberman. There was a firestorm over the dismissal of fbi director james comey. Adding to that, National Security adviser Michael Flynn. He told don that he was under federal investigation. It shows the Trump Transition Team knew about the investigation than previously reported. The white house is still dealing with the oval office discloser with russian russian president Vladimir Putin joked about the episode and called it quiet schizophrenia. To quiet them he offered to given them a transcript. Sean spicer said he was unaware of any tape recordings in history. No politician and say this with great sincerity has been treated worse or more unfairly. The president delivered a woe is me commencement speech and told cadets perseverance is key. You will find things happen to you that you do not deserve and are not hauls warranted. But you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight, small the from has grown increasingly with his senio describes all of these russian stories as noise and b. S. But one outside white house adviser says dysfunction at this white house has now reached high levels, a significant concern as the president prepears to leave for his first overseas trip. Thank you, major. We have John Dickerson, host of face nation. Good morning. Good morning. What are the implications, he had significant power to do so. Think about this. He said it was a witch hunt, that the fbi shouldnt go anywhere. Now this investigation has been reenergizeding its been reevaluated and somebody has been put at the top that both can be repraised. It can no longer be knocked town as a partisan witch hunt. And amidst of the story is the off the books record he had with comey. So anything the president says noun where people are talking about obstruction of gist it is. John, have you heard anything from the white house about the public turn of events . Theys been whipsawed. Some of the reports are selfinflicted. The comey firing was a way that exacerbated lots of problems. They couldnt get their story straight. Thats happened again with story about what the president may have said in the oval office with the Russian Foreign minister, so pretty bad over there. What limitations are there on this special counsel . Well, the limitations, it looks like theres not that many of them. You have two things. One, the way the power that mueller has been given, he cannot only look at the underlying question of russia and the Trump Campaign. And then you have the reputation that he comports himself which is to say he doesnt put up with any nonsense. If he wants to go and investigate something and anybody tries to stop him, thats not going to be a quiet session by him. Hes going to do what he wants to do. Of course, again, 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 the president leaves tomorrow for his first overseas trip. Tomorrow he starts in saudi arabia. Hes going to have lunch with 50 significant leaders from the significant deals to be discussed. Its going to be the ability to lay out a foreign trip with what they call deliverables, the things he can praise, show he has relationships in these cities. Often president s can recoup by going overseas, acting president ial, carrying arch the set piece. This comes at the right time, he said he has to stick to the script. And hes always speaking of islam. He is. Hell talk about the religion and connection to terrorism. Well be watching. Morning the music world is remembering grunge music pioneer chris cornell. Cornell died unexpectedly late last night. He was in detroit and he was 52 years old. His music ka cree spanned more than three decades and he performed with a number of bands. This video is believed to be from his show last night in detroit hours before his death. Good morning. Good morning. Just before the show at fox theater, cornell tweet out a picture of the marquee. He was with soundgarden, the band he fronted, members of pearl jam were founding members. Chris cornell helped redefine the sound of rock and roll in the late 80s and early 90s. Emerging from the seattle grunge soundgarden, the singer was known for his octave smashing vocal range. His talent lined up across including temple of the dog. And a sevenyear run with former members of rage against the machine in audioslave. Last month he told me he was working on a new soundgarden album. And how far away is the new soundgarden album . One of the things we did is to decide to never put a clock on what we do which has been helpful. Its always been a positive experience that and in the studio that day he performed an acoustic version of perhaps soundgardens song black hole sun. Black hole sun black hole sun really an extraordinary performance. This news has stunned everybody. Came out of nowhere. 52 years old. He has three children. In a statement the family will work with a medical examiner to figure out what happened. He was just here in this studio. Last month. And you get this news. Seemed in very good shape when he was here. A stunner. Great loss. The nfl has undergone look at the medical record of tom bra brady. This is after Gisele Bundchen said the patriots quarterback had a concussion last year. It was never reported. She made the claim yesterday in an interview morning. Jeff is here with how the bundchen statement has shaken up the nfl. These comments suggest those may not have protected the leagues biggest star. During his celebrated 17year care career, tom brady has never officially been side lined by a concussion, but his wife Gisele Bundchen says hes still been hurt by all those hits. He had a concussion last year. He has them. I dont talk about them, but he does have concussions. Reporter the nfl takes a look at the patriots injury reports and the spotters who worked last season. Playing through concussions is sort of the dirty little secret and in many situations the player may not know they have a concussion. They may not recognize they have a concussion for a day or two. 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. Last may brady said players with head injuries should seek help right away. According to stats llc, since he took over the starting quarterback job in 2001, brady has missed just 19 games. 15 of them in one season when he injured his knee, four due to suspension. He has injured his arms, they say, legs and shoulder, but not his head. I dont think its a healthy thing for anybody to go through like that, you know, that kind of aggression like all the time. That cannot be healthy for you, right . The nfl told safety is its foremost priority, a sentiment repeated by the patriots union. They told us they had no comments. All right, jeff. Thank you. The family of new developments in the hacking that reportedly stole the new pirates of the caribbean movie. 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