Americans protesting the president of turkey and his visit to the white house. Men in suits moving in. The bloody clash. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. And we begin with that breaking headline the white house blindsided tonight as the Department Of Justice reveals that they will appoint a Special Counsel to now oversee the fbi investigation into russian meddling and any possible collusion. Former fbi director Robert Mueller will now lead the investigation. Democrats and some republicans had been calling for this move, the news coming just 24 hours after we learned that former fbi director james comey, who was fired by President Trump, kept notes about his meetings with the president. The Department Of Justice saying just moments ago, a Special Counsel is necessary for the American People to have full confidence in the outcome. Abcs Senior Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas leading us off. Reporter tonight, a Bombshell Announcement the
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On the way with more rain in the extreme weather center. And the rain continues this saturday here in washington. Hope its a little drier where you are at home. Im leland vittert. Elizabeth great to be with you, im elizabeth prann. Voters in france will have a runoff that will have a global impact. One campaign trying to deal with fallout after claims it was the victim of a massive and coordinated Hacking Attack designed to destabilize the election. The french are about in a 48 hour Blackout Period before the vote takes place. Greg palkot is in paris, france with the latest. Hi, greg. Hi, elizabeth. Taking a page out of the u. S. Election playbook, the leader here in this president ial elections here in france has been hit by a massive cyber
attack. Thousands of emails and documents seized have the computers of campaign safer of emmanuel macron, they were posted online. While moist of the material is kind of mundane, it is combined according to authorities today, with fake news items m
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