Now. And Rocker Chris Cornell dead at the age of 52. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Described as unblemished and unflappable, former fbi director Robert Mueller has been appointed special counsel to investigate the Trump Campaigns alleged ties to russia. Mueller will have sweeping powers and the authority to prosecute any crimes he uncovers. His appointment caught both the white house and capitol hill off guard. President trump says he hopes the investigation concludes quickly. Mueller was appointed fbi director by president george w. Bush in 2001. He took office a week before the 9 11 attacks, serving for 12 years, preceding comey. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein will brief the full senate over the president s decision to fire james comey as fbi director last week. The Development Comes just day after the pr
Sthe man behind the rise of fox news found himself in the news the last two years of his life in the Sexual Harassment claims growing louder after former anchor Gretchen Carlson accused him of unwanted sexual advances. Then forced to resign his top post of fox news last summer. Roger invented fox news and for 20 years has been fox news. Reporter credited with growing the network into a ratings powerhouse, he was also a key player in the careers of many of the top tv journalists in the country. There is at the network that he has not singlehandedly created, shepherded, developed, grown, and produced. Reporter before his rise at fox was a heavy hitter in politics. He served as advisor to at least four president s, including Richard Nixon and president trump. The head of fox, Rupert Murdoch come in a statement called a great patriot and brilliant broadcaster, saying you played in a portugal in shaping media Important Role in shaping media the last 40 years. Lindsey the death of Chris Corn
A sneaker subsidy. Theres a new proposal to get cash to computers willing to take walk rather than drive to work. Bob barnard is hitting the streets. Hell join us live with all the details. And later, saying goodbye to sound gardens Chris Cornell. How the music world reactioned to the news of the singers shocking and sudden death overnight. Good day at 9a starts right now. 9 01 in the time. The thursday may 18th, wisdom martin, holly morris, steve chenevey, maureen umeh getting ready to bring us important news. Tough start to the day. Two shocking deaths overnight. First singer Chris Cornell weve been talking about throughout the morning sound garden we just learned about minutes ago roger ailes former chairman and coe of fox news. Maureen has more on his life and legacy now. Good morning. Difficult morning here for fox news. Fox news sharing the news our former colleague their former colleague the head of fox has died. He built Fox News Channel into media powerhouse for two decades re
Make larry thank you for that. Good luck, mr. Speaker. President trump started the day adding to the drama with the tweet calling the appointment of the special prosecutor the single greatest witch hunt of politician in american history. The situation changing by the minute. This is what happened. Hours after saying that Michael Flynn wouldnt comply with the subpoena the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee correcting himself saying that the panel hadnt gotten a response from flynns lawyers yet. We learned that the former c. I. A. Director john brennan will appear before the house Intelligence Committee next week to talk about the allegations that russia meddled in the u. S. President ial election. Earlier in the day, utah congressman Jason Chaffetz announced he will leave congress june not but it is unclear what the early departure of the head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee means for the investigation. Alison in the midst of all the madness with the in
That was our chief Political Correspondent scott thuman, Political Correspondent scott thuman, asking President Trump the question on everyones mind. And as you heard the president flatly denying any wrongdoing, as his campaign is now under investigation for allegeded collusion with russia. An independent prosecutor now handling that probe, and its sending shockwaves across the political world. Abcs janai norman is live , with more on this story. Good morning janai. Breaking overnight. A firefighter loses huge fire inside a a firefighter loses his life battling a huge fire inside a texas shopping center. The flames grew to four alarms as they tore through the building last night. Crews say one airlifted to the hospital, where he later died. Two other firefighters were trapped inside the building, before they were eventually located and rescued. They were rushed to the hospital where one is in Critical Condition and the other is in serious condition this morning. The cause of the fire i