Most important state night of all. Nightly news begins rights now. From nbc news world Head Quarters in new york. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, there are several major developments breaking as we come on the air tonight related to the russia controversy swirling around the president t. Justice department has just appointed a special counsel to lead a new investigation into russian influence in the election and whether there was coordination with might bes of the trump campaign. The department naming former fbi chief Robert Mueller as special counsel. The decision abound to the growing pressure from capitol hill after the president s firing of fbi director james comey, who was leading his own russia investigation and the cascade of stunning developments that have followed in recent days. Justice correspondent Pete Williams has the breaking details from our washington newsroom. Pete, what do you know . Rte lester, after serving as the Deputy Attorney general fo
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