from the firing of fbi director james comey to the president divulging sensitive information to officials from russia. comey saying the president asked him to end the investigation of michael flynn. on capitol hill, the news is being greeted with relief. that includes democrats demanding answers and republicans who just want all of the questions to ease up. we begin with correspondent pamela brown in washington. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. a significant move from the justice department with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein handing the reins to robert mueller. he appointed him as special counsel. he says in a statement that he did this out of public interest. he thought it was important, especially given all of the recent revelations. including the revelation of a memo from former fbi director james comey. where he indicated in the conversation he had with the president that president trump
down a little bit. i feel like washington, d.c. ex exhaled. the entire town. congress, the white house. now there s a process. the investigation into russia s meddling now in the hands of the former director of the fbi. robert mueller appointed special counsel. he has the power to investigate, to question, to issue subpoenas and prosecute federal crimes if any discovered. mueller appointed by deputy rod rosenstein. rosenstein said the move was not a finding crimes had been committed, but quote based on the circumstances the public interest requires me to place this investigation under authority of the person who exercising the degree of independence from the normal chain of command. the appointment following a series of damaging headlines from the firing of the fbi director james comey to the president divulging sensitive