distribution of the settlement money from the volkswagen emissions cheating scandal that, of course, was a case out of the federal court based here in san francisco. he was to be in charge of the handling of the takata airbag settlement as well. no word what will happen to that responsibility now, but muller has always been viewed as a settlement expert and someone viewed as a most credible law enforcement official by both democrats and republicans. larry and alma? all right, thank you so much, kristen. and we broke this news about muller s appointment to overseas russia investigation through the abc7 news app. download the arp to get breaking news on your phone or tablet. new developments today in the child mole estation case. doctor and nurse michelle. abc7 news matt keller has the latest of the reporter: the doctor looked out of sorts for his first appearance in the santa cruz county courtroom. he was known for his brain surgery in dominican hospital and suter emer
democrats, right now, your government s not functioning and with this cloud over the administration and over the republican party, as they have not partnered with us to get to the truth, it s very hard for them or for us collectively to govern. so the sooner we get to the truth, the better for the american public. thank you for joining us today and giving us a limb insight. let s tonight our coverage with nbc news anchor kristen? naming former fbi director mueller as special counsel and right away president trump has responded. president donald trump released a statement tonight reading as i have stated many times a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. the white house had only a 30-minute heads up about this announcement. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had been pressuring acting attorney general rob rosenstein to get the appointmentep i after back to b allegations first that pr
russian interference in the election. the white house didn t have much notice that the justice department had appointed robert mueller as special counsel. lawmakers are scrambling now to react to the third bombshell in as many days. jo congressman, do you think the appointment of mr. mueller goes far enough here? no, but it s a very significant step and we need to get to the truth and this is the way to get to it. robert mueller is very well respected here in the bay area and nationwide, can you tell us how this investigation will work? from what i have read about director mueller is respected by his peers. what does this do to president trump s agenda. he s been taking one body blow after another. does this grind all that to a halt? i don t think it grinds it to a halt, but it givens a process where we can govern collectively, congress and the administration, republicans and democrats, right now, your government s not functioning and with this cloud over the ad