Breaking tonight, the Justice Department appoints a special counsel to investigate former President Trump,

already a candidate for the White House. Could this signal indictments over the January 6th Capitol

Riot and classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago? The Attorney General says this is about facts and the law and a possible 2020 rematch.

CBS's Jeff Pagays introduces us to the veteran prosecutor just appointed as Donald Trump responds.

Deadly historic snowstorm.

Winter comes early for 280 million Americans as CBS's Tanya Rivera is in Buffalo, bracing

for at least five feet of snow. Murder mystery deepens the killer or killers on the loose in Idaho.

Tonight what the coroner is saying about where the four college kids were stabbed to death.

Taylor Swift breaks her silence.

I can still make the whole place you're my

CBS's Lilia Luciano with what the pop star

is saying about the ticket master, disaster.

And on the road, CBS Steve Hartman gets a lesson in kindness

from a 12-year.

This is the CBS evening news with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. I'm Major Garrett in for Nora.

Tonight, we begin with big developments in the criminal investigations into former

President Donald Trump.

Attorney General Merrick Garland today appointed a special counsel to take the lead.

Jack Smith has a long history with the Department of Justice and is the former chief

prosecutor for the special

court in the Hague, which investigates and prosecutes war crimes. He will now oversee the

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