this morning on "world news now," pressure is mounting on the director of the fbi. >> while james comey is getting criticism from both sides of the aisle, donald trump says the embattled director has brought back his reputation. and as hillary clinton tries to change the subject away from the e-mail probe, millions of americans prepare to head to the full story ahead. and breaking news from alabama, where a gas pipeline explosion has turned deadly. the powerful blast sent smoke and fire into the sky. and watch as this elderly driver is pulled away from her burning vehicle, as it becomes engulfed in flames. the responding officer's lapel cam, catching the moment, pulling her out just in time.

haven't, it's time to decide. go tribe or go cubbies. and for some trash-talking clergy, both cities will end up winners on this tuesday, the 1st of november. what are they saying? >> priests are trash-talking, you know this world series is serious. >> this is a big deal. >> jesus was a cubs' fan. his mom loved the indians. is it going to b we will have more on that coming up. we begin with the final week -- the final week of the presidential campaign. a week from today is election day. >> hillary clinton, donnell donald trump, back in battleground states. the final stretch run, taking place while the fbi is moving ahead, with urgency, we're told, in its e-mails linked to clnlt.

sta states millions of americans have cast their vote. >> reporter: let's get the latest from pierre thomas. >> reporter: inside the fbi, dozens of cyber experts are poring over e-mails belonging to huma abedin. the team was investigating clinton's private server, has pulled a hard drive, from ant anthony weiner, underinvestigation for a sexting scandal with an underaged girl. abedin seen in this photo, now off the trail, as the investigation intensifies. abc news has learned the fbi has made a copy of the data from the hard drive and begun separating abedin's e-mails from the hundreds of thousands that belong to weiner. the focus is on abedin's work e-mails during clinton's time of secretary of state. especially those sent to clinton's private server. they're trying to weed out

the fbi. the white house trying to stay on the sidelines. >> i'll neither defend or criticize what director comey has decided to communicate to the public about this investigation. >> reporter: but the fbi director facing a barrage of criticism from the left and right, for his decision to notify congress this close to the election. comey has maintained it would be wrong not to acknowledge the new developments. but some democrats on capitol hill are calling for comey to resign. the former attorney general, former senior justice officials, including republicans, penned a letter saying, they were astonished and perplexed by comey's actions. even long-time trump actions, criticizing the timing. >> 11 days before one of the most hotly contested presidential elections of our time, both disgraces and politicizes the fbi, and is symptomatic of all that is wrong

>> reporter: in his letter to congress friday, comey said he wanted to determine if the e-mails contained classified information. as well as to assess the importance to our investigation into the clinton server. but in a separate letter released that day to fbi colleagues, comey explained in more detail, given that we don't know the significance of this newly discovered collection of e-mails, i don't want to create a misleading impression. but that only drew more fire. >> if you tonight know, keep your mouth shut. don't speculate. >> r updates on the investigation. and i'm told if something was found, he would consider making that public. but there's just so much material to sift through, no one knows what's going to happen. we're in unchartered territory with the election just days away. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. and back to the campaign trail right now. president obama heads to ohio today to support hillary clinton. she was in that all-important battleground state monday, holding two rallies.

the to jump into an election with no evidence of wrongdoing, in her words. and she made the bureau's new inquiry seem like a waste of time. >> i will tell you this, if they want to look at more e-mails by one of my staffers, go ahead, look at them. and i know they will reach the same conclusion they reached when they looked at my e-mails last year. right? [ cheers ] it wasn't even in a close call. >> she says from. clinton also trying to shift the focus back on to trump, questioning if he was fit to be president. she used a line she used before, saying someone who can be baited with a tweet should not be trusted with nuclear weapons. >> trump is trying to make the most of that e-mail controversy, stressing the controversy in two appearances. trump said clinton would plunge the country into what he called a constitutional crisis. he predicted clinton's legal

anytime soon, while questioning if she should hold office. >> hillary clinton is unfit and unqualified to be the president of the united states. and she's likely to be under investigation for criminality for a very, very long time to come. >> meanwhile, some republicans questioned why trump spent time in michigan, which hasn't gone for a gop candidate since 1988. today, he will be in pennsylvania and wisconsin, also there's this side note. a shooting in the parking lot of the clinton presidential library in arkansas. police in little rock says the shooting was the result of a robbery attempt. some people had met in the parking lot to sell some blue jeans. one person was hit in the leg and is expected to survive. breaking news from alabama, where one person has been killed and several injured in a gas pipeline explosion. the country's biggest gas pipeline is shut down for the sec time in two months. and residents in the area have been forced to evacuation.

thick smoke there in the area. this explosion happened not far from the site of a september incident, where a pine burst, leaking thousands of gallons of gal lean and leading to shortages across the south. five people are being treated at local hospitals. no word on their conditions. the battle to retake mosul has reached that city itself. iraqi special forces have pushed up to the eastern outskirts of the city, taking in the last village before the city boundary. there's som artillery, tanks and machine guns and isis positions on the eastern edge of the city. and are just five miles from the city center. mosul is the last stronghold of isis in iraq. state television says there's clash within the city between isis and residents living there. there's no confirmation of that. for the first time, we are hearing some of the 911 calls made by the pulse nightclub shooter as that siege was under way.

>> reporter: orlando police knew about the horror playing out in the pulse nightclub, when the negotiator got on the phone with the terrorist. >> hello? >> hello there. hi, there. this is orlando police. who am i speaking with, please? >> you're speaking with the person who pledged the allegiance to the islamic state. >> can you tell me where you are right now so i can get you some help? >> no. because you have to tell america to stomach bombing syria and iraq. you get what i'm saying? >> i do. i completely get what you're saying. >> reporter: the officer staying calm, trying to keep omar matin talking, from the bathroom where he took hostages. >> tell me what you did. >> you know what i did. >> i'm trying to get you out. i'm not a politician. i'm not a government. all i can do is help individuals.

you. >> reporter: that negotiator talked with mateen three times in two hours. the police coming up with a plan to bust through the exterior wall of the club, freeing the hostages. mateen was killed in a shoot-out with police. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> linzie, thank you. a new study found promising results from spin patches that release small doses of peanuts. half of those treated could the biggest benefit came to those 4 to 11 years old. the study is ongoing. the doctors say they will continue to report back with more long-term results. let's talk sports and "monday night football." the chicago bears upset the vikings, 20-10. jay cutler returned to the lineup, after missing five games and threw for 252 yards and a touchdown. you heard me right. he completed 20 of 31 passes,

gave chicago a 17-point lead. and chicago rookie, jordan howard, ran for a career-high, 153 yards and a touchdown. the vikings offensive line, that was the big problem for them monday night. allowing five sacks of the quarterback, sam brad ford. and baseball's word series resumes in cleveland. jake arieta and tomlin. >> the outcome is take on added meanings, if the wagers of the priests in the two cities. if the indians lose, the cleveland diocese will provide supper for 100 homeless people in chicago. and if the cubs lose, the chicago church will provide deep dish pizzas and baked goods for more than 100 in cleveland. >> a nice result, either way. the church leaders in both cities say they're confident they will collect. get this, with the chicago

admit that i feel a bit guilty, since our tradition, it is a sin to bet on a sure thing. >> ooh, smack talk. >> talking smack. i love -- i love that the priests are getting involved in this and talking smack to each other about their respective teams. >> i would hope that, you know, either way, no matter which team wins, they will still give, you know, meals to the hungry. >> that's true. they probably will. but either way, a good result, right? >> everybody wins. >> everybody wins. >> everybody wins. >> everybody pizza. all right. coming up -- >> i love deep dish pizza. >> hey. >> the emergency evacuation aboard a packed airliner. what one passenger saw on another passenger's phone that triggered this to happen. and what authorities are saying this morning. and a long, relegated as the butt of political jokes, former

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escape and it's on fire. she was driving and had a flat tire and didn't notice it was on fire. the officer put the fire out. the woman was luckily not hurt. >> i'm sure she was traumatized by all of that. incredible video there. now, to an emergency evacuation, that played out on a plane that was waiting to take off from florida. >> it started with a passenger, telling the flight crew he saw another a bomb. here's gio benitez with more. >> reporter: those are the frightening words from a spirit airlines pilot in ft. lauderdale, florida, before taking off for there's a. a passenger say he saw a text message on another passenger's bomb. >> a passenger did see the message. and the passenger turned off the phone. that's all i have so for. >> reporter: passengers were evacuated, leaving all of their

text message, and the man who reported it, removed by sheriff's deputies and interviewed by the fbi. >> they ripped him out of the seat and dragged him off of the plane. >> reporter: and the flight did end up taking off. but hours later. right now, the local sheriff says there was no bomb and no arrests have been made in this case. gio benitez, abc news, new york. coming up, how anthony weiner caught the clinton campaign offguard. >> he's at the center of another e-mail firestorm. marriage dash hillary clinton's presidential dreams?

just when we thought that anthony weiner had finally faded off into the sunset, the sexting that ended his marriage, may

herself in the center of another federal e-mail investigation. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: this is the photo that helped end anthony weiner's marriage, launched an investigation, and could jeopardize clinton's bid for the white house. >> you're a scumbag. >> takes one to know one. >> reporter: the former congressman and husband of huma abedin, turned into a political punch line, after lewd pictures he tweeted of himself emerged in 2011. >> with about six women over the last three years. >> reporter: his career on the hill, over. >> i'm announcing my resignation from congress. >> reporter: weiner and abedin started dating in 2008, during clinton's first bid for the white house. >> i will not yield to the government. >> reporter: he was a rising star from new york. she was a top aide for clinton. the power couple married two

when weiner's sexting scandal broke, abedin decided to stand by her man, as her boss did years earlier. abedin showed up on this video, when he announced his candidacy for new york city mayor. >> nobody will work harder than anthony. >> reporter: the showtime documentary, "weiner" chronicles his attempt at comeback. his wife often by his side. >> you don't know anything. >> i would say, you normal campaign candidate's wife. i think you're doing an amazing job. it's great to be out here. >> reporter: a second sexting scandal broke. this time, weiner used the name carlos danger. >> these things that i did were wrong. and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through many challenges in our marriage. >> reporter: abedin, again, decided to stay. >> i loved him. i have forgiven him. i believe in him. and as we have said from the

forward. >> reporter: but the final straw came this past august, when weiner was caught sexting again. this time, a photo of him lying in bed next to their son. abedin announced she was leaving him. the fbi announced they are investigating him and whether he was sexting a 15-year-old girl. that investigation now links weiner to clinton, something in the laptop weiner may have shared with abedin, sparked the e-mail server. >> it's strange to put something like that out with such little information right before an election. >> reporter: in this dailymail.com photo, huma is seen leaving campaign headquarters. now, facing the possibility that the text that torpedoed her marriage, can claim clinton's presidential dreams as collateral damage. >> we'll find out what impact it has one week from today.

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this morning on "world news now" -- one week away. after nearly two years of campaigning, election day is now just down to seven days. going to see how the fbi e-mail investigation is affecting donald trump and hillary clinton's chances, as they make their final push to the american massive fire at a residential complex in california. the newly constructed homes reduced to rubble before opening. and a couple attacked by a crocodile. >> you see the man jumping out of the pool, leaving the woman alone in the pool with the