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. to have a dadbot. >> and where you can get your hands on a box of dunkaroos. ?living well? rise above joint discomfort with move free ultra's triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, when coughing keeps your family awake. breathe easier with vicks vaporub. soothing cough relief that starts working instantly. if you're approaching 65, now's the time to get your duck

hillary clinton inviting investigators to go ahead and dig into huma abedin's e-mails.ey'll find nothing. cnn's joe johns with the latest from cincinnati. >> reporter: john and christine, hillary clinton kicking off the final full week of campaigning right here in battleground ohio, trying to use some of the anxiety surrounding the latest controversy to get out the vote. at kent state, making the case there is no fbi case on the latest e-mails that were discovered, and here in cincinnati calling on the fbi to take a look at the new e-mails but predicting they won't find anything. >> you know, there's this new e-mail story about, you know, why in the world the fbi would decide to jump into an election without evidence of any wrong doing, with just days to go. that's a really good question. but i want you to know, look, i've said repeatedly, you know, i made a mistake. i'm not making any excuses, but i will tell you this. if they want to look at some more e-mails of one of my staffers, by all means go ahead, look at them. and i know they will reach the same conclusion the

we've just gotten a statement from huma abedin's attorney, karen dunn. it reads "from the beginning miss abedin has complied fully and voluntarily with state department and law enforcement requests including sitting for hours-long interviews and providing her work-related and potentially work-related documents." the statement goes on "miss abedin's willing cooperation has been praised by members of congress and law enforcement officials alike. she only learned for the first time on friday," this is important "she only learned for the first time on friday her attorney says from press reports that a possibility, a laptop belonging to mr. weiner could contain e-mails of hers." "while the fbi has not contacted us about this, miss abedin will continue to be as she always has been forthcoming and cooperative." there's also this, ohio governor, former presidential candidate, john kasich we learned has voted, he is not a trump fan as you probably know. he wrote in john mccain on his ballot. let's bring in the panel. "inside politics" anchor john king is joining

the clinton campaign id top aide huma abedin, doesn't remember using it. so another question, how did they get there? it's possible computer experts say, she used it and forgot, or e-mailed him and unintentionally launched a backup. the answers are on one of these, a hard drive from a laptop computer. officials say the fbi has made an exact copy of the one on weiner's laptop. that copy, not the original, is being analyzed by the fbi in a computer forensic lab like this one. >> this is a great way to preserve the data, was, and work off the copy, so you don't accidentally ruin the evidence itself. >> reporter: most of the process is automated, weeding out e-mails that aren't hers, narrowing those down to ones sent or received while clinton was secretary of state and then eliminating any that are duplicates of the thousands already seen in the clinton investigation. those left will be examined to see if they could contain classified information. but until the fbi has some results, officials say director james comey has no plans to say anything further or exp

let's start with abedin. your judgment of the exposure that she faces based on the testimony of the depositions she gave you in judicial watch. >> unite was able to attend that deposition and our lawyers were questioning her. i obviously paid attention to that portion of the deposition. she seemed to be quite open about what she had done so it's curious this other laptop was held back by taking a step back the court asked the state department to make sure that abedin and hillary clinton turn over all the records they took with them. abedin's lawyers never confirmed that all the records have been turned over and obviously since then we have been getting abedin materials from a separate lawsuit that showed she had classified information on her system and showed she was in constant communication with hillary clinton. she said she set up this e-mail system on hillary clinton server to take care of the family business for hillary clinton. why is the fbi only getting this material now is put on belief and it shows

while the fbi has not contacted abedin or her about this, that abedin will continue to be, quote, as she always has been, forthcoming and cooperative. now, there are 650,000 e-mails on wiener's laptop. armed with a new search warrant, investigators are searching them with help from a a keyword computer program that we presume is scanning for any possible classified information. now, new wikileaks e-mails, as you mentioned, today offer up some interesting comments on the clinton e-mail controversy. on march 3rd last year, clinton campaign chair john podesta and clinton aide cheryl mills were e-mailing about hiring someone for the campaign, and podesta wrote mills, quote: on another matter and not to sound like lanny, we are going to have to dump all those e-mails, so better to do so sooner than later. mills replied, quote: think you just got your new nickname and then one of those smiley things, she typed that in. we presume they are talking about a campaign surrogate and sometime-adviser lanny davis. but on the substance, what does dump mean? well, a senior clinton campaign official

eight days to go, the fbi review now under way into clinton aide huma abedin's e-mails. how quickly can they get it done? tonight the fbi director under fire and a surprise in our brand-new poll. >>> nbc news exclusive. law enforcement sources say the fbi has been conducting a preliminary inquiry of donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his business ties overseas. >>> voice of a killer. for the first time, we hear chilling 911 calls made by the orlando gunman, during the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. >>> and fatal distraction. snapchat video from inside a car going 115 miles an hour minutes before slamming into a minivan, killing a mother and her children. is the app causing kids to drive dangerously? "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the october surprise that rocked the race for president on friday may not have rocked it enough to move the needle with voters, at least not yet. the new nbc news/survey monkey poll shows

what did huma abedin say? i don't know how those e-mails got on my server. >> it's actually her husband's laptop. it's not her server. >> with her e-mails on it. so obviously they shared it. they didn't just jump in there on their own. >> congressman, one more thing. this is what senator harry reid, a letter he sent to the fbi this weekend about those possible connections. >> what a letter. >> let me read a portion of it. in my communications with you and other top officials, referring to director comey, in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about the close ties and coordination between donald trump, his top advisers, and the russian government. are you saying he was not briefed? >> what a political hack he is. he was bringing up the hatch act just the other day. doesn't even understand what it is. harry reid is all politics all the time. he's nothing but a political hack. again, they're going after director comey in a very inappropriate way, someone the

abedin announced she was leaving him.he 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 fbi into clinton's use of an 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. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> we'll find out what impact it has one week from today. >>> coming up, why it's healthy to have a dadbot. >> and where you can get your hands on a box of dunkaroos. the investigation next in "the mix." of dunkaroos. rise above joint discomfort with move free ultra's triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, and 20% better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill... ge

for years abedin has been by clinton's side. ever since this story broke abedin has been noticeably absent. she preetedly made the case that the fbi had no case. she invited fbi agents to keep on digging but insisted they won't find anything they don't will beed know. >> i made a mistake. i am not making any excuses. i will tell you this if they want to look at more e-mails of one of my staffers, go ahead and look at them. i know they will reach the same conclusion they will reach when they looked at my e-mails last year. >> today clinton will be campaigning in another battle ground state. florida. top surrogates will hit the campaign trail on her behalf today president obama, vice president biden and former president clinton. you can expect all of them to hit fbi director james comey very hard. >> kristin fisher live for us. thank you. >> they are hoping he will light fires under the battle ground state pennsylvania today with running mate mike pence. here's a warning if clinton were to win. >> donald trump and running mate mak

when weiner's sexting scandal broke, abedin decided to stand by her man, as her boss did abedin showed up on this 2013 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 act like a 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 love him. i have forgiven him. i believe in him. and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward. came this past august, when weiner was caught sexting yet 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

he is huma abedin's estranged husband, and she, of course, is hillary clinton's long-time aide. the new fbi spotlight comes amid our new tracking poll tonight showing hillary clinton now down to a one-point lead nationally. tonight, the clinton camp furious with the fbi, asking why it would make this public with so few answers to offer to the american people. and with so few days left before the election. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas with what the fbi has done already. fbi, dozens of cyber experts are pouring over thousands of e-mails belonging to huma abedin, hillary clinton's top aide. the team, which previously investigated clinton's private server, has pulled the hard drive from a laptop used by abedin's estranged husband, anthony weiner, who is under investigation for an alleged sexting scandal with an underage girl. weiner's disgrace captured in this documentary. >> why do you think you deserve this second chance? >> reporter: abedin seen today in this exclusive daily mail photo, now off the trail as the investigation intensifies. abc news has learned t

abedin will continue to be as she always has been forthcoming and cooperative. meanwhile the clinton campaign continues attacking donald trump that he's erratic and unfit to control arsenal, particularly the nuclear arsenal. later today the campaign said that former miss universe will introduce hillary clinton. it was alicia who donald trump has spoken harshly to and the clinton campaign says that this event will serve as a way to demonstrate that donald trump is unfit to be president also when it per tapes to women and girls, back to you. jenna: thank you. john: new numbers out this morning in the race of the white house giving donald trump the edge. an abc washington postpoll finds donald trump ahead of hillary clinton 45 to 46, essentially it puts them in a tie. white house correspondenten at the wall street journal and chris deputy online editor at the weekly standard. when you look at the numbers, it's the first time that donald trump has led in this particularly poll since may. what does it say to you? >> as you delve into them probably the most interestin

abedin's attorney says she has no idea how her e-mails ended up on this computer. and fbi forensic experts are still trying to figure out how they got there. comey's been under attack, including all three most recent attorneys general, from the bush and obama administration, tall three are finding fault with comey's handling of the comey investigation, and particularly for commenting on the latest abedin e-mail discovery, just days before an election. comey's current boss, however, attorney general loretta lynch, for the first time, met briefly with him yesterday on the sidelines of a national security meeting. lynch, as you remember, was posed to comey sending his letter to congress last friday, but we're told that the conversation yesterday was a friendly chat between to officials, who are under a great deal of scrutiny over this clinton investigation. chris? >> evan, thank you very much. the clinton campaign is going directly at the fbi's chief. and they say this is a blatant double standard. he'll talk about the e-mails when he doesn't have the underlying proof

huma abedin is clinton longest working staffer. ford do you think she is a political liability now?> that is how clinton inc works, you love them and leave them when they become a potential albatross. huma may become a scapegoat in more than one mess. richard said you talk about the issues, we are talking about issues, if you mishandle classified information how are you going to be able to handle our health care, this is about trust, trust is an issue. >> people trust donald trump? >> you kick huma abedin down, it makes people scared about putting their heart and soul into a hillary clinton presidency. liz: switching gears. new wikileaks revelations, we have a full e-mail on who clinton staffers think let hillary use the private server . between podesta and tan den. do we know who told hillary she could use the private e-mail. has that person been drawn and quartered. the whole thing is insane. why has this person not been drawn and quartered. there is something to be said about the power of torture. >> the e-mail shared between friends. hillary said over and over. she ahead a mista

huma abedin does. i think hillary should be calling on huma abedin -- she can put this to rest right now, by releasing all of these e-mails. >> you know, i think again this is a case of, first of all, hyperbole on this halloween night, secondly, to peter's point, this is something donald trump does, he can't help himself. this has been political crack for him, his campaign and his supporters. before this, it was a fwlaling campaign that had a narrow possible path to 270. i think his path is still next to possible, but he has a new spring in his step and his using this as the gasoline that gives him that new energy as well as his supporters. is it going to change any minds? we've already seen in the polls that have been done since this e-mail news has come out, 65 to 70% of voters think it doesn't matter. the field reports that the clinton campaign is getting back look phenomenal. they're overperforming in it a lot of the demographics. >> we're only a couple days past i think it's still -- it takes a wh

huma abedin. not on the campaign trail yesterday. what is she doing? >> as we mentioned, she has not been out in public since this became public to all of us. we have a statement from her lawyers. her lawyers are saying huma abedin learned for the first time on friday from press reports that a laptop belonging to mr. weiner could contain e-mails. she will be forthcoming and cooperative. >> they have not contacted her. she found out from press reports. >> hillary clinton, when she looked at this election and thought who would be here with her in the final days, i doubt they would think huma abedin would not be there. >>> eugene scott, thank you. the clinton campaign is accusing james comey of a double standard. robby mook jumped on the cnbc reporting that last month comey opposed naming russia as the state actor hacking democratic officials arguing it was too close to election day. >> it's impossible to view this as anything less than a double standard. that director comey would show more discretion in a matter concerning a foreign state actor than one

abedin only learned of the e-mails on weiner's computer friday from the press. clinton continuing to apologize for her private e-mail server but issuing a challenge to investigators. >> i'm not making excuses. i've said it was a mistake and i regret it. by all means, they should look at them. and i'm sure they will reach the same conclusion they did when they looked at my e-mails for the last year. >> reporter: all of this as "the new york times" obtains documents that they say show trump potentially escaped tens of millions of dollars in federal personal income taxes in the 1990s by using a tax avoidance maneuver later outlawed by congress. trump's campaign responding to the report in a statement saying, quote, any tax experts that you have consulted are engaged in pure speculation. there is no news here. and guys, if you want to get a sense of where the race is just one week out from election day, you can just kind of look at the map, get a sense of where hillary clinton is, where donald trump is, where their top surrogates are. that's how you know how things

investigators seized the laptop belonging to long-time clinton aide huma abedin and estranged husband anthony weiner during a separate probe into weiner's alleged communication with an underage girl. against the guidance of attorney general loretta lynch, comey sent a vaguely congress friday saying he didn't know whether or not this material may be significant. cbs news has learned the fbi deliberated over whether to disclose the information. officials debated whether they would be accused of trying to manipulate the election by hiding the renewed investigation if criminal evidence was found. a person familiar with the process says officials ultimately concluded that the letter was the most credible came up related to the investigation into clinton's use of the private e-mail server. >> we would certainly look at any new and substantial information. >> we commend the fbi and the director on their decision to keep their word. >> reporter: vice presidential candidate mike pence praised comey's decision. >> what the decision this week showed is even 11 days before an election, no one is

also tonight just how much trouble is top clinton aid huma abedin really in. now we searched through the state department freedom of information act archive and find what appears to be a legal agreement signed by abedin when she left the state department. by signing this abedin swore she had turned over all classified documents to the federal government. but as we now know, the fbi is searching through 650,000 e-mails found on anthony weiner's laptop that could include and contain classified information from huma. joining us now, former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. i have it here. the rest of the media, your lady people out there colluding with the clintons. you can do this to. i have it here. mr. mayor, it has the 18 u.s. code all of the issues you brought up, we'll put them on the side of the screen. huma abedin, every single one of those -- if she has classified material on there, isn't each one of those a felony? >> yeah. each one of them is. and -- >> so you could have huma and anthony weiner going to jail together? >> there's no question anymore a

abedin told the fbi in april that she routinely sent e-mails like this to clinton to her personal yahoo! account where it was easier to print. and in a separate deposition with judicial watch, abedin swore that she never deleted in any e-mail and searched any device that could hold the records. the justice department sent this letter to capitol hill pledging to make every resource available to expedite the review before election day. but with the number of records that does seem to be a long shot. >> catherine, good to see you. joining me now, judge nepal tan no. >> looks like huma had a shared computer with anthony weiner, forwarded a bunch of documents that she never should have forwarded to her yahoo! account because no one's yahoo! account has ever gotten hacked and then manual cli forget about it when she came under questioning with the federal bureau of investigation. >> as well as the freedom of information case where the deposition was ordered by a federal judge, the lawsuit by judicial watch. look, if the fbi had been permitted by the justice department to seat a grand jury and

a statement from huma abedin's attorney, karen dunn. it reads, from the beginning, m miss abedin has complied fully and voluntarily with state department requests. the statement goes on, miss abedin's willing cooperation has been praised by members of congress and law enforcement officials alike. and this is the really important part. she says, she only learned for the first time on friday from press reports of the possibility that a laptop belonging to mr. weiner could belong e-mails of hers. miss dunn concludes by saying, while the fbi has not contacted us about this, miss abedin will continue to be, as she always has been, forthcoming and cooperative. hillary clinton for her part campaigned today in a state where donald trump has enjoyed an edge lately, we're talking about ohio. our jeff zeleny is there. >> reporter: tonight, hillary clinton is pushing back on the fbi. >> a lot of you may be asking what this new e-mail story is about. why in the world the fbi would decide to jump into an election with no evidence of any wrongdoing, w

the e-mails were found on huma abedin's estranged husband anthony weiner's laptop. clinton is accuse fbi's james comey for a blatant double russia. >> he's in a tough spot. and he's the one who will be in a position to defend his actions in the face of significant criticism. >> reporter: campaigning in michigan, trump praised comey. >> it took guts for director comey to make the move that he made. before before using the fbi director's decision to blast clinton. >> if hillary is elected, she would be under protracted criminal investigatiik sitting president. >> reporter: with the election just one week away, the justice department says it will commit all resources necessary to review the e-mails quickly. after giving a speech against obamacare in d.c. today, trump will campaign in pennsylvania and wisconsin. president obama will campaign for clinton in ohio later on today. anne-marie. >> hena daniels here in new york, thank you so many, hena. >>> well, this morning, the clinton campaign is responding magazine "slate" outlining an alleged connection between trump's c

belonging to top clinton aide huma abedin. searching for messages that came from clinton or may contain classified information. the e-mails were found on huma abedin's estranged husband anthony weiner's laptop. >> there is no case here. >> reporter: clinton's campaign is accusing fbi director james comey of a blatant double standard, for disclosing this probe to congress but staying silent on the trump campaign's alleged ties to russia. >> he's in a tough spot. a position to defend his actions in the face of significant criticism. >> reporter: campaigning in michigan, trump praised comey. >> it took guts for director comey to make the move that he made. >> reporter: before using the fbi director's decision to blast clinton. >> if hillary is elected, she would be under protracted criminal investigation likely followed by the trial of a sitting president. >> reporter: with the election just one week away, the just all resources necessary to review the e-mails quickly. after giving a speech against obamacare in d.c. today, trump

huma abedin has not responds to this. but her attorney says she has complied fully with state department and law enforcement requests. while the f.b.i. has not contacted us about this, miss abedin will be as she always is, forthcoming and cooperative. clinton continues to paint james comey as a partisan operative. martha: where does she go next in terms of states. >> she is in tampa, fro fort lauderdale and the florida area. hillary clinton is saying donald trump would be dangerous if he were president of the united states. >> imagine hissed a advisers trying to tell him what he doesn't want to hear, racing against his le general darely short attention span to lay out life and death choices to be reduced to a single tweet. reporter: the real clear politics average of polls, less than a percentage point here and less than a percentage point here in arizona. martha, back to you. bill: you can hear from that report with rich, the clint on camp is trying to get back on its feet after his f.b.i. bombshell. >> this knocked them

the fbi has begun sorting through e-mails belonging to hillary clinton's top aide huma abedin. the justice department says it's working to conclude the the latest nbc news/survey monkey tracking poll finds even after the announcement, in a four-way race remains at 6%. in a two-way race, 4%. hena daniels is here. >> good morning, anne-marie. hillary clinton heads back to the crucial state of florida today amid the fbi's of course, provided more fodder for rival donald trump who used the issue to blast clinton's judgment. >> reporter: hillary clinton chris crossed the battleground state of ohio monday trying to put the focus back on donald trump. >> i want you to be able to say i voted for a better, fairer, stronger america. >> reporter: yesterday, fbi agents began scrubbing through what could be hundreds of thousands of e-mails. belonging to top clinton aide huma abedin. searching for messages that came classified information. the e-mails were found on huma abedin's estranged husband anthony weiner's laptop. >> there is no case here. >> reporter: clinton's campaign is accusing f

huma abedin?owdy chaired the house select committee on benghazi that led to the relingses. he joins us from south carolina. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. how are you all? >> good. despite of that half a million emails out there, she's blaming james comey for this. do you blame james comey for these relingses? >> to the best of my recollection, director comey did not tell her to set up her own private email server. he did not tell her to lie about almost every aspect of the email. he did not tell huma abedin not to turn over all her ideas and he didn't tell anthony weiner to sext with under age girls. i don't know how james comey is responsible for any of this. >> we're getting more from reuters, that loretta lynch does not want james comey coming forward with this. she said it violates law and policy. he allegedly said to her are you ordering me to keep the new clinton bombshell a secret? did that happen? >> i'm sure that loretta lynch and sally yates had a conversation with comey bu

also unclear is how abedin's e-mails ended up on her husband's laptop and whether they will change the outcome of the investigation, in which comey recommended that mrs. clinton not be prosecuted for mishandling classified information. new development, but the timing of the revelation put him at odds with the attorney general. it sounds like you don't expect them to rush it to get it done by election day. >> i do not honestly think they will rush an investigation of this nature and this sensitivity. >> reporter: part of the delay was in securing a warrant to look at those e-mails. we learned today that there was friction between comey and the justice department. scott, attorney general loretta lynch felt that getting a search warrant in this case so close to an election violated department policy. comey got one anyway. >> jeff pegues for us in the washington newsroom. jeff, thank you. >>> clinton's lead in the nationwide popular vote has narrowed to just over three points in an average of major polls. trump has opened tiny leads in the battleground states of ohio and florida, but clint

found on a laptop that belongs to anthony weiner, of course, the estranged of top clinton aide huma abedin. one thing is clear, comey is take heat from both sides of the aisle. joining me now, the man who grilled comey during congressional testimony in, republican representative ron desantos. thank you for joining us. before we get into the nuances what may be going on here. the initial theme from the mainstream media, 80% of them was to focus on comey and reasons for doing this. jim jordan didn't think it was the right thing to do. trey gowdy thought that perhaps it was the wrong time as well. what's your feeling as someone who's so close to this and had an opportunity to grill james comey already? >> if you look at what he said in the letter, he had to amend his previous testimony that he made to the committees under oath where he said our investigation into this smart over. well, that's no longer the truth. when witnesses testify before the congress and their testimony is no longer true, we do usually expect them to come notify congress that facts and circumstances have changed. that wa