to release more e-mails being investigated investigated from former representative anthony saint pete weiner. -- >> has hillary clinton handled this properly. >> she got ahead of the story to take a stand. she came out six hours after the news broke saying, let the fbi get the information out there, perhaps knowing that they may not be able to within the next 11 days but it shows she's saying, you have nothing to hide. >> donald trump is route on top mantras on as far as the e- mails. >> of course he's going to jump on the message because he had no closing argument before this. this reminds people of the lack of trust people have in the clintons. but right now we are going to see the voars, not necessarily backing off hillary clinton to vote for trump. it had questions about hillary clinton, they may sit out the election. >> do you think that this is a game changer. >> we have already had 20 million people voting nationwide. those votes are set. but the people voting for hillary clinton already have this issue baked in. just like the voters who are sexual assault allegations, they are still

have not been seen before. >> pete, you have new information how long fbi agents have known about this new cluster of e-mails. >> the fbi went to court and asked to seize weiner's laptop in late november. officials say the full extent of the huma it was only recently they say that they understood their potential significance. >>> thank you, pete william. donald trump is out west today where he attacked hillary clinton on this e-mail. >> the unexpected fbi announcement of newly discovered e-mail reviving the investigation of the election. under lining one of their rival's biggest vulnerability. >> we'd never thought we would say thank you to anthony weiner >> trump told voters justice would be served against clinton. >> this is the biggest scandal since water gate. >> we must not let her take her criminal scheme into the oval but herself to blame. the campaign like everyone else including the fbi does not know what those e-mails contained. it is not stopping them from uncapitalizing the unknown and assuming the worse. >> clearly there is something to do like national security or obstruction of justice. >> you are putting your spin on it. >> have you spoken to th

pete williams. first of all, this is insane. second of all, take me through this. there's an investigation happening of anthony weiner pursue want to allegations in that press that he had sex with underaged girls. then what happens? >> i'm going to actually start you one step before that and ask why these e-mails would be, as director comey says in his letter, pertinent to the e-mail investigation. and it's not because the fbi knows what's on them. that's the thing to keep in mind here as we go through all this. the fbi's mission in investigating the e-mail case was to look at the universe of e-mails that were sent and received on hillary clinton's private server. and they thought they had that universe. now it turns the out that there may be, may be additional e-mails that they need to look at. so what they decided is to tell congress about this. and the reason is that, as you point out, the fbi was investigating whether anthony weiner was improperly sending explicit text messages and pictures to this underaged girl. they concluded that he used a laptop computer to send some of those messages. then they discovered,

weiner has more. >> that shooting victim, sean smith of st. pete, remains in critical condition this morning here, only alive because a deputy helped keep him alive. the sheriff says the shooter seen in this dramatic surveillance video is larry. he shot at three of his neighbors that tuesday along 46th avenue north according to the sheriff. the 65-year-old was apparently angry about being served an eviction notice earlier that day. the one victim he did smith, was kept alive by a deputy who used his clothing to stop the bleeding. the shooter also shot at that same deputy, who fired back and hit larry. he is also here this morning at bay front medical, his condition also critical. in st. pete, abc action news. >>> neighbors are rallying around a polk county family right now after a five-year-old was hit and killed right in front of his own home. austin crawford and his sister deputies say austin rode into the path of a pickup truck in lakeland and was hit and killed. stunned neighbors rushed over to help. >> her fiance tried to do cpr for a while. h

are 650,00 e-mails on anthony weiner's laptop, investigators expect a the fbi has already begun sorting through years of response in that laptop. justice correspondent pete williams continues our team coverage. they will narrow them down to look at those dating from the time hillary clinton was agents will use software to search what's left for duplicates they have already found during the investigation of the clinton e-mail server. any that remain will be checked for classified information. official says there's no way u to tell now how long this is going to take, but if it goes quickly and if nothing classified is found. but it largely depends on how many of the e-mails are duplicates and how many are new to the >>> to maryland where state leaders are warning against voter fraud and intimidation at the polls. tom sherwood has more now on the steps being taken ahead of selfie or two or encouraged more voting. >> please get out and vote. >> reporter: a group of democratic leaders and nonprofits urged to be aware of voter intimidation at the ballot box and high lited a number to report any problems. >> we have seen nationally and in maryland attempts to s

anthony weiner, the estranged husband of clinton's long-time aide huma abedin, and the target of a sexting investigation. for clinton, it's too soon to know the legal nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has late details. >> reporter: nearly four months after saying its investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail serve ers of over and recommending no charges, fbi director james comey said new e-mails have come to light. he said the e-mails surfaced in an unrelated case and appear to be pertinent to the investigation. he said the fbi cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant and determine whether the e-mails contain classified information and evaluate their importance. comey declined to say what the unrelated case is, but law enforcement officials say the e-mails were found on a laptop computer belonging to former congressman neath anthony weiner. the fbi has been investigating whether wiener broke the law by sending sexually explicit photos and messages to an underage girl. e-mail clinton. the official also said there's no indication so far that anyone was withholding evidence. fbi officials say comey sent the letter today out of an abundance of cautio

. >> tonight pete williams on what we know about the fbi investigation, why we're finding out just days before the election, and what anthony weiner has to do with all of this. then, the campaign's react. >> the system is rigged. it might not be as rigged as i thought. >> my in

pete williams. >> reporter: craig, good morning. these e-mails were found when they were investigating another case. the officials say it is the investigation of former congress member anthony weiner. the fbi has been looking if he used a laptop and his wife, huma abedin, used the same computer to e-mail hillary clinton's private serv server address. the fbi wants to see if it has classified information and the new bunch of e-mails has been found and it has to be reviewed. officials say they have not reviewed the e-mails and have no idea what is in them. it is possible they could be duplicates of what the fbi has already seen. there is no way it could be done by election day. as for comey, he sent a note to all employees saying it would be not right to notify the public. given the discovered e-mails, i hope i don't want to give the impression in trying to strike e-mails? >> reporter: they have not given us a specific number. they say it is in the thousands. >> pete williams in d.c. this morning. thank you. >>> there was swift reaction from hillary clinton and donald trump overnight. nbc's kristen welker is in white plains, new york with what both camps are saying. good morning. >>

pete williams with the fallout from the latest e-mail probe. >> it all comes down to one of these, the hard drive from a laptop computer, one like the one in anthony weiner's doesn't go into the actual laptop to do this. they make a mirrored image, they can duplicate of the hard drive. that's that they have been working on for the past 24 hours. it is a process of -- automated largely at this point. they want to narrow down the e-mails on that computer to just the ones to and from her, just the ones to and from her had hillary clinton was secretary of state. whether there was improper use of a server for classified information. once they have that narrowed down, they'll use other techniques to take out any that are already been seen, that are duplicates and the supposition is here that a lot will be. and what is left, they'll root out the ones that are strictly social, you know, what time should i call you, what time do we pick you up with the car, and then they'll look at any that involve potentially official business and that's the question, did any of them contain classified information? if this goes quickly, the thinking is still that the fbi might be

weiner's computer to check for evidence of alleged sexting, then there was no urgency for that search, only recently the officials say that the potential significance of those e-mails became clear. >> pete williams with the latest from washington. thank you. >> let's bring in nicolle wallace, and chief legal correspondent, good morning to all of you. nicole, back to october of 2015, a year ago. when bernie sanders said at that debate with hillary clinton americans are sick and tired of your damn e-mails, what are we talking about now with eight days to go until the election. the question is it an october distraction or october game changer? >> well, it's on october surprise, and i think you start at the right place. the original sin is hers, but the question that none of us here knows the answer to is have voters taken this into account already. we know this will thrill the trump voter, this will depress and discourage hillary clinton supporters, make them anxious. what we don't know is all those voters and i wouldn't even call them undecided. they are people who don't like either choice. will that push them one way or the other. >> can we talk about what james comey did. i assume he fe