we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are dupe cats of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are dupe cats fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask than our moderator of "me

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a there's no answer yet to one big question. e-mails are dupe cats of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask than our modera

>> pete williams at the supreme court for us tonight, thanks. only in the presidential race, but also in the balance of power in congress. the gop holding control of both the house and the senate. nbc's casey hunt has a look at the new faces about to make waves. >> before tuesday, it was hard for donald trump to find a friend in washington. even in his own party. >> why don't you want to talk about mr. trump in. >> i choose not to. >> president trump is moving in down the street from speaker paul ryan and senate majority lea m on wednesday, they started to come around. >> i think what donald trump pulled off is an enormous political feat. it's an enormous feat in that he heard the voices that were out there that other people weren't hearing and he earned a mandate. >> the american people have spoken. >> republican leaders were privately surprised their vulnerable senate incumbents hung on across the map. winning at least a 51-seat majority. >> god bless florida, thank you. >> and expected to win the house as well. with control of the white house

pete williams nbc news washington. >>> reminder nbc special election coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific on tuesday night. >>> promoting a sharp mind and good memory. the surprising thing that could make a big difference. also, bringing back the home-cooked meal and all its know i was the mommy slam dunk champion? really? yes, really! don't sound so surprised. let's see it! -oh you're ready. alright, here we go. let's hear the crowd. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go up, up, up! she did it. -again? you can't avoid gravity. but unitedhealthcare can help you avoid financial surprises by helping you compare costs and doctor quality ratings. unitedhealthcare i used to blame the weather for my frizz. turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.** because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most with verinot anymore. sprint's reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint will save you a ton. ca

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are dupe cats of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams in washington. pete, what's the latest you're hearing from your sources on the status of the review of those e-mails? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a senior official says the work is going smoothly, no technical problems, but that progress is slow. there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are duplicates of the tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating th fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the e-mail work done. a senior official tonight says there's just no way to tell how long this is going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. lester? >> pete williams, over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 2

i want to bring in msnbc news justice correspondent pete williams. he's tracking developments on that story us. what's the latest out of this nevada suit? >> reporter: the latest is the judge just held a hearing on the request from the lawyers for donald trump. they argued that the polls were allowed to stay open improperly in four polls places in las vegas on friday, the last day for early voting. they make two claims, basically. they say that the election officials decided early in the process, basically o that day, to let the polls stay open until 10:00 instead of 8:00. they say that's a violation of the law because the county had to post in advance what the closing times were. they say doing it later was illegal. secondly, they say it's unfair to let some polls stay open and not others. that disadvantaged one political party to the comparison of another. secondly, they say people who showed up late were allowed to vote even if they got in line after the scheduled closing time. both of those are problems, they say. they wanted the judge to order t

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a there's no answe question. how many of the e-mails are dupe cats of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer whether we'll have answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask than our moderator

>> pete williams, thank you. over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in flux, as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask than our political director, the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. chuck, lay it out for us. >> a week ago, we were talking about a potential democratic wave. but with the fbi investigation reignited, it's clinton's path to 270 has narrowed. this was the map before the fbi announcement. clinton looked to be over 270. now, let me walk you through it. the toss-up state is nevada. after that, everything is moving from her column to toss-up. north carolina, new hampshire, colorado, wisconsin, seem to be the states that have moved into toss-up. look what that does. she needs now a path to 270. trump meanwhile feels good about georgia, arizona, and utah, that the republican him. florida, north carolina, ohio, and iowa. look where that would

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief hearing, the judge harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but officials in one county said they haven't seen the

here to break it down for us is pete williams. pete, we're just now hearing about this. get us up to speed and tell us what we have to know. >> this lawsuit has been filed in state court in nevada by the donald trump campaign. and what they claim is that the voting was improper on early voting day on friday, that people were allowed to vote after the polls closed. and sthee not have been. now, like many state, nevada has a law that says if are you in line when the polls close, you can still vote. all the people who were in line when the polls closed can vote. what the trump campaign krams is will that people were allowed to vote who were not about in line when the polls closed. this was a polling place in clark county, in a hispanic neighborhood. and they claim those votes shouldn't count. it's not clear what the remedy will be here, but there will be a hearing on this and i'm sure that the judge will dispose of this quite quickly. this doesn't sound to me like the kinz of case that has never come up before. this is pretty standard litigating. not sure what the case law

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams in washington. pete, what's the latest you're hearing from your sources on the status of the review of those e-mails? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a senior official says the work is going smoothly, no technical problems, but that progress is slow. there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are duplicates of the tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the e-mail work done. a senior official tonight says there's just no way to tell how long this is going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. lester? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight w

nbc's pete williams is here to translate that letter. and the most likely threat to our voting machines is not hacking.

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voti voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed e the machine lit up democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but officials in on

they had concluded that no prosecutor would bring this case. >> pete williams with the ek pla nation of today's legal matter. >> now we're going to go north live to manchester, new hampshire, where andrea mitchell is at the clinton event there. in her closing argument, hillary clinton is appear is the father of captain khan who was killed in iraq. how's it been tonight in new hampshire? what's happening there? >> it's been extraordinary. first of all, she did not mention the e-mail continuesy with lebron james. their decision is and their telling us this. anytime they are talking about e-mails and people are thinking about private servers, they are losing the game. they know there has been damage. they had the momentum over the last nine days just stalled and the real damage if she does end up winning none the less, the damage to republican candidates who now got a lifeline. so, the damage is to their democratic opponents. kelly ayotte may well win here in new hampshire. same for roy blunt in m missouri. real tangabable results damaged to democrats around this country from what happe

>> pete williams at the supreme court for for republicans, not only in the presidential race, but also in the balance of power in congress. the gop holding control of both the house and the senate. nbc's casey hunt has a look at the new faces about to make waves. >> before tuesday, it was hard for donald trump to find a friend in washington. even in his own party. >> why don't you want to talk about mr. trump in. >> i choose not to. >> president trump is moving in down the street from speaker paul ryan and senat majority leader mitch mcconnell. on wednesday, they started to come around. >> i think what donald trump pulled off is an enormous political feat. it's an enormous feat in that he heard the voices that were out there that other people weren't hearing and he earned a mandate. >> the american people have spoken. >> republican leaders were privately surprised their vulnerable senate incumbents hung on across the map. winning at least a 51-seat majority. >> god bless florida, thank you. a 47-seat majority in the house as well. with control of the white house and congress, republica

we're going to have the latest from pete williams in just a few minutes. the clinton campaign obviously breathing a big sigh of relief even though the damage may have been done. we are glad to see the fbi director as found, as we were confident that he would, that he has confirmed the conclusion that he reached in july and we're glad that this matter is resolved. the trump campaign, well, guess what they did? they went back after the fbi when the fbi revived the investigation, going so far as to suggest clinton would be indicted. the candidate himself didn't mention the updated news today in his stop in minnesota. here's kellyanne conway with steven kornacki a few minutes ago attempting to put the best possible spin on this latest decision. >> let obesity fair. she lied about the server, lied about the number of devices, she lied about having classified information. the fact that she put your and my security at risk does not change. it doesn't change october 28th and it doesn't change today. >> conway also argued the trump campaign has not been making this

nbc's pete williams is here to translate that letter. and the most likely threat to our voting machines is not hacking. it is the old age of those voting machines. some of them are definitely going to break down. we'll tell you what to do if that happens to you on tuesday. >>> a november surprise. >> the review of these new e-mails is over. the recommendation from july that no charges should be brought stands. >> aides on clinton's plane relieved. >> i don't believe it's politically good or bad. we have not made this the centerpiece of our messaging. >> if she were to win we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. >> the only one facing trial is going to be donald trump because of trump university. >> at trump university we teach success. it's going to happen to you. >> this campaign has taken away his twitter. >> real geniuses. >> if somebody starts tweeting at 3:00 in the morning because snl made fun of you -- >> this whole election has been so mean. >> i just feel gross all the

pete williams. pete, put it in perspective for us. >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voting machines from hearing, the judge wasn't impressed and said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, that when they pressed the button for straight republican, the machine lit up democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but officials in one county

pete williams nbc news washington. >>> reminder nbc special election coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific on tuesday night. >>> promoting a sharp mind and good memory. the surprising thing that could make a big difference. also, bringing back the home-cooked meal and all its alright, did you know i was the mommy slam dunk champion? really? yes, really! don't sound so surprised. alright, here we go. let's hear the crowd. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go up, up, up! she did it. -again? you can't avoid gravity. but unitedhealthcare can help you avoid financial surprises by helping you compare costs and doctor quality ratings. unitedhealthcare i used to blame the weather for my frizz. turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.** because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated pro-v formula. i was once with verizon, not anymore. can you hear that? (vo) don't let a 1% differ

correspondent pete williams joins us from the newsroom. tell us more. this stems from the early voting period in nevada. it ended on friday. there were voters in line and they were allowed to vote. trump campaign said they shouldn't have been. >> two claims. they were four largely democratic precincts in las vegas. if they show up after the polls closed that were not in line when the polls closed were still allowed to vote. the bigger question is some of these precincts changed the closing time after the closing times were already announced and the trump lawyers say you can't do that. what they asked the judge to do in this lawsuit is we want you to set the voting machines and the ballots aside. the judge said we were going to do that anyway. that's what we do at every precinct. what is it you really want? they said we need to preserve a record and need to know the poll workers were. that's what they want. this is about doing the work that would be necessary if the trump lawyers decide later to file a contest and contest the results of the election and

pete williams nbc news washington. >>> reminder nbc special election coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific on tuesday night. >>> promoting a sharp mind and good memory. the surprising thing that could make a big difference. also, bringing back the home-cooked meal and all its alright, did you know i was the mommy slam dunk champion? yes, really! don't sound so surprised. let's see it! -oh you're ready. alright, here we go. let's hear the crowd. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go up, up, up! she did it. -again? you can't avoid gravity. but unitedhealthcare can help you avoid financial surprises by helping you compare costs and doctor quality ratings. unitedhealthcare i used to blame the weather for my frizz. turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.** because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated pro-v formula. is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint will save you a ton

williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate those sent to or from huma abedin hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the e-mails. she said the fbi should never have brought up the latest >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his role in all this, including the decision

pete williams nbc news washington. >>> reminder nbc special election coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific on tuesday night. >>> we'll be right back. >>> we're back with some intriguing health news. it's well known that so-called good bacteria in the stomach can promote overall health. and now there's a growing belief it may be good for the brain helping everything from mood to memory. it's lead to explosive sales of new supplements called psycho biotics. do they work? dr. john torres takes a look. >> reporter: kim carlisle's kitchen looks like a high school chemistry lab. >> it's like a giant dose of gut health. >> reporter: she's making a homemade version of a capsule stuffed with live bacteria she grew in her kitchen. >> reporter: bottoms up. >> reporter: the virginia mother said before she started taking the psycho biotics, major stress almost left her incapacitated. >> i wasn't in control. i couldn't calm down. >> reporter: the result of her own struggle with mental health issues and caring for three special needs children. her psychiatrist recommended t

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pete williams is manning the vote watch desk and perhaps because of the early voting, but it seems that glitches are out there, but explainable. >> the one problem where there has been complaints is pennsylvania. a lot of republican voters and scattered number of counties. perhaps as many as five or six say which when they went to vote the republican ticket, the machine gave democratic results. we had no response and one county the election officials said they tried to get the machines to do that and couldn't. it's hard to tell how many actually happened. you had the lawsuit by donald trump's lawyers. they were upset about early voting last friday in four polling locations, predominantly democratic in las vegas. basically people who showed up after the scheduled polling time to close and got in line were still allowed to vote and say the election officials in those polling places decided early in the day to extend the time two more hours. the lawyers said they couldn't do that and asked the judge to set the machines and ballots aside and the judge said that's what we do anyway. we alway

nbc's pete williams is here to translate that letter. and the most likely threat to our voting machines is not hacking. it is the old age of those voting machines. some of them are definitely going to break down. we'll tell you what to do if that happens to you on tuesday. >>> a november surprise.

and as our justice correspondent pete williams reports, this fight could be just the beginning. >> it's a pressing issue for the new president -- nominating a replacement from antonin scalia on the supreme court. with republicans keeping control of the senate, president obama's nomination of judge merritt garland which languished for eight months is now dead. trump released two lists of potential nominees, mostly federal judges, many in the conservative mainstream. replacing justice scalia with another conservative won't change the make-up of the court but there could be other vacancies coming. ruth bader ginsberg is 83, she turns 84 in march, though she will likely remain in a trump administration as long as her health permits. but anthony kennedy, a reagan appointee who has voted with the liberals on gay rights and abortion is 80. and steven breyer appointed by bill clinton is 78. if either of them were court would be more conservative and might revisit recent rulings against restricting access to abortion and favoring gay rights. >> with each of those, we have relatively recent decis

pete williams nbc news washington. >>> reminder nbc special election coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific on tuesday night. >>> still ahead tonight. promoting a sharp mind and good memory. the surprising thing that could make a big difference. also, bringing back the alright, did you know i was the mommy slam dunk champion? really? yes, really! don't sound so surprised. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go up, up, up! she did it. -again? you can't avoid gravity. but unitedhealthcare can help you avoid financial surprises by helping you compare costs and doctor quality ratings. unitedhealthcare . turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.** because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated pro-v formula. i was once with verizon, not anymore. sprint's reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint will save you a ton. u hear that? (vo) don't let a 1% difference in network

i want to begin with nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams and we'll talk with jim cavanov. >> pete, lead us off on what you are hearing of the sequence of event. >> they believe this was planned. they're trying to find out the motive if they can establish one. there are indication that is the suspect left some kind of message before the attack and they are searching this american's media and looking at previous people that he was in touch with and talking to friends of his. they know who it is, we believe we have a name, we are not reporting of it yet until we can be positive of it. we believe this person is a somali refugee who came to the united states in 2014 and is now a lawful resident who came to the united states fly into jfk airport and lived for a time in dallas and moved to columbus, we leave a student at osu, but we are not certain of that. one of the things that emerged here the last hour or hour an and half or so, one person is involved in the attack. that's an important thing to emphasize. earlier reports suggested based on what eye witness said that there were two. a

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put it in perspective for us. >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voti and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief hearing, the judge wasn't impressed and said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for straight republican, the machine lit up democratic candidates. no com

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put perspective for us. >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief wasn't impressed and said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but

we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate those sent to huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been brought up the latest e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his role in al

thank you very much, pete williams. all right, we are going to talk to someone from the trump campaign about what this means. communications director jason miller right after this. ♪ ♪ mark: joining us now is jason miller, communications advisor to donald trump's presidential campaign. he is in gotham city. jason, i know you have gotten a rhetorical boost from what director comey did. i know you will so your supporters are energized, but do you have any empirical data and will you represent to us that you are actually seeing the impact in numbers of the battleground states or too soon? jason: the numbers started moving this past week with the news of the obamacare premium increases. that is what really got the numbers moving in a big way. beyond that the news about the , clinton inc. e-mails and this memo about how they will use the clinton foundation as a for-profit operation. $66 million and, of course, the big bombshell on friday with the news about anthony weiner's laptop and the 650,000 e-mails. this entire inv

there's a sing report and debunked by pete williams who i trust on this stuff. that's the new threat they're making. elect hillary clinton and taking down the administration. heck, the whole functioning of government. right here today republican operative woodhouse brought a pair of handcuffs to an interview calling them clinton inauguration jewelry. today bob good lat chairman of the house jush yair xharm and jason chaffetz wrote a letter asking loretta lynch to preserve all documents presumably for investigations of their own and congressman mccall has become the latest republican to float the "i" word, impeachment. >> assuming she wins, and the investigation goes forward, and it looks like an indictment is pending, at that point in time, under the constitution, the house of representatives would engage in an impeachment trial. they would go to the senate and impeachment proceedings and removal would take place. i would hate to see this country being thrown into a constitutional crisis because of hillary clinton's behavior. >> i'm joined by congressman adam sh

we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the emails found on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 emails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check email headers to isolate those sent to or from huma then use a program like this to eliminate dupe capitals of the thousands of emails already seen on the clinton server. only a small number the fbi says had to be individually read. the investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty, she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the emails. she said the fbi should never first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the emails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> reporter: fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his

>> pete williams at the supreme court for us tonight, thanks. >>> it was a big night for republicans, not only in the presidential race, but also in the balance of power in congress. the gop holding control of both the house and the senate. nbc's casey hunt has a look at the new faces about to make waves. >> before tuesday, it was hard for donald trump to find a friend in washington. even in his own party. >> why don't you want to talk about mr. trump in. >> i choose not to. >> president trump is moving in down the street from speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. on wednesday, they started to come around. >> i think what donald trump pulled off is an enormous political feat. it's an enormous feat in that he heard the voices that were out there that other people weren't hearing and he earned a mandate. >> the american people have spoken. >> republican leaders were privately surprised their vulnerable senate incumbents hung on across the map. winning at least a 51-seat majority. >> god bless florida, thank you. >> and expected to win a 47-seat majority in the ho

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and vo voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but officials in one county said they haven't see

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put i >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early oting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief hearing, the judge said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but offici

we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the emails found on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 emails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check email headers to isolate those sent to or from huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this to eliminate dupe capitals of the thousands of emails already seen on the clinton server. only a small number the fbi says had to be individually read. the investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty, she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the emails. she said the fbi should never have brought up the latest emails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the emails referenced in

thanks to ben ginsburg, my colleague kasie hunt, pete williams, andrea mitchell and congresswoman debbie dingle for helping us break down all of this breaking news. with that i want to toss it to steven kornacki and just remind our viewers this breaking news we are covering, fbi director james comey saying they have now reviewed those newly discovered e-mails and nothing has changed with respect to secretary clinton. with that, steve, i'll toss it to you. >> kristen welker, thank you for that. picking up our coverage in new york, two days away from election day. we were calling it an october surprise when james comey, the fbi director, as kristen welker was just saying, came out and said new e-mails had been discovered potentially related to that investigation into hillary clinton's prooismt e-mail server. now call it a november surprise, a new letter from the fbi director to congress. he says the fbi has now completed its investigation into those newly discovered e-mails. they were found on a laptop belonging to huma abedin and anthony weiner. the fbi director says they are not changing

we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate those sent to or fro huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his role

we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate those sent to or from huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the e-mails. brought up the latest e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to giv