whether the f.b.i. knows at this point they just got the search warrant last no idea of ey have the content of the e-mails. they were e that from s forwarded from -- abedin from the state department been account it could have a personal yahoo account or the clinton e-mail serve are account on the had access to laptop she apparently shared with her husband but what was in we don't know. amy: now, the f.b.i. acts who this trove of e-mails reportedly something like e-mails. >> 650,000 e-mails on the computer. those were anthony weiner's e-mails. some portion of them in the tens of perhaps thousands were abedin e-mails. do you think they actually didn't look at them? i understand that they didn't warrant.rrest >> search warrant. amy: sorry, search warrant. you think they looked at them? they were right there. >> they would have been able to metadata. they apparently saw that they department.he state when she was questioned by the f.b.i. as part of that clinton investigation back in -- he was questioned in a

the f.b.i. reopposeme the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the election scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire.es >> oh. my. god. >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pod legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room. it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman with up-and-coming filmmakers >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, the f.b.i. unexpectedly reopened its criminal investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail servers. back in july, the justice department closed that investigation into whether classified information was passed on that unauthorized system while she was secretary of state. the f.b.i. found a few classified e-mails at that time, and it called secretary clinton extremely careless, but the bureau concluded that she had

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lash from f.b.i. director comey's decision to make public the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news j

letter, written by the f.b.i. director, went to the chairman of the relevant congressional committees. you heard hillary clinton say several times that this was released to republicans in congress. well, that's because the republicans in the house are the chairman of the relevant committees. john dickerson, donald trump, he's going to make a great deal out of this. >> he's going to make a great deal of it and try to tie it to the message he ended on-- hillary clinton can't change washington. if he's able to do that, republicans are hopeful they can turn this into something. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. some of you now will be returning to local programming. for others, the cbs evening news will continue in just a moment. i'm scott pelley, cbs news in new york. musical will air liven nbc during the 2017 holiday season. ♪ ♪ >> next, john mayer is getting ready to drop some new music. -p>> when exactly? >> within days. withinnweekk. >> we caught up with the singer ann has band john mayer trio ato the jaz

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lash from f.b.i. director the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news justice correspondent jeff pegues

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban f comey's decision to make public the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news justice correspondent jef

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lash from f.b.i. director comey's decision to make public the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation for charges of sending sexually explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we be

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban comey's decision to make public the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news justice correspondent jeff

the f.b.i. reoppose the criminal investiga the election. also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh. my. god. >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room. it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every with up-and-coming filmmakers living a real-life buddy movie. >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. glp today, the f.b.i. unexpectedly reopened its criminal investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail servers. back in july, the justice department closed thatin classified information was passed on that unauthorized system while she was secretary of state. the f.b.i. found a few classified e-mails at that time, and it called secretary clinton extremely careless, but the bureau concluded that she had no criminal intent. now today, we have learned that thousands of

that the f.b.i. was, quote, case reopened. rish -- rush limb baurks take it away. >> hot damn. this investigation will not conclude bit time of the election, folks. what, you think it will? no, it can't. this election cannot possibly conclude by a week from tuesday. do they come from wikileaks? has the wikileaks dump shown emails that comey didn't have? are there emails the f.b.i. didn't get shall didn't see, didn't find? where did these emails come from? the clinton campaign is going to be livid over there -- this. they thought they had this slamming dunked and put away. john: so what did hillary clinton have to say about the big break news today? hillary: let me say a word about the recent flooding here in cedar rapids. john: she actually didn't say anything about the f.b.i. or emails or james comey but john podesta did. john: so, mark, the details john podesta is stalk -- talking about are still emerging. we're in a state of limited information but real information. on a scavel one to godzilla plu

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lash from f.b.i. director evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news justice correspondent jeff pegues, who is outside the f.b.i. this morning. good morning, je

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lashm comey's decision to make public the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news justice correspondent

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lash from f.b.i. director comey's decision to make public the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated weiner is under investigation for charges of sending sexually explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs new

the f.b.i. reoppose the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh. my. god. >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room. it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman living a real-life buddy movie. >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. glp today, the f.b.i. unexpectedly reopened its criminal investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail servers. back in july, the justice department closed that investigation into whether classified information was passed on that system while she was secretary of state. the f.b.i. found a few classified e-mails at that time, and it called secretary clinton extremely careless, but the bureau concluded that she had no cr

>> the f.b.i. reopens its investigation into hillary clinton's emails with less than two weeks until election day. i'm amy walter in for gwen ifill. onight on "washington week." >> we are 11 days out from perhaps the most important national election of our lifetime. the american people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately. >> i have great respect for the facts. that the f.b.i. and the department of justice are now willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistakes that they made. amy: down in the polls but not out. donald trump continues to attack hillary clinton about her private email server. the breaking news shifts the spotlight away from hillary clinton's frontrunner status to the reopened criminal probe that won't wrap up until after the election. we'll get analysis on the presidential race and find out why washington gridlock may be inevitable, regardless of who wins the white house. joining us tonight, michael, washington bureau chief for "time" magazine, ashley, p

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lash from f.b.i.di comey's decision to make public the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news justice

the f.b.i. reoppose the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the election. also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh. my. god. >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room. it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman with up-and-coming filmmakers living a real-life buddy movie. >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. glp today, the f.b.i. unexpectedly reopened its criminal investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail servers. back in july, the justice department closed that investigation into whether classified information was passed on that unauthorized system while she was secretary of state. the f.b.i. found a few classified e-mails at that time, and it called secretary clinton extremely

the f.b.i. email review made a difference to you as you prepare to head to the poll this is week. give us a call this morning. if you're a republican, 202-748- 8001. democrats, 202-748-8000, independents 202-748-8002. catch up with us at social media. at facebook it's facebook.com/c-span. a very good morning to you. a few headlines to begin our program this morning. talking about how this latest email ment 6 clinton seeks to regain footing after email storm narrows. poll, advantage. "the new york times" in their 10 questions with this latest controversy, asks what this could mean for hillary clinton on the campaign trail. they note the short answer is it's not clear yet and polling on weekends can be unreliable so it may be a few days before the effect of the development may be fully assessed. what is evident is a campaign that's largely been a referendum on mr. trump particularly since the first debate is now not so clear cut. the email development will certainly matter but the question is just

the f.b.i. director's move in the states that matter the most. it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. with a little over a week to go before election day, the ban lash from f.b.i. director the discovery of possible evidence tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation has been intense. there's been a lot of confusion. what we know is that thousands of e-mails were found on a laptop belonging to former new york congressman anthony weiner and his wife huma abedin that could have some bearing on the investigation into whether or not hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server violated the law. weiner is under investigation girl. abedin is a top aide to hillary clinton. the couple is separated, but she reportedly transferred state department e-mails to her personal yahoo account in order to print them for secretary clinton. we begin our coverage with cbs news justice correspondent jeff pegues, who is outside the f.b.i. this

that the f.b.i. and department of justice are now willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistake that they made. this is bigger than watergate. this is bigger. in my opinion. john: conservatives have been going wild over this news from the moment that congressman chaffetz tweeted that the f.b.i. was, quote, case reopened. rush limbaugh, take it away. >> hot damn. this investigation will not conclude by the time of the election, folks. what, you think it will? no, it can't. this election cannot possibly conclude by a week from tuesday. do they come from wikileaks? has the wikileaks dump shown emails that comey didn't have? are there emails the f.b.i. didn't get, didn't see, didn't find? where did these emails come from? the clinton campaign is going to be livid over this. they thought they had this slam dunked and put away. john: so what did hillary clinton have to say about the big break news today? mrs. clinton: let me say a word about the recent flooding here in cedar rapids. john: she a

the f.b.i. reoppose the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh. my. god. >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room. it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman living a real-life buddy movie. >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. glp today, the f.b.i. unexpectedly reopened its criminal investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail servers. back in july, the justice department closed that investigation into whether classified information was passed on that unauthorized of state. the f.b.i. found a few classified e-mails at that time, and it called secretary clinton extremely careless, but the bureau concluded that she had no criminal intent. now

the f.b.i. director announced a reopening of the email probe. >> we are asking the f.b.i. director. you violated these two protocols be you owe the public pull information. find it strange 11 days out i's putting this letter out there. >> it's not just strange it's unprecedented and deeply troubling. elizabeth: back in the summer they talked about jim comey as a sober judicious upstanding director. that's when they were for him. >> the f.b.i. did a tropical prehencive and deep investigation into this. at the conclusion of that f.b.i. director comey said to the world there was no case here. that they did not have evidence of wrongdoing on hillary's part. >> the director explained things in a way that completely matches up with what hillary clinton has been saying for many months. >> i greatly appreciate the work the f.b.i. and the department of justice did and they handled it professionally just to set it up for the viewers. what happened in the summer is jim comey gave the clinton cam paint bene

the f.b.i. reoppose the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh. my. god. >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room. it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman living a real-life buddy movie. >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. glp today, the f.b.i. unexpectedly reopened its criminal investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail servers. back in july, the justice department closed that investigation into whether classified information was passed on that unauthorized sy of state. the f.b.i. found a few classified e-mails at that time, and it called secretary clinton extremely careless, but the bureau concluded that she had no criminal intent.

[cheering] the f.b.i. has just sent a letter to congress informing them that they have discovered new michelle: right now at 4:00, the f.b.i. opening an investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. jonathan: new information leading the f.b.i. to conclude that there is something to look at. right now we want to know if this is impacting your vote. alison: log on to wjla.com/votenow to participate. michelle: local correspondent scott thuman at the "live desk" for us. what is the f.b.i. looking at, at this time? scott: this is a rapidding developer stun -- rapidly discovered e-mails regarding hillary clinton that are worth taking a closer look. what the e-mails are specifically we don't know at this time. that has not been made public. the "new york times" is reporting they surfaced in a separate investigation into the anthony weiner scandal. his wife is hillary clinton's right-hand person for a long time. you imagine very quick and excited reaction from donald trump and his supporters. they are hoping this

even before the notes of the f.b.i. investigation came out, we already started to see a tightening of the race that hillary clinton's big, big lead, in some cases double digits, was narrowing down, in part because whenever the focus is on one candidate, the other candidate benefits. for most of october, the focus was on donald trump and all of his problems, whether debates or his other troubles. for the last week, even before the f.b.i. story, it was about the clinton foundation. it was about obamacare rates increasing. what we're starting to see is that republicans started to come home, the focus was on her negative trait. so i think that this race still is a hillary clinton lead, smaller, and it now comes down to discussing the battleground states where she continues to have an advantage. this may have stopped his fall in some of these states but i don't think it's enough to push him over the top. >> woodruff: so yamiche, you have been watching the campaign trails. when you look at what the candidates are saying on th

the f.b.i. reopens the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the election. >> even director comey noted that this new information may not be significant, so let's get it out. >> pelley: also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh -- my -- god! >> pelley: as more >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room, it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman with up-and-coming filmmakers living a real-life buddy movie. >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. late today, hillary clinton spoke to reporters trying to put out a political fire. the f.b.i., unexpectedly, reopened its criminal investigation of her private email servers. it was back in july that the justice d

the f.b.i. reopens the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the election. >> even director comey noted that this new information may not be significant, so let's g >> pelley: also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh -- my -- god! >> pelley: as more >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room, it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman with up-and-coming filmmakers living a real-life buddy movie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. late today, hillary clinton spoke to reporters trying to put out a political fire. the f.b.i., unexpectedly, reopened its criminal investigation of her private email servers. it was back in july that the justice departme investigation into whether clas

the f.b.i. reopens the criminal investigation of hillary clinton, 11 days before the election. >> even director comey noted that this new information may not be it out. >> pelley: also tonight, passengers scramble as an american airlines jetliner catches fire. >> oh -- my -- god! >> pelley: as more >> pelley: as more voters consider making recreational pot legal, listen to a doctor where it already is. >> it's affecting the emergency room, it's affecting the operating room. it's affecting just about every aspect of medicine. >> pelley: and steve hartman with up-and-coming filmmakers >> i just care about mattie. >> to me he's like a brother. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. late today, hillary clinton spoke to reporters trying to put out a political fire. the f.b.i., unexpectedly, reopened its criminal investigation of her private email servers. it was back in jat justice department closed that investigation into whether classified informat

the f.b.i. to members of congress. i agree, he wrote, that the f.b.i. should take appropriate steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information. the f.b.i. says it doesn't know whether the material is significant or how long its investigation will take. this inquiry goes back to the time that hillary clinton was secretary of state and used a private email server. in july after a long inquiry, the f.b.i. closed the case. >> although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. >> the emails surfaced during a presidential debate and she apologized for how she handled the official emails. >> i used a mistake. and if i had to do it over again, i would do it differently. >> at every campaign stop, trump has made her trugget worthyness a campaign interest. >> let's knock out crooked hillary. she is as c

jeffeg his sources about the f.b.i. investigation. >> reporter: the f.b.i. has built a software program that is scrubbing what could be hundreds of thousands of e-mails found on anthony weiner's laptop. investigators have already seen the subject, date, and time of the e-mail, but the software will isolate messages that may be relevant to the clinton server investigation. agents will cast out e-mails they've already seen and search or those that may contain classified information. then agents will manually go through those e-mails. janice fedarcyk is a former assistant director of the f.b.i. is it going to take time? >> i think this will be an extended process, given the sheer volume of e-mails and then any follow-up investigations, additional warrant, subpoena, interviews, reinterviews. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents in new york discovered the new e-mails earlier in october while investigating weiner for allegedly sending sexually explicit texss minor. still unanswer serd why director comey was not informed about the new e-mails until late last week. also uncle

the f.b.i. direct i don't ever sent a letter to top members of congress, writing in connection with an unrelated case, the bureau "learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. agently plans to review them -- agency plans to review them to determine whether or not they contain classified information. fox news learned the unrelated case is actually the anthony weiner secretaries investigation. his aide to clinton. they report that wean are sexted with an underage girl. now, f.b.i. director james comey said he did not know how long the investigation would take, or if anything significant would be found, but one thing is clear here. this issue is not going away any time soon and probably not before the election in 11 days. live in of the newsroom, elizabeth hopkins. fox 25 news. >> mark: hillary clinton has been leading donald trump in almost all the national polls. trump's team, gaining ground on clinton in nevada and the crucial state of florida. >> vanessa:

the f.b.i. director james comey to reopen the investigation tied to hillary clinton's use of a private email server sending shock waves through the campaign. peter barnes in washington with the latest. reporter: the justice department is saying they will work closely with the f.b.i. to try to get this second review of clinton emails done quickly. in the letter to congress the department said it will dedicate all necessary resources and will take appropriate steps as expeditiously as possible in this review. a government source confirmed that the meta data on anthony weiner's computer had positive hits for hillary clinton's server. an intelligence source told fox news it appears a virtual certainty new clinton records are on this computer. a new search warrants will allow f.b.i. investigators to search the laptop. computer experts have developed a search program with key words and the process of sifting through the records on wiener's computer has begun. >> to the political fallout, a tracking po

jeff pegues has been talking to his sources about the f.b.i. investigation. >> reporter: the f.b.i. has built a software program that is scrubbing what could be hundreds of thousands of e-mails found on anthony weiner's laptop. investigators have already seen the subject, date, and time of the e-mail, but the software will isolate messages that may be relevant to the clinton server investigation. agents will cast out e-mails they've already seen and search for those that came from clinton or those that may contain classified information. then agents will manually go through those e-mails. janice fedarcyk is a former assistant director of the f.b.i. is it going to take time? >> i think this will be an extended process, given the sheer volume of e-mails and then any follow-up investigations, additional warrant, subpoena, interviews, reinterviews. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents in new york discovered the new e-mails earlier in october while investigating weiner for allegedly sending sexually explicit text messages to a minor. still unanswer serd why director comey was not informed about th

with scott pelley. >> pelley: the f.b.i.'s new e- mail investigation had hillary clinton on defense today, but her supporters and closely fought states remain with her in a cbs news poll, 50% of democrats in those states told us that the investigation did not change their minds about voting for her. only 5% said that it did. comey reopened the investigation into whether clinton had mishandled classified information on her personal, unsecured e-mail server. in that original investigation,t some classified material was found, but no charges were filed. now thousands more clinton e- mails have been discovered on a laptop that the f.b.i. didn't know about.t. agents stumbled on it in an unrelated investigation of husband of clinton's top aide, huma abedin. nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> i'm sure a lot of you may be asking what this new e-mail story is about. >> reporter: clinton doesn't typically bring up her e-mails,e but in cleveland today, she was eager to show she has nothing to hide. >> and i am sure they will reach the

the f.b.i. reopening its investigation because of some uncovered. we've learned those e-mails were found during a totally different investigation. >> anchor: they were discovered during a sexting investigation involving disraced congressman anthony weiner. donald trump waving no time weighing in. we have team 7 coverage of the breaking story. let's begin with tim caputo. >> reporter: just when hillary clinton thought she moved beyond the e-mail scandal it's an october bombshell late in this election race. the f.b.i. once again looking into e-mails linked to the a week and a half until election day and hillary clinton's e-mails are once again in the spotlight. f.b.i. director james comby sent a letter to congress today stating that new e-mails have come to light recently that have promised investigators to take another look at hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. federal law enforcement officials tell the "new york times" that the new e-mails were found on se

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the f.b.i. director made his determination about the clinton server, and they've been using him to prove that that story is over and done. with now it seems like the clinton campaign is really going after the f.b.i. director. are people going to believe it, that switch in position? >> well, i think you had an intervening event here, john. the f.b.i. director took an unprecedented action that we've seen in the last 24 to 4 a former law enforcement official, both democratic and republican, having served in the administrations of prlts from either party, have said this is contrary to policy at the department of justice, the statement he put out on friday, and it's unprecedented. you don't take actions within 60 days of an election. he did that. now we need to get to the facts. and i think in fairness you can't compare what happened in that he put out, unprecedented, told his own employees in a letter, i didn't want to create any misleading impression here, but that's exactly what he did some the bo

> pelley: the f.b.i.'s new e-mail investigation had hillary clinton on defense today, but her supporters and closely fought states remain with her inch a cbs news poll, 50% of democrats in those states told us that the investigation did not change their minds about voting for her. only 5% said that it did. comey reopened the investigation into whether clinton had mishandled classified information on her personal, unsecured e-mail server. in that original investigation, some classified material was found, but no charges were filed. now thousands more clinton e-mails have been discovered on a laptop that the f.b.i. didn't know about. agents stumbled on it in an anthony weiner, the estranged husband of clinton's top aide, huma abedin. nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> i'm sure a lot of you may be asking what this new e-mail story is about. >> reporter: clinton doesn't typically bring up her e-mails, but in cleveland today, she was eager to show she has nothing to hide. >> and i am sure they will reach the

the f.b.i. released more of its notes from its criminal investigation of the former secretary of state. those notes reveal that a senior state department official tried to strike a deal with the bureau over one of her e-mails. the notes suggest that there would be something in that deal for the f.b.i. nancy cordes is covering the clinton campaign. >> reporter: the controversy surrounds one e-mail about if benghazi attacks, the the very retroactively classified as secret last year in direct contradiction of her early claim. >> there is no classified material. >> reporter: according to f.b.i. interview, clinton's under secretary patrick kennedy began pushing security officials to see their way clear to marking the e-mail "unclassified." one f.b.i. contact told kennedy he would look into the e-mail matter if kennedy would provide authority concerning the f.b.i.'s long-standing request to increase its personnel in iraq. the f.b.i. official then called a colleague who told agents he felt pressured to

speak for the first time about the news today that the f.b.i. has reopened an investigation of her e-mails. here she is now. >> ... are significant or not. i'm confident, whatever they are, will not change the conclusion reached in july. therefore, it's imperative that the bureau explain this issue in question-- whatever it is-- without can any delay. so i look forward to moving important challenges facing the american people, winning on november 8, and working with all americans to build a better future for our country. thank you. >> mrs. clinton, have you or any of your advisers heard from comey or anyone else at the f.b.i. today? and are you concerned at all that these new e-mails that they say they've found will in any way reveal classified that you sent or received? >> no. we have not been contacted by first we knew about it is, i assume, when you knew about it, when this letter sent to republican members of the house was released. so we don't know the facts, which is why we are calling on the f.b.i. to release all the information that it h

the f.b.i. released more of its notes from criminal investigation of the former secretary of state. those notes reveal that a senior state department official tried to strike a deal with the bureau over one of her e-mails. and the notes suggest that there would be something in that deal for the f.b.i. nancy cordes is covering the clinton campaign. >> reporter: the controversy surrounds one e-mail about thebo benghazi attacks, the very first of clinton's e-mails to be di contradiction of her early claims. >> there is no classified material. >> reporter: accorng to f.b.i. interviews, clinton's under secretary patrick kennedy begann pushing security officials to see their way clear to marking the e-mail "unclassified." one f.b.i. contact told kennedy he would look into the e-mail matter if kennedy would providel authority concerning the f.b.i.'s long-standing request to increase its personnel in iraq. the f.b.i. official then called a colleague who told agents he felt pressured to change the classi

the f.b.i. released more of its notes from its now-closed criminal invti former secretary of state. those notes reveal that a senior state department official tried to strike a deal with the bureau over one of her e-mails. and the notes suggest that there would be something in that deal for the f.b.i. nancy cordes is covering the clinton campaign. >> reporter: the controversy surrounds one e-mail about thebo benghazi attacks, the very first of clinton's e-mails to be retroactively classified as claims. >> there is no classified material. >> reporter: according to f.b.i. interviews, clinton's under secretary patrick kennedy begann pushing security officials to see their way clear to marking the e-mail "unclassified." one f.b.i. contact told kennedy he would look into the e-mail matter if kennedy would providel authority concerning the f.b.i.'s long-standing request to increase its personnel in iraq. the f.b.i. official then called a colleague who told agents he felt pressured to change the classi

the f.b.i. director made his determination about the clinton server, and they've been using him to prove that that story is over and done. with now it seems like the clinton campaign is really going after the f.b.i. director. are people going to believe it, that switch in position? >> well, i think you had an intervening event here, john. the f.b.i. director took an unprecedented action that we've seen in the last 24 to a former law enforcement official, both democratic and republican, having served in the administrations of prlts from either party, have said this is contrary to policy at the department of justice, the statement he put out on friday, and it's unprecedented. you don't take actions within 60 days of an election. he did that. now we need to get to the facts. and i think in fairness you can't compare what happened in investigation versus a statement that he put out, unprecedented, told his own employees in a letter, i didn't want to create any misleading impression here, but that's

the f.b.i. says it is reopening its investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. and this announcement is coming just 11 days away from election. >> anchor: we've also learned kim khazei in the newsroom with more. >> anchor: these new e-mails were uncovered during the f.b.i.'s probe into anthony weiner and the anthony weiner case. federal law enforcement officials telling the "new york times" the new e-mails were found on seized electronic devices belonging to weiner and humaabadeen the investigation is investigating these alleged text message that's weiner sent to a 15-year-old girl in north carolina. now one federal official telling the times there are more than 1,000 new e-mails that may have to do with the clinton campaign and they have not commented yet but there you see clinton arriving in iowa today shortly after the new f.b.i. investigation came to light. f.b.i. director james comby informed congress of the new developments in this letter sent to congressional leaders today. comby says