harm in any possible way and also the second notion that the intelligence community assessed that putin believed he would be more able to make deals, reach agreements with someone with a business background. >> comey also defended his decision to notify congress on october 28thth, just days before the vote, that the fbi was reopening the investigation into clinton's e-mail practices after discovery of new e-mails from longtime clinton aide huma abedin on computer of her then husband former congressman anthony weiner. >> somehow her e-mails were being forwarded to anthony weiner, including classified information. his then spouse huma abedin appears to have had a regular practice of forwarding e-mails for him for him to print out for her so she could then deliver them to the secretary of state. >> reporter: it was that discovery that led comey to write his now infamous 11th hour letter to congress. >> i had to tell congress that we were taking these additional