Intentionally trying to influence the outcome of the election. Director of the fbi under fire. You may be asking why in the world the fbi would jump into an election with no evidence of any wrongdoing with just days to go. It took guts for director comey to make the move in lighting of the kind of opposition he had where their trying to protect her from criminal prosecution. In alabama, one worker lass also died of a gas pipeline. Oh, my god, it was growing so fast. Three people were killed when a truck rear ended a hay ride full of kids in mississippi. The special forces are closing in on the Islamic State stronghold of mosul. This is a constant day. Amazing rescue at the scene of the powerful earthquake that struck central italy. A doig buried in the rublg. Touchdown, a convincing takedown of the minnesota vikings. All that if you thought about donald trump, you were right. I will be organizing my post presidency where im not close enough to him to wisp nerve his ear. And all that mattered nasas Early Warning asteroid computer Earth Systems spotted an asteroid close to earth. I think i speak for all of us to say come back asteroid. On cbs this morning happy halloween, everybody. Hope you like my costume that i wore because tonight im dressed as the spookiest october surprise. Fbi director james comey. [ cheers and applause ] announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Election day is one week from today. The fbi searching as fast as it can for emails that may have gone through Hillary Clintons private servers. And one of clintons closest aides huma abedin is reacting to the emails found on the laptop of her estranged husband Anthony Weiner. Miss abedin will continue to be as she always has been, forthcoming and cooperative. And while the fbi has not contacted her. Jeff pegues is outside of headquarters in washington following this investigation. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning. The review of these emails is under way and the consensus is this will take time, despite a newly built sfis indicated Software Program that is sorting through and categorizing hundreds of thousands of emails. What investigators are looking for is classified material and anything tied to Hillary Clinton. The fbi is searching Anthony Weiners laptop looking to zero in on emails belonging to his estranged wife huma abedin, Hillary Clintons longi am aeld. In a Statement Released by abedins attorney monday night she said abedin learned for the first time on friday the possibility that a laptop belonging to mr. Weiner could involve emails of hers. Getting involved this close the election is wrong. You dont get to be a smearer at large with derogatory information. Reporter fieb director james comey is facing criticism for notifying congress about launching the review less than two weeks before the election. Ill neither defend nor criticize what director comey has decided to communicate to the public about this investigation. Reporter on monday, the white house dismissed claims that comeys actions were political. President doesnt believe that director comey was directly trying to influence the outcome of an election. The president doesnt believe that hes secretly strategizing to benefit one Political Party or candidate. Reporter from attorney general Loretta Lynch in calls from congress to disclose the Department Review the department of justice said theyre dedicating all necessary resources and taking appropriate steps as expeditiously as possible. As much information as much clarity about the nature of the investigation as can be made available should be made available. Reporter bob goodlat, a republican spoke over the weekend. It was important for the directory make it clear that when substantial new evidence became available, they reopened the case. Reporter over the last several days we havent talked to anyone who thinks the review of all of these emails will be wrapped up by election day. Just the opposite, with a case like this, weve talked to people who think there is entirely possible for there to be more warrants and more interviews. Gayle. Thank you very much, jeff. Hillary clinton says the investigation will show, in her words, there is no case here. The newest real clear politics average of National Polls shows her leading donald trump by just over three points. Now, that is the closest margin in a month. Clintons average lead was nearly six points before the fbi probe was reported. Nancy cordes is in white plains, new york, covering the Clinton Campaign. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. Set aside for the moment, the fact that you have the two major candidates now accusing each other in being in more trouble with the fbi than they are. Beyond that, the Clinton Campaign is arguing its unfair that the fbi has publicly rez rer rek resurrected her email. If they want to look at my emails, by all means. Reporter accusing james comey of playing favorites. Comey mass refused to comment on rumors that agents are investigating russian ties to some Trump Associates but he did alert lawmakers friday about new emails in the clinton case that may or may not be significant. That is extremely troubling and he ought to answer for it. Clintons running mate tim kaine said comey isnt following protocol. Im not raising questions. Im just saying theres a double standard. Reporter the goal is get the focus off of clinton and on to trumps legal troubles. Interim dnc chairwoman Donna Brazile has resigned from her control at cnn after wikileaks. You see Donna Brazile was fired from the network. Reporter some say she should have come clean. Why did Hillary Clinton not turn it in. You know, i have a son named baron, i want to tell you she is a terrible example for my son and the children of this country, that, i can tell you. Reporter the question was about lead in drinking water. It came up in a primary debate in flint, michigan. As she said in her statement she shares the thought with all of the campaign. The Clinton Campaign. The fbi has spent months discovering russias potential ties in the election and found no ties with donald trump. They examined ties between trumps business and a russian bank. They also looked sat a former Campaign Chairman and relationship with prorussian officials in ukraine. Sources told the times that apparent connections some of trumps aeides moscow compelled them to ohm a broad investigation. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. You can see them over my left shoulder. Three harty trump supporters. This election has essentially come down to a battle over disqualification. Donald trump wants to keep the focus on Hillary Clintons email saga while clinton and her democratic allies want to keep the focus on trudges relationship with russia. In other words, were going to be tied up in court for the rest of our lives with this deal. Shes not g t election. But im just saying. Reporter donald trump who was involved in several ongoing lawsuits warned the Hillary Clinton presidency would become a paralyzing parade of legal investigations. Nothing will get done. Government will grind to a halt. And our country will continue to suffer. Reporter but a new report from the New York Times reveals the fbi spent much of the summer looking into possible direct links between trump, his Campaign Staff and russia. The bureau uncovered no evidence. Trumps former Campaign Manager called an outrageous smear. Adding, there is nothing of my Business Activities to investigate. Manafort resigned in august. Still, trumps openended appeal for better relations with russia has puzzled republicans and democrats. Hilly likes to play tough with russia. Putin looks at her and he laughs. They say such bad things about putin, and then theyre supposed to negotiate with putin. Why would he do this . Reporter the experts found an odd stream of activity between a Trump Organization server and alfa bank which has ties to russian president vladimir putin. Ultimately, they discovered no proof of wrongdoing. I dont know putin. But wouldnt it be nice if we could get along actually with another country. Wouldnt it be nice . Be nice. Be smart. Reporter the New York Times report says the fbi concluded that russia was far more interested in disrupting the american political process than in aiding trump. Charlie, we have asked the Trump Campaign for all of these criticisms but have not heard back. John heilemann is managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and cohost of the show time. Welcome to cbs this morning. Hi. Is it at all likely that the emails will be released before the election . I dont think the emails will be released necessarily unless they go to theyre on an expedited schedule to do what . To try to get through them all and determine what comey said, we found something that may be relevant to the investigation. It may be pertinent. May not. Theyre trying to plow through them as rapidly as possible. And trying to figure out whether or not they can actually do something with them. If so, what steps they will take. Has it slowed clintons moment item . Based on the evidence that we have the answer is no. Were stitt waiting for data on this but theres some polling over the courses of the weekend that suggests the race is locked. Nothing that happened postcomey has moved the numbers even a little bit. Theres limited data on that. I hear from the republicans that the race is tightening . The republicans are saying that. The Trump Campaign is saying. No doubt over the weekend. The real question is whether the race continues to tighten or tighten even more on the basis of comey revelations. Theres internal polling on the republican side that seems to suggest that. The Clinton Campaign suggests not. What about the political tactic that the Clinton Campaign is taking in the wake of this . I mean, Hillary Clinton yesterday, there is no case here. Right. I mean, attacking the integrity of the fbi director . Its a clinton classic. Youre on offense, youre on defense. When youre thrown back on the defense, the best way to try to finish the bleeding is to go on attack. Something that the clintons have been masters of going back for 25 years. To be honest, just from playing a very bad hand, because obviously the comey thing is damaging for them in a variety of ways. Having a kind of bipartisan way on comey it to get it together over the weekend. They did a pretty good job purely on tactical terms trying to get back on offense. It doesnt look like it disturbed the race but one has to be cautious about this because theres so little data. And well know over the course of the next 48 hours. But does she have a point saying theres no double standard with that reports with the russian claim . The question is, the double standards to me goes more to why director comey decided that it was important to write this letter to congress on the clinton matter. But was not apparently informing congress about other investigations. You know, i think from the general view, the practice here, is that if youre conducting an investigation, you conduct an investigation, in private. You dont tell anybody about it. If you decide to indict, you indict. If you decide not to indict, you dont indict. Director comey blew that out of the water in july when he decided not to indict her. That was unusual. He came under criticism back then and again a new criticism this time. Youre suggesting he should not have done that in the beginning . At a press conversation said what the conclusions were . Im suggesting its highly atypical. And precedent. Back then, democrats liked it back then because of the fact he decided not to indict her. Now democrats hate it and the whole thing is flipped around. The Trump Campaign criticized comey. Its all about purely political interest. You criticize people with people you dont like and praise him for things you like. Thats terrific. Say something nice about me. Yeah. Youre a good guy. Youre a person of great integrity and sound judgment. Charlie, Say Something mean about me. You are the lowdown. You are aperson of no ethics whatsoever engage in double standards. I like your glasses. Well, your judgment is beyond reproach. It will bring you all of the Election Results as they come in one week from today. Our Election Night starts tuesday, november 8th at 7 00 p. M. Eastern, 6 00 central. And watch all day on the streaming network cbsn. Youre going to be here, right, charlie . Yeah. Gayle . Me, too. Alabama pipeline fire is burning for a second day after a deadly explosion. One person was killed yesterday when a work crew hit the gasoline pipeline with a piece of equipment. That blast injured at least five others. The explosion near helena, alabama, is not far from from a leak in september on the same line that led to gas shortages across the south. Mark strasbourg is at the scene at the impact on the pump in helena. Mark, good morning. Reporter as a staging precaution, were being kept miles away. Flushing a pipeline when a piece of excavation equipment apparently hit it and caused the explosion. We have a caller reporting a gas line is involved. Reporter massive flames and clouds of thick black smoke rose over Central Alabama following a deadly explosion at the colonial gas line pipeline. A friend of mine called me and said he seen a big smoke cloud. Now that were here, i just wanted to check on my property. Pmultiple people injured, f multiple patients. Reporter one person died at the scene. Five others were rushed to the hospital. The flames sparked wildfires that have already burned more than 30 acres and forced people to evacuate. Oh, my god, it was growing so fast. When youre dealing with fire, you just dont know how fast it will move and were trying to get this under control. Reporter Colonial Pipeline provides gasoline for more than 50 Million People in areas stretching from the gulf coast to new england. Its applied the east coast with 40 of its fuel. This could very quickly become a major outage that could be lasting several weeks, instead of several days. And it could be much worse than what we saw in september. Reporter in september, 250,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from the same pipeline. And led to a shortage, and a spike in gas prices across the south. The fallout from this explosion could be much worse, experts say. Prepare for some price increases because gasoline is not flowing to these areas. But more importantly, cut back on gasoline consumption where you can. Reporter Colonial Pipeline has shut down both its main lines which supply 100 million gallons of fuel a day from refiners to the marketplace. And, norah, its unclear how long those lines will be out of business. All right, mark. Thank you so much. Iraqi forces fighting to retake mosul say they have reached the outskirts of the city. The americanbacked military operation is battling with isis militants just inside the eastern edge of mosul. Troops opened fire on isis fighters with artillery, tanks and machine guns and iraqi generals say they are facing fierce counters attacks. This is the first time iraqi forces have been inside mosul since isil took control. Is snapchat to blame for a car crash that killed a mother and two of her children next week, votes on whether to legalize Recreational Marijuana could be a Tipping Point in the national debate. 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