Was disclosed last friday. The timing just days before the election. Prompting a Swift Response from both sides of the aisle. A Bipartisan Group of nearly 100 former Justice Department officials joining with Senate Democrats and the Clinton Campaign all of them urging comey to release all the facts, but for donald trump the news is a boom to an embattled campaign that hopes to close the gap in the final sprint to november 8th. Cnns covering all the angles as only we can. Lets begin with evan perez, he has the latest on the fbi investigation. Good morning. Reporter good morning, investigators are beginning the work of reviewing thousands of recently discovered emails belonging to huma abedin. One of the Hillary Clintons closest advisors. Investigators believe that at least some of these emails are from an account on clintons private server. Including ones previously deleted. Thats the reason why theyre investigating whether it affects the case that the fbi thought was completed back in
Carrey placement plan that is in danger ithe house . Weve got new iormaon on that ahead this hour. Also on our agenda, the wiretap investigation. The people weve talked to, i dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. A top democrat and Top Republican both saying there is no evidence to support trumps claim he was wiretapped by the Obama Administration. But, will the fbi director address this issue in public . And rounding out our agenda, trumps department of Justice Charges russia. The defendants include two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service and intelligence and Law Enforcement agency of the russian federation. The first ever criminal cyber charges against russian government officials. This, the result of a breach at yahoo, the details of that still ahead. Much more as well. Jampacked hour here. We start it with our top story. Donald trump stumping for his jobs agenda in michigan this afternoon. He touted American Made cars. He announced that jobs will remain in
He goesen to to say, i have not included every detail from my conversations with the president , but to the best of my recollection, i have tried to include information that may be relevant to the committee. So here with me tonight to discuss all of that is david gerdy, ma lee ka henderson, anna, and michael. Also scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. Bush. Lets get into it, james comey describing his first meeting with President Donald Trump on january 6th, at trump tower two weeks before the inauguration. He was breaking the news to president elect, the president elect of a classified dossier full of salacious allegations by russian operatives. Here is what comey says. I first met then president elect trump on friday, january 6th, in a Conference Room in trump tower at new york. I was there with leaders to brief them and his new National Security team on the findings of an ic assessment concerning russian efforts to interfere in the election. At the conclusi
separate situation from what s going on in the senate and house intelligence committees. we ve heard a little bit more about those investigations today, we know that the house is going to have it s first public hearing on monday, next monday, coe smi expected to appear there. we know the senate likely to have one a week or so after that. a public hearing as well. so, again, this is kind of a drip, drip, drip of information, but at this point, senators frustrated. they feel like they re learning things about this investigation in the newspaper and not from comey himself. steve. all right. kasie hunt there on capitol hill. on the comey watch. thanks for that. as she was just reporting, james comey is set to make public comments on monday. he will be before the house intelligence committee. he ll certainly be facing questions there about trump s allegations that he was illegally wiretapped by president obama. now republican devin nunes chairs that committee. he believed determining will