let s get more from our security correspondent, frank gardner. this is a potential route to further escalation of the israel hamas war. the hu theis, who have controlled much of yemen for the last nine years houthis, they control that course, they are backed by iran. time and again they have spoken of what they call their brothers, hamas. three ships have been attacked by their drones and missiles yesterday. the us navy missiles yesterday. the us navy missile guided destroyer that was the in area came to their aid. it is possible that came under fire as well. it is not clear if that was directed against the us warship as well. the us navy warship took defensive action and shot down two of the drones, but there were some hits on the ships. the reason why this is the risk of escalation is that the us has said that this is a threat to maritime security and commercial shipping, and that it was going to consider the appropriate response in conjunction with its allies and partne
didn t this come out earlier, in terms of the question could be asked about james comey. why didn t he do the search warrant and see what the significance of the e-mails were before sending that e-mail to congress? i should say letter to congress. i imagine that is going to be something that s going to be asked over the next few days. i imagine he ll be under scrutiny for that. this is huge news. we re learning the fbi director, after reviewing the new e-mails, will not recommend charges against clinton. he stands by his decision he made back in july. jake? pamela, thank you so much. let s bring in my panel to talk about the breaking news. cnn political commentator. cnn political analyst and column list requester usa today. senior writer at the federalist. national political reporter. cnn political strategist. former senior adviser to
servant. let me go to carl on the phone. the idea that this e-mail the letter that was released two fridays ago, that these e-mails wouldn t have been mentioned to congress unless it was something serious was definitely, basically, conventional wisdom. he d never do this unless it really could throw a wrench into the conclusion reached in july. that s what i believe a lot of people concluded. it doesn t seem to be the case. it doesn t seem to be the case. at the same time, republicans that i ve talked to already don t seem willing to let go of this bone. that the dogs are still going to be chewing at this. they re furious now at comey and there is no sign that i can see that those who pursued this matter in congress, the republicans, are going to let go of this. particularly because of the element of hillary clinton s closest aide, huma abedin, and
the scene in cleveland, ohio. we are awaiting former secretary of state hillary clinton and king james. lebron james of the nba championship winning cleveland cavaliers will appear in that key battleground state. we will bring you her remarks when she appears. we are following breaking news. the director of the fbi has written a new letter to congress this afternoon. a new letter to congress saying that, basically, remember that letter that he sent congress on two fridays ago? basically, nevermind. we re sticking with our original conclusion in july, that what secretary clinton and her staff did when it came to the e-mail server was careless but not criminal. let s bring in a democrat ic
as quickly as this has. so that s kind of stunning to everybody. i m sure that the republicans will say, well, well, well, this is a bit of a whitewash, we are sure. it s not as if he has removed the fbi from politics now. because i think the damage was already done when he sent his original letter to congress. when we pull back from this, both sides will still be angry with him. the question is, does hillary clinton talk about this a lot or not? i mean, i think that is a decision they have to make. i believe that donald trump probably will just continue to talk about hillary clinton and her e-mails, as he did before today. interesting. gloria borger, pamela brown and dana bash, thank you, one and off. jeff zeleny is traveling with the clinton campaign. they are in cleveland, ohio, right now. a very key battleground, where polls have the candidates neck and neck. perhaps donald trump with a slight edge. jeff, we have not yet heard from secretary clinton since this