discovered on anthony weiner's laptop. he is huma husband, and she, of course, is hillary clinton's long time aide. the new fbi spotlight comes amid our new tracking poll showing hillary clinton now down to a one-point lead nationally. tonight, the clinton camp furious with the fbi, asking why it would make this public with so few answers to offer to the american people. and with so few days left before the election. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas with >> reporter: tonight, inside the fbi, dozens of cyber experts are pouring over thousands of e-mails belonging to huma abedin, hillary clinton's top aide. the team, which previously investigated clinton's private server, has pulled the hard drive from a laptop used by abedin's estranged husband, anthony weiner, who is under investigation for an alleged sexting scandal with an underage girl. weiner's disgrace captured in this documentary. >> why do you think you deserve this second chance? >> reporter: abedin seen today in this exclusive daily mail photo, now

weiner's disgrace captured in this documentary. >> why do you think you deserve this second chance? investigation intensifies. abc news has learned the fbi has made a copy of the data from the hard drive and begun separating abedin's e-mails from the hundreds of thousands that belonged to weiner. the focus is on abedin's work-related e-mails during clinton's time as secretary of state, especially any that may have been sent to clinton's private server. agents plan to use computer programs to see if they can weed already studied by the fbi. today, the white house trying staying on the sidelines. >> i'll neither defend nor criticize what director comey has decided to communicate. to the public about this investigation. >> reporter: but the fbi director facing a barrage of criticism from the left and right for his decision to notify congress this close to the election. comey has maintained it would have been wrong not to acknowledge the new development. but some democrats on capitol hill are calling on comey to general eric holder, and roughly 100 former senior justice department offic

investigation was reopened because of a criminal probe into anthony weiner. and an alleged underage sexting case. during that investigation, e-mails were discovered on a device shared by him and his estranged wife, clinton aide, huma abedin. weiner was publicly disgraced after a series of scandals. his wife, shocked. sources tell abc news their shared device contained the fbi must go through them to see whether the information on them was classified. >> and pierre is with us live. the clinton camp is furious this evening, saying the fbi director should be revealing more and didn't explain enough today. with so few days before this election, will we hear from him before election day? >> reporter: a senior official tells me it's extremely unlikely that the investigation will be finished before election day. but sources say comey had no information to congress, or else be accused of hiding it before the election. david? >> pierre, thank you. >>> and the fbi announcement today catching republicans and democrats by surprise. hillary clinton and her aide, huma abed

weiner was double -- publicly disgraced after a series of scandals. sources tell abc news their shared device contained thousands of e-mails, and now the fbi must go through them to see whether the information on them was classified. >> and pierre is with us live. the clinton camp is furious tonight, saying the fbi director should be revealing more and didn't explain enough today. with so few days before this election, will we hear from him before election day? >> reporter: a senior official tells me it's extremely unlikely finished before election day. but sources say comey had no choice but to release the information, or be accused of hiding it before the election. >>> and the fbi announcement today catching republicans and democrats by surprise. hillary clinton and her aide, huma abedin, seen together on the plane. there was no wi-fi, so no one knew of the breaking headlines, not even the reporters on the plane. vega. who just moments ago, got reaction to that bombshell. >> reporter: when hillary clinton boarded her plane bound for iowa this mornin

anthony weiner's estranged wife, huma abedin had a device, and thousands of e-mails. pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: hillary clinton stepping off that plane today, >> any reaction to the fbi investigation? >> reporter: ignoring reporter questions about those newly discovered e-mails. her campaign stunned. abc news has learned it began inside the fbi yesterday morning. the firestorm set in motion during a highly confidential briefing by director james comey with senior agents. those agents came to him with explosive information that e-mails had been discovered. comey decides further investigation is needed, and even though there is no evidence of wrongdoing by clinton, the director decides he has to tell congress. today, less than 24 hours later, with clinton flying to iowa, director comey drops the bombshell in a letter to congress. writing, in connection with an unrelated case, the fbi has learned of the existence of e-mails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. he goes on to say they will determine whether they contain classified information. and str

and are the e-mails connected to clinton advisor huma abedin and her estranged husband anthony weiner? tonight, donald trump pouncing. >>> also breaking, the fire engulfing a passenger plane at one of america's busiest airports. chaos in the cabin. passengers racing to escape. and we're on the scene tonight. >>> the near disaster at another airport. and the new reveal late today. what happened in the cockpit of the campaign plane veering off the 911 calls just released. hunting for a killer who took aim at two police officers. >> we got shots fired. >> we have new reporting right here. >>> and the mom, the son, and the victory. who is our person of the week? >>> good evening. we begin tonight with that fbi bombshell. as i mentioned, there are 11 days until the election, and millions of americans are al in the air, flying to iowa, where the race is tied, the news breaks. the fbi director, revealing new e-mails have been discovered and will be investigated. anthony weiner's estranged wife, huma abedin had a device, and pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: hillary clinton stepping off tha