believe top government officials may have acted improperly when they authorized surveillance of president trump's campaign. this morning, we're now learning why barr went to alaska for his first major trip. jan joins us from washington with more on that. good morning to you, jan. why did he choose to travel so far? >> reporter: well, gayle, he wants to take a look at the problems plaguing some of the rest of the country. alaska's two u.s. senators have been urging him to visit and what he saw there, i mean, it prompted him to call public safety in much of the state an emergency. to get to this remote fishing village in southwest alaska is a ride by boat. but this is one of the places attorney general bill barr came to see. >> glad i'm here. good to meet you. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: as he made his way along the boardwalk that winds through the village, he learned how the isolation made the residents vulnerable. >> we need pubc safety here. >> reporter: in a meeting at...