>>> joining misknow is veteran investigative reporter and author jane mayer from "new yorkers" whosearticle has been published. try to reset this now, reset the table. we've heard a lot from both sides. sean spicer strongly arguing against what you heard barbara boxer. what is the problem james comey -- if he sat on the material, he would have been accused of -- >> i think you have to understand how incredibly unusualing this. it became clear, the head of the fbi, not the head of the injures department, and the attorney general loretta lynch had specifically indicated she did not want him to go forward with this, because it broke with the protocols of the justice department. nonetheless he felt he had to do it any, and you're certainly not supposed to do it so close to an election. the reason for the uproar is what comey did is so unusual. many people are using the word unprecedented. as a reporter i'm always afraid to say something is unprecedented, but it's incredibly unusual. it's unusual for comey. he is someone who people from both sides of the political aisle think of as having