. >> next item, section 541, michael carlin will give you an update. >> michael carlin, deputy general manager. as we discussed at our last meeting, we talked about the house appropriation bill and a particular section that was section 541. since that time, we've received a letter from senator dianne feinstein, who is the ranking member on the senate side, in the same committee, basically stating her opposition to section 541 and has sent that to the chairs of both appropriation committees in the house and senate and ranking members on both of those committees. in the interim between receiving her letter, we've a letter from mayor mark farrell stating his opposition to the same section in that bill and that letter has been delivered to the same members of the house and senate appropriation committees. so i would be glad to answer any questions at this time. >> i guess i want to express appreciation for your work, working quickly to address this issue, and for helping facilitate san francisco going on record opposing this rider, because i believes in our best interests and it's importan

michael mukasey. gentleman, we welcome you to the program. we've been waiting for this john carlin, to you first. so on the one hand the report says that james comey was insubordinate, he exercised serious error in judgment, but then it goes on to say there was no evidence of bias in what he did. what are weo make of this in >> i think report is quite clear that after over a yearlong investigation, 500 pages, what the inspector general found was that the justice department, f.b.i., and career prosecutors madeheir decisions for the right reasons. it said quite clearly n evidence that the prosecutors were affected by any bias or anp other impr consideration. that's the most important takenaway when it comes to vital institutions like the justice department. >> woodruff: is that how you see it, thomas dupre that that's the most important thing, even tugh there's a fining of insubordination? >> it's a sad day for f.b. in the sense that a former senior official has been found to have engaged in misconduct. there is also evidence of bias in the lower ranks.bu the inspector general was careful and cauti