>> reporter: and while the inspector general didn't weigh in on the underlying motivation for some of the failures, he talked about we know that is now squarely under investigation by john durham, the prosecutor, the attorney general bill barr has tapped to look further into the case. >> more to come. laura jarrett, thank you very much. joining us now mazie hirono of hawaii and she questioned the inspector general today. senator thank you so much for joining us. >> certainly. >> let's talk about your questioning. you questioned the inspector general about the attorney general bill barr's comments contradicting his report. so what is the impact of the attorney general's recent statements? >> i think it is unusual for the attorney general to have a press conference and issue a statement rather than submitting his comments in writing as usually happens. so this is once again the attorney general acting like the attorney for the president. so clearly what the i.g. report