which is a pushoff, a brushoff. he's very on hand in this situation. when we were in a meeting earlier, the entire table was filled with african-americans, not one caucasian. and i have to tell you that people are very sensitive to this situation, not only is the police force but also employees of berkeley and the mayor and people who are in the berkeley community. again, i have to tell you, this approach is very different in the way you see this investigation handled. it's going to be cleaner, more transparent. and i think that people just need some time to breathe in all that is going on and look at the facts. that is what is most important. >> senator, thank you. i appreciate that. i want to bring in tom here. i'm trying to in some ways look at this in a way that you can