ties to the russian mafia. >> i think it does raise serious concerns about the policies that trump would pursue if he were president. >> reporter: while an inquiry is a preliminary look and falls short of a criminal investigation, in this highly charged atmosphere, it has some arguing that comey is using a double standard. >> here where the director has discussed an investigation involving one candidate, it opens the director up to claims of bias if he doesn't discuss other potential investigations. >> our thanks to nbc's cynthia mcfadden for that report. all eyes on the fbi as the country waits for more developments in the investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail server. in letters responding to complaints from democratic lawmakers yesterday, the justice department promised that it will work closely with the fbi and take appropriate steps as swiftly as possible. investigators made a duplicate of the hard drive from a laptop belonging to anthony weiner. they are now going through it. an automated process will narrow down the e-mails that are not