they need massive support. there's been drops of it and supporters of president jay bolsonaro have tried to suggest on social media that that might be tackling the problem, but it simply won't. 34,000 troops here will need massive additional support. brazil has been willing to accept israeli help, but it seems to be shunning the $20 million or so that the world's seven richest nations managed to scramble together. a pretty pitiful sum. not sure that will even be allowed into the country. >> shunning the $20 million. they don't want the $20 million? >> reporter: it seems that way. he didn't specifically say that, but in a speech he gave to journalists, he was very angry at the media and also at president emmanuel macron, with whom he'd been in a bit of a spat all day, ever since the brazilian president commented on an offensive meme about the french president's wife, and the french president said hopefully brazil would get a president up to the job. no real love between brazil and paris. the question moving forward is whether that stops brazil from letting people in who might help tackle the fires. you get the sense that brazil is trying to downplay the problem at this point, but also plays to bolsonaro's base. >> why are the fires so bad right now? >> some say it's particularly bad because of the dry season, but most activists and most scientists who have looked at