the storm system, there s also additional wind shear, a little bit of dry air to deal with as well. a lot of rain going to be the story at this point and we will with a much this as we approach this weekend. pedram, thanks. breaking overnight brazil plans to reject $20 million in aid offered by g7 leaders to help fight the raging wildfires in the amazon. the chief of staff to brazilian president bolsonaro tells a brazilian newspaper they are thankful but the money would be better served to help reforest europe. he also took a shot at french president emanuel macron saying he couldn t prevent the disastrous fire at notre dame cathedral and has plenty to deal with back in trans. bolsonaro drawing the ire of macron for much different reasons. nick paton walsh on the ground in brazil. reporter: president bolsonaro seemed to take a break from engaging in what seemed to be a spat in social media with the french president macron, he commented on an offensive meme
is. and we flew over areas that we have only reached by getting over them in a plane. there are no roads connecting them. so this operation, when it gets underway, and we see brazilian military cargo planes above us is going to have to be enormous or perhaps depend on some sort of natural response like behave consistent rain. 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 a
bolsonaro drawing the ire of macron for different reasons. nick paton walsh is on the ground for us in brazil. reporter: president bolsonaro seemed to take a break from engaging what seemed to be a spat on social media with the french president emanuel macron, he has commented on an offensive meme about the french president s wife which caused the french president to talk about how he hoped brazil eventually would have a president that was up to the job, but president bolsonaro in terms of that suggestion of $20 million didn t seem that receptive, talked about how it was down to brazil to resist such colonial attitudes and it wasn t down for the french president to tell him what to do and they engaged in a lengthy tirade against the media here. there is a lot of information happening about how serious this problem is. independent scientists with nasa are clear this is bad and it s going to be twice as bad in terms of into i remember this year compared to last year. does brazil have t
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.