amount. they do know what to do. and they will be testing the air. they'll be testing the water where they can. and they will be sharing that hopefully in real time with the responsible officials. >> do you -- you have been critical of the president and of the administration of his proposed cuts to the epa and among other things. with regard to this, are you saying that there is something or anything that the trump administration has already done that made this disaster worse? >> well, i think it's what they've not done. it's by not appointing people to fill those jobs in the regions. those are the ones that are closest to what is going on in that region. they're the ones that know the players. they're the ones that deal with them and have the most direct contact. very hard to organize that kind of a thing through -- from washington remotely without having somebody there who is really in charge on the ground. and that's what you're regional administrators do. and to my understanding, i don't know that they've even nominated