than the underlying hurricane. and the question of whether the trump administration's response to american disasters thus far appears to turn on which part of america they are in. for more, i'll joined now by george will from the "washington post." and from the harvard kennedy school of government profit if he issor, i will begin with you although i have two guests here rich with knowledge of american history. professor, your few of the comparison that president trump makes there. >> so i think part of what was happening during this visit was that donald trump was trying, it was all about the optics. this was about making good p.r. and trying to recover from the weekend. and instead of pulling himself away and not drawing a comparison to katrina, which is what he's trying to avoid, he sfwlums into one. and he does that by centering