requisition certain assets, those things got lost in a bureaucratic mooir that so this day 12 years later we don't know what the hell happened to them. all i'm saying is use that bully pulpit. you and i both know president trump loves a bully pulpit. you don't have to do it publicly, but get the cabinet together on a conference call and tell them, look, we've seen what hurricane andrew did to president bush 4 is. we saw what katrina did to bush 43. we see the criticisms of obama in super storm sandy. these kinds of disasters can make or break a presidency. they can establish the narrative. so get ahead of it now and, frankly, getting ahead of it is not just good politics. it's actually saving looifrsz and doing what you're supposed to do. >> interesting note to had end on there. michael brown, former fema director joining us this afternoon. i appreciate it. >> stay with misnin and nbc news.com into the night as