appropriate safety masks and equipment, viewers have still been expressing their concerns about this, and ryan fordade another point. well, another newswatch viewer who's been in touch with us after watching coverage of the california fires is an expert on emergency planning and disaster recovery. she's lucy easthope, she's a professor of mass fatalities and pandemics at the university of bath and co—founder of the after disaster network. and shejoins me now. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. so you heard what the bbc had to say about the safety of its reporters in la. what do you think? one of the things that's concerning me is obviously working in disaster management. i work with the same sorts of security companies that also advise reporters, and there is concern in our industry that reporters are taking greater risks with their safety. and while it was true that we could see the equipment being used, we could also see things like the reporters hands had had clearly been contaminated with ash, the mask had changed colour. in some cases, reporters made reference to their eyes streaming.

ryan and thinking, this guy could make the difference. >> wow. are they going to do this again? >> now, now. >> wait a second. by the way, and ford bringing back the etsell. >> there's the post "rex appeal." "daily news" bringing back rex ryan. the former new york coach has been openly campaigning for the job. he wants back in, perhaps to pair up with aaron rodgers if he returns. we've seen this movie before in new york. >> yeah. >> and now it looks like the jets, john, are entertaining the idea of making rex ryan their coach again. >> you used the right word, entertaining. that would be what rex ryan would provide. file like the nation needs this right now, the return of rex ryan. he had a couple years of success with the jets and then flamed out spectacularly over several years, and he has been in the media ever since and remarkably, openly lobbying for this job saying i'm the guy for it. i'm not sure jets fans would agree, necessarily. they have a lot of decisions to make. look, clearly rex ryan the one to make them. >> yeah. >> the sports world, though, and mark leibovich, and jonathan lemire will tell you, the sports world s