these and other political issues of the week, our political senior writer carla mare knew chi and sean walsh. let's start with the fires. oftentimes, sean, after a disaster, the president will come out and visit. that happened in texas and florida and puerto rico. what are the do's and don't's for this president if he were to come to california? >> the do's are bring money and make sure that you have resources like air tankers or other federal resources available to help fight the fire, number one. number two, don't get in the way. so secret service comes when a president comes. local law enforcement comes. that would take resources away from fighting the fire. so don't come in the middle of the crisis. when it's near the en, come and show the love. >> i think it was a good sign we saw president trump and governor brown speaking on the phone and trump assuring him that the federal money is going to be there. but we know the bill is going to be very big here in california. and as much as pence and trump have assured california they're going to be there, people are watching the tweet about pue

. >> reporter: republican strategist sean walsh has worked for the reagan and bush administrations. he said in politics, there's an expression, show the love and show the money. he believes president trump has shown the money through the emergency declaration. >> for what really matters to californians, getting back in their houses, getting recovered, getting reimbursed for firefighters, and first responders, he's done that. has he done everything he should from a communications perspective to make people feel good? probably not. >> reporter: john burton, the recently retired chairman of the state democratic party calls the wildfires a human catastrophe. worth tweeting about, or somehow expressing empathy. >> as long as you tweet about everything in the world, what would hurt with just doing that. in showing, ithink, the empathy and compassion. >> reporter: california, as you know, is a silently blue state and president trump's poll numbers here are not good. but the democrat and republican strategists that we talked to both do not believe politics are at play in the lack of tweetin