And we turn now to the analysis of Brooks and Capehart.

That is New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, Associate Editor of the Washington Post.

It's good to see you both.

I am not.

I want to ask both of you to reflect on the legacy that David Gergen leaves behind in just a moment.

But first I want to begin, just as he did so many Fridays, with the news of the week.

And let's start with those Texas floods, David.

The devastating loss so many there have felt,

and we saw President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump,

on the ground in the Texas Hill country.

You've covered a lot of presidents visiting a lot of disasters and tragedy sites.

What stood out to you from this visit?

Yeah, I mean, Donald Trump doesn't do empathy tremendously well, but I thought he was okay,

and he's being blamed.

And I think the strongest critique made of the administration is that Doge and some of the cuts

in the National Weather Service and FEMA left them without key personnel.

And that may have had an impact.

It's really hard to know.

But it's always worth remembering that FEMA sent down roughly a little over 100 people,

which is about what they sent to North Carolina under Biden.

But the state of Texas had 1,700 people.

So it's worth reminding ourselves, this is primarily a state job.

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