stephen engle, thank you for the breakdown, coming through for us from hong kong.resident biden urges unity, warning the nation is headed down a dangerous path after the assassination attempt on donald trump. we are live in new york next. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to "daybreak." the focus on donald trump, who arrived in milwaukee for the republican national commensurate in, telling the washington examiner he has rewritten his speech to focus on unity. it comes after president biden condemned political violence after the assassination attempt on trump in pennsylvania on saturday. i am very pleased to say joining us is matt winkler, bloomberg's editor-in-chief emeritus with the reaction from new york. drawing all your experience and contacts across the business, the political elites of the u.s., to what extent is this a watershed moment in this election? what is your assessment of what we have been seeing, the dramatic moments we have seen out of pennsylvania in the last couple of days? matt: it is good to be with you. if you look at history as a guide,

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you know it sounds like we may have a hole the size of engle side with this path. that's why we have commented prior that we do think that the relevant supervisors are should probably look in this further. i know there has been some attention at that level -- in i think we should still regardless of what we do today do our part to make sure that our body is communicating after looking at this closely for 3 hearings. communicating our best learnings and guidance we offer to that body as well. the other precedent suspect that building outside of the private envelope. which is not a great outcome. that's why this is tough for me in the end, looking at the points presented. by dpw. i -- and knowing the framework that is applied with respect to the minor side. encroachment permits. it does not seem like private elements in public rights of way are category off the table. i'm sympathetic to the property owner with the understanding that the planning variance issue is not -- within scope and what whatever needs to happen there will happen. and i'm a bit sympathetic with r