and i had a letter from the mayor of harrisburg. >> saying? representative of the national civil war museum in the city of harrisburg. >> did you get a letter from the mayor because you asked for credentials? >> no. >> it just arrived. >> that's exactly right. >> next thing you know, russ pritchard just arrives uninvited in wilmington and, boy, is he persistent. >> russ wanted to be my new best friend. he followed me around like a puppy -- helped me carry drywall to a construction site, he had sat on the beach with my children while my wife and went surfing. he kept asking, you know, "can i see the artifacts? when can i see them?" >> ed finally agrees to show pritchard what's inside that old family suitcase. the next few hours are a revelation for ed. that old cap is called a kepi, and it was worn by general pickett at gettysburg. there's his blood-stained uniform sleeve, personal letters, photos, his military sash, and this -- pickett's own hand-drawn map of the gettysburg battlefield. >> he was very knowledgeable. he knew what everything was

i'm an internal medicine physician in here in harrisburg, pennsylvania. this is my hobby. i love it. i love the guys out here, i love speaking to the public i love the educational factor that we are trying to keep all this alive. and the kids really, they enjoy it to i try to make it enjoyable and let them know how important this is to understand what the history was. what this is, this basically is a mobile emergency room. you've heard of mash, mobile army surgical hospital. this is a mobile emergency room. like an emergency room, what we do, we assess, we treat, we stabilize and then we get them out. get out of my yard. we are basically located close to the front lines is possible. we've got to be because we've got troopers coming in here in pretty bad shape. >> the battalion is just behind alliance. . he again demonstrates his value, taking over many jobs as a physician would have the rise have to perform. this freeze the doctors time for more detailed attention to the serious cases. >> the medics, and they are the real heroes of the war, there are out there triaging an

no, i'm an internal medicine physician in harrisburg, pennsylvania. and this is my hobby, this is my -- i love it. i love the guys out here. i love speaking to the public. i love the educational factor that we're trying to keep all of this alive. and the kids really, they enjoy it, too. i try to make it enjoyable and let them know how important this is to understand what the history was. and what this is, this is basically a mobile emergency room. you've heard of m.a.s.h. mobile army surgical hospital. this is a mobile emergency room. and like any emergency rooms, what we do, we assess, we treat, we stabilize, and then we get them out, get out of my e.r. we're basically located as close to the front lines as possible. we've got to be because we have got troopers coming in here that are in pretty bad shape. >> battalion 8 operates just behind the lines. the train corpman demonstrates the value taking over many jobs the physician would have to perform. this frees the doctor's time for more attention to the serious cases. >> now, the medics and they're t

the president just landed in harrisburg -- you're in harrisburg.t handed down in lake charles, so we're going to monitor the shot and see if he has anything to say as he comes off air force one. one of the things the campaign is talking about to change the demographics, the african-american turnout will be higher in places like pennsylvania than it was in 2016. is registering and turning out working class white voters who didn't vote in 2016 may have never voted, any anecdotal evidence that's happening? are there people calling in to your show saying ooh i've never voted before, i'm not registered, but i'm registering for donald trump? >> without a doubt. and not only that, i carry applications with me and hand them to them. i tell people, listen, you can't pontificate about what's wrong, what's really going out to vote. and i think the african-american vote is not going to be -- it's going to be a bigger turnout for donald trump. and at the rnc this past week, the republicans are the only ones that are saying to the black community you can do what

and of course you can get lots more on our web sites al-jazeera dot com more there on the comma harrisburg chosen by joe by. updating the top stories for you so far today here on al-jazeera e.u. foreign ministers are meeting on friday to discuss potential sanctions against the roost they're concerned about suspected vote rigging in sunday's presidential election and of violent crackdown on demonstrators that follows a 3rd night of unrest in the capital minsk thousands of opposition supporters have been detained step bassam is in minsk. shame on you just a few minutes ago with. what we heard is there around 2000 people. being held here these are people who are simply just on the street some of them might have. maybe have shown an opposition side with their hands but they were detained many have been made to me. what we're hearing is also the conditions inside. 40 people and also many. crying here many of them have no idea where their loved ones are. 3 people who died in violence in the indian city of bangalore sparked by an allegedly offensive social media post about the prophet mohammed do

his family was originally from harrisburg, pennsylvania, working class area that was republican and he ended up in georgia. he went to every and married his high school math teacher and then went to tulane where he got a phd in history and studied colonialism, colonial policy. then he moved to his first job to west georgia college and he never liked that. within eight years he wants to be the president of the college and presiden the president of te department. he wanted a first republican in the area you studied and he is part of that who want to make the south. he was elected in 1978. he conduct di a pretty vicious campaign with the give and take of what he is going to do and at one point in the statement, if she's going to move to dc, her family will live in the district and newt gingrich jumped on it. everything about moral values and republicans seem to do whatever is necessary to finally regain power after being 1954 and it catches people's attention. to the group that he is a leader in the society, tell us about this. he's strategic enough to organize the like-minded conservativ

holzer: yeah, the civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania, has a good collection. the new civil war museum in richmond, which is on the site of an old confederate musicians has a collection. i hear of them more in the south. i think the west point museum has a pretty good collection as well. ms. paley: maybe in gettysburg, two, at the museum there? mr. holzer: yeah, they do have a wonderful visitor's center. they have a good collection as well. was there standardization of union and confederate uniforms? did that apply to the fancier uniforms? milan --r: this was a may launch -- melange. the uniforms were a very local affair at first. emblemuttons where the .f local units, local regiments they paid tribute to states more than the national a third -- authority that had called up the .ilitia the uniforms were not uniform. at the beginning of the civil war, at the battle of bull run, there were enough confederates wearing bluish uniforms to confuse a lot of people, including other confederates and other union men who did not quite know if they were shooting at friends

. >> the civil war museum and harrisburg, pennsylvania has a good collection. the new civil war museum in richmond, which is on the site of an old confederate munitions factory. i hear about it more in the south. i think the west point museum has a good collection as well. >> i think it gettysburg as well. >> yes, they do have a wonderful visitor center. they have a good collection as well. >> was there standardization of union and confederate uniforms and did that apply to the fancier uniforms? >> this was a male on. as you can see from the zouave uniform that doesn't even seem to have buttons on it. the uniforms were a very local affair at first. these buttons bore the emblems of local units, local regimen. they pay tribute to states more than the national authority. so day the uniforms were not uniform. and at the beginning of the civil war, at the battle of balloon, there were a enough confederates wearing blue-ish uniforms to confuse a lot of people, including other confederates and other union men who didn't quite know whether they were shooting at friend

the civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania has a good collection. the new civil war museum in richmond, which is on the side of an old confederate munitions factory has a collection. i hear of them more in the south. i think the west point museum as a pretty good collection as well. >> maybe gettysburg as well perhaps? >> yes. they do have a wonderful visitors center and exhibition. they have a good collection as well. >> was the standardization of uniforms for the union and confederate army, did that apply to fancier uniforms? >> this was a mix. as you can see from this zouave uniform, which doesn't seem to have any buttons, although there may have some on the back of the sleep -- uniforms were a very local affair at first. these buttons bore the emblems of a local units and regiments. they paid tribute to states more than the national authority. they were not -- the uniforms were not uniform. at the beginning of the civil war, and the battle of bull run, there were unethical federates weighing blue-ish uniforms to confuse a lot of people including

>> yeah, the civil war museum in harrisburg has a good collection. the new civil war museum in richmond, which was on the side of a confederate munitions factory, has a good collection. i hear of them more in the south. >> any in gettysburg? a museum there? >> yeah, they have a wonderful visitor's center and they have a good collection as well. >> was their standardization of union and confederate uniforms, did that apply to the fancier uniforms? >> the uniforms were very local affair at first. they paid tribute to states. more than the national authority and called up the militia. so, at the battle of run, there were enough confederates wearing bluish uniforms to confuse a lot of people, including other confederates and other union men who didn't quite know whether they were shooting at friends or enemies. yeah, later because some confederates were kind of a butternut color. so i think federal, the union r army eventually was well funded enough to approach the kind of uniform look. no pun intended or pun intended. don't you think the zarobs were alw

that story from harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> reporter: the democratic national convention began within small business owner in pennsylvania. democrats believe the economy will be the decisive issuing battleground pennsylvania where biden is leading by 6 points. amid the pandemic the unemployment rate in pennsylvania is now 13% despite the week number, when it comes to who is better on the issue of the economy donald trump leans biden in pennsylvania by 5 points. the afl-cio union president who has endorsed biden believes the campaign needs to connect the weak economic numbers to trump's pandemic response. >> vice president biden and kamala harris have to get the message out that they are about the economy. >> reporter: pennsylvania's republican says it is the democrats fault. >> this state that had the highest unemployment rate, pennsylvania at one time was the number one, democratic governors, their actions, the steps they took in restricting and limiting businesses. >> then there's the issue of fracking which has created 26,000 direct jobs and made pennsylvania the second largest n

like going through a twilight zone period from harrisburg to the middle of the country -- of pennsylvania. but i would like to know is, why do we shut down all the borders going from state to state, let alone up to canada? in the area of canada where i vacation along the st. lawrence river, they have the lowest covid rates possible. they are in southern ontario. they are allowed to take hydrochloric when or whatever that drug that hydrochloric queen -- they are like to take -- they are allowed to take quine -- they are allowed to take hydrochloriquine. host: you put several points out there. guest: one of the things that is really important is that we follow the data, that we listen that we allow, the strategies we are going to employ for a particular community to be driven by what the data say. i think that was the point the caller was making. host: on twitter, is similar point. "downplaying the virus, downplaying masks while vilifying officials trying to reduce the spread, all playing .n a motion -- on emotion leadership would citizens ahead of personal emotions." mark next in glendale,

they are hit from both sides in that they cannot campaign well, because why do you want to move to harrisburg, because you are not a good mother, and the disparate roles of the state legislatures of accommodating and inviting women into statewide office. >> who would like to take that and also your final thoughts? >> i would like to take that, and you are right, these are the barriers that women still face. yes, and even still on the campaign trail, women are asked, what about your kids, and men are seldom asked about that. we asked women what are the obstacles they faced in congress and one of the most surprising things they said to us, and they brought it up spontaneously that they faced the most difficult obstacles getting there than once they are there. and so you are sort of alluding to some of those, but it does vary from state-to-state, and some states are geographically compact, and some states, you know, the states vary tremendously in terms of the legislature, and you know, you california and new york which are highly professionalized and you make a lot of money, and new hampshire w

they get hit from both sides so they can't campaign well, because why do you want to move to harrisburg or not a very good mother? the desperate roles of state legislatures and accommodating and inviting women into state office. >> who would like to take that and also your final thoughts as well? >> well i, guess i'll say something about that. you're absolutely right. these are still barriers that women face. moving to washington, or not moving to washington, because most members of congress don't move to washington. i'm thinking about going back and forth and women still get asked on the campaign trail all the time, what about your kids? who's taking care? men very rarely get asked that question. one of the interesting findings from our book is that we asked women what the obstacles were that they faced in congress. one of the most surprising things to us is that they brought to up spontaneously is that they face more difficult obstacles getting their than they do once they're there. you're sort of alluding to some of those but it does vary from state to state. some states are more geo

both sides, from like they can't campaign well because they're like, why do you want to move to harrisburg? you're not a very good mother.m. and the disparate -- roles of state legislatures in accommodating and inviting women into state-wide office. >> who would like to take that and, also, your final thoughts. as well. >> well, i guess i'll say something about that. you're absolutely right. these are still barriers women face. the moving to washington, right? thinking about not moving to washington, because most members of congress out in don't move to washington, but, you know -- but thinking about, you know, going back and forth and who's -- and women still get asked on the campaign trail all the time, you know, well what about your kids? who's taking care -- and men very rarely get asked that question. one of the interesting findings from our book is that we asked women, you know, what the obstacles that they faced in congress, and one of the most surprising things to us was that they -- they brought it up spontaneously. they said they faced more difficult obstacles getting there than

from harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> donald trump is going to win pennsylvania again he is going to need voters to show up in a big way perhaps in larger numbers than 2016 to offset expected democratic gains with black voters and suburban voters. >> i've not heard anything on anything on social media, anything in the mail. >> reporter: 38-year-old gary farmer says the biden campaign has not reached out even though he and other young farmers in central pennsylvania are open to hearing biden's message. >> the new were generation, we will listen. we will hear what they have to say. if they come up with a plan they feel safe with they may flip a few farmers around here. >> reporter: rural counties in pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for donald trump in 2016 fueling his upset win by 44,000 votes. in november he will need those rural voters to show up again. >> i think it is clear at this point that donald trump will win the rural vote. the question is by how much is one of the things about the agricultural community, concern about tariffs, concern about trade. >> reporter: randy is a corn fa

correspondent bryan llenas bryan llenas from harrisburg, pennsylvania, tonight, hey. >> shannon goodvening if president trump will win pennsylvania again committee needs to have ruled voters show up in a big way and perhaps larger numbers than 2016 to offset expected democratic gains with black voters and suburban voters. >> i have not got any documentation or heard anything on anything on social media, anything in the mail. >> 38-year-old dairy farmer jason naylor said that the 18 campaign has not reached out even though he any other stomach other young farmers in pennsylvania are open to hearins message. >> the newer generation, we will listen. we will hear what they have to say, you know if they come up with a plan we feel safe with committee absolutely may flip a few farmers around here. ruled counties in pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for president trump in 2016 with an upset win 544,000 votes. in november he will need those voters to show up again. >> i think it is clear at this point that donald trump would win the rural vote that the question is by how much? one of the thi

been an army brat, he grew up living in different parts of europe, family originally from out side harrisburgpennsylvania. working class area that was republican and he ended up in georgia. he went to emory and married his high school math teacher. he then went where he got a phd in history and studied colonialism and policy. then he moved to his first job, as we did. he never really liked academia, he wants to be the president of the college and head of the department and he runs for congress. he wanted a first republican in the area you studied, in a democratic area and he's part of the cohort of republicans who want to make this south using our modern color scheme. he selected in 1978, it's his third try. he conduct a pretty vicious scheme and hidden his opponents, he said in a statement, if she wins, she's going to move to d.c. her husband, her family will still live in the district so they can have their lives, he can have the business and gingrich jumped on it and said she wants to break up her family. she's a radical and puts everything about moral values and it was a low blow. he's in

his family was originally from outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania. working class area that was republican and he ended up in georgia. he went to emery. he married his high school math teacher and he then went to tulane where he got a ph.d. in history and study colonialism, colonial policy and then he moved to his first job because as we did. west georgia college. he never really liked academia. within a year he wants to be the president of the college and the head of the department and he runs for congress and he's one of the first republicans in the area you've studied, in a democratic area and he's part of that co-who are the of residentials who want to make the south red instead of blue. though these are modern color schemes. it's his third try and there was a vicious campaign to what he would do. his opponent virginia stafford. at one point she indicated she's going to move to d.c. ab her family will live in the district and they can have his life and he could have the business --. and he puts together above moral values and that was a low blow.

his family was originally right outside harrisburg, pennsylvani pennsylvania. working-class area that was republican. he ended up in georgia and went to emory. he married his high school math teacher. he then went to tulane where he got a phd in history. unstudied colonialism and colonial policy. many moved to his first job, just as we did to west georgia college. he never really liked academia. within a year he wants to be the president of the college and head of the department. and he runs for congress. he is one of the first republicans in the area who studied in a democratic area. he's part of the republicans that wants to make the south read instead of blue to user modern colors. elected in 1978 it's his third try to have a taste of what is going to do. at one point said in a statement if she wins she's going to move to d.c., her husband and family will still live their lives in their business and gingrich jumps on it. she was to break up her family she's a radical puts everything above moral values. i was really a low blow. and it was in congress and we c

bryan llenas is in the state capital city of harrisburg tonight. >> good evening.t if president trump wants to prevent that from happening, he's going have to rely heavily on rural voters and blue-collar workers. frankly he needs that to offset what's expected to be gains for the democrats with black voters as well as suburban voters. remember, president trump won in 2016 by just 44,000 votes in pennsylvania. he did it by running up the score in those rural communities. he flipped three important counties. erie county in the western part of the state and the republicans feel like the president need to keep those counties and maybe run up the score even more those counties this time around. we visited farms in central pennsylvania today and we met with one dairy farmer, jason naylor. he is a trump supporter. we asked, does president trump's trade war and the tariffs, does it affect his vote this time around? he said no, not really. in fact he says that the democratic governor tom wolf's response by shutting down the restaurants in response to the covid-19 pandemic h

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host: a little more than 20 minutes left with our guest, patty from harrisburg, pennsylvania on the line. caller: how are you doing? host: good. caller: i am registered democrat because i have to vote for one or the other. i support biden. i wish he had specified who the vice president would be. and the fall efficiency is -- qualifications he is looking for. trump has done so much damage to this country. [indiscernible] i think she would have been a great vice president. for: patty, thank you calling. it is interesting. i think because joe biden became the presumptive nominee as early as he did, we had a lot of time to think about this whole question about who should be the vice president. a lot of people wanted him to name somebody fairly quickly after he became -- it became obvious he was going to become the nominee. that heere surprised said as early as he did that he was going to pick a woman. usually, yes, candidates say that kind of thing as a surprise in the announcements. was a think for him, it recommendation of the majority of the electorate. the other thing is, i would say tha

brat, grew up living in different parts of europe, his family was originally from right outside harrisburg, pennsylvania, working-class area that was republican, and ended up in georgia. he went to anne-marie. he married his high school math teacher, and he then went to tulane where he got a phd in history and studied colonialism. colonial policy. and then he moved to his first job, just as we did two w. georgia college and it never really liked academia. within your wants to be the president of the college and head of the department, and he runs for congress. he was one of the first republicans in the area you study, antidemocratic area and is part of that cohort of republicans who want to make the south red instead of blue, to use a modern color scheme. he is elected in 1978. it's his third try at the contacts a pretty vicious campaign that gives a taste of what is going to do. his opponents, at one point he says in a statement, if she when she is going to move to d.c., her husband, her family will still live in the district so they can have lights, he can have their business and gingric

in suburban communities near philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley, pittsburg and even harrisburg. that situation has eroded considerably. and i would also argue too that while the president has done well upstate in rural areas, i don't believe there are enough rural voters out there to offset the losses that republicans have experienced in those suburban communities i just identified. so the president ran a perfect straight -- pulled a perfect straight in 2016. he'd have to do it again. he only won by 44,000 votes. the suburban situation is much worse. joe biden is not hillary clinton. hillary clinton lost because her vote collapsed outside of the philadelphia region. and biden is not clinton. >> in the last week or so, you were talking about the future of the republican party, if trump wins or if he doesn't. in the last week or so, two completely unhinged conspiracy theorists, both of them complete bigots as well, have won republican congressional nominations, marjorie taylor green in georgia in a republican district and laura lumer in florida in a district that leans democratic

leroy in harrisburg, ?ennsylvania, how are you caller: as far i'm concerned i'm a democrat and as i look at this whole thing, donald trump has been in office for 3 1/2 years and everything he has said in the last two days he hasn't done. as far as i'm concerned, the pandemic, he is responsible and takes no responsibility for that. and he just passes it by. as far as immigration goes, a lot of people are coming to the united states and look how he handled. he put kids in cages. that is totally unheard of. she r as his her speech, did a nice speech, and talked about africa and all the issues done there, why hasn't she done anything ms. herrera beutler:? host: are you a big joe biden fan? caller: right now, for change of leadership, i definitely need it. i see all the racial injustice and people doing things that they shouldn't be doing and does president respect the constitution and everyone he had on his cabinet are crooks and in jail. georgia, o to republican he line. caller: and i want to touch about the i

family was originally from right outside harrisburg, pennsylvania, a working class area that was republican. and he ended up in georgia. he went to emory, he married a high school math teacher x -- and he then went to tulane where he got a ph.d. in history and studied colonialism, colonial policy. and then he moved to his first job, just as we did, to west georgia college, and he never really liked academia. within a year he wants to be the president of the college and the head of the department, and he runs for congress. he's one of the first republicans in the area you've studied, in a democratic area, and he's part of that cohort of republicans who want to make the south red instead of blue. to use our modern color scheme. he's elected in 1978. it's husband third try, and -- his third try, and he conducts a pretty vicious campaign that gives a taste of what he's going to do. his opponent, someone named virginia shaffer. and at one point she says in a statement the, if she win, she's going to move to d.c., her husband -- her family will still in the district so they can have their lives,

this is mike out of harrisburg, pennsylvania. caller: hello. trust the post office, i don't trust trump. he put somebody in charge of the epa that does not believe in the epa, he put someone in charge of public education that does not believe in public education. now he puts this guy in charge of the post office where everything he has done in the middle of an epidemic is to slow down the postal service service. people don't want to go out and -- oh, i am 71. i like to have the ability to vote by mail if i can. had to look into fraud in the united states was disbanded because they could not find any fraud in the voting system. nobody seems to remember that. we need the post office. we need the epa. we need public education and i trust them completely. thank you. host: mike in harrisburg, pennsylvania. dave, you neighbors, are next. guest: good morning. mi on? -- am i on? venture taking my call. i was a carrier for a while in the post office. i also served in the air force. i trust him wholeheartedly. -- them wholeheartedly. the post office is a

ist: let's go to annette who calling from harrisburg, pennsylvania. good morning. am so proud of the fact that after dr. martin luther king's death that the torch has gone to the younger folks. there are many had the ability to think, act, and respond in a way that will make all of us proud. i am trying to recall the young woman who had the fire in her voice who said we are not going to allow this to continue any longer. people who wasse active during the time of the poor people's march and resurrection city, i could go into that. i sat with a group of us from harrisburg, three tractor-trailer loads of nonperishable items, such as , blankets,oducts nonperishable items, and things others had not thought of before they had the tents and so forth. what annoys me is -- we forget one thing. those folks that lived in the house did not see the need to fight for the union. they fought for the confederacy. so don't be at all surprised when you have all these nice, glorious things coming from presidentsee what our has done for the black community , the black nation, those wh

washington, harrisburg, on into philadelphia then as this pushes to the north, new yor downed power lines to six hour burst of heavy rain and flooding. then by late tonight, it races north to canada. we've got to worry about these wind gusts of 70 miles per hour. also possibility of power outages stretching from norfolk all the way up to burlington and of course the rain anywhere from 2 to 3 to 4 inches of rain. but isolated amount, guys. up to 8 inches of rain with this system the good news is it is racing very fast up to the north. guys >> that is good news of course you'll keep us updated on isaias throughout the morning. >>> but first craig now joins the table. you've got the latest on the coronavirus. >> yeah, hoda. and we're getting very different takes, two very different takes with the situation with the infections still rising in hot spots. some cases fueled by crowded parties like these dr. anthony fauci is warning that the daily case count must be controlled or the country will face in his words a really bad situation in the fall. but in a new interview, president trump says he

do things that really make a difference like what you're doing at that solar facility outside of harrisburg appointed by presidents but our work isn't about politics. our highest duty is to the public. our true guide is science. and our job is to speak the truth about public health. even when it's controversial or perceived as political. so here's the truth, our nation absolutely has what it takes to overcome the covid-19 pandemic that's claimed tens of thousands of our loved ones. we have the talent, resources and technology. what we're missing is leadership. we need a leader who works with states to ensure that everyone who needs a test gets one and gets results quickly. a leader who secures a safe, effective vaccine and distributes it quickly and fairly. a leader who inspires us to practice distancing and wear masks. not as a political statement, but as a patriotic duty, a commitment we make to one another. that's why i'm here tonight. not because of politics or for party but because i know joe biden can be that leader. i've worked with joe biden. i've seen who he is with no cameras arou

host: a little more than 20 minutes left with our guest, patty from harrisburg, pennsylvania on the lineer: how are you doing? host: good. caller: i am registered democrat because i have to vote for one or the other. i support biden. i wish he had specified who the vice president would be. and the fall efficiency is -- qualifications he is looking for. trump has done so much damage to this country. [indiscernible] i think she would have been a great vice president. for: patty, thank you calling. it is interesting. i think because joe biden became the presumptive nominee as early as he did, we had a lot of time to think about this whole question about who should be the vice president. a lot of people wanted him to name somebody fairly quickly after he became -- it became obvious he was going to become the nominee. that heere surprised said as early as he did that he was going to pick a woman. usually, yes, candidates say that kind of thing as a surprise in the announcements. was a think for him, it recommendation of the majority of the electorate. the other thing is, i would say that as i

like going through a twilight zone period from harrisburg to the middle of the country -- of pennsylvaniawould like to know is, why do we shut down all the borders going from state to state, let alone up to canada? in the area of canada where i vacation along the st. lawrence river, they have the lowest covid rates possible. they are in southern ontario. they are allowed to take hydrochloric when or whatever that drug that hydrochloric queen -- they are like to take -- they are allowed to take quine -- they are allowed to take hydrochloriquine. host: you put several points out there. guest: one of the things that is really important is that we follow the data, that we listen that we allow, the strategies we are going to employ for a particular community to be driven by what the data say. i think that was the point the caller was making. host: on twitter, is similar point. "downplaying the virus, downplaying masks while vilifying officials trying to reduce the spread, all playing .n a motion -- on emotion leadership would citizens ahead of personal emotions." mark next in glendale, west vi

like what you do in that collar facility outside of harrisburg. i'm a scranton now.is okay but northeast -- [ laughter ] keep the faith, guys. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you so much. >> we appreciate you! >> woodruff: that is the about to be -- about to accept democratic presidential nomination. joe biden we'll here from i'm in the next hour so having but having conversation with union workers from across the country. let's turn now to our analysts, michael nutter and chris buski buskirk. how much of an issue is the economy in this election and who has the upper hand? >> it is the issue. i think you can almost ignore every other issue. it's exaggeration but it is the driving force. we are in this severe recession, we've got massive unemployment as a result of covid and responses to it. and look, we've been in sort of a period where there's been a secular stagnation in wages. ha is what is bei felt by middle and working class. it is absolutely the issue not just in those battleground states along the great lakes but every place in the country except perhaps in the me