joining me now lisa lehrer of "new york times" and cnn's abby philip.by, i want to start with you. you spend a lot of time in the white house briefing room and let's listen to the president of the united states for weeks and weeks, pulled the convention from north carolina because they wouldn't let him have a crowd and said he was going to jacksonville and insisting on having a crowd and yesterday the president said i can't do that. listen. >> reporter: to have a big convention, it's not the right time. it's really something that for me i have to protect the american people. that's what i've always done and that's what i always will do. that's what we're all about. they said, sir, we have to make this work. we have incredible enthusiasm. even the polls say about the most enthusiasm they have seen. >> there's been a lot of talk about the president's different tone in the last few days. that is truly an eat your peas moment. >> yeah, no question about it, although it's -- it really kind of reminds me of something that our fact-checker danieldale says. whe