and many other distant lands joining me in studio for some analysis is peter lloyd from a us elections team good to see you again peter so does joe biden have more reason to be concerned well i think the short answer is yes absolutely i mean his his lead is narrowed in the polls over the past and if there's one thing we've really learned over the past 4 years with donald trump is to never count out trump and he really proved out with this speech you might even say that he acted presidential something that we don't see all the time from. a father who cares deeply about america and americans but i don't speak challenge is that you know despite decades of washington being a prominent politician the vice president many voters say they don't really feel like they know him what he stands for and trump my thing managed to make it quite compelling case for what he stands for. but didn't speak advantage at the same time is that trump is often his own worst enemy and so the big question is how long will trump be able to stay on message. and how long until he maybe has another meltdown on twitter

lloyd, bbc news. joining me now to reflect on the importance of this anniversary is lieutenant general sir peter roysons a former commander of british forces in hong kong. is a former commander thank is a former commander you forjoining us here on news. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. hello. why do you think it is important that v—j day is marked and remembered? welll important that v—j day is marked and remembered? well i think victory over the japanese during the second world war was very significant. and it was significant for a number of reasons. first, if you go back to the beginning in december 1941, a rampant japanese army overcame the beginning in december 1941, a rampantjapanese army overcame and occupied almost the entire occupation. significantly they had also bombed and destroyed the united states pacific fleet at pearl harbour. in the significance of that was that it brought the americans into the war into the pacific, as well as africa and north europe. and with the american participation in both chapters, victory in the end was assured. no victory in europe came with the surren