and let's get more we are joined by peter wallace so day 3 of the republican national convention the message very clearly law and order here what were the main takeaways yeah absolutely that there was no clear message. then law and order in fact he said law and order are on the ballot it was this really painted this really dystopian vision of america if the democrats when he you know painted a picture of a country cloaked in darkness and chaos and say you won't be saving joe biden's america also saying that the choice in this election is whether america remains america he then turn around and he preys on trump that's really one of the things he does best you know touting the economy that's been faring well until the pandemic and he also did what a lot of other speakers have not done which was to actually talk about the coronavirus. he praised the administration's efforts which he has helped lead and also said that they're on track to have the world for the 1st safe effective coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year. there was some speculation that pends what may be used the stage

i also want to bring in martha and brett and chris wallace and dr. peter hotez, a pediatrician, from baylor university in texas. martha, what strikes me, is this is a significant event for america when you have so much hanging in the balance. i am going to share with you a tweet from the ohio governor mike dewine who put it out yesterday afternoon. he shows a map of the state of ohio. the map shows the breakdown of how public schools are approaching the upcoming school year. in-person classroom, yellow, fully remote learning, blue, hybrid model, green. now, it is not impossible but it shows you the complications from district to district and ultimately from state to state, martha. >> obviously, you have got a lot of opinions around this. there are a lot of parents -- one of the things i think is most interesting about this is the shift that we have seen over the past week or so on this, bill. you are seeing places like new york city, which has not really been that aggressive in terms of reopening. you can attach perhaps political implications or foundation

chris wallace says the same thing in his new york times bestselling book countdown 1945. people wanted to spread that myth. but it's not true. and peter there are a lot of myths and history in our history books particularly as it relates to wars and nuclear weapons do you think the white washing of history surrounding the use of nuclear weapons is unique to the american experience or do you also think that this happens in history books around the world. i think all countries lie about their history satta ties their history whitewash their history but it's not always as consequential as when the u.s. does it. because there are right now. 2 major superpowers with the capability of ending life on the planet. right now donald trump and lattimer putin both have veto power over the future existence of life on our planet the u.s. and russia control more than 90 percent of the world's almost 14000 nuclear weapons so it becomes particularly dangerous when the u.s. leaders are. thinking in terms of these kinds of festival versions of history because this version of history says that the atomic bombs were not only necessary they were actually go

peter: who was the vice president. david: and wallace .oosevelt was playing a very sort of tricky manipulative game because he told both wallace and burns, you're my man. you go to chicago with the nominations. in the matter what. but as a political bosses wanted truman. one of misconceptions about truman was he was an accidental president. it was not accidental and all. because the political bosses, that powers the democratic party did not want wallace because they thought he was to lift going to and to eccentric . they didn't want to be burns would been am senator from south carolina as well as the supreme court judge and want to roosevelt's most important assistance at the white house . in one him because he was too conservative and devout segregationist. they wanted truman. the rust belt finally under tremendous pressure great okay truman. at one point he said i hardly know him. so truman is very much the creation of a smoke-filled room. no bus system. one can help but to feel therefore that the smoke-filled room wasn't an entirely bad

and peter, just quickly, how does the white house staff feel about how these past few weeks have been going for the president with these interviews with jonathan swan, with chris wallacetinued to downplay the virus. do they think this strategy is working? >> well, you know, look, polls show he's in trouble and that the main issue is the coronavirus. so, they know he needs to get hold of it. they do find it better that he's out front addressing it, in a way he hadn't been until two, three weeks ago where he was trying to pretend to move on, now he's -- >> peter, i'm so sorry to interrupt you. you were ahead of me on that. the president is coming out. let's listen to see what he says today. >> i'd like to begin by providing an update on my administration's actions to protect american workers as we battle the china virus. since the virus escaped china, my administration has enacted $3 trillion in economic relief. it's been very, very successful and you saw that by the numbers that were issued yesterday, the day before, as to used car sales and auto production, they've been incredible numbers, actually. shockingly incredible. we've been negotiating in good faith with demo