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>> were going to begin this morning with cheerleader in chief. at the democratic national convention in charlotte last night, first lady michelle obama delivered an impassioned speech. tracie potts joins us from charlotte. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. a bit of the back story here, aides say the ideas you heard michelle obama talk about last night were her own, that she knew exactly what she wanted to say in this speech. democrats bring in their heavyweight tonight...

>> were going to begin this morning with cheerleader in chief. at the democratic national convention in charlotte last night, first lady michelle obama delivered an impassioned speech. tracie potts joins us from charlotte. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. a bit of the back story here, aides say the ideas you heard michelle obama talk about last night were her own, that she knew exactly what she wanted to say in this speech. democrats bring in their heavyweight tonight...

>> i dont listen to those people, hoda. >> you wear what you want? >> i do, i do. its a federal holiday observed on the first monday in september to honor workers, which is hopefully not enough of news this country, right? its the symbolic end of summer. when i was growing up, people always went right back to school after. now kids are going like to school earlier. >> there is a new trend for those newlyweds. they take their traditional wedding photos and all that stuff. >> they are al...

>> i dont listen to those people, hoda. >> you wear what you want? >> i do, i do. its a federal holiday observed on the first monday in september to honor workers, which is hopefully not enough of news this country, right? its the symbolic end of summer. when i was growing up, people always went right back to school after. now kids are going like to school earlier. >> there is a new trend for those newlyweds. they take their traditional wedding photos and all that stuff. >> they are al...

white white? >> i dont listen to those people, hoda. >> you wear what you want? >> i do, i do. its a federal holiday observed on the first monday in september to honor workers, which is hopefully not enough of news this country, right? its the symbolic end of summer. when i was growing up, people always went right back to school after. now kids are going like to school earlier. >> there is a new trend for those newlyweds. they take their traditional wedding photos and all that stuff. >...

we walked to class together. shared the housekeeping. ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish. our desk was a door propped up on saw horses. our dining room table was fold-down ironing board in the kitchen. but those were the best days. >> greg: if you dismiss that as cute nothing, you miss the point, ladies, which is its better to marry a man not a program. obama wants government to be your hubby and suggests you are better off with a partner, not a sitter. husband may snore at night and sad...

to a basement apartment. we walked to class together. shared the housekeeping. ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish. our desk was a door propped up on saw horses. our dining room table was fold-down ironing board in the kitchen. but those were the best days. >> greg: if you dismiss that as cute nothing, you miss the point, ladies, which is its better to marry a man not a program. obama wants government to be your hubby and suggests you are better off with a partner, not a sitter. husband m...

>> sean: twitter is turning out to be the platform of choice in the latest vitriole. the latest examples, courtesy of ellen barkin who wrote, quote, got to go to bed, work in the morning, i love everybody except you right-wing, bleeping morons. following in the footsteps of other left-wing celebrities, jason alexander, took to twitter and in the middle of a gun troll rant, launched a vicious full-scale attack on the tea party, saying, quote... >> sean: really? joining me with reaction to the com...

>> sean: twitter is turning out to be the platform of choice in the latest vitriole. the latest examples, courtesy of ellen barkin who wrote, quote, got to go to bed, work in the morning, i love everybody except you right-wing, bleeping morons. following in the footsteps of other left-wing celebrities, jason alexander, took to twitter and in the middle of a gun troll rant, launched a vicious full-scale attack on the tea party, saying, quote... >> sean: really? joining me with reaction to the com...

nations, he has given trust where it is not earned insult where it was not deserved and apology where it is not due. [applause] >> sean: that standing ovation comes less than 24 hours before mitt romney plans to embark on an international trip that will take him somewhere that president obama has avoided while in office, thats israel, americas closest ally in the middle-east. but as a brand-new rnc ad points out, the cold shoulder to the israeli people is one more thing trumped on the ...