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To the messiah, jesus, i cant believe how caught up the media gets in these moments. its actually comical, but i wanted to ask you for the speech itself, i felt it was a hodgepodge of written by people that want today come up with their ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country moment and when you write a speech like that isnt it likely to fail? >> well, you have to use your own words. but what they did cribbed a lot from abraham lincoln, i saw at least three...

I disagree strongly talking about her dress or her shoes. its awful. >> eric: it was tongue and cheek. having fun. wonderful person. >> dana: it was mean. >> eric: fantastically delivered speech, well written and well prepared. my only issue with the speech itself, nothing with the first lady. the issue with the speech itself was she kept talking about what a tough time that she and barack had growing up. they come from very, very nice schooling backgrounds, high schools, to harvard law school, ...

Even the candidate introduction films from the bad campaigns are good candidate introduction films. this is good stuff. this is the best the campaign can do. so this has become sort of the way you do this in politics. in the magical 10:00 p.m. coverage that youve got with all of the broadcast networks, you get in maybe an introductory speech by someone else, maybe you do that. you get in the candidates speech itself, but its key, it is what the whole week is for. it is key, you also definitely i...

good evening, im erin burnett. former egyptian president hosni mubarak has been declared clinically dead. his lawyer and military contradict the reports saying hes in a coma. ivan watson is in cairo want to. ivan, what a day it has been. what are your sources telling you? >> reporter: good evening, erin. again, these conflicting reports, where we have state media on the one hand saying that hosni mubarak is clinically dead, the 84-year-old president who ruled this country for nearly 30...

americas longest running war after a trip to afghanistan by president obama. the unannounced visit to kabul was full of secrecy and symbolism, be but not very many specifics. a tough reminder that theres a long way to go in that country. suicide car bomber and taliban militants disguised attacked a housing compound. nick paton walsh is live with us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it appears the suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into whats known as the green villag...

this is not a way to treat people. >> the laws author state senator pierce testified that ass safety depends on the law. >> in syria the reports of deaths are mounting. a huge explosion rocked damascus today. kofi annan is expected to brief the security council about the latest. president obama has signed an executive order authorizing new sanctions against the syrian government and iran for attacking citizens. >> trial of the man accused of killing singer jennifer hudsons relative. hu...

an idea that has bipartisan sport, at least outside of washington. some of whats broken has to do with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business, passed through the senate. neither party has been blamed. now both parties should put an end to it. for starters, i ask them to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public nominations receive a simple umor down vote within 90 days. the executive branch also ...

routine business, passed through the senate. neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. for starters, i asked the senate to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. [ applause ] the executive branch also needs to change. too often its inefficient, outdated, and remote. thats why ive asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureauc...

>> good to see you. have a great day. from studio 7, im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. lets get you up to date for this wednesday, september 7th. in texas, more wildfires break out as the state battles its worst fire season on record. at last count, 22 new fires are burning. those and dozens more have scorched 120,000 acres in the last week. and across the state, four people have died and more than 700 homes have burned. for many people who have evacuated, there is heartb...

party, and what this country has or hasnt learned since 9/11. plus singer josh groban. >> i laughed. i cried. i think i through up too. >> a man who can make anything sound good, even my tweets. >> i might want to give some of your very dramatic, very passionate tweets, the gravitas that they quite frankly deserve. ♪ memo to all the spotty tax dodging door scrounging anarchists in london, please just give it a rest for today, can you ♪ ♪ thanks >> this is "piers morgan tonight." ...