stories, and then asking her to open her eyes, which she did. and that takes it to a whole different level as opposed to just spontaneous eye opening, which is significant, but doing it to a command, doing -- and then reaching out with her hand and touching specific things, the wedding ring, for example, i heard the story, those are all very significant. sounds like she is really hearing, processing everything, and being able to execute these commands in a way that's improving day by day. eye opening again as i mentioned earlier, you really, you look at people's motor skills, which she is showing. their eye opening, which she's now showing, verbal skills would be sort of a third category. she can't do that right now because of the breathing tube that she still has in, but, you know, forward movement, anderson, every single day. >> good news indeed, always good to report. more in the hour ahead. more breaking news as it comes in tonight. we are going to play an extended portion of the president's speech in case you missed it. the live chat right now, ac360.com. also key moments tonight