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To the messiah, jesus, i can't believe how caught up the media gets in these moments. it's 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 isn't 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 speeches in there. the nation without liberty and equality, remain half free and half slave. and...

I disagree strongly talking about her dress or her shoes. it's 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, both of them. and don't forget, president obama has never before held a job that didn't pay him fro...

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 you've 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 candidate's speech itself, but it's key, it is what the whole week is for. it is key, you also definitely in that hour, get in the video. last night, the romney campaign did not get in the video. and we k...

good evening, i'm erin burnett. former egyptian president hosni mubarak has been declared clinically dead. his lawyer and military contradict the reports saying he's 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 years. and then we have the supreme council of the armed forces which took over after he was oust...

america's 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 there's 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 what's known as the green village here. close to the center of kabul, a place where many foreign contractors and ex-pats live in ...