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His perception of michael flynn and his involvement in this case. it's difficult to know because the president still has not spoken out publicly himself on this matter. reporters have been given the chance to ask him about it at a couple press conferences and have not maybe because they were friendly news outlets to the president, to the white house. this really is not going to be settled until we hear it from the mouth of the president himself, whether that's on twitter, whether that's in a question. and that's going to be really important. because right now we are kind of unsure of where mic...

Behind me. >> so the hospital isn't given an update and haven't since friday but you had a chan to talk exclusively to her neurosurgeon. what did you learn from him about her prospects and her condition? >> reporter: right. i sad down with dr. kim, the head of neurosurgery here. he said they have been pleased every day with her progress. every day they have seen her do something that indicates that she is getting better. and i also spoke with congresswoman wasserman schultz, debbie wasserman schultz. she said she heard from giffords' husband and he said the other night giffords watched an hour...

It a lot more than what the president has advocated. certainly we'll have some disaxwremts, but i do think we can all move forward together, get people back to work and actually produce a better future than the president talked about. >> last thing on that tone and on the tea party response that ms. bachmann gave last night, is there some way you think -- not even overshadowed but in some way competing against the official gop response, her tone was certainly different from the official gop response. and are you bothered that cnn broadcast her response, thereby elevating it in some way? >> no,...

It's a mixture of lamb. a lamb mixture. >> lamb mixture? we don't have that in the south. the dirtiest hotels. i'm sure you've been in some in your life you thought were nasty. now we have the nastiest. according to trip adviser the grand resort hotel in pigeon forge, tennessee, you do not want to check into that place. now, the hotel is actually defending -- let me show you the list we have on the screen. number two on the list. judged by people who write in to trip advisory. but jack london inn at jack london square in oakland, california, came in number two. and the desert inn resort in d...

>> and as we mentioned in the last hour, the facts were mostly all in order last night, just like the civility. not only were the speeches pretty civil last night but they also got most of the facts right. still our fact checkers here at cnn threw a few penalty flags as we were going through the addresses. let's start with president obama. as you recall a big part of the address was devoted to the president's called for a sputnik moment with investments in education, innovation and infrastructure. as mr. obama was making the pitch for the country to switch to green energy, he made a statement ...