the conversation changed and tonight, as a democrat, michelle obama made me proud. >> michelle obama took on donald trump as only the first lady could. the let's listen. >> ta is what barack and i think about every day as we try to guide and protect our girls through the challenges of this unusual life in the spotlight. how we urge them to ignore those who question their father's citizenship or faith. how we insist that the hateful language they hear tr public figures on tv does not represent the true spirit of this country. how we explain that when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don't stood to their level. no, our mott to is when they go low, we go high. with every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. we, as parents, are their most important role models. and let me tell you, barack and i take that same approach to our job as president and first lady because we know that our words and actions matter, not just to our girls, but the children across this country. this november when we go to the polls, that is what we're deciding. not de

it may have been michelle obama's speech. that becomes the most important moment of michelle obama. >> a couple of things can be true at once. the first lady was able to transcend some of the chaos in the hall and what we saw play out in philadelphia yesterday. someone and you are right, someone to explain the commitment to service. i do think democrats, first of all, if we are going to scrutinize the republicans for the ted cruz moment. there was not something as bad as that, but there is disunity here. hillary clinton has to be careful of what is bubble in the democratic party. they have to watch it closely before it spills over. >> what does that mean? that is bubbling. what should they do? >> i think hillary clinton has done as much as she can do credited bring. she has moved as far left and still be credible. embracing so much what he stood for. the reality is how noisy the room is. people who felt betrayed by elizabeth warren or the black lives matter. the libertarian candidates could be a destination for the millennial

she was reviewing michelle obama's speech. it was a great speech and something got left on the draft. just be with honest. >> go ahead, abdi. >> i thought she did a nice job. i think there will be an attack in the media for nitpicking. and i think it's close, but it's not so -- okay, it is kind of close. >> for the audience to understand how this works, it's not as if when someone gives a speech, they write it themselves. there are speech writers. i agree with amanda, it should have been caught. but this is not something we can attribute to melania trump. >> with but -- >> no, she did not. >> yes, she did! >> taking it out of cop text. she said i wrote this with as little help as possible. >> except the part that was plagiarized. >> donald trump and his campaign have set the bar so low that now all of a sudden plagiarism is, oh, my god, that was a mistake. >> i want to talk about that setting the bar so low. as i was sitting there watching the speeches, right, and oh, the speech was great, i wasn't feeling the speeches were al

michelle obama went there. and not necessarily on issues, the political issues, but in a broader, i think, more important way. she positioned hillary as the protector of the next generation, coming from michelle obama, as first lady, as a beloved mother, that's a really big deal. >> i would say, like, if we look at the polls that have been coming out, it can help us understand what the clinton campaign's strategy is here. we saw the pew poll, it said that 90% of people who are consistently with bernie plan to vote for hillary clinton. so, they can conclude that those people are probably okay. then we look at the cnn/orc poll and it shows that trump is gaining the independents so it seems that independents are where they need to gain ground and the trustworthiness and honesty is a big issue with those independents as we've seen all cycle. >> and elizabeth warren has been somebody who's been an attack dog for hillary clinton against donald trump, you know, and last ni night, elizabeth warren tried to talk about h

that was first lady michelle obama. in a speech that jabbed trump without mentioning his name, but giving a ringing endorsement of hillary clinton. a person over the course of the last eight years, there were not always great ties to. michelle obama walked away from the night as a surrogate that the clinton campaign wants to deploy over and over again throughout the course of the campaign. she was so effective "the new york daily news" changed the front page to reflect her impact on the convention. that is no small thing. leading up to the michelle obama speech, guys, it was tension-filled to say the least in the arena. there was booing and mocking and chanting. michelle obama started and that all stopped. that may have been a tipping point. what a night tonight. bill clinton will take the stage to speak. before that, another opportunity for bernie sanders fans who have not gotten on the hillary clinton bus, a point to cause trouble. a roll call. you want to talk about how they are working together behind the scenes. th

i think michelle obama was fascinating. i know my little girl didn't get a chance to watch it tonight. but when i get home after this 14-day road trip of both conventions, friday or saturday, this is something you sit back down and say hey, look, doesn't she look beautiful? doesn't she look elegant? did you hear what she said? she talked about sasha and malia. michelle obama will go down as one of the most classy, intelligent, beautiful first ladies this country's ever seen. it doesn't matter what she looks like per se, in terms of being black woman. but black, white or otherwise, she is on a pedestal by herself. she belongs on a pedestal by herself, and her strength and what she was able to do, her g magnamity, i think that's how you pronounce it. >> we forget sometimes, people online, the trolls and the critics and pundits, forget that people are human, she talked about her daughters. >> the trolls -- i mean people, literally have called her a beast, an orangutan. >> since 2006. >> but she, she rises above that, each and

michelle obama was helpful. she can talk directly to the american people. >> the note they have to bang this week for clinton is you have to be able to do this job. you have to be able to do this job. >> both parties are -- the republicans were really anti-hillary. the democrats are really anti-trump. >> i think chris is right, though. the fact of the matter is most americans know hillary. she and her family have been in the public eye for ages. forcing the likability argument they'll come up short. you have to go back to capability. can you trust her? can she do the job? is he is the person you want in the white house if we have tragic things happen in this country. >> i'm not so sure. in 1980 george will points out in his column in "today" they did ads showing that ronald reagan could be plain competent. >> thank you. stick around. >>> up next, we'll break down bernie sanders' big endorsement or was it of hillary clinton. >> you want to bet on whether or not it was? >> here we go. will his supporters follow? w

>> michelle obama 2016. i think she did a great job. as we know, the obamas and the clintons haven't always been the best of friends. she clearly went full-throated for hillary. she may be a better surrogate for hillary than hillary is. she was an incredible public speaker and really connected across all sorts of lines last night. even that slavery comment, that's not about a bernie versus hillary thing. some of us don't feel we're in that conversation at all. >> in philosophy, we ask are things good for themselves and their consequences. was it a good speech because it was a good speech or was it good because, from the political standpoint, you think it actually helps hillary clinton? >> i think it helps hillary clinton for the obamas and the clintons to look connected. it was a very full-throated endorsement of hillary clinton. we know they haven't been the best of pals. >> scott ti, hillary clinton did not say -- michelle obama did not say his name, but made several distinctions and took some hits at donald trump last night, talking

michelle obama said dignity and respect. melania just said respect, and michelle said what you do what you say you're going to do. and melania said do what you say and keep your promise. >> i don't understand how that happened. melania said i wrote the entire speech with a little help as possible. the campaign is saying in writing her beautiful speech, her team of writers, team of writers took notes on her life inspiration and in some instances, included fragments that reflected her own thinking. >> they haven't fully addressed -- >> not quite. >> what happened here. in fairness, she said give an entire speech. these are just two passages. a lot of questions over how exactly this happened. >> in fairness other people have dropped out of presidential campaigns in the past for plagiarizing. not that she's running for president, but a signature speech. >> last night's other big event. the surprise drama on the bachelorette. >> our senior analyst is back. "the i don't think there was any plagiarism last night. >> no? jojo didn't

>> well, there's no cribbing of michelle obama's speech. these were common words and values, that she cares about her family, that things like that -- she was speaking in front of 35 million people last night. she knew that. to think that she would be cribbing michelle obama's words is crazy. it's -- i mean, this is once again an example of when a woman threatened hillary clinton, how she seeks out to demean her and take her down. it's not going to work. >> all i'm saying is the language is strikingly similar. i'm not making a big deal of it. i know everybody's talking about it this morning, but i don't think it's an allegation. it's not some suggestion without proof. i think it happened. i don't understand why the campaign doesn't just own it and say, people borrow phrases, that's what happened and move on. that's what ironically obama did in 2008 when clinton said he cribbed. he said, yeah, you're right, i did it. >> no. he did do it. that is correct. but in this particular case -- certainly there's no feeling on her part that she did it.

and michelle obama's role in reshaping the image of black women. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] karen:oo welcome to "cityline." later in the program we will look at media images of african-americans dating back 100 years, leaving lasting impressions that shape the sum of today's attitudes towards the black community could michelle obama wowed the opening night of the democratic national convention with a speech that earned praise and admiration from all. michelle obama: don't let anyone , that somehow we need to make it great again, because this right now is the greatest country on earth. karen: her close to 70% approval rating is totally opposite from her first appearance on the national stage eight years ago, when some characterized -- some media characterized her as an angry black woman. joining us is joyce ferriabough-bolling of the congress, and the first african-american president of the boston club, one of the largest communities of wome

so when michelle obama spoke, two things happened. first of all se made everybody proud in the way of what you said that obama had accomplished. and dug down to emotional depth, transferring the history she had had made on race to what she was proposing the history would be on behalf of her own daughters. that -- hillary clinton could make. i thought it was one of the best -- i've been in the hall for some great speeches, chris, going all the way back to ted kennedy in 1980. that is one of the top three for its emotional depth and political utility. >> and i think tonight -- >> what did you see in the hall? >> well, with we first got there, i agree with howard. it was interesting despite what we saw through the two or three people in the camera, i thought people were decked out in bernie gear, but who really wanted conciliation, who were sad but said i really want to conciliate. when we moved across the hall, the other side where the energy was coming from where the holdouts, at one point -- they even tried to start a -- during michel

here is what melania said and here's what michelle obama said. >> there's no cribbing of michelle obama's speech. these were common words and values, that she cares about her family. she was speaking in front of 5 million people last night. she knew that. to think she would be cribbing michelle obama's words is crazy. this is once again an example of when a woman threatens hillary clinton, how she seeks to demean her and take her down. it's not going to work. >> all i'm saying is the language is strikingly similar. i'm not making a big deal of it. i know everybody's talking about it this morning. but i don't think it's an allegation. it's not some suggestion without proof. i think it happened. i don't understand why the campaign doesn't just own it and say people borrow phrases, that's what happened and move on. that's what obama did in 2008 when clinton said he cribbed. he said, yeah, you're right, i did it. >> no. he did do it. that is correct. but in this particular case there was a process certainly of collaborati collaboration. certainly there's no feeling on her part that she did it

so then when michelle obama spoke, two things happened. first of all, she made everybody proud in the way you said of what the obamas had accomplished. and then dug down into emotional depth, transferring the history she had made on race to what she was proposing the history would be on behalf of her own daughters, that hillary clinton could make. i thought it was one of the best -- i've been in the hall for some great speeches, chris, going all the way back to ted kennedy in 1980. that's one of the top three for its emotional depth and political utility. >> joy reid, what did you see in the hall? >> when we first got, there i agree with howard, we for a while were standing behind the florida delegation. what was interesting, despite what we saw through the two or three people who went and talked to our cameras, i saw people decked out in bernie gear, but who really wanted conciliation, who were saying i'm sad about this but i'm ready to conciliate. when we moved to the other side of the hall, the california delegation, where the other sid

michelle obama stole the show. some say it's one of the best speeches she has ever delivered and maybe one of the best we have seen. i want to see a minute at me. thank you. >> when you have the military in your command you can't make snap decisions. you can't have a thin skin or tendency to lash out. you need to be steady and measured and well informed. i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. and i watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, black, young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. >> and because of hillary clinton my daughters and all our sons daughter take for granted that a woman can be president of the united states. >> powerful and personal and positive and a contrast. >> such contract with what she believes we saw. it made so many -- think about her talking about a black family in the white house, her daughters on the lawn. i have seen the dogs out on the lawn at the white house. and the ad the clinton campaign has out where children are watching videos of

michelle obama is a fairly polarizing figure. and to praise michelle obama the day before donald trump becomes the nominee, when so much of the energy that has propelled donald trump forward in this nomination stems from conservative contempt for the obamas. is remarkable. if you've been in a different place the last few days and not sure what we're talking about. let's go back to monday night. melania trump was supposed to be the moment of magic. a tribute to the man, a tribute to the marriage. but the convention has been stirred up and the media has been stirred up since because of this. >> barrack and i were raised with so many of the same values. >> from a young age, my parents impressed on me the values. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> that you work hard for what you want in life. >> that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you're going to do. >> that your word is your bond. and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> that was monday night. it's clear. there are more passages too. a few more

here is the thing about michelle obama. one, she has been in the spotlight but out of the political spotlight for the past eight years. so when we saw her deliver so well last night, people all of a sudden raised their eyes again and say wow, she really is talented. second thing is, what is she going to do for hillary clinton on campaign trail the next couple of months. she could be extremely powerful and very, very helpful. >> you know, donald trump's secret weapon is ivanka, right, and michelle obama, i would -- weld, i guess she presented a contrast to that, because i thought ivanka trump was very strong during the republican national convention. michelle obama, does she sort of have to be out there to counter ivanka? >> i don't know that it is to counter ivanka. it is to counter hillary's own negatives. people don't trust hillary by a wade margin right now. you heard michelle say i trust hillary clinton. when you can get drawn into such an emotional speech and convey it over to hillary clinton, and it sounded very belie

those were actually handed out just as they handed out michelle obama signs for michelle obama coming out. >> really, really incredible act of leadership on his part. >> right. >> this is a hard horse to ride. when you got a mass movement, and that thing is whipped up and it's moving, and, you know, those people out there were crying, to get out there and to in able to get his arms around that movement, hug them, hold them, tell them you did great and show them a future that's not about sitting down, not about surrendering, not about being grumpy, it's about taking this thing forward. she may have won the nomination. god bless her. he's won over a huge part of this party and platform and the future is on the side of the young people he brought here, the enthusic people he brought here. i'm telling you, what he just pulled off is very, very -- kudos to him. >> trump's a pig, trump's a pig, there's nobody else you can really vote for, right, that would have been effective and easy. this is more effective because he told them there was something positive about hillary, something positive

trump was inspired by michelle obama. that's -- >> she has said that -- >> i think it's really interesting. i think it is something to dwell on given what this campaign is. look, this election -- let's not get too far into the weeds over this. this will go away at some point. >> it will. it will. >> but this election is the gettysburg of the cultural wars. whoever wins this election, culture wars may be over but they're never going to be the same. it is about two americas. whoever wins, we are going to see a different america. and that -- what we saw in the hall last night was that battle being waged. and i think somewhat effectively in terms of those who are in the middle, who are be i understand pen -- independents. i think there was sol ground gained in the culture wars last night for the trump people. >> positively? >> positively. not in terms of -- >> i didn't hear her say four score and seven years ago last night. >> i'm happy to move past this. i'm happy to move past this as someone who's not a supporter of the tru

in 2008 when michelle obama gave it. but the fact that it's from michelle obama, as well just as an extra turn of the screw. >> it opens up josh ernst the chance to be cute as hel tomorrow morning and you know what obama loves to do, sting like a be? he would go after the guy. he's taking my wife's speeches away from her. >> the speech writing orbit within inside of the trump campaign. you got steven miller, the main speechwriter for the trump campaign. i also reported a few hours ago, trump brought on reagan hands top consult on speeching specially for his inaugural. >> michael do you think there's possibility that the trump people it can finesse this and deny it. >> no, if the paragraph in question is identical and apparently it is, you're not going to want to finesse there. you want to get out in front of it, sack who is ever responsible for it. many people had their fingerprints prints on this thing and didn't catch it. this touches on the future first lady if you're donald trump. this touches on his wife. it becomes

michelle obama being one of them. she jotted down a few lines from the 2008 democratic national convention speech. that is how it ended up in the final speech. she included it. that is her explanation. the big issue here is, over the course of the last 24 hours, the trump campaign publicly has pushed back very hard on any indication that this was plagiarism despite what everybody's been reporting instead. all of those comments now look wrong. because of this staffer now acknowledging this is the first trump campaign apology. admitting wrong doing. they're trying to move on it day three of the convention, wolf. >> all right. phil mattingly thanks for that update. the calls for republicans to unite are growing louder and louder here in cleveland. now that donald trump is officially the nominee of the republican party for president. the house speaker paul ryan was lukewarm in his initial reaction to trump as all of you remember. at the convention last night, he said it's time for the republican party to come together. >>

michelle obama is not in this fight. she's not a elizabeth warren or bernie sanders, she's not a hillary clinton person. she was a neutral voice and did what they couldn't do at the republican convention which is have a person with a lot of power walk in and validate the nominee in a way that captured the hearts of everyone in the room. she talked about, when she said, i live in a house that was built by slaves, that brings a moral weight to the conversation that nobody else can bring. she talked about her daughters. it was a beautifully written speech. then she put hillary clinton, she testified to her grit, she testified to her as a baton carrier of her husband's legacy and presidency and talked about her children, daughters, growing up under a female president and how powerful that would be, and i think that kind of settled things down, then elizabeth warren and bernie sanders came and testified for hillary clinton kind of finishing it off a bit. >> i think there put michelle obama on the ticket. >> michelle obama was

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obama's speech. >> did the language, did a portion of the language come from michelle obama's speech? yes or no. >> as far as we're concerned, there were similar words used, we said that, but the feelings of the words, the commonality of the words, did not create a situation that we feel we have to agree with you. >> as for trump, he says he welcomes the attention tweeting good news is melania's speech got more publicity than any other in the history of politics. especially if you believe all press is good press. the trump campaign hopes to turn the focus to tonight's program which includes speeches from eric trump and mike pence. the trump campaign extended another unusual v.p. offer. at one point, donald trump called a kasich advisor to see if he would serve as v.p. >> also on tap tonight, a number of trump's rivals. >> i want to see unity, and the way for us to see unity is for us to unite behind shared principals. us to unite in defense of liberty. >> the one generating the most buzz is texas senator ted cruz and the question of whether or not he will finally endorse donald trump

echoing michelle obama. so, you'll walk up these stairs tonight. >> i will. >> and out onto this stage. >> i will. >> you are used to speeches, but is there -- >> this is a little different. >> is there any trepidation? >> you know, listen, i think i'll probably get nervous right before. i'm confident about my father, i'm confident about our message. >> there will be millions, of course, watching at home, just as they were last night. >> yeah. >> a lot of people are now pointing to the speech your dad's wife gave last night, melania. did you write your speech? >> i did. >> tonight. >> i did. >> no help? >> we have, obviously, listen, a speech of this level, we're not politicians, we're not political, so, we have people that do it, but we have to infuse, they work with us and they look through it and stuff like that, with our brothers and my sister. and obviously some people that do this for a living, but i think, you know, you end up with sort of a block, and then you have to make it your own. >> i know that

michelle obama provided the poetry for the evening. he had to come out in a room that had been booing all day and assure them it's okay to vote for hillary clinton. >> the reality is he's on hillary clinton's team. he had his moment, prime time in the sun. they were taken aback. you could see them, i was in the room when this was going on. they were huddling together, faces drawn, very serious. that's why had that hot mic moment from jane sanders who acknowledged she had concerns. they were worried about this exploding into something bigger. he really started this movement and to a certain extent he can't control it. staffers running out on the convention floor trying to tamp this down. a lot saying grassroots doesn't understand this level of politics. >> the move was underestimated at the start even by the dnc chair her self. >> republicans who thought tea party was monaco they were going to be able to control, welsch republicans. obviously ideals are very different but that sense you have this group that has power, out of control, no

obama, coming to the stage right now. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome first lady michelle obama. >> martha raddatz, she could be the most politician in america right now, of course, not an elected official. >> she certainly is. and the person she wants to talk about tonight is hillary clinton. rub off some of that popularity. >> first of a blockbuster lineup. >> hello! thank you, all. thank you so much. you know, it's hard to believe that it has been eight years since i first came to this convention to talk with you about why i thought my husband should be president. remember how i told you about his character and conviction? his decency and his grace? the traits that we've seen every day that he's served our country in the white house. i also told you about our daughters, how they are the heart of our hearts, the center of our world and during our time in the white house, we've had the joy of watching them grow from bubbly little girls into poised young women. a journey that started soon after we arrived in washington, when they set off for their first day at their new school.

and we're told that michelle obama particularly was no friend of hillary clinton. and for her to come around and to give that kind of testimonial tonight, unbelievably powerful. one last point. you want to know what hillary clinton is doing here? michelle obama leaving the white house this year would have to come back and win the democratic nomination in 2032 to do what hillary clinton is doing at this convention. >> you mentioned the tension. and, brit, we saw it through the day. some of the cheering, some of the boos. we also saw it in the al franken speech that sarah silverman kind of came out and taunted the bernie sanders people and jacked them up again. >> right. well, i don't think that the tensions are overblown. in fact, i was struck today as i watched the two events, the debbie wasserman schultz event and then later the bernie sanders event, by how angry they are and disappointed they are and how unfairly they think their candidate was treated. and that's there for all to see. >> we're going to listen to elizabeth warren, senator of massachusetts, beloved

nothing to do with michelle obama. that is probably what will come forward today. >> we don't know who wrote the passages that look the same. the statement from the campaign suggested there were speech writers involved. earlier, melania trump suggested she was pretty solo. >> she was the only one who did it. essentially the only one which raised questions about the statement. the statement said team of advisors. that contradicted what she said earlier. this is what she said on the "today" show. suggesting it was all her that wrote the speech. >> has she gone over the speech with you? did you practice it on the plane? >> i read once over it. that's all. i wrote it with as little help as possible. >> clearly, there's the contradiction saying she did it essentially by herself. did not have much help at all. that is one of the things they will have to answer going forward. also the trump campaign did not want to say it was one single speech writer. they did not want to throw melania trump under the bus. >> maybe the issue

to think that she would be cribbing michelle obama's words is crazy. this is once again an example of when a woman threatens hillary clinton, how she seeks out to demean her and take her down. it's not going to work. >> reporter: guys, we're about 13, 14 months into the trump campaign. that's a pretty familiar strategy right now. when they're questioned, when they believe they're under attack, they don't gather everybody together and cower. they attack. that's what you saw from paul manafort right there. that's what we've seen throughout the day today. this is a very important day for donald trump's convention. his nomination is considered today. there's some thought if they can get through this morning and into the afternoon and evening program. you've got chris christie, donald trump junior, that they can get past this. there's no question about it, guys. when you look at what last night was supposed to be and what we're ought talking about this morning, there's a business of a sense of frustration, this is mott the sense of what they wanted at the s

amy: that was michelle obama. this was bill o'reilly's response. >> slaves that worked there were well fed andnd had decent lodgig provided by the government am a witch stopped hiring a slave deny in 1802, , but the feds for bit subcontractors from usining slave labor. so michelle obama is essentially correct in saying slaves were builders of the white house, but therere were others working, as well. amy: the comments sparked widespread outrage and were e sn as a a defense o of slavery.y. but on wednesday, o'reilly claimed the statements were "just a fact." actually, primary sources contradict his claims. in a letter from november 28, 1800, first lady abigail adams described enslaved africans forced to labor on the white house's construction as being "half fed and destitute of clothing." turkey's government has dismissed nearly 1,700 military personnel and closed more than 130 media outlets since a failed coup earlier this month. that number includes nearly half of all turkish generals and admirals. human rights g

the first lady of the united states, michelle obama, is about to address the crowds. >> first lady, michelle obama. ♪ ♪ >> oh! thank you all. thank you so much. you know, it's hard to believe that it has been eight years since i first came to this convention to talk with you about why i thought my husband should be president. remember how i told you about his character and convictions. his decency and his grace, the traits that we've seen every day that he served our country in the white house. i also told you about our daughters, how they are the heart of our hearts, the center of our world, and during our time in the white house, we've had the joy of watching them grow from bubbly little girls into poised young women. a journey that started soon after we arrived in washington when they set off for their first day at their new school. i will never forget that winter morning as i watched our girls, just 7 and 10 years old, pile into those black suvs with all those big men with guns. and i saw their little faces pressed up against the window. and the only thing i could think was, what hav

it was a big michelle obama speech. yes, brought to you by melania trump. >> you're word is your bond and you do what you say. you're word is your bond and you say what you're going to do. and to know that the height of you're achievement is were willingness to work hard for them. >> larry: oh, man. apparently a significant chunk of michelle obama's 2008 speech at the democratic speech was like airlifted out of denver and dropped into cleveland for melania trump. this is shocking. and it's worse than when melania took her let us do motions campaign. all right. i didn't think she'd get away with that so there you go. ok. who is responsible for this? whoever it is it's going to be their last day on the trump campaign. >> i voted. >> larry: with a little help from michelle obama. and i have a dream. but she admitted she wrote it but it didn't stop the campaign from bending over to defend her and watch campaign manager paul manafort defend her. >> how do you explain the similarities. >> there's fragments of words. >> larry:

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this clip compares the two speeches, beginning with michelle obama. and ibama: barack obama were raised on so many values, which is you work hard for what you want in life. mrs. trump: the values, that you work hard for what you want in life. mrs. obama: that your word is your bond and you do what you say you are going to do. mrs. trump: that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. mrs. opera -- mrs. obama: we want all children to know that the only limits to your achievements is the reach of your trends and the willingness to work hard for them. mrs. trump: because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievement is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. amy: that was melania trump in her speech monday night at the opening of the republican national convention and michelle obama in her speech at the dnc in 2008. in response to the allegations of plagiarism, trump campaign chairman paul manafort told cnn melania trump had not plagiarized michelle obama, and th

michelle obama not only would have not gotten a pass on this. fwhoeb have been asking who really wrote the speech. she would have been taken apart and dismantled by the right had she done this in 2008. >> what would they had have said about her. >> she's a liar, she's a phony, she's a fraud and than it reflects directly back on her husband. the scandals that hurt you are the ones that go to your underlying weakness. what is trump's biggest weakness, the idea of scam, fraud, that trump university was fake, the idea he defrauded small business. >> it would have reflected on barack obama if had he done it. >> my view is he can't quit. >> he'll fire some underling. >> the underling who should be fired. >> the last few minutes i've spoken to a trump advisor. they think this is absurd. they're watching the press coverage right now. and they're doing their own analysis. in the last few minutes, i spoke to a friend of the family and they said the assumption within trump's circle of friends is that melania did write the speech with the approval of paul m

he's a great guy, a good husband, good father, that's what michelle obama did and mrs. trump should be allowed to do the same thing. i don't want a first wife telling me what my kids in school need to be eating, what my lumberyard needs to look like, how i need do my laundry, stay away from the issues, stick to family. >> fair enough but when you look at these passages, two paragraphs, they're almost identical. does that worry you? if a student were accused of plagiarism, a kid could get thrown out of school for that. >> that doesn't bother me. i have no way of knowing nor do you that was plagiarized. it was a wonderful speech. my hat is off to her. she has a good healthy strong marriage as she should, as do the obamas. leave it alone. move on. >> let's talk about who you're supporting because when there's a roll call each delegation will report how many delegates will be supporting donald trump. last night and yesterday afternoon we were in the middle of that melee. you said originally you were a rand paul supporter. who is your vote going to tonig tonight. >> i do not

i didn't credit to michelle obama. fine. plagiarism, right? taking someone else's words as your own, fine. what we've heard from paul manafort is well this is the media, these words were common words. well, that doesn't jive with what was just put out. why didn't the trump campaign not only do this, not do it overnight monday night into tuesday morning, why is what they are saying now different than what paul manafort was saying on the morning shows this morning? >> well, in fact what the campaign was saying for the last 48 hours was basically, if you look at the video of michelle obama and melania trump side by side, it's basically what do you believe me or your lying eyes, sam stein? >> well, it's just the explanations are absurd. my little pony one was the most absurd. and the disorganization we have to note is not just about coming up with melania's speech. the first night was kind of a disaster in other ways too. the hall was half empty at times. >> last night too. >> and some of the prime time speakers were not i

to take michelle obama's worord, to think she would do that is crazy. this is once again an example that when a woman threatens hillary clinton. amy: meanwhile, outside the convention arena, both pro- and anti-trump protests continued monday, with thousands of people marching to denounce donald trump's presumptive nomination and gathering to hear a concert by prophets of rage, a new project of public enemy's chuck d and rage against the machine's tom morello. other activiststs woed to construca massivwawall tusee in a a protest later in the wee. >> this is lj, a i am here with mejente in cleveland, the art spaceceand we a doing an aconon called wall o trump, so we'rere buiing g thsands s feet beautifulwall that is anand hamessssag from m r communities. werere encircling e g and e convenon cente and 're going to sw trump keep his te out of r communies. amy: huneds moreeople rallied inupportf donald trump. we' have re voicefrom the streetlater in t broadst. inaltimorethe four of six poli offics to go onrial fothe deatof freddieray has be acquied. lieutent

several segments lifted from the speech from michelle obama's 2008 speech. listen. >> my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> barack and i were raised with so many of the same values like you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond. that you do what you say you are going to do. >> that you treat people with respect. ey

michelle obama? cory -- and we still have bernie coming up! >> [applause] of bernie reminds us what democrats fight for every day. thank you, person bernie. thank you. [applause] now, we are here tonight because america face's choice. the choice of a new president. on one side is a man who inherited a fortune from his father, who kept it going by cheating people, by skipping out on debt, a man who has never sacrificed anything for anyone, who man who cares only for himself, every minute of hear day. on the other side is one of the smartest, toughest, most tenacious people on this planet, a woman who fights for children, for women, for health care, for human rights, a woman who fights tore for all of us and who is strong enough to win those fights. we're here today because our choice is hillary clinton. i'm with hillary. i'm with hillary. i'm with hillary. you know, for me, this choice is personal. it's about who we are as a people. it's about what kind of a country we want to be. i grew up in oklahoma. my daddy ended up as a maintenance man an

. >> do you believe michelle obama is owed an apology in any way? >> i don't know, i don't know that michelle obama, whoever is involved, i don't think so. >> and donald trump? well, he's trying to spin a story that doesn't seem to go away. tweeting, "good news is melania's speech got more publicity than any in the history of politics. especially if you believe that all press is good press." david, this no doubt puts additional pressure on the trumps that still have to speak at this convention. eric trump telling us today, he wrote his entire speech himself, no speechwriter. david? >> tom llamas leading us off again tonight. tom, thank you. >>> and as i mentioned at the top, george stephanopoulos talking with donald trump just moments ago here in cleveland. this is the first time donald trump has talked about this, his wife, that speech, and the fallout. and here's what he told george. >> she's been with me a long time. she's a very good person. she came to see me because she hated to see the conflict, and she made a mistake. and, you know, people m

a journalist from the bay area instantly recognized it as identical in places to michelle obama's 2008 convention speech. peggy bunker talked to the man who broke the story wide open on twitter. >> jerry hill was so inspired by michelle obama's 2008 convention speech, he memorized it. he cried plagiarism on twitter and the story exploded. critical speeches like this are heavily voted. many people are wondering how could have happen. >> that your work is your bond, that your word is your bond. >> it didn't take long for the country to notice the melania trump speech sounded eerily familiar. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> fairfield native jared hill, a michelle obama fan, knew her 2008 speech so well, he was able to say parts of it with melania trump. >> reporter: hill tweeted this speech which caught on like wild five. melania must have liked michelle's 2008 convention speech since she just plagiarized it. >> i said to the screen as she was saying it, and you're willingness to work for them. i was like, that's kind of weird. th