the iraq elections

so. i saw hala this weekend. on saturday, sadly, i was too exhausted to finish viewing her whole shift. but, i saw hala.

then comes sunday. the Iraqi elections gave people who ordinarily report on their own to have co-anchors: jonathan (something) and ralitsa vassileva (if i misspelled that i am so sorry), and, more importantly, shihab with hala.
now, i know i've made a lot of comments on jim clancy's lack of chemistry with hala, but shihab... wow. that guy has no clue how to be a co-anchor. shihab! look beside you! it's a smart, witty, intelligent, beautiful woman! show some personality! and shihab just... doesn't. hala properly ignores him, giving him back the i-just-happen-to-be-sitting-with-someone reporting style he has for a few minutes, but hala knows how to be a co-anchor. she looks at him, tries to talk to him.... nothing.
it was so sad to watch because i love hala, and shihab's somewhere on my list of favorite CNN personalities. except, argh, shihab is still yet to show any.

by the way, i know hala loves her jeans (every Design 360 or ItME show she's hosted, she's been in jeans. and, love the shoes), and she's got good fashion taste, but what was the deal with that coat? that gray-like, fuzzy-like... thing?