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welcome back to the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. just minutes from now former president donald trump will be less than ten miles from the u.s. capitol, addressing a crowd of his adoring supporters as for all intents and purposes the front-runner for the 2024 gop nomination. despite his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, trump has been loading in several polls of republican voters as he delivers the keynote address at the annual cpac gathering later on this afternoon, ...

hello and welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing your busy newsday with us. president biden hits the road as we hit 12 days till election day. a handful of key senate races are a toss-up. republicans increase will go i confident about capturing the house. early voting way up, some democrats do see some hope there. plus, get this quote, security is a joke. we have some new cnn reporting shows millions of your tax dollars earmarked to protect elec...

Are blooming about the voting process. >> not a shortage of money. how much available? ballpark? >> over a billion in these grants. these grants arent just dedicated to election security but a range of crime fighting programs. there are other programs that have funding for this but we took a look at how the federal government was able to adapt to threats and this is what we found a paltry uptake. >> you get complaints from state and local officials saying these programs, its not clear, its not c...

Back. >> we have been abiding by federal law for quite some time before jeff sessions became attorney general, well continue to abide by federal law and u.s. constitution. and were hoping that the federal government will also abide by the u.s. constitution. which gives my state, the right to decide how to do public safety. reporter: what is at stake for jurisdictions that find themselves at odd with federal law, $20 million for california, and $4 billion for other cities and countries in country...

Policies to state senate leader kevin daly on essentially: the trump administration saying it has become abundantly clear that attorney general sessions in the trump administration are basing their line or his policies on white supremacy not american values. attorney general sessions called those remarks despicable and also some republican members of the california legislature agreed with one republican calling extreme language ridiculous. in california alone, $20 million is at stake for crime-f...

Tweeting about social security saying eventually but at a later date so we can get started earlier, mexico will be paid in some form or the badly needed order well. i need a vocalist live from los angeles with more. reporter: hi there, arthel. there has been some talk about the border wall this morning. here in california, the question is are lawmakers in the golden state will you to ask to protect illegal immigrants. as you just heard, there were some tough talk on the border recently when atto...

gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison? >> you must have been crush when they told you that you had to go back. >> revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with your host tonight brooke baldwin and dr. sanjay gupta. >> good evening. the bloody drug war in mexic...

about. twisted justice? >> i just saw him up with the bat and he started to swing and thats when i reached for the gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison? >> you must have been crush when they told you that you had to go back. >> revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is "cn...

>> can the violence be stopped? kaj larsen travels not front lines of a war few people know about. twisted justice? >> i just saw him up with the bat and he started to swing, and thats when i reached for the gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second-degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison. >> you must have been crushed? crushed when they told you you ha...

kaj larsen travels not front lines of a war few people know about. twisted justice? >> i just saw him up with the bat and he started to swing, and thats when i reached for the gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second-degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison. >> you must have been crushed? crushed when they told you you had to go back. >> revealing inves...