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welcome to this special 8:00 hour of the "cnn newsroom." im jim acosta in washington and we begin this hour with an emotional anniversary of a pivotal moment in american history. on a busy weekend when the race for the white house was taking shape. president joe biden was in selma, alabama, today for the anniversary of bloody sunday, and a speech before some of the countrys most prominent civil rights leaders. while outside washington, a very different scene in a very different speech,...

About cpac. you used to go with trump to cpac. how surprising was it to see him winning that straw poll, giving the headliner speech, despite all of these investigations into his actions before, during, and after his presidency. did you think that he would be at this point right now? >> by the way, its like going to a bingo parlor, youre the only one there, and hey, i won bin go. hes the only one thats there! i mean, other than nikki haley, who else hads announced? cpac right now is not the cpac...

And just in time for kim paxton to give his headliner speech at cpac this weekend in dallas before donald trump takes the stage there. i should also tell you texas attorney general kim paxton himself is under indictment on securities fraud charges in the state of texas. has been for years. texas attorney general kim paxton is under fbi investigation for abusing his office to allegedly benefit a wealthy campaign donor, a scheme so egregious and over the top seven of paxtons top deputies in the at...