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Leadership, from senator ted cruz and we were expect to go see governor greg abbott of texas. he is, instead, going to stay in uvalde and is going to send a prerecorded video message for those attending. now, in terms of security, because president donald trump will be speaking later on this afternoon, it is the secret service that will be in charge of that hall where he will be speaking. no guns will be allowed inside of the hall according to secret service, but outside of the convention the houston police department saying they're going to be able to -- or going to try to protect both the pe...

Situation. law enforcement officials and local businesses in washington, d.c. are on edge this weekend. thousands of people are expected to show up for a number of protests including one against vaccine mandates. cnn's suzan malveaux is there. so suzanne, tell me about all this activity in d.c. this weekend. >> reporter: well, pam, d.c. is bustling this weekend. today the focus was on abortion around the 49th anniversary of roe v. wade. former vice president mike pence joining anti-choice activists while you had counterprotesters advocating for abortion rights, rallying outside of the supreme ...

Nationalists descended on charlottesville, virginia, to defend a monument to robert e. lee. their arrival marked the beginning of 24 hours of violent clashes with counterprotesters. one person was killed, others were beaten and bloodied. >> after the unlawful assembly was declared it was really very festive. it just felt like we've won. that's when we heard this loud bang. one car got pushed into the intersection, another car got pushed in right behind it. it was just utter chaos. >> it's hard to imagine that such a big moment happened in this little space, but these big moments happen in smal...

To contemplate the possibility of counterprotesters, contemplate other people being there. we know a lot of folks indicted about antifa, they were going to clash with antifa. that never happens. you sort of layout a theory there was an anticipation that would happen and actually those clashes archbishop part of what they conceived of as an important part of what they wanted to happen that day? >> yes, absolutely. you know, that mark meadows see mail unearth released this week is so critical to understanding the whole day. because as you said, why would the national guard be on standby to prote...

One else there around. and that meadows email, which appears to contemplate the possibility of counterprotesters. it appears to contemplate other people being there. we know from a lot of testimony of folks who haven't been indicted. fears they would clash with antifa. that never happens. you laid out a theory there was an anticipation that would happen and actually those clashes were part of what they conceived of as an important part of what they wanted to happen that day. >> the mark meadows email that was unearthed is so critical to understanding the whole day. as you said, why would the n...