CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta July 6, 2024
gathering where his base has seemingly seized control. and the man who tried but failed to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be his party's front-runner at least for now according to recent polls. late this afternoon, cpac released its very own nonscientific straw poll. trump crushed the politician seen as the biggest rival for the nomination, at least at this point, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. cnn's kristen holmes joins us from the cpac gathering. how's it been going so far? what's the former president saying? >> reporter: so former president trump still s...