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welcome to this special 8:00 hour of the "cnn newsroom." i'm 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 country's most prominent civil rights leaders. while outside washington, a very different scene in a very different speech, as former president donald trump spoke to the conservative political action conference, vowing re...

Phenomenon. what was that like for you? >> it was wild. i had been a struggling, underemployed comedian in new york city for about 12, 13 years, just trying to do my thing. and i get this audition and it really changed my life. what can i say. all of a sudden i'm getting recognized when i'm walking around soho, having lunch with my cousin, getting recognized. people dressing as me for halloween. i'm being asked to speak at these events and conferences and people screaming for me. i felt like justin bieber for a couple of months there. >> that's got to be a good feeling. >> yeah! >> i hesitate ...

Happening as well. >> i'm sure though are his goals but this is a white house more accustomed to flipping out. phil, great reporting. nice to see the president's reading your stuff. >> thanks, steph. next, a frightening new video from isis claims to show a 10-year-old american boy. we'll have the story behind it next. and president trump has threatened a government shutdown over the border wall which we all thought mexico was paying for. and trevor noah had one suggestion for president -- stick to the dpraetdst hits. >> you can't just change the words to your song, trump. who's going to ...