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 retribution in his words. and earlier today in california, the politician who could be trump s biggest rival for the gop nomination in 2024, florida governor ron desantis, speaking at the ronald reagan library. but we begin in selma, alabama, with arlette saenz. arlette, what can you tell us? jim, president biden used the anniversary of bloody sunday as an historic moment in civil rights history,
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 to do this, but my producers are putting me up to this. i understand you actually have a couple of hq-style trivia questions for us. i am probably going to get all of them wrong, but fire away. you re not a trivia guy? i am a trivia guy, but i feel like i m going to lose. but anyway. well, you re a proud dog daddy, as am i. here s a question about dog breeds. what was the most popular dog breed
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 pay for it? mexico. you can t just change the words. i like big brains and i cannot lie. because i m a trivia guy. it s not the same! mexico pays for the wall! (vo) a lifetime of your dog s
broke free from? exactly. the whole thing is just fantastic. i got a quick question for you, halpern. you re a you re a trivia guy. we showed the beatles up at the top. two of the beatles. so 1964, 50 years ago, we are going to celebrate in february the beatles coming to america and they had five songs in the top be list. i want to hold your hand and song after song top of the charts in 1964. 1964 grammys. song of the year, what is it? probably paul anka? that s a good guess. what was it? it was a girl from oh, yeah! herb albert? there you go. the girl from ipanema.