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meanwhile, president vladimir zelenskyy announcing ukraine s long anticipated spring counteroffensive is underway to be back vladimir putin s illegal invasion. welcome to fox news live. arthel: hello, president zelenskyy hosted canadian prime minister justin trudeau whose on an unannounced trip to kiev saying canada is giving ukraine $500 million in military aid. president zelenskyy conferences force are taking action against the russian invasion and says his top commanders are in, quote, positive mindset as their soldiers intensify the fight on the front lines. eric: our correspondent greg palcott is live in kiev. reporter: there was support from abroad today. we heard from ukrainian president zelenskyy confirmation that the counteroffensive is on, happening on a 600 mile front line, trying to clawback losses after months of bloodshed and breakthrough russian defenses south of here to split enemy hill grounded. in action now, american fighting vehicles, german leopar ....
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. in washington next hour former president donald trump is set to take the stage and likely light the fuse. he will deliver the keynote address a the the conservative political action conference. are trump is joined by other people eyeing the white house. the cpac conference has become maga country. the man who tried to overturn it appears to be his party s front-runner according to recent polls. let s discuss this with cnn s kristin holmes. she joins me now from cpac. what s the latest? what do you think we re going to hear from the former president in this address? reporter: well, jim, what we re going to hear from him is pitching himself for 2024 but it s going to be to a really enthusiastic crowd. he s not going to go after governor ron desantis by name. he ll contrast his policies when it comes to social security and medicare. however, i do want you to know, this event has become maga country. everyone here is inc ....
Derby because of a foot bruise and he is the favorite to win. the angel of empire and preakness winner. national treasure followed close behind. also hanging over the excitement of the race, a dozen horse steps, the triple crown season last friday, churchill downs, home of the kentucky derby announcing the remainder of its spring meet so experts continue reviewing the racetrack here at belmont park, people excited things are moving forward. people filtering and, more time between each race, you study and feed off of everybody s energy, the weather is fantastic. it s going to be a good day. reporter: good day indeed. this year s race marks the 50th anniversary of the historic triple crown win. the excitement continues to mount out here for the 705 post ....
The last sevl days several days this is a low key crowd. people filtering in and out. a lot of what you saw was not in this room. it was out in the hallways where you saw a trump celebrity culture. people trying to take pictures with steve bannon, matt gates, marjorie taylor green. today it does look as though they are going to fill this ballroom. there are already almost more seats that have been filled the entire time here. we know there s a pre-reception with hundreds of people in it that will be coming here later. they are expected to fill all of the seats here today which, as you said, is very important to the former president. it would be embarrassing given the way that this has become trump centered if he wasn t able to fill their seats and if he doesn t win that straw poll that they re expecting to announce soon. all right. kristin holmes, thank you very much. sources tell cnn donald trump is trying to keep his former vice president mike pence ....
Some of the ladies parading behind us, they did this four years ago. as you mentioned the canyon of heroes, and we cannot wait. clearly, preach, sister. and love your message, brooke. raise your hand for what you want, and that s what all these women are doing. allison cameratta at city hall. you got down there so fast from your set here. at some point i did have to eject from the car and make a run for it. but it was worth it to come here to the end point of the ticker-tape parade. this is where the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio will welcome our soccer heroes. there ll be a big event with them at city hall. we can already see people filtering in and getting good seats. and seated with me is also a soccer superstar in her own right. ....