in ukraine it s confirmed a new offensive to push out putin s troops is under way. i m debora patta in kyiv where president zelenskyy says his military is optimistic about defensive actions under way. clearing the air. air quality improves for millions of americans, but canada s wildfire fight heats up. survival story. four children found alive in an amazon jungle 40 days after their plane crashed. and later, an uber driver steers his life in a new direction earning a college degree on a free ride. announcer: this is the weekend evening news from new york. donald trump made his first public remarks since this week s bombshell federal dime, 37 counts. he described his re-election campaign as a final battle with corrupt forces he maintains are destroying the country. tonight he speaks again in greensborough, greensboro, north carolina. that s where we find scott macfarlane who leads us off tonight. scott. reporter: mark, less than 72 hours until donald trump
the race started with a 750 meters whim and a 5k run but the real fun starts tomorrow. athletes will swim a mile and a tonight, donald trump punches back on the campaign trail. wi, hoax. the former president s first public remarks since his federal indictment on dozens of felonies. the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. rallying supporters to action and ramping up his attacks. i m scott macfarlane in greensborough, north carolina, where former president trump is speaking about the newly filed criminal case against him. also tonight, republican culture warriors. presidential candidates pence and desantis take out a new front line in north carolina vowing to change fort liberty s new name back to fort bragg.
michele suskauer. the federal government is not playing here. they ve done their investigation. they have their documents. they have their photographs. they have their witnesses, and they are ready to go. reporter: with charges carrying a maximum of decades in prison then making trump the most famous criminal defendant in u.s. history. this is all going to get very real for him. reporter: as he traveled here to greensboro, donald trump was joined by his co-defendant in his new federal criminal case, his aide, walt nauta, mark. scott macfarlane in north carolina, thanks. today, former vice president mike pence echoed florida governor ron desantis pledge as a cultural warrior. both want to restore the name fort bragg if elected president. the north carolina army post renamed fort liberty but braxton bragg was a confederate general. pence s pledge drew cheers from the crowd of the north carolina republican convention in