restrictions and mandates, police have so far been hands off. 25%, 418 trucks only camped in our city have children living in them. children that could be at risk during a police operation. reporter: and as some right wing extremist groups are coopting the movement, overnight, prime minister justin trudeau accusing the protesters of undermining canadian democracy. it has to stop. the people of ottawa don t deserve to be harassed in their own neighborhoods. reporter: and david, nearly 90% of canadian truck drivers are vaccinated. so much so, that the ceo of canada s largest trucking company says the vaccine mandate for drivers crossing the border, the policy that sparked these demonstrations, has been no issue at all. david? trevor ault from ottawa again tonight. trevor, thank you. next this evening, to the standoff with russia and ukraine. and tonight, french president emmanuel macron after speaking with vladimir putin yesterday for five hours, and what macron now says puti
canada s capital city. now the scene at the ambassador bridging leading into detroit. caught in the middle, truck drivers on the u.s. side of that bridge not part of the protest, who are just trying to get home. abc s trevor ault in ottawa tonight. reporter: tonight, detroit traffic halted at the canadian border. the ambassador bridge faces shutdowns for a second day. these truckers caught in the middle, not part of the protests, still stuck idling more than 12 hours. they re waits, they re tired, they want to go home. reporter: that border crossing carries more than a quarter of the $600 billion in trade between the u.s. and canada. the blockade, the latest satellite demonstration of the so-called freedom convoy that s grown into a nearly two-week occupation of canada s capital. with demonstrators removing the removal of all covid-19