with threats of violence outside of the courthouse is rising, and the heated rhetoric is raising alarm among the fbi agents. john? and now, signs of success leading to a perhaps new unusual admission from vladimir putin. this is cnn news central. this hour, a defiant donald trump is expected to depart his golf club in bedminster, new jersey to travel to miami to be the first president to be arraigned in miami. he is going to appear in this courthouse behind me, tomorrow, and in less than two months placed under arrest, and this time for 37 charges related to handling of unclassified documents. and trump is stirring up the base calling the supporters to rally there. and calling on them to financially support him as he does. a fund-raising event is now scheduled right after his arraignment. cnn national correspondent kristen holmes is in bedminster, new jersey, where the team is strategizing where they were when he got the phone call that he was being indicted, and where
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 leopard tank
welcome. i m paula newton. passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. president biden speaking to the nation sharing credit for the budget deal and showcasing his brand as a deal maker. we ll look at whether it will impact his approval rating. hello, south carolina. the 2024 race is full steam ahead as a parade of republican presidential candidates make their way through early voting states. the latest on the war words and what it says about that race. sblmpblts and we ll have a live report on the deadly train crash as the search for survivors continues. we do begin this hour in washington where president biden is expected to sign the debt ceiling bill in the law in the coming hours. that will end the political d drama that gripped congress and the nation for weeks. now just 48 hours ago, there were doubts that the highly contentious bill would survive in congress, but it did. last night the president spoke from the oval offic
i m aishah hasnie. and they ll feast on a big banquet of barbecue. the main hall where the candidates will be speaking later today, but the g.o.p. presidential front runner donald trump not expected. rich edson joining us on the ground in des moines with a special guest. hi, rich. hey, good afternoon, aishah. the barbecue is coming a little later today. we ve got some speeches coming up and that includes senator tim scott who recently declared he would be running for president. senator, thank you for joining us this afternoon. it s a crowded stage, a crowded field. how do you break through? easily, the optimistic positive message when i take it on the road, people are starving for optimism as long as it s anchored in conservativism and you have backbone. and i have both and that s good news for the american people and the campaign trail. you ve talked about the positive message and explicit about it. what do you think of the tone from some of the other candidates so f
nation s debt limit, averting a disastrous default. he says he plans to sign the legislation today. the bill cleared the house and senate in bipartisan fashion following weeks of closed door negotiations led by biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. in his first-ever oval office address last night, president biden said the consequences of not getting a deal done could have been catastrophic. passing this budget agreement was critical, the stakes could not have been higher. if we had failed to reach an agreement on the budget, there were extreme voices threatening to take america for the first time in our 247-year history into default on our national debt. nothing, nothing would have been more irresponsible. nothing would have been more catastrophic. no one got everything they wanted, but the american people got what they needed. cnn s jasmine wright is at the white house. as you heard, president biden gave a sobering message last night. so what else is the white house sa