Fairgrounds. Well have speeches and behind us the former vicepresident of the United States. Mike pence is the only one riding in the event with senator joni ernst. Pence is going to announce hes running for president in iowa next week according to sources familiar with the matter. A number of different bikes and got a couple of supporters here talking to us. Theyre going to be several, several candidates speaking later today at the Iowa Fairgrounds. Youll have Florida Governor ron desantis, former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley, others like and weve got all the bikes lined up with Senators Ernst who will be riding and pence walked up and switched out for a leather vest. Theyll move on from here, a day of barbecue and speeches up there. This has been a pretty busy week and several candidates have been here and desantis kicked off his campaign here. Former President Donald Trump was here, held a rally and had that town hall with sean hannity and theyve been going at each other, only inten
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
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
fairgrounds. we ll have speeches and behind us the former vice-president of the united states. mike pence is the only one riding in the event with senator joni ernst. pence is going to announce he s running for president in iowa next week according to sources familiar with the matter. a number of different bikes and got a couple of supporters here talking to us. they re going to be several, several candidates speaking later today at the iowa fairgrounds. you ll have florida governor ron desantis, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, others like and we ve got all the bikes lined up with senators ernst who will be riding and pence walked up and switched out for a leather vest. they ll move on from here, a day of barbecue and speeches up there. this has been a pretty busy week and several candidates have been here and desantis kicked off his campaign here. former president donald trump was here, held a rally and had that town hall with sean hannity and they ve been going at each
but if you have lived through the last three or four years in this country should appreciate just how fragile our freedoms really are. our founding fathers understood this and benjamin franklin walked out of the constitutional convention he was asked on the street what have you given us a republic or monarchy? he said a republic if you can keep it. you can have the best constitution in the world you can have the best declaration of independence they do not run on autopilot. they require citizens in each generation to answer the call when freedom is under attack. so we are called upon to carry the torch of what george washington called the sacred fire of liberty. we are called upon to stand firm for the truth. we are called upon to be resolute in defense of the enduring american principles that mark us as a free society. here s what i can tell you i will do. if you support me and i earn the nomination to be the republican candidate, set your clock to january 20, 2025 at high n