wind we re house solomon in new york and this is cnn hello everyone. thanks for joining me. i m alison maratha in for fredricka whitfield. today. we re following several major developments around the globe that will present challenges for president biden at home and abroad this week the first us defense secretary lloyd austin, meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in singapore. today, secretary austin reiterated, quote wavering us support for ukraine in the face of russia s war were also awaiting word on hamas s response to a new ceasefire proposal with israel as detailed by president biden on friday, the president is expected to address these and other global challenges when he visits france to commemorate right, the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion of normandy cnn s natasha bertrand and facil alvarez are tracking all of these stories for us. so natasha, you re in singapore. what happened at the meeting today? well, secretary of defense lloyd austin
negotiations between israel and hamas and what we re hearing from the families of hostages about this potential deal. great to be with you. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. breaking news in wilmington, delaware, this morning where for the first time the son of a sitting president is standing trial not far from his father s election headquarters. hunter biden s federal gun case beginning this morning with jury selection. he faces three counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics. he has pleaded not guilty. this trial coming just days after another historic first, donald trump s guilty verdict on all 34 counts in his new york hush money case. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is outside the courthouse. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba and criminal defense attorney, danny cevallos. court has been in session for about an hour and a half. what can you tell us, ken, about what s happening so far?
operate. atlanta mayor andrei dickens apologized for the water crisis over the weekend can say in that city crews are doing everything possible to bring it to an ad he also said, the city is getting help from the state of georgia we have declared a state of emergency in the city of atlanta to allow us to access to access resources in an expedited fashion we ve been working with the georgia department of emergency management and we appreciate the support from the state and kate, we ve also heard from emory university hospital, midtown, which allows it has moved back to normal operations because water pressure returned to the hospital after several water main breaks in the area where repair the hospital said ambulances have resumed normal services. well, although they will continue to provide bottled water to patients and visitors there s and staff because there s still a boil
speak with him on nbc news now this morning, and let s take a listen about what he had to say about where things stand. we are at a place now where they are in the hole fixing it, and we should see some good results soon. i m hoping that the boil water advisory can be lifted within the hour or within the next few hours. that will give folks a level of comfort. reporter: so the mayor did issue a state of emergency here in atlanta to try to free up some funds and be able to mobilize city crews to work on these repairs in a quicker manner, but this impacted so many people. emory university hospital had to divert patients who were coming there in their ambulances and everywhere from the atlanta jackson hartsfield airport to the georgia supreme court were impacted by these water outages. even a concert, megan thee stallion s concert was postponed from friday to sunday, so just no stone left unturned or i
another incident, the atlanta department of watershed management is confirming what at this time they re calling a potential water main break, not too far from here where we are and four our viewers who are familiar with a planter that is at an area near the carter center. the department added that a temporary disruption of water service for residences and businesses may occur and allison, last night, the mayor declared a state of emergency in the city to be able to access resources to deal with this water crisis, which is now on its third day overnight, mayor dickens as said, that city crews were able to repair one of the two major water main breaks located just west of the city s downtown area. and now they re focusing on the second major water main break here in midtown the midtown neighborhood where we are atlanta water commission or al wiggins said his crews are