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
occupy part of columbia university lawn this week during the annual alumni reunion. they re- pitch tarps and intends to amend the school divest from companies with ties to israel. just one month go columbia ago columbiacalled nypd to cleay grounds after demonstrators refused to leave. also this weekend police say they took 34 protesters into custody after a group tried to occupy a museum and brooklyn. nypd also said it is adding more security for tomorrow s annual israeli day parade in manhattan. meanwhile former president trump going into a battle in a courtroom to the battle in the octagon. he scheduled to attend a ufc fight in new jersey tonight. this, just two days after his new york trial ended with convictions on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. he is due to be sentenced next month he is filing to appeal. hello everyone welcome to fox news like i have arthel neville. look who is here bill melugin in for eric. bill: happy saturday. eric shone out on a
electoral cycle. the united states, and hopefully both countries are able to really strengthen migration cooperation going forward lila abed, thank you for all the expertise. really appreciate it back here in new york, security is high along fifth avenue where the city s annual israel day parade is in full swing. this is the first parade since the start of the israel-hamas war and as you can see, some in the crowd are marching in shirts that have the words, bring them home cnn s gloria pazmino is along the parade roots of gloria. what are you seeing out there yeah, i ll send, you know, it s been a massive display bride of israeli and jewish pride year along fifth avenue all morning, i have watched as thousands of people john, this braid which has been happening since 1964, it happens every year. they israeli day parade. with this year allison, the parade is taking a new meaning, as you said, it s the first
occupy part of columbia university lawn this week during the annual alumni reunion. they re- pitch tarps and intends to amend the school divest from companies with ties to israel. just one month go columbia ago columbiacalled nypd to cleay grounds after demonstrators refused to leave. also this weekend police say they took 34 protesters into custody after a group tried to occupy a museum and brooklyn. nypd also said it is adding more security for tomorrow s annual israeli day parade in manhattan. meanwhile former president trump going into a battle in a courtroom to the battle in the octagon. he scheduled to attend a ufc fight in new jersey tonight. this, just two days after his new york trial ended with convictions on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. he is due to be sentenced next month he is filing to appeal.