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
sean: wow, look at this crowd we ve got. [ applause ] welcome to hannity. usa! usa! sean: what a crowd. we live in the greatest, best country god ever gave man. thank you for joining us at home. welcome to all of you in studio. all right. we got a lot of news. we begin with big news out of the middle east. gaza city has been completely encircled by israeli forces. now less than a week into their ground operation. two days after hamas vowed to conduct terror attacks over and over and over again until israel and every citizen there are wiped off the planet. don t believe me, look with your own eyes. sean: as i have said many, many times, this is now a real fight for israel s very survival. according to my sources, my president, your president, joe biden, is weak in the knees and not just when he s taking steps up air force one. instead of fully supporting our ally, israel, that has been a victim of the worst terror attack in their history and leading the world with focu
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Conclusion straw. Thousands of people have been out on the streets and there have been clashes with riot police. Lucky the an eye on that as it develops as well and lots of you are sending questions so please keep those coming. We will bring our two experts back in a couple of minutes time to get them responding to the points you are raising. I should probably explain something for those of you justjoining me. Jamie in birmingham watching on the Bbc News Channel asked if i am on a beach. Im not on a beach but there is sand under my feet and there are palm trees all around and deckchairs because slightly incongruously we are spending today at a beach bar in hamburg because we can cover the port, one of the biggest ports in europe and also the protest that have been taking place very close to his has been a useful place to place ourselves but also slightly odd to be covering one of the most Important International summits for yea rs Important International summits for years surrounded by
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