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
of fresh air wag right now, pet dander skin cells in dirt are settling deep into your carpet fibers. stanley steamer removes the dirt, uc and the dirt you don t your carpets aren t clean until they re stanley the steamer clean i m rafael romo, the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn back to one of our top stories. voters are hitting the polls at this hour in mexico for an historic election let s get more on why this one matter so much. they are bad is the acting director of the mexico institute at the wilson center. she s also former chief of staff for mexico s attorney general. bill. thank you very much for being with us first. just tell us what is today s election is about. what are the issues that are most important? these are perhaps mexico s most consequential elections. they are not only the largest in mexico s history with more than 20,000 positions up for election, including 128 senators, 500 congressional
the mexican attorney general tweeted pictures and authorities say the escape probably took months of meticulous planning and $3 million to $5 million to make. the associated press saying the dea had intelligence of at least two plots to help el chapo escape. duncan wood is director of the mexico institute at the wilson center. just to be clear duncan this is the second time that el chapo is able to escape as imprisoned and mexican officials promised that this would never happen again after he was recaptured last year. how big a blow is this to the mexican government? huge blow. i mean when we think back to the public statements made by the president and the attorney general, you know when they said that he would be under 24-hour supervision, near impossible to escape the president himself said this would be unforgivable if he was allowed to escape.