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 mexico is to really address the insecurity problem that mexicans have to deal with on a daily basis. let s talk about the relationship between mexico and the us because critics say that one of the candidates that you mentioned, claudia sheinbaum that if she were elected, it would usher in a chillier relationship with the us. is that true so every 12 years, interestingly enough, presidential elections between mexico and the united states coincide, and that s true this 2024 electoral cycle. and so whoever wins the white house in november and whoever wins today in mexico are really going to, are going to be able to sort of push forward how the bilateral agenda between both nations is really going to be carried out. there are three fundamental pillars on the bilateral agenda that regardless of who wins on both sides of the border, we re always remain the same and that s immigration security, and then trade as it relates to usmca claudia sheinbaum has state that you want us to contin