of the house of windsor. brown herself has met the queen several times. she was awarded the commander of the british empire for contribution to journalism. she has edited both tatler magazine and the new yorker. she knows the clintons well. she has metjustin trudeau, theresa may. suffice to say you don t get a lot better connected than tina brown in politics or in all things royal, which is why we went to visit her in manhattan. congratulations on the book, it is great. i passed a very delightful plane ride from london reading it. when you look as we celebrate her 70 years on the throne, the conundrum of the queen s impact, is itjust longevity? the amount of time she has been with us all and been with the world? is it her personality? how do you account for her impact? its all of it, isn t it? the longevity clearly is a major factor. three generations can remember nothing but the queen, so it s hard to even imagine how to be british without the queen. but it s also been her r
royal family. the bbc s special correspondent katty kay went to meet her. how many years for the new yorker? seven. from her new york apartment tina brown keeps a close eye on events in buckingham palace. those 3000 miles give this british american author are different, more global perspective on the royal family. for her new best selling book the palace paper, she interviewed over 320 people to tell the story of the women of the house of windsor. brown herself has met the queen several times and was awarded the commander of the british empire for contribution to journalism. she has edited both tatler magazine and the new yorker. she knows the clintons well. she has metjustin trudeau, theresa may. suffice to say you don t get a lot better connected than tina brown in politics or in all things royal, which is why we went to visit her in manhattan. congratulations on the book, it is great. i passed a very delightful plane ride from london reading it. when you look as we celebra
This is the yearbook photo. Were told he was just 22 years old. Anderson . I want to begin this hour with Cnn International diplomatic editor nic robertson. Reporter the idf, anderson, has been talking about stepping up their air strikes and their artillery strikes on gaza ahead of a potential ground incursion. And late sunday, past few hours here into the early hours now, Monday Morning, we have been seeing perhaps some of the heaviest rounds ofg reverberati. But when it comes to those troops on the border, waiting for that incursion, theyre still not clear when its going to happen. Bristling with battleready troops, farmers fields north of gaza churn with the controlled fury of a nation readying for an incursion to strike hamas. Yet, they are waiting with no explanation why. It feels like the early rush for Battle Readiness has passed. The troops are deployed, standing by. The question is, how long can they be kept out here. According to former idf general, as long as as is needed. T
And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. Now you can stay reliably connected through Power Outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery backup to keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. Good morning to you. Welcome to cnn this morning. Sunday, october 22. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker for being with us. Thousands of israeli troops and amered vehicles are at the gaza border ready to strike hamas any moment. Saturday the Israeli Military says its bombardment of hamas targets in gaza will become even more relentless as they prepare for a ground incursion. Civilians in Northern Gaza are warned by israel once again to evacuate south or they might be considered, quote, a partner for the Terrorist Organization. The u. S. Is also stepping up its defenses in the region. Secretary of defense lloyd austin said the u. S. Military will deploy additional Missile Defense systems
And welcome to cnn news rooms continuing coverage of israel at war, im michael holmes. Its 1 a. M. In atlanta, 8 a. M. In gaza where estimated one million more than that have been displaced by the war between israel and hamas but theres been a major news break regarding hostages. American woman and daughter undergoing medical evaluation in israel after being released by hamas on friday. Judith and her daughter were visiting family at a kibbutz when they were taken hostage by hamas two weeks ago. Lambs is believed to have holding 200 hostages. Idf spokesperson had there to say after the women were released. These are the first two and what we see and what we know is that hamas is trying to paint itself as a Human Rights Organization now by having given back two of the hostages. Rockets are raining down on israel as im speaking and lets get back all the hostages and then we can speak with them. Cnn katie joins me live from london with more on what was a surprising development. Katie tell