Sensitive site expiration is done. To be thanks very much, we appreciate it. Kristen oleary is the former director of Hostage Recovery for the United States. Hes a Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for the group. Coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. Ill speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. Ruth joins me. Then, with israel and Hezbollah Trading Fire over lebanons threatens to spill over into the region. Well go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. Plus, lbj and by the former vice Prime Minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. Good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. With wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, Global Leadership is critical. Were facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the worlds war. Legal peril facing the twice im
that category, two women and one young child. we have reason to believe that one of those americans will be released today. until we see her out safely from gaza, in the hands of the authorities and ultimately in the hands of her family, we will not be certain. let s get right to nbc news correspondent, eric mclaughlin, in tel aviv, erin, thank you for joining us. what more can you tell us about what s expected to happen today? well, we re waiting for a news, still no word on today s expected exchange. there is this new hope that an american could be among the hostages released. this of course follows last night successful exchange of 13 israeli hostages and 39 palestinians. one of the israeli hostages released is nine year emily hand, she was on october 7th, she had been staying at a friend hamas militants, stormed into gaza and initially she had been reported dead, that s what her father says he was told, that was corrected weeks later. last night, we saw, just a he
hours of literally planes, trains, and automobiles, to get from malawi, back to my workplace tonight, including a flight delay along the way, three airplanes. well i m glad you make it made it. so here s the thing. with this kind of jet lag, anything can happen. well that s a strong tease. chris, don t leave the building, because we might need you, and there could be, i could slip into a nap at the first commercial break. not to mention what could come out of my mouth, don t leave, i m begging you, don t leave. i won t be leaving the building, and the viewers will be glued to their seats after this. anything can happen halloween. sounds wild. thank, you chris. well, arthur ray handsome the second of huntsville, alabama, has become the first trump fuller follower to be accused of following donald trump s in soliciting instructions to threaten the lives of people involved in the arrest and prosecution of donald trump. he delivered those threats in the stupides
matthew. we were more than just cascades, we were a family. in time, we will say more, as and when we are able. for now, our thoughts and our love our with matt family, friends, and everyone who loved him around the world. thank you so much for joining us tonight. cnn news night with abby philip is up next. war and grief give israel s prime minister a lifeline to power. that s tonight, on news night. and good evening, i m abby philip in washington, where two things are becoming clear. one, there is no cease fire between israel and hamas on the horizon. and israel s prime minister sees the fog of war as essential to his own political survival. tonight, the idf offered the world a glimpse through the crosshairs. this is a jet providing a new view of its aerial campaign over gaza. the bombs there are punctuation marks to the current reality on the ground. quote, this is a time for war. those are the words that came directly from benjamin netanyahu in a defiant sp
it s not just enough to say, well i m worried about donald trump. you have to really take a leadership position. otherwise you re just a bystander sliding into a top russi. jason, what do you think? one, i think a lot of really wealthy men have decided that they want to pretend that they want this job. mark cuban, the starbucks, everybody is like hey, when rich guy guardian. no, donald trump is an anomaly, and we have seen what that anomaly has done. the vast majority of people who are president and aspire to be president have spent their lives in service, and i m not saying being a business person isn t important. we all love job creators, but that s not service. that s not negotiating with people. it s not developing the skills you need to run our country and operate in congress. i think what he says is fine. i think any intelligent american would say hey, i don t see the crazy guy over trying to overthrow the country with a violent coup is good for business, but i don t think an