continuing our coverage of breaking news of ongoing explosions in gaza. nbc s raf sanchez is reporting from ashdot israel, what do we know at this hour? reporter: chris, tonight is feeling different from other nights. we are hearing intensified bombing in gaza, 10 miles south of where we are. i m looking over my shoulder because just a moment ago we were seeing israeli iron dome missile interceptors in the sky, a sign of rocket fire coming, but israel s chief military spokesman is confirming that an intensified bombing campaign of gaza is underway three weeks after the october 7th hamas terrorist attack. he also says israel is expanding its ground operations inside of gaza. that s not a sign that they have launched. chris, you may be able to see over my shoulder here, this is one of these iron dome interceptors, and if you bear with us one second, you re likely to see it explode. there you go. now, that is likely a sign that it just intercepted a palestinian rocket a little
card is now formally a suspect, he has been charged with eight counts of murder. one for each of the victims identified by police so far. as police identify more of the victims, we anticipate the number of charges will rise. tonight, authorities reiterated that card is still at large. and the man hunt is continuing by air, land, nc. in the last hour, there is been significant law enforcement presence near a home in bowden, maine, in connection to their search for robert card. according to the nbc affiliate, a search warrant was executed at that home earlier today. it is standard practice to search any property affiliated with a suspect, and law enforcement officials tell nbc news that, as of right now, there is no clear indication that card is in that home. or at any specific address. you are looking at live footage of this police searched near that bowden home, or shortly after seven pm, eastern, our nbc news affiliate reported police saying, robert come out with your hands
sensitive site expiration is done. to be thanks very much, we appreciate it. kristen o leary is the former director of hostage recovery for the united states. he s 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. i ll speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. ruth joins me. then, with israel and hezbollah trading fire over lebanon s threatens to spill over into the region. we ll 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. we re facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. legal peri
hello and welcome. i m lynda kinkade with the latest on the israel/hamas war. an israeli ground offensive appears all but inevitable. authorities in gaza saying more than 4,300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks after the hamas terror attack in israel which killed more than 1,400 people with around 200 others missing or captured. hundreds of armored vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas at a moment s notice. on saturday, the idf chief of staff again repeated what they ve heard all week, that we will enter gaza. an idf spokesperson told cnn it s not a question of if at this point, only when. the timeline, you know, that changes according to many variables on the ground, in the air, and across the sea. the important thing is that the idf will conduct significant military operations in order to defeat hamas, in order to bring our hostages home, and in order to fundamentally change the security situation that we hav
ukraine and russia, israel and hamas threatening to spill over into wider conflicts, american leaders on the global stage critical, but we are still facing our own crisis of democracy right here at home one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. the legal peril facing the twice impeached multiple indicted former president seem to increase in recent days, with the guilty pleas of two high-level codefendants in the election interference case out of fulton county, georgia. but the peril for our own system of governance is increasing too as donald trump s own behavior continues to push dangerous lies and the republican party continues to be largely beholden to him. in this moment of global crises, americans and the world are looking to american leaders for guidance. but instead of inspiring confidence, our congress is more dysfunctional than it has been in more than 150 years, since the civil war. and that is because donald trump has broken the republican part