between israel and hamas intact. and, a 50 year old just won a major golf tournament. a 78 year old is president of the united states. we ll look at how more and more of us, yes us are simply getting better with age. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. it reads like the script from a jason bourne movie. so far it is not ending well. the protagonist, roman protesevich, a dissident journalist from belarus, was traveling by commercial airline from athens to vilnius in lithuania. he d been traced by three belarussian agents who were travelling on the same flight. as it approached vilnius the ryanair pilots were told there was a bomb on board, and that a belarussian fighter jet would escort them to minsk. when it landed mr protesevich and his girlfriend were arrested and ta ken away. eu leaders said today it was a shocking act, that endangered the lives of passengers, a case of state sponsored piracy . tonight they are meeting in brussels to decide
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
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. lynda: welcome in the united states and all around the world. i am lynda kinkade with breaking news coverage of israel at war. there are growing indications that an israeli military ground operation into gaza could get underway at any moment. the u.s. is now sending a second carrier strike group to the eastern mediterranean as well as additional fighter jets. the move is intended to deter iran, hezbollah, and others from entering the conflict. some 300,000 israeli troops began amassing on the gaza border soon after last week and s terror attacks. israel declared that it is ready to open a new phase in the war with significant ground operations. prime minister benjamin netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines marking those offering words of support and telling them to be prepared. palestinian authority s in gaza city to show from the israeli airstrikes is now more than 2200. including more than 700 children, according to the health mi