the showdown in the courtroom. the coldest blast of the season so far from texas to the northeast. we re tracking it. the delta pilot charged with pulling a gun in the cockpit why authorities say he threatened to shoot the captain midflight. and the marathon man running on the road to redemption announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. a diplomatic breakthrough has cracked open the door that has left foreigners, including americans, trapped inside war-torn gaza tonight, americans are among a handful of people who were able to leave gaza after egypt partially opened a key border crossing. gaza has become an increasingly dangerous place for foreigners and residents since israel launched its assault on hamas tonight with israeli troops on the ground there taking their own casualties, a new communications outage is making life even more difficult israel is facing condemnation for yesterday s deadly strike on a refugee camp where