moment the gate opens to let some people escape gaza, among them americans. and some of the critically injured. plus, the heavy battles in northern gaza as the largest refugee camp is hit with another air strike. an engineering student at cornell university is under arrest, accused of threatening to kill jewish students as anti-semitic threats rise here in the u.s. despite an arrest having been made over the violent threats, students are still concerned about their safety and speech. norah: the scary details after a delta copilot is accused of threatening the pilot with a gun that he had in the cockpit. why he was allowed to have the weapon on the plane. welcome to novem-brr. norah: it is starting to feel like winter a bit too early. we have the frigid forecast. breaking news: legendary basketball coach bobby knight has died. a look at his legacy. school s out for tens of thousands of students in portland, as teachers go on strike. what they re demanding. portland p
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
we will not allow them to use israel as a political country. good morning, everyone. welcome. i m phil mattingly in new york. we re going to show you live pictures at the rafah border crossing there in egypt where 400 foreign nationals and 60 injured people are expected to leave gaza today. ambulances have been lining up to pick up the wounded. we spoke to an american pediatrician who was able to get out yesterday. it was her first interview and she feels terrible for the people still there running out of water and food. just relieved to be here, but i just feel awful for the devastation that the gaza people are going through. pretty much camping for the last several weeks, but it s been scary in the last two weeks. we kept running out of water and that was water to flush the toilet. we were fortunate to have drinking water, which was not true of the gazaens just outside the fensz from us. they were running out of drinking water. meanwhile, israel continues its air and
ian pannell on the ground for us. here in the u.s., the cornell student now charged tonight with threatening to kill jewish college students on campus. what he warned he would do. his plan for the kosher dining hall. police raiding his parents home outside rochester. pierre thomas with new reporting. former president trump s son don jr. taking the stand in the civil trial in new york city. pressed on what he knew, and how he answered. aaron katersky standing by at the courthouse. that deadly pileup in the ice and snow on i-80 north of pittsburgh. multiple cars and trucks involved, with the deep freeze again tonight, from texas, up to new york. and rob marciano timing it out. the major fire we re watching outside los angeles. fire and smoke threatening 2,000 homes. evacuation orders for thousands. new reporting tonight, what we ve now learned about that delta pilot who allegedly pulled a gun on the captain mid-flight. what he was so angry about, and why he threatene
americans to, quote, a whole other level. what he warned just today and pierre thomas standing by. the protests erupting during a hearing on capitol hill today. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin shouted down while making the case for billions in federal aid to help israel and ukraine defend themselves. rachel scott live on the hill. the halloween deep freeze, and the snow tonight. temperatures plunging overnight into the 20s and 30s from texas all the way up to the northeast. ginger zee is here. our team with new reporting tonight on the missed warning signs before the horrific mass shooting in maine. abc news obtaining court documents that show what the gunman s own family had warned authorities months before the attack. for the first time, the harrowing body camera video, you ll see it. officers in maui trying to save families during those fires. and what s being done now to help prevent another disaster like this in the future.