right now on ana cabrera reports, hundreds of desperate civilians waiting at gaza s border. crowds gathering as that crossing is open again today, we ve learned 370 trapped americans are on the list to evacuate. how soon could they get out? and an update on the aid getting in. meanwhile, here at home, tensions boiling over, thousands protest outside the president s speech in minnesota while inside one protester interrupts his remarks. mr. president, do you care about jewish people? as a rabbi, i need you to call for a cease fire right now. plus, any moment now, we will have the first news conference from the new speaker of the house, as his stand-alone bill for aid to israel is expected to hit the floor for a vote today. also ahead, two of donald trump s sons could testify today in the family s civil fraud trial. ahead, what don jr. already told that court under oath about the family s wealth and assets. we have breaking news as we come on the air at 10:00 easte
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
wherever you are around the world s are thank you for joining us here on cnn, i m john vause in atlanta with the ongoing kupfer of on hamas a few hundred people holding foreign passports and dozens civilian wounded palestinians have arrived in egypt from gaza. for weeks many have been waiting on the rafah crossing with egypt. the two other border crossings into israel remain sealed. israel and egypt agreed to open the border after the u.s. and qatar brokered deal which allowed all foreign nationals and dual citizens to leave gaza. your state department believes 1000 americans and their family are stuck in gaza desperate to leave. more from joe biden. we re in a situation where safe passage for wounded palestinians and foreign nationals have started. american citizens 1000 who will see more of this process going on in the coming days. working nonstop to get americans out of gaza as soon and as safely as possible. aid worker was one of two americans among the 361 peop
aviv. happening now, breaking news. israel appears to unleash a massive new air assault on northern gaza. flares lighting up the sky while rockets fly and explosions boom. cnn of course is on the ground as this powerful new israeli offensive unfolds. also breaking an ominous new warning from hamas as the israeli military says it has gaza city completely surrounded. a hamas political leader saying dozens of hostages are subject to the same, quote, death and destruction as others in gaza. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer reporting live from israel, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news. we re live here in the middle east on a night of intense warfare in israel s battle against hamas in gaza. our cameras capturing truly extraordinary images in gaza as we follow this breaking story with our team of correspondents. first let s go right to nic robertson. he