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
hundreds of foreign nationals crowding at the rafah border crossing to flee gaza for egypt including a handful of americans, but for palestinians, only some of the injured allowed through in northern gaza. israel confirming its second deadly strike in as many days on a refugee camp accusing hamas of hiding a terrorist command center among the homes. our teams inside israel and gaza. also tonight, the cornell student in court accused of making online threats to kill jewish students. the chilling rise of hate across the u.s. donald trump jr. taking the stand. the first of the former president s children to testify at the fraud trial threatening the family s business empire. 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
diagnosis of sigh coatis. was he having hallucinations? was he imagining things that weren t there? that s sort of what that doctor that medical report was alluding to. we don t know for sure. and some of the medications he was taking some of the side effects of that medication can be blurred vision. so there s a lot of moving pieces. but psychosomatic means the mind is making up an illness that does not exist. thanks so much. thank you. what happened here raises all questions about the system for screening pilots around the world and right here at home. dr. drew pinsky is joining us. the host of dr. drew on call. also joining us the faa s person in charge of medical certification and the afeivation and attorney. the screening process for
state. was he having hallucinations of some sort was he imagining things that were not there. that s sort of what that doctor that medical report was sort of alluding to here. again, we don t know for sure. we also know some of the medications he was taking, some of the side effects of the medications can be blurred vision. there s a lot of moving pieces here. but when it comes to psychosomatic, it basically means the mind is making up an illness or imagining an illness that does not exist, wolf. dr. sanjay gupta, as usual, thanks very much. you got it wolf. thank you. more perspective, because what happened to this individual raises all kinds of questions for screening pilots and prospective pilots around the world especially right here at home. dr. drew pin ski is joining us host of dr. drew on call on hln. and the former person in charge of medical certification, dr. silverman. and the aviation attorney and pilot justin green. dr. silverman, one of the struggles with the scree
however, critics say airlines aren t doing enough when it comes to screening pilots for psychological problems. we ll take a look at that part of this story when we come back. ride away (by roy orbison begins to play) i ride the highway. i m going my way. i leave a story untold. he just keeps sending more pictures. if you re a free-range chicken, you roam free. it s what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it s what you do. two wheels a turnin .