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refugee camp. donald jr. takes the tanned. t cockpit confrontation. are you ready for flu season? what experts say to expect and why it may be easier than last year. your world series champs have been crowned. see the historic win on the diamond. it's thursday, november 2nd, "early today" starts now. >> good thursday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. gaza's southern border was unsealed. here we see the gate at the rafah crossing now open, with hundreds of foreigners flooding out of an active war zone and into egypt. americans among them. nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez reports from the region. >> reporter: for the first time

in three weeks of war, civilians making their way out of gd to the safety of egypt. it's a diplomatic break through after long negotiations. but only around 300 lucky foreigners found this names on the list to pass through the rafah crossing. among them, a handful of americans, including 71-year-old aid worker, ramona akamara who came to make prosthetic limbs for children. >> we are so relieved and grateful she is finally on her way to safety. >> reporter: hundreds more americans are still trapped. the u.s. says hamas has been blocking them. >> we see more of this process going on in the coming days. we're working non-stop to get americans out of gaza as soon asand as asand as safely as possible. >> reporter: 8-year-old salom

was wounded by an israeli strike. his father and grandparents were killed. he's around one of 70 patients evacuated for urgent medical care in egypt. israel bombs the ja balla refugee camp. the wounded, including children, were rushed in. israeli ground troops pushing deeper into the strip, closing in around gaza city in the effort to crush hamas. the military says these weapons were used in hamas' october 7 massacre where 1400 israelis were killed. assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, these are just a fraction. israel's prime minister repeating his pledge. no cease-fire until hamas is defeated. but as the death toll in gaza

rises, so is international pressure on israel. dozens of aid trucks did cross into gaza but nowhere near enough. and israel still blocking fuel deliveries, saying the gas will be stolen by hamas. and with every hour, fears for the hostages growing, with hamas still refusing to release them. in new york, holocaust survivors holding photos of the hostages. >> i feel very, very attached to all those innocent people who are being captured. >> reporter: survivors of the jewish people's dark elsest hou sending strength. president biden and the first lady will visit lewiston, maine. they will grieve with community

and family members and meet with nurses and doctors on the front lines. 18 people were killed at a bowling alley and bar last wednesday. it was the deadliest gun massacre in the state's history. now to the latest developments in the trials of donald trump. one of the former president's sons will be back in court today. donald trump jr. is expected back on the witness stand, testifying in the civil fraud trial against his father here in new york. nbc's laura jarret has the details. all right former president's eldest son inside a manhattan courtroom. donald trump jr., the first of his siblings to testify in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. accused of trying to get better loans and insurance.

donald trump's apartment listed as 30,000 square feet when it's actual la actually a third of that size. don jr. saying he relied on outside accountant whose prepared the financial statements. he's blasted the suit from the democratic attorney general and the judge, also a democrat, as a partisan kangaroo court. >> it doesn't matter what general practices in business would be. it doesn't matter. they have a narrative. they have an end goal and will do whatever it takes to get there. >> reporter: the judge has already ruled in the state's favor on the central fraud claim m claim. meanwhile, trump posting quote, leave my children alone. there are new developments in memphis, involving the beating death of tyre nichols.

former memphis police officer desmond mills jr. will plead guilty to a federal charge of violating the civil rights of nicholls. that's according to the attorney. all five officers involved have pleaded not guilty. nicholls died three days after a traffic stop during which the officers were seen on camera beating him. turning to a break through on renewable energy. res researchers have developed a way to generate electricity similar to the way hydrogen or methanol are used. they are scaled to power individual homes. they even envision using this on a broader industrial or grid scale. now to arizona where baseball's road warriors face scored the biggest win in

franchise history. >> in their 63rd season. the texas rangers win the world series! >> the texas rangers took home their first-ever world series title with their 5-0 game five victory over the arizona diamondbacks. the rangers' pitching shut out the d-backs. it's the team's first championship in its 63-year existence. taking a look outside. looks like we have a major cold front rounding third about now. more frost and freeze alerts. what's in store, angie? >> warmer is so relative at this point. we're talking 50s, 60s, but we'll take anything when we compare it to what we're dealing with this morning.

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up for grabs. tim furlong from our philadelphia affiliate is showing us around. >> reporter: all the stuff that has been spooky here at the mayor's house for the last 26 halloweens. >> if i catch you, you'll have to give up your soul. >> reporter: well it is all now for sale. >> i thought i would come up and get a piece of history. i'd like to have something from his display to put in ours. >> reporter: after our recent story, everyone who didn't know about the home learned of it and learned about the big decoration sale starting november 1st. >> people have been here since 8:30 in the morning. >> reporter: does it make you think for even a little bit that maybe we should go one more year? >> no, no. >> reporter: they are now their 70s, and it takes a ton of time and physical labor. they decided year 26 would have to be the final year. but they are happy the decorations are getting new homes. >> all of this stuff is going to

live on. and everybody is so happy with what they're getting. >> reporter: the mayors say they're going to keep selling it in it's gone. they accept cash, venmo. here's the thing, they're not really putting price tags on anything, but give them an off. some of it they made by hand. there's a lot of sentimental value attached to a lot of the stuff. search the mayor halloween house inna in arden, and maybe you, too can back some seriously good stuff. and when you see them, give a big thank you you ffor the smil they've given for a quarter century. >> this reminds me of all the spirit halloweens. everything's 75% off, people going and purchasing all this stuff for next year. >> they got a lot of space now in their basement and garage and storage, because guess what,

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