>>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, A >>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, A U.S. SHIP THREATEN BY ATTACK DRONES IN THE MIDDLE EAST PARKING NEW FEARS THAT THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS COULD SPREAD. TWO ARM DRONES HEADED RIGHT FOR THE "USS CARNEY" SHOT DOWN BY THE AMERICAN WAR SHIP AND THREE OTHER COMMERCIAL VESSELS NEARBY WERE HIT. WHERE THE ATTACKS CAME FROM AND THE U.S. RESPONSE TONIGHT. >>> ALSO BREAKING, ISRAEL EXPANDING ITS GROUND INVASION NOW BATTLING HAMAS IN ALL PARTS OF GAZA AND DESTROYING WHAT ISRAEL SAYS ARE HAMAS TUNNELS. PLUS THE DIRE NEW WARNING ABOUT HOSPITALS IN GAZA. >>> TERROR INVESTIGATION IN PARIS. A MAN STABBING TOURISTS NEAR THE EIFFEL TOWER. WHAT HE TOLD POLICE ABOUT WHY HE DID IT. ONE OF THE PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS SHOT IN VERMONT LAST WEEKEND IS NOW PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN. THE DIFFICULT NEW UPDATE FROM HIS FAMILY. >>> THE MAJOR AIRLINE MERGER JUST ANNOUNCED. WHAT IT MEANS FOR FLYERS. PARTY EVERY DAY ♪ >> THE LEGENDARY BAND WITH ONE FINAL KISS GOOD-BYE. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY ATTACK IRANIAN-BACKED REBELS IN YEMEN HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PREVENT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PREVENT ISRA ISRA BY IRAN APPROXIMATELY ISRA BY IRAN APPROXIMATELY 75 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS INJURING DOZENS. >> AARON JOINING US NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. AARON, WITH THOSE ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ WE’RE GETTING LATE WORD TONIGHT OF A U.S. MILITARY STRIKE? >> KATE, THREE DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY U.S. FORCES STOPPED FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE PREPARING AN NORTHERN FRANCE, AUTHORITIES SAY THAT SUSPECT WAS ALSO LINKED TO RADICAL ISLAMISM. JOSH LETTERMAN, NBC NEWS. JOSH LETTERMAN, NBC NEWS. >>> BACK IN TO SEASON AND THE SPECIAL CONNECTION YOU CAN ONLY GET FROM GOOD NEIGHBORS. IN THE ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD JUST OUTSIDE BALTIMORE THE MESSAGE IS IN THE LIGHTS, LOVE LIVES HERE. SEE, THESE AREN’T THE RIGGS’ LIGHTS OR THE MORTONS’ LIGHTS, THEY’RE COMMUNITY’S LIGHTS CONNECTING NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR. >> HI, FRIEND. HOW ARE YOU? >> GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? >> IT STARTED IN THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN KIM MORTON WAS FEELING DOWN. >> THIS BEGAN AS A WONDERFUL GESTURE OF A LONG FRIEND. >> HER NEIGHBOR MATT RIGG HIS AN IDEA TO CHEER HER UP. >> I STRUNG LIGHTS UP MY TREE, AND THEN I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD GET THEM TO COME ACROSS BECAUSE I DID WANT TO CREATE THAT CONNECTION. >> MATT TEXTED ME AND SAID HEY, COME OUT AND LOOK, AND I FOUND A TIN OF COOKIES ON MY DOORSTEP AND THE LIGHTS AND IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. >> AT FIRST IT WAS JUST THEIR TWO HOMES. >> HI, FRIENDS. >> HELLO. >> HOW ARE YOU? >> HOUSE BY HOUSE, THEIR NEIGHBORS JOINED IN UNTIL NEARLY EVERY SINGLE HOUSE WAS LINKED BY LIGHT AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW WITHIN TWO OR THREE WEEKS MORE LIGHTS STARTED COMING UP AND IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. >> IT WASN’T JUST THEIR BLOCK. OTHER STREETS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD JOINED IN, TOO. >> A LOGISTICAL AND TIME-CONSUMING EFFORT. >> ONE, TWO, THREE. BUT ONE THAT’S PAID OFF. >> IT BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER DURING THAT TIME AND IT CONTINUES TO BRING US TOGETHER. >> BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF CONNECTION IS SO IMPORTANT. >> NOW EVERY YEAR, A NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION. >> SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE! [ CHEERING ] >> AND THEY ALL LIT? >> YES. >> SPREADING JOY TO THE WORLD ONE HOUSE AT A TIME. >> IT’S A BEAUTIFUL FEELING TO KNOW THAT WE WERE PART OF THIS JUST A LITTLE THING THAT OTHERS WANTED TO GET IN ON. >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF LOVE LIVES IN HERE, IN THERE, WE’RE GOING TO SHARE IT AND THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO PUSH BACK THE DARKNESS. >> MATT AND KIM SAY THEY PLAN TO KEEP THIS GOING A LONG TIME. GREAT JOB, GUYS. >> THAT IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS SUNDAY. LESTER HOLT WILL BE WITH YOU TOMORROW. STICK AROUND FOR SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AFTER THIS. I’M KATE SNOW. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT NBC NEWS, STAY SAFE. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.