Chilling video of a suspected Drunk Driver Speeding into a building holding a birthday party. Two children killed. More than a dozen other people seriously hurt. Why them . The new warning to jewish students after heated protests at Columbia University. The campus rabbi who says theyre not safe and need to go home. Summer travel crunch. More americans than ever set to fly, but for some airlines, maybe fewer planes. What it means for the price of your summer vacay. A car on fire. A driver trapped. How a group of Good Samaritans saved his life. And kick off your sunday shoes because we are there as kevin bacon goes back to the school where he filmed footloose to make students prom dreams come true. The power that this movie has had just kind of brings people together. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with hallie jackson. Good evening, and we begin this evening with a milestone moment in a trial that will be full of them. Opening statements set to begin just hours from now in that Downtown Manhattan courtroom in the historic criminal case against the former president. And tonight were getting a closer look at the prosecutions roadmap here. Just how they intend to prove their case against donald trump and who they intend to call to the stand. With the jury now seated, the defense preparing to counter each claim and the defendant, himself, turning the courtroom into a campaign stop. Yasmin vossoughian starts us off. Reporter just hours from now, a historic moment for American Politics and the countrys legal system. Opening statements in the criminal trial against donald trump in new york. Opening statements really just offer a preview of the facts to come. Reporter david pecker, former publisher of the national enquirer, and a trump ally, could be among the first witnesses called. Other key witnesses could include adult film star stormy daniels, michael cohen, trumps former fixer, karen mcdougal, an explayboy model, hope hicks, trumps former White House Communications director, and possibly mr. Trump himself. Are you going to testify . Yes. Reporter the prosecution will make its case to a jury of seven men and five women along with six alternates, alleging that this is a matter of election interference. Mr. Trump has pled not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying Business Records related to a 130,000 payment made to stormy daniels. Prosecutors say it was made to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. The payment allegedly happened after his access Hollywood Tape leaked during the 2016 campaign. How are you . Nice to see you. Terrific. Reporter the former president has denied allegations of the encounter with daniels and the payment. This is a giant witch hunt. Reporter mr. Trump is required to be in court every weekday except wednesdays, when court is not in session, limiting his ability to campaign. Im supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning, but ive been here all day. Reporter his North Carolina rally canceled on saturday due to weather. Im more devastated that this could happen. Reporter meanwhile, President Biden trimmed mr. Trumps lead in our new nbc news poll. Trump leading biden by just two points in a headtohead matchup, down from five points. But with thirdparty candidates in the mix, biden leads trump by two points. Yasmin is joining us from outside court. Yasmin, if this is just the start for this trial, when might we see a verdict . Reporter the trial could take four to six weeks, hallie. If he is found guilty, hes facing up to four years in prison. Hallie. Yasmin vossoughian live for us in new york. To Breaking News out of michigan with a community in shock and in grief tonight after a driver crashed into a childrens birthday party. Maggie vespa is there. Reporter tonight, tragedy in michigan and a suspected drunk driver caught on camera from multiple angles saturday, appearing to speed toward a boat club. Debris flying as investigators say the 66yearold woman crashed into the side, plowing 25 feet through a childs birthday party, hitting 15 adults and kids, killing 2, a young brother and sister who were attending their friends party. A vehicle went through the building. Reporter First Responders swarming newports Swan Boat Club south of detroit. We have several people on the ground as well as several children injured. The scene was described by the First Responders as extremely chaotic. Reporter the local sheriff tearing up. Two of the victims were pronounced deceased at the scene. This includes an 8yearold female and a 5yearold male, who are siblings of each other. Reporter family identifying the siblings as lana and zane, adding their mother, mariah, and 12yearold brother, jaden, were also at the party and are in critical condition. How are you feeling . Devastated. Sad. Why them . Reporter the driver who investigators say killed them hasnt yet been identified. Authorities say shes been arrested for operating while intoxicated, causing death. The sheriff noting investigators believe shed been at a tavern earlier and that more charges are likely coming. Does anything about this make sense to you . Nothing. Its a kids birthday party. This is devastating. Maggie is joining us live outside that boat club where, maggie, we can see that building boarded up behind you. We expect an update from investigators tomorrow, right . Reporter yeah, hallie, thats right. Were hoping for answers, as you know, to a number of looming questions, including the name of the driver. Meanwhile, today we went to that tavern the sheriff mentioned, and staff there say authorities have already searched it as part of their investigation. Hallie. Maggie vespa live for us there in michigan, thank you. An alarming new warning tonight for jewish students at new yorks Columbia University. Go home. Thats from a rabbi who works on campus, concerned about growing antisemitism and growing protests against israels war with hamas. George solis reports. Reporter as tensions and propalestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in new york grow, tonight a jewish leader at the university is now urging students to stay away over whats being described as extreme antisemitism on campus. I really do believe that these protests have lost the plot so to speak and have really just turned into incitement of violence and jew hatred. Reporter new york mayor eric adams condemning video such as this, which he saysa shows a young woman with a sign pointing to jewish students saying, al qassams next targets. In a letter obtained by nbc news, columbia rabbi Elie Buechler writing to students, it deeply pains me to say that i would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved, going on to say, no one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school. Nick baum says while many of his peers have left, hes chosen to stay. Your reaction to the letter . I feel disturbed, but i feel it is completely indicative of the horrible disturbances that jews on campus have been feeling over the last few days. As a jew, i no longer feel welcome on campus. Reporter a Columbia University spokesperson tells nbc news in part, we are acting on concerns we are hearing from our jewish students. Republican congresswoman elise stefanik, who played a role during a hearing on antisemitism this n the at columbia this week now calling on University PresidentMinouche Shafik to resign. Tonight the white house weighing in, saying in part, while every american has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting jewish students and the Jewish Community are blatantly antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous, and have absolutely no place on any College Campus or anywhere in the United States of america. Last week, an unauthorized encampment on campus led to more than 100 arrests. I was one of the students arrested, suspended by the university. All of these students know the risk. Reporter tonight, an escalating conflict growing more contentious on campus. George solis, nbc news. In washington, a High Wire Political Act tonight for the House Speaker, facing down an intensifying push by some in his party to kick him out of leadership. All of it fallout for his support of this weekends vote to help ukraine to the tune of 60 billion. Julie tsirkin is on capitol hill. Reporter tonight, growing pressure on House Speaker mike johnson, facing a possible mutiny from fellow republicans. Mike johnson has betrayed america. Hes betrayed republican voters. Reporter congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene is part of a trio of hardline conservatives promising to kick johnson out. The house will be in order. Reporter the latest effort coming after the house passed a 95 billion foreign aid package to israel, taiwan, and ukraine. The bill is passed. Reporter Democrats Exploding in applause on the house floor as the longstalled funding finally flows. Johnson originally opposed the white house push to send aid to ukraine, but eventually allowed the vote to proceed. Hes passed the democrat agenda, passed the Biden Administration policies, and fully funded them. Reporter but there is bipartisan support to save johnsons job. I would actually vote to table any motion to vacate him. Reporter johnson says he had to do what is right. I dont walk around this building being worried about a motion to vacate. I have to do my job. Reporter meanwhile, in an interview with our kristen welker, ukraines president says the funding is critical. Translator this aid will strengthen ukraine and send the kremlin a powerful signal. Julie is joining us now. Julie, lets talk timeline here. What are you hearing from some of the members looking to force out the speaker . Well, Marjorie Taylor greene isnt revealing her plans, only saying that it will happen. But with the house in recess, nothing will come about for at least a week. Hallie . Julie, thank you. A Tram Accident at one of the countrys most popular theme parks is under investigation tonight. It happened saturday at Universal Studios in los angeles. Officials say the tram tilted while making a turn and collided with a metal guardrail. Some people inside fell out. 15 passengers were hurt with injuries raising from mild to moderate. Universal studios is owned by nbc news parent company, nbc universal. To some terrifying moments now on a minnesota highway. A driver trapped in a car up in flames. But thanks to the bravery of a group of Good Samaritans, everybody survived. The horrific scene off i94 in minnesota. A car crashing into a lamppost, up in flames. The driver trapped. Vehicle fire. People still inside it. Reporter then one after the other, Good Samaritans pulling over, racing to help. You can see them desperately trying to pull the car door open as it jammed up against the guardrail. There was a moment where we thought we literally lost him. Reporter but the flames erupting, chasing the bystanders away. Undeterred, they rushed back in. A Highway Worker finally smashing the window open. The group pulling the driver to safety right as the fire burst into the front seat. 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Anderson had been the Beirut Bureau chief for the Associated Press when he was captured. He chronicled his imprisonment by islamic militants in his memoir, den of lions. Anderson died at his home in new yorks hudson valley. He was 76 years old. Out west now, where car thieves are getting bolder and homeowners more frustrated. Tonight our Dana Griffin Talks with one who saw the alleged robbery unfold in his driveway on his own doorbell cam and decided to fight back. Reporter just seconds after getting a notification in the middle of the night, eric smith captured on his own ring camera tackling a suspected car prowler who had been sitting in the Passenger Side of his truck. I put my hands on him and grabbed him. At that point he started screaming, yelling for the driver of the vehicle to help him out. Help, help. Reporter then the driver of this getaway car backs up, angles towards them, and accelerates. It felt kind of like a movie, you know. I just end up on the hood, held on, turned around to see where i was going to impact. I saw i was going straight for my truck. Saw my truck door was open. I just happened to pick up my legs and kick my door closed. Reporter after being hurled off the vehicle and slamming into his own truck, smith stands up without a scratch to snap a photo before the suspects sped away. I was a little shaky, so the photos came out a little blurry already the incident happened last month outside his Pierce County, washington, home. His family sharing it online to help authorities identify the suspects. The Pierce County i give a lot of credit to social media. Reporter the Pierce CountySheriffs Department tells nbc news those images led to a potential arrest in a different city, but they have yet to confirm if the suspect is tied to their investigation. The Department Writing in a statement, in part, we have seen a significant rise in Motor Vehicle thefts with juvenile suspects. This incident is particularly scary since it shows how bold these suspects are getting and at what costs they will take to get away. According to the department, Motor Vehicle thefts were up 27 in the county last year. Just 30 minutes prior to, you know, another person on social media reached out and provided footage of them hitting their vehicles. Reporter deputies say its likely the suspects were casing nearby homes, but no other reports were filed with the department. They got nothing out of it. I dont keep anything in my vehicle. But they were certainly lucky. Reporter lucky, eric says, because everyone involved could have been hurt. Would you have done anything different . Yeah, thats a good question. Absolutely not. You know, theres so many different ways this could have gone, and i think i had probably the best outcome. Reporter dana griffin, nbc news. Up next, there is good news tonight. The promposal kevin bacon couldnt resist. How students got him back to where he started in all in footloose. How students go o back t there is good news tonight. You remember the movie footloose about High School Students fighting for the right to dance . Now 40 years later, a reallife twist. High School Students fighting for the right to get kevin bacon to the dance. Lets dance reporter an iconic movie with an iconic star. Putting utahs Payson High School on the map. These scenes shot there 40 years ago. But you know whos been working so hard . The current students, who werent even born when footloose came out, and now after a yearslong bacon to payson online campaign, kevin bacons back. Its been a long time. Its amazing the power that this movie has had to just kind of bring people together. Reporter just ahead of paysons prom night and just before the school is torn down next year, Bacon Telle Hartung how much it telling todays Kaylee Hartung how much it all means. For all the effort these students put in, in getting bacon to payson, what finally put you Over The Edge . I think seeing the seeing the commitment to turn it into a day of giving and fundraising and good, positive energy. You cant turn that down. Reporter like ren, bacons on a mission, uniting the community, Filling Care Bags for his six degrees charity. And then, yes, at prom, the students who worked to get bacon to the building following his footloose footsteps. Everyone danced to footloose at the prom. It was a party. Oh, yeah, it was cool. Reporter for ruby and nick, its more than just a movie. Its the memory of a lifetime. I think that was the coolest part was just to see how he uses his celebrity power, per se, to bring everyone together. That was the reason it all worked. What did it feel like for you when you got to see and meet kevin bacon . Seeing him in person was like surreal. Like he walked out, and they played footloose, and i immediately just started crying. That just made it all worthwhile to know that hes proud of us and hes happy that he came. Theres a life lesson in that moment too. Yeah, for sure. Like if you set your mind to something, you can accomplish it. A prom to remember for sure. Get ready to kick off your monday shoes, by the way, with more of kaylees exclusive interview and visit with kevin bacon tomorrow on today. For now, thats nightly news for this sunday. Im hallie jackson. For all of us at nbc, thanks for watching. Well see you right back here next week. Footloose kick off the sunday shoes please, louise pull me off of my knees right now at 6 00, keeping tents off the streets. The case the Supreme Court is set to hear that could have a big impact on how california cities handle the homelessness