>>> TONIGHT, A SUSPECT
UNDER ARREST IN THE
LEAK OF CLASSIFIED
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES,
GUNS DRAWN, SWARMING
AN AIR NATIONAL
GUARDSMAN AT HIS HOME
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING
ABOUT THE 21-YEAR-OLD
WHO WAS A MEMBER OF
THE INTELLIGENCE WING
AND HIS ROLE IN AN
ONLINE CHAT GROUP
WHERE THE DOCUMENTS
FIRST SURFACED.
THE KEY QUESTION
TONIGHT, JUST HOW WAS
HE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS
TO TOP SECRET
MATERIALS.
>>> THE BATTLE OVER
ACCESS TO ABORTION
PILLS HEADED TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
SEEKING EMERGENCY
ACTION.
>>> AND JUST IN
TONIGHT, A NEW BAN SET
TO BECOME LAW IN
FLORIDA.
>>> A SUSPECT ARRESTED
IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
STABBING OF TECH
EXECUTIVE BOB LEE.
POLICE SAY THE MEN
KNEW EACH OTHER.
WHAT HAPPENED THAT
NIGHT?
>>> SURREAL SCENES IN
FLORIDA, STREETS
OVERTAKEN WITH WATER
AFTER 2 FEET OF RAIN
FELL IN ONLY SIX
HOURS.
THE AIRPORT SHUT DOWN.
THE DESPERATE RESCUES
FROM HOMES AND CARS.
>>> HOW NBC'S
INVESTIGATION ON
MIGRANTS WORKING
ILLEGALLY IN
SLAUGHTERHOUSES REVEAL
A WIDESPREAD STOLEN
IDENTITY SCHEME.
>>> THE NEW GOVERNMENT
WARNING ABOUT A DEADLY
BABY SLEEPER RECALLED
YEARS AGO BUT STILL
TURNING UP ONLINE.
>>> AND THE INSPIRING
SCHOOL WHERE EVERYONE
LEARNS A LANGUAGE OF
INCLUSION.
♪♪
>> Announcer: THIS IS
"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
WITH LESTER HOLT.
>> GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME.
THE POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING LEAK OF
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
SECRETS RELATING TO
THE WAR IN UKRAINE HAS
BEEN TRACED TO A
LOW-RANKING NATIONAL
GUARDSMAN IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
THAT'S WHERE AN FBI
TACTICAL TEAM TOOK
21-YEAR-OLD AIRMAN
FIRST CLASS JACK
TEIXEIRA INTO CUSTODY
THIS AFTERNOON.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
MERRICK GARLAND
ANNOUNCING THE ARREST
OF TEIXEIRA IN THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
RETENTION AND
TRANSMISSION OF
CLASSIFIED NATIONAL
DEFENSE INFORMATION.
TEIXEIRA IS A MEMBER
OF THE INTELLIGENCE
WING OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS AIR
NATIONAL GUARD, THOUGH
IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT HIS
AUTHORIZED LEVEL OF
ACCESS WAS.
THE LEAKED DOCUMENTS
INCLUDE AMERICAN
ASSESSMENTS OF RUSSIAN
CAPABILITIES IN
UKRAINE AND ALSO
EXPOSE U.S. SPY
EFFORTS AGAINST
ALLIES.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT ALL THIS
TONIGHT.
ANDREA MITCHELL STARTS
US OFF WITH WHAT WE
KNOW.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
BACKED UP BY AN
DRAWN, THE FBI
ARRESTED A 21-YEAR-OLD
AIRMAN FIRST CLASS IN
THE MASSACHUSETTS
NATIONAL GUARD,
WORKING IN I.T. IN
THEIR INTELLIGENCE
WING, WHO THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS IS THE
SOURCE OF THAT MAJOR
INTELLIGENCE LEAK.
>> TODAY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT ARRESTED
JACK DOUGLAS TEIXEIRA
IN CONNECTION WITH AN
INVESTIGATION INTO
ALLEGED UNAUTHORIZED
REMOVAL, RETENTION OF
AND TRANSMISSION OF
CLASSIFIED NATIONAL
DEFENSE INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: "THE
WASHINGTON POST" WAS
FIRST TO REPORT THAT
TEIXEIRA UNDER THE
MONIKER "OG" SHARED
CLASSIFIED
INTELLIGENCE IN A
PRIVATE GROUP OF
MOSTLY YOUNG MEN ON
DISCORD, AN ONLINE
CHAT PLATFORM POPULAR
WITH VIDEO GAMERS.
"THE POST" SPOKE OF AN
ANONYMOUS MEMBER OF
THAT CHAT ROOM
POPULATED BY GUN
ENTHUSIASTS WHO
FREQUENTLY SHARED
RACIST MEMES.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE
WAS A GOAL NOR SOME
SORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
HE WAS LOOKING FOR IN
SHARING THESE
DOCUMENTS.
OF COURSE, THERE IS
SOME ANTI-
HAD ENLISTED 3 1/2
YEARS AGO.
THE ANONYMOUS GROUP
MEMBER TOLD "T TOLD "THE
WASHINGTON POST" HE
WAS A NATURAL LEADER
BUT NOT A
WHISTLE-BLOWER.
>> OG WAS NOT HOSTAGE
TO THE GOVERNMENT.
HOWEVER, HE DISAGREED
WITH SEVERAL OCCASIONS
SUCH AS WACO AND RUBY
RIDGE AND THOUGHT THE
GOVERNMENT IS
OVERREACHING IN
SEVERAL ASPECTS.
THERE WAS NO HEAVY
SNOWDEN-LIKE
CONSPIRACY HERE LIKE
SOME PEOPLE MAY
BELIEVE.
>> Reporter: THE
LEAKED INTELLIGENCE
WAS ONLINE FOR MONTHS,
WITH PHOTOS OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
VISIBLE FOR WEEKS.
SOME OF IT WAS IN
PUBLIC.
>> RIGHT.
CLEARLY THE
ADMINISTRATION WAS
SLOW ON THE UPTAKE.
HOW WAS IT NOT
DISCOVERED?
AND HOW IS IT THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL LIKE THIS
COULD HAVE THE ACCESS
THAT THEY DID?
>> Reporter: IN
IRELAND, PRESIDENT
BIDEN DOWNPLAYED THE
IMPACT.
>> I'M NOT CONCERNED
ABOUT THE WEIGHTINESS.
I'M CONCERNED THAT IT
HAPPENED.
THERE IS NOTHING
CONTEMPORANEOUS THAT
I'M AWARE OF THAT IS
OF GREAT CONSEQUENCE.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING
TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" TODAY, ONE OF
THE LEAKS REVEALS
BROAD INFIGHTING
INSIDE THE KREMLIN
OVER THE SCALE OF
THEIR CASUALTIES IN
UKRAINE.
AND THE "WASHINGTON
POST" IS REPORTING
THAT THE U.S. EXPECTS
THE WAR TO CONTINUE
INTO NEXT WEEK.
KRISTEN WELKER ASKED
POLAND'S PRIME
MINISTER ABOUT THAT.
>> IS THAT YOUR
ASSESSMENT?
>> I THINK SO TOO
BECAUSE RUSSIA HAS
HUGE AND VAST NATURAL
RESOURCES, HUMAN
RESOURCES.
>> Reporter: NOW THE
PENTAGON IS REVIEWING
WHO HAS ACCESS TO TOP
SECRETS.
>> WE DO HAVE
STRINGENT GUIDELINES
IN PLACE FOR
SAFEGUARDING
CLASSIFIED AND
SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
THIS WAS A DELIBERATE
CRIMINAL ACT, A
VIOLATION OF THOSE
GUIDELINES.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY
AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO
TIGHTEN THINGS UP, WE
CERTAINLY WILL.
>> AND ANDREA, HOW
DOES IT HAPPEN THAT A
LOW-RANKING NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN HAS ACCESS
TO SO MANY OF OUR
COUNTRY'S SECRETS?
>> LESTER, THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE CHAIRMAN
TOLD ME THEY ARE GOING
TO BE ASKING AT AN
OVERSIGHT HEARING, AS
WELL AS WHY THEY'RE
NOT MONITORING SOCIAL
MEDIA MORE
EFFECTIVELY.
WHATEVER TEIXEIRA'S
MOTIVES, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL INDICATED HE
IS NOW FACING SERIOUS
CHARGES UNDER THE
ESPIONAGE ACT, AND
THAT MEANS HE COULD
FACE VERY SERIOUS
PENALTIES IF HE IS
CONVICTED.
LESTER?
>> ALL RIGHT, ANDREA,
THANK YOU.
>>> NOW TO THE
ESCALATING FIGHT OVER
ACCESS TO AN ABORTION
PILL.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
SAYS IT WILL NOW ASK
THE SUPREME COURT FOR
EMERGENCY ACTION TO
STOP NEW RESTRICTIONS
FROM TAKING EFFECT.
LAURA JARRETT HAS LATE
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: A FIERCE
BATTLE OVER ABORTION
NOW HEADED TO THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
VOWING TO CHALLENGE A
RULING FROM A FEDERAL
APPEALS COURT THAT
COULD JEOPARDIZE
ACCESS TO
MIFEPRISTONE, A
COMMONLY USED ABORTION
PILL.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT THE
LAW IS ON OUR SIDE.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT
THAT APPEALS COURT
BLOCKED A PORTION OF A
TEXAS RULING THAT
INVALIDATED THE
APPROVAL OF
MIFEPRISTONE, ALLOWING
THE DRUG TO REMAIN ON
THE MARKET FOR NOW.
BUT THE JUDGE ALSO
ROLLED BACK SEVERAL
FDA MOVES IN RECENT
YEARS THAT MADE THE
DRUG EASIER TO OBTAIN.
IF THE SUPREME COURT
DOESN'T STEP IN, WOMEN
MAY SOON BE REQUIRED
TO VISIT A DOCTOR'S
OFFICE IN PERSON TO
RECEIVE THE PILL
INSTEAD OF TAKING IT
AT HOME.
IT WILL NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
MAIL.
THE GENERIC VERSION
ALSO OFF THE TABLE,
AND THE PILL WILL ONLY
BE APPROVED THROUGH
SEVEN WEEKS OF
PREGNANCY INSTEAD OF
TEN.
>> HAVING MORE
IN-PERSON VISITS MEAN
WOMEN WILL HAVE TO
TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK,
GET CHILD CARE, OFTEN
DURING THE WORKWEEK.
>> IF THE MEDICATION
CAN'T GET INTO THE
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE
THAT NEED IT QUICKLY,
THEN IT ISN'T
AVAILABLE.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS
LIKE LAURA MACISAAC,
WHO PRACTICED FOR OVER
THREE DECADES ALARMED
BY THE RULING.
>> THAT WILL
ABSOLUTELY INCREASE
PREGNANCY
COMPLICATIONS AND
INCREASE MATERNAL
MORTALITY.
>> Reporter:
RESTRICTING ACCESS TO
MIFEPRISTONE AT THE
HEART OF THE ORIGINAL
TEXAS LAWSUIT.
>> THE FDA HAS
BASICALLY SANCTIONED
MAIL-ORDER ABORTIONS.
>> Reporter: ERIN
HOLLY REPRESENTS THE
ADVOCACY GROUPS AND
DOCTORS THAT SUED THE
FDA.
>> THIS CIRCUIT
DECISION IS A HVICTORY
FOR WOMEN AND THE RULE
OF LAW.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE
FIGHT CONTINUES IN THE
COURTS, TONIGHT A
CLASH AT THE STATE
HOUSE.
>> GET OFF MY BACK!
>> Reporter: IN
FLORIDA, ANGER ERUPTS
ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.
>> SHOW THE BILL
PASSES.
>> Reporter: AS THE
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED
LEGISLATURE PASSED A
SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN
HEADED TO THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK FOR
SIGNATURES SOON.
>> SO LAURA, WHEN DO
ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS
TAKE EFFECT?
>> SO THOSE
RESTRICTIONS SHOULD
BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY.
I SAY SHOULD, BECAUSE
TONIGHT A FEDERAL
JUDGE IN A DIFFERENT
CASE IN WASHINGTON
STATE REITERATED THAT
THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION MUST
NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES
TO THE AVAILABILITY OF
THIS DRUG.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL
LIKELY TELL THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT IT
SIMPLY CANNOT COMPLY
WITH ALL THESE
CONFLICTING RULINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LAURA, THANKS VERY
MUCH.
>>> THERE HAS BEEN AN
ARREST IN THE MURDER
OF BOB LEE, THE TECH
EXECUTIVE WHO WAS
STABBED TO DEATH IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT
WAS AN ACQUAINTANCE.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER
REPORTS.
>> Reporter: MOMENTS
BEFORE A MORTALLY
WOUNDED BOB LEE
STAGGERED DOWN A SAN
FRANCISCO STREET
DESPERATE FOR HELP,
POLICE SAY THIS MAN,
NIMA MOMENI, STABBED
THE 43-YEAR-OLD
MULTIPLE TIMES.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
TWO TECH EXECUTIVES
WERE ACQUAINTANCES AND
WERE TOGETHER WHEN
THEIR GATHERING
SUDDENLY TURNED INTO A
PREDAWN MURDER NEAR
THE CITY'S BAY BRIDGE.
>> THE EVIDENCE IS
THAT THEY KNEW EACH
OTHER, AND THERE IS
STILL MORE TO DELVE
INTO IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE DEPTH OF THAT
RELATIONSHIP WAS.
>> Reporter: MOMENI,
WHO IS 38 WAS ARRESTED
DURING AN EARLY
MORNING RAID AT HIS
BAY AREA HOME.
A SELF-DESCRIBED
ENTREPRENEUR WHO
ATTENDED UC BERKELEY,
MOMENI LAUNCHED HIS
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING
COMPANY EXPAND I.T. IN
2010.
WAS THERE SOME TYPE OF
ALTERCATION THEY WENT
INTO BEFORE THE
STABBING OCCURRED?
>> NOT EXACTLY.
I CAN'T DISCLOSE.
>> Reporter: LEE, A
TECH TITAN PERHAPS
BEST KNOWN FOR
CREATING CASH APP
CALLED 911 AFTER HE
WAS STABBED AT 2:35
A.M. TUESDAY.
>> THERE IS A MALE
SCREAMING HELP SAYING
SOMEONE STABBED ME.
ADVISE HE IS BLEEDING
OUT.
>> Reporter: "THE
DAILY MAIL".COM
OBTAINED THIS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND
SAID LEE WAS SEEN
TRYING TO WAVE DOWN
HELP MINUTES BEFORE
OFFICERS ARRIVED.
NOW NINE DAYS AFTER
THE MURDER,
AUTHORITIES ARE
CONFIDENT THEY HAVE
THEIR KILLER, WHO IS
EXPECTED IN COURT
TOMORROW.
BEFORE TODAY'S ARREST,
THE CITY'S SAFETY CAME
INTO QUESTION.
BUT NOW AUTHORITIES
CONFIRM THIS WAS NOT A
RANDOM ATTACK OR A
ROBBERY, BUT MOTIVE
REMAINS THE MYSTERY.
LESTER?
>> MIGUEL ALMAGUER IN
SAN FRANCISCO, THANK
YOU.
>>> FOUR MILLION
PEOPLE REMAIN UNDER
FLOOD ALERTS TONIGHT
IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND
MIAMI WHERE THEY'RE
MEASURING HISTORIC
RAINFALL NOT IN INCHES
BUT IN FEET.
STREETS AND AN AIRPORT
UNDER WATER.
GUAD VENEGAS IS THERE.
>> Reporter: AIRPLANES
CUTTING THROUGH WATER
ON A FORT LAUDERDALE
RUNWAY THAT LOOKED
MORE LIKE A LAKE THAN
A LANDING ZONE.
>> WHAT THE HELL?
>> Reporter: HISTORIC
RAINFALL CAUSING A
SHUTDOWN IN AND AROUND
THE AIRPORT WITH
DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS
STRANDED IN VEHICLES.
>> VEHICLE STUCK IN
THE FLOODWATER.
CALLER ADVISED SHE
DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO
SWIM.
>> Reporter: DANIEL
SCARFONE SPENT 15
HOURS IN HIS VEHICLE,
UNABLE TO GET HELP TO
MOVE.
>> IT COULDN'T HANDLE
IT.
>> Reporter: RESCUE
TEAMS SAVING THIS
ELDERLY WOMAN FROM HER
HOME AS FIRST
RESPONDERS AT BROWARD
GENIUS A BOAT OUTSIDE
THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
>> CAN'T GET THERE BY
CAR, GET THERE BY
BOAT.
>> Reporter: THE FLASH
FLOODS A RESULT OF
TORRENTIAL RAIN
HAMMERING FORT
LAUDERDALE AND ITS
SURROUNDING AREAS WITH
SEVEN MONTHS' WORTH OF
RAIN IN JUST SEVEN
HOURS.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF
THE FLOODED
NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN
FORT LAUDERDALE.
THE STREET LOOKS MORE
LIKE A RIVER, AND WE
STILL HAVE CARS THAT
ARE STUCK WITH
RESIDENTS PRETTY MUCH
STRANDED HERE UNTIL
THIS WATER RECEDES.
JESSICA FALL STUCK
OVERNIGHT INSIDE A
CROWDED TERMINAL WITH
HER FAMILY.
>> IT GOES UP TO RIGHT
AT THE DOOR.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
FORT LAUDERDALE
DECLARING A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
>> I'M GOING TO GO
BACK AND GET YOUR
MOMMY AND DADDY, ALL
RIGHT, BUD?
>> Reporter: AFTER A
ONCE IN A THOUSAND
YEAR RAIN EVENT AS
OFFICIALS WARN OF MORE
RAIN ON THE WAY.
GUAD VENEGAS, NBC
NEWS, FORT LAUDERDALE.
>>> IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST HIGH PROFILE
DEFAMATION LAWSUITS.
FOX NEWS BEING SUED BY
DOMINION VOTING
SYSTEMS IN A CASE
INVOLVING FALSE CLAIMS
OF VOTING FRAUD IN
2020.
AS EMILIE IKEDA
REPORTS, THERE WERE
NEW REVELATIONS AS
JURY SELECTION
STARTED.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
JURY SELECTION IS
UNDER WAY IN DOMINION
VOTING SYSTEM'S $1.6
BILLION DEFAMATION
SUIT AGAINST FOX NEWS
AND ITS PARENT
COMPANY.
HUNDREDS OF POTENTIAL
JURORS FACING
QUESTIONS LIKE DO YOU
AVOID ANY FOX NEWS
PROGRAMS?
DO YOU PERSONALLY KNOW
ANY EMPLOYEES OF
DOMINION OR FOX?
THE VOTING MACHINE
COMPANY ARGUES FOX
NEWS DESTROYED ITS
REPUTATION BY
AMPLIFYING FALSE
CLAIMS THE 2020 ELECT
ELECTION WAS RIGGED.
>> WE HAVE TREMENDOUS
EVIDENCE ALREADY OF
FRAUD IN THIS
ELECTION.
>> Reporter: A GROUP
OF 12 JURORS WILL
DECIDE WHETHER THE
TOP-RATED CABLE NEWS
NETWORK KNEW SUCH
COMMENTS WERE NOT TRUE
OR ACTED WITH RECKLESS
DISREGARD.
FOX DEFENDS ITS
ELECTION COVERAGE AND
SAYS DOMINION SUIT IS
A BLATANT VIOLATION OF
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
IN AN 11th HOUR TWIST,
THE DELAWARE JUDGE
SANCTIONED FOX
WEDNESDAY FOR
WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE,
INCLUDING THIS OFF-AIR
CONVERSATION BETWEEN
FOX AND A CAMPAIGN
STAFFER FOR FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> OUR UNDERSTANDING,
AGAIN, THIS IS THE
STATE'S OFFICE THAT
THERE WEREN'T ANY
PHYSICAL ISSUES WITH
THE MACHINES IN THOSE
INSPECTIONS.
>> Reporter: FORMER
FOX NEWS PRODUCER ABBY
GROSSBERG BROUGHT
THOSE RECORDINGS TO
LIGHT, THOUGH FOX
ARGUES IT PROVIDED
INFORMATION WHEN WE
FIRST LEARNED IT.
GROSSBERG IS ALSO
SUING THE NETWORK,
TELLING NBC'S CYNTHIA
McFADDEN HER
DEFAMATION CASE FOR
THE CASE WAS COERCED.
FOX CALLING HER
LAWSUIT WITHOUT MERIT.
>> AND I REALIZE THE
ANSWER THAT THEY
WANTED ME TO SAY WERE
PUTTING ME IN A VERY
VULNERABLE POSITION TO
BE THE COMPANY'S
SCAPEGOAT.
>> Reporter: THE
HIGH-STAKES TRIAL IS
EXPECTED TO RUN FOR
SIX WEEKS.
SOME OF FOX'S BIGGEST
NAMES FROM RUPERT
MURDOCH TO POPULAR
HOSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
TAKE THE STAFNLTD
LESTER?
>> EMILIE IKEDA HERE
IN NEW YORK, THANK
YOU.
>>> IN 60 SECONDS, A
VIEWER TELLS US HOW HE
BELIEVES HIS IDE
>>> WE'RE BACK NOW
WITH AN NBC NEWS
>>> WE'RE BACK NOW
WITH AN NBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION LINKING
STOLEN IDENTITIES TO
ILLEGAL WORK IN
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
JULIA AINSLEY SPEAKS
TO A "NIGHTLY" VIEWER
NOW SHARING HIS
IDENTITY THEFT
NIGHTMARE, ONE HE
BELIEVES IS LINKED TO
THE SCHEME.
>> Reporter: FELIPE
GARCIA LIVES WITH HIS
WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN
IN HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.
SO HE WAS STUNNED TO
RECEIVE W-2 TAX FORMS
FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES
IN KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA, STATES WHERE
PEOPLE WERE USING HIS
IDENTITY TO WORK IN
FACTORIES, ON FARMS,
AND EVEN IN
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
SO THIS HAPPENED ABOUT
EIGHT TO TEN TIMES IN
JUST FIVE YEARS?
>> YEAH.
IT'S A LOT.
>> Reporter: EACH TIME
HIS HE HAS CALLED
POLICE TO FILE A
REPORT.
>> I ACTUALLY HAVE TO
TRAVEL TO NEBRASKA
JUST TO PROVE TO THE
OFFICER THAT I WAS THE
PERSON THAT HAD THAT
NAME.
>> Reporter: YOU GOT
IN YOUR CAR FROM
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN AND
DROVE TO NEBRASKA?
>> YEAH.
>> BACK NOW WITH OUR
NBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: THEN IT
ALL CLICKED WHEN
FELIPE WAS WATCHING
OUR NBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION.
HE LEARN IN ORDER THAN
100 UNDOCUMENTED
CHILDREN, SOME AS
YOUNG AS 13 WERE HIRED
TO CLEAN
SLAUGHTERHOUSES BY
PACKER SANITATION
SERVICES INC., THOUGH
THE COMPANY SAID IT
DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE
MINORS.
SO WHAT WAS IT THAT
YOU REALIZED WHEN YOU
SAW THE NBC STORY?
>> I LOOKED AT MY W-2
THAT I RECEIVED THAT
SOMEBODY WAS USING
MINE, AND IT WAS THE
SAME COMPANY THAT YOU
GUYS WROTE A STORY
ABOUT.
AND WHEN I SEEN THOSE
KIDS, IT BOTHERS ME,
BECAUSE I HAVE KIDS.
>> Reporter: FELIPE
HAS NO WAY OF
KNOWING IF IT WAS
CHILD WHO USED HIS
IDENTITY, BUT THE
POSSIBILITY TROUBLED
HIM.
ANOTHER WOMAN WHO
ASKED TO REMAIN
ANONYMOUS TOLD NBC
NEWS HER IDENTITY WAS
STOLEN AND USED BY A
PSSI WORKER IN 2014.
SHE SAYS THE COMPANY
TOLD HER IT WOULD NOT
HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT THEN
IT DID FOUR YEARS
LATER.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN MULTIPLE CITIES
WITH LARGE MEAT
PACKING PLANTS TELL
NBC NEWS THAT IDENTITY
THEFT IN THAT INDUSTRY
IS COMMON.
GARY SALMANS IS AN
INVESTIGATOR WITH THE
FORD COUNTY SHERIFF IN
DODGE CITY, KANSAS.
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE
IDS THAT PEOPLE ARE
USING?
DO THEY LOOK REAL?
>> SOME OF THEM ARE
VERY WELL DONE.
SOME OF THEM ARE
ACTUALLY STATE IDs,
AND SOME OF THEM LOOK
LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL
ATTEMPT TO GET INTO
THE BAR.
>> Reporter: PSSI TOLD
NBC NEWS THE COMPANY
SYMPATHIZES WITH
IDENTITY THEFT
VICTIMS, WRITING, "THE
COMPANY'S COMPLIANCE
HIRING PROCESS
SUCCESSFULLY CAUGHT
OVER 8,000 INSTANCES
OF IDENTITY
VERIFICATION INSTANCES
ISSUES SINCE 2020,
CLEARLY DEMONSTRATING
A COMMITMENT TO
ROOTING OUT
VIOLATIONS," AND
SAYS RESPONSIBILITY
LIES WITH WORKERS WHO
USE FAKE IDENTITIES.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE
COMPANIES WHO ARE
USING THESE EMPLOYEES
TO DO ABOUT IT?
>> I FEEL LIKE THEY
NEED TO BE MORE STRICT
ON HIRING PROCESS.
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO
GET PEOPLE TO WORK,
BUT THIS IS NOT THE
WAY TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: JULIA
AINSLEY, NBC NEWS,
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.
>>> STILL AHEAD HERE
TONIGHT, THESE POPULAR
BABY SLEEPERS WERE
RECALLED BECAUSE THEY
WEREN'T SAFE.
SO WHY ARE THEY STILL
>>> A WARNING FOR
PARENTS.
A POPULAR BABY SLEEPER
WAS PULLED OFF THE
MARKET AFTER BEING
LINKED TO DOZENS OF
INFANT DEATHS.
BUT IT'S NOW POPPING
BACK UP FOR SALE
ONLINE.
HALLIE JACKSON HAS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
>> Reporter: A NEW
WARNING TONIGHT ON THE
RESALE OF A RECALLED
INFANT SLEEPER THAT
THE CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY COMMISSION SAYS
IS LINKED TO THE DEATH
OF ABOUT 100 BABIES,
INCLUDING EMMA RICHTER
WHO DIED AT TWO WEEKS
OLD IN THE
FISHER-PRICE ROCK 'N
PLAY.
>> THE RECALL CAME TOO
LATE IN MY CASE.
AND IT REALLY PAINS ME
THAT THERE ARE PARENTS
WHO ARE STILL USING
THE PRODUCT, OR WHO
MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT
THE RECALL, EVEN YEARS
AFTER.
>> Reporter: NEARLY
FIVE MILLION ROCK 'N
PLAYS WERE VOLUNTARILY
PULLED OFF THE MARKET
FOR THAN THREE YEARS
AGO.
THE RECALL EVEN
RENOUNCED IN JANUARY,
BUT THE CPSC SAYS
THOUSANDS OF
SECONDHAND LISTINGS
ARE STILL BEING LISTED
ON MARKETPLACES LIKE
FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE.
>> THAT MEANS
DANGEROUS PRODUCTS
LIKE THE FISHER-PRICE
ROCK 'N PLAY ARE BEING
PASSED ON TO NEW
CONSUMERS WHO DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE RISKS
INVOLVED.
>> Reporter: NOW THE
HEAD OF THE AGENCY IS
CALLING ON FACEBOOK'S
PARENT COMPANY, META,
TO DO MORE.
>> THEY HAVE THE
RESOURCES AND
TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE
TO STOP THESE FROM
EVEN BEING LISTED,
FROM ANYBODY SEEING
IT.
>> Reporter: SELLING
RECALLED PRODUCTS IS
NOT ALLOWED ON
MARKETPLACE, AND IN
STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS,
META SAYS, "WE TAKE
THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY,
AND WHEN WE FIND
LISTINGS THAT VIOLATE
OUR RULES, WE REMOVE
THEM."
>> LOOK AT YOUR
BABIES.
TAKE THE TIME, DO YOUR
RESEARCH BEFORE YOU
CLICK BUY.
WE ALL NEED TO LOOK
OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter:
FISHER-PRICE TELLS NBC
IT'S WILLING TO BOOST
HOW MUCH OF A REFUND
PEOPLE CAN GET IF THEY
SEND PART OF THE ROCK
'N PLAY BACK TO THE
COMPANY, REITERATING
CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT
USE IT OR RESELL IT.
LESTER?
>> HALLIE, THANK YOU.
>>> UP NEXT, THE
INSPIRING SCHOOL
PROGRAM HELPING
>>> FINALLY TONIGHT,
APRIL 15th IS AMERICAN
SIGN LANGUAGE DAY.
AND WE WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE
INSPIRING CHANGE BEING
SEEN IN THE DEAF AND
HARD OF HEARING
COMMUNITY.
HERE IS REHEMA ELLIS.
>> Reporter: THIS
CLASSROOM IN
CONNECTICUT IS SILENT.
THESE STUDENTS ARE ALL
DEAF OR HARD OF
HEARING, COMMUNICATING
USING AMERICAN SIGN
LANGUAGE, OR ASL.
>> YOU'RE LATE.
>> Reporter: WHILE
MORE AND MORE DEAF
ACTORS ARE APPEARING
IN FILMS, ENHANCING
UNDERSTANDING OF DEAF
CULTURE, FEW PEOPLE
KNOW HOW TO SIGN.
THAT MAKES LIFE
OUTSIDE OF THIS
SPECIAL HARTFORD
SCHOOL A CHALLENGE.
>> MANY HEARING PEOPLE
HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION
THAT DEAF PEOPLE
CAN'T.
WE CAN DO ANYTHING.
THE ONLY THING WE THAT
WE DON'T HAVE IS
HEARING.
>> Reporter: 120 MILES
SOUTH IN THIS NEW YORK
CITY SCHOOL, STUDENTS
ARE BRIDGING THE
LANGUAGE GAP.
IT'S THE CITY'S ONLY
SIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL
WHERE HEARING OR HARD
OF HEARING STUDENTS
OUTNUMBER THE DEAF.
MOST CLASSES ARE
BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH
AND ASL, BUT SOME
CLASSES NO SPOKEN WORD
AT ALL, IMMERSING
STUDENTS IN DEAF
CULTURE.
>> I FEEL HAPPY THAT
I'M HERE.
>> Reporter: BEFORE
NOW, 14-YEAR-OLD
SABRINA MORALES, WHO
IS HARD OF HEARING,
WAS IN A MAINSTREAM
SCHOOL AND SAYS SHE
FELT ISOLATED FROM
HEARING STUDENTS.
>> I CAN JUST SHOW WHO
I REALLY AM.
>> BECAUSE YOU SEE
YOURSELF HERE?
>> YES.
>> I'M HERE BECAUSE I
WANT TO HAVE A BETTER
COMMUNICATION WITH MY
BROTHER.
>> Reporter: SHIRLEY'S
BROTHER OMAR IS FULLY
DEAF.
SHE'S LEARNING TO SIGN
BECAUSE LIKE MOST
LITTLE SISTERS, SHE
WANTS TO BE HEARD.
DO YOU THINK IT'S MADE
YOU AND YOUR BROTHER
EVEN CLOSER THAN YOU
WOULD HAVE BEEN
OTHERWISE?
>> YEAH.
MADE US A LOT CLOSER.
EVERY TIME I SIGN TO
HIM, I SEE A SMILE ON
HIS FACE.
>> Reporter: AFTER
HIGH SCHOOL, SHIRLEY
IS PLANNING ON
BECOMING AN ASL
INTERPRETER.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, I'M
GOING TO THE STORE.
>> Reporter: SO HOW
WOULD YOU SIGN THAT?
>> I GO TO THE STORE.
>> Reporter: AND SHE
IS ALREADY GETTING
STARTED.
>> I FEEL LIKE THERE
SHOULD BE A LOT MORE
INTERPRETERS OUT THERE
FOR PEOPLE LIKE MY
BROTHER.
>> Reporter: A SIGN OF
WHAT'S TO COME.
REHEMA ELLIS, NBC
NEWS, NEW YORK.
>> EXPANDING HORIZONS
AND AWARENESS TONIGHT.
>>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY
NEWS" FOR THIS
THURSDAY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING,