>>> TONIGHT, THE TOXIC INFERNO FORCING MASS EVACUATIONS, BILLOWING PLUMES OF SMOKE SPREAD FROM A FORMER PLASTICS RECYCLING PLANT IN INDIANA, AND IT COULD BURN FOR DAYS. OFFICIALS WARNING OF HAZARDOUS FUMES. AS MANY AS 2,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED WITHIN A HALF MILE. THE PLANT'S OPERATOR PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR VIOLATIONS. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING. >>> JUST RELEASED THE DESPERATE 911 CALLS DURING THAT DEADLY MASS SHOOTING AT A LOUISVILLE BANK. EMPLOYEES PLEADING FOR HELP. EVEN THE SHOOTER'S MOTHER CALLING POLICE. WHY SHE DIDN'T THINK HE OWNED A GUN. >>> TENNESSEE OFFICIALS VOTE TO REINSTATE THE SECOND OF TWO LAWMAKERS EXPELLED FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR PROTESTING AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE. >>> THE NEW THREAT AGAINST THE MANHATTAN D.A. OVERSEEING THE NEW YORK CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT OFFICIALS ARE SAYING. >>> OUR INVESTIGATION OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT CHILDREN WORKING ILLEGALLY IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES. WE SPEAK EXCLUSIVELY WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD STILL ON THE JOB ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS HE FACES. >>> E-CIGARETTE COMPANY JUUL PAYING ALMOST HALF A BILLION TO SETTLE SETTLEMENTS SAYING IT MARKETED VAPING TO UNDERAGE USERS. >>> IS THE PARTY ABOUT TO BE OVER FOR TUPPERWARE? WHAT HAPPENED TO A PILLAR OF AMERICAN KITCHEN CULTURE? >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME. RESIDENTS OF ANOTHER SMALL AMERICAN TOWN ARE TONIGHT TRYING TO COMPREHEND THE DANGER THEY FACE FROM A NOXIOUS CLOUD OF BURNING MATERIALS THAT HAVE FORCED UP TO 2,000 PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES. MULTIPLE FIRES BURNING RIGHT NOW IN RICHMOND, INDIANA, ON A 14-ACRE FORMER FACTORY SITE. THE FIRE IS FUELED BY PLASTIC STORED ON THE SITE. THE FIRES ARE SPEWING AN AM NEWS COLUMN OF BLACK SMOKE. THE DANGEROUS PLUME CAPTURED ON WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGES. TONIGHT U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TEAMS ARE ON THE GROUND MEASURING THE AIR TRYING TO LEARN THE LEVEL OF DANGER. MAGGIE VESPA IS THERE FOR US TONIGHT. >> Reporter: A BILLOWING PLUME OF HAZARDOUS BLACK SMOKE HANGS OVER RICHMOND, INDIANA, TONIGHT. >> SPREADING FAST. >> Reporter: AFTER A FORMER PLASTICS RECYCLING PLANT WENT UP IN FLAMES TUESDAY. >> WE GOT ONE WAY INTO THE FIRE. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS NAVIGATING THE SITE. SEMI TRAILERS AND BUILDINGS PACKED WITH PLASTICS WHICH ACTS AS PURE FUEL, THEY SAY. >> THE ENTIRE COMPLEX HAS EITHER BURNED OR IS BURNING. >> Reporter: THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT THE TOXIC INFERNO FORCED MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES. LOCAL SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY. THE A SITUATION ZONE COVERS A HALF-MILE RADIUS. WE SAW THE SMOKE ROUGHLY 20 MILES OUT AND NOW A MILE BACK AND THIS IS OUR VIEW. >> I AM NOT DOING SO WELL. >> Reporter: CHRISTINA COX'S HOME IS 200 FEET FROM THE PLANT. >> HOW SCARED WERE YOU? >> OH, MY GOD. I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT SCARED. I WAS IN TEARS. >> I BET IT'LL TAKE THAT WHOLE BUILDING OUT. >> Reporter: SHE SHOT THIS VIDEO BEFORE FLEEING WITH H.E.R. FLEEING WITH FAMILY PHOTOS AND HER CATS. >> MY HOME IS HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY HEAD. I NEVER LAID MY HEAD DOWN AND CRIED AS MUCH AS I DID YESTERDAY. >> Reporter: THE EPA SAYS IT HAS DETECTED PARTICULATE MATTER FROM THE FIRE AND THE AGENCY MONITORING FOR CANCER-CAUSING TOXINS. SO FAR OFFICIALS SAY NONE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. MEANWHILE, CITY OFFICIALS ARE BLASTING THE SITE'S OWNER. >> THIS BUSINESS OWNER HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CITED BY OUR UNSAFE BUILDING COMMISSION AND GIVEN AN ORDER TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY. THAT ORDER WAS IGNORED. >> Reporter: NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE LAST-KNOWN COMPANY TO OPERATE THE PLANT. SO FAR NO RESPONSE, AND TONIGHT THERE'S NO WORD ON WHEN RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME WITH THE FIRE EXPECTED TO BURN FOR DAYS. >> SO, MAGGIE, HOW ARE OFFICIALS ADVISING PEOPLE THERE TO STAY SAFE THROUGH THIS? >> Reporter: LESTER, OFFICIALS SAY AREAS OUTSIDE THE EVACUATION ZONE ARE SAFE, THOUGH THEY DO RECOMMEND WEARING MASKS WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF THE PLANT. AT THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED PIECES OF DEBRIS LIKE PIECES OF THE ROOF OR WALLS FLOATING INTO THEIR YARDS MILES AWAY, AND OFFICIALS SAY THAT DEBRIS COULD CONTAIN ASBESTOS AND ARE URGING PEOPLE NOT TO TOUCH IT. LESTER. >> MAGGIE VESPA, THANK YOU. >>> IN LOUISVILLE THE CALLS FOR HELP DURING THIS WEEK'S DEADLY MASS SHOOTING AT A BANK AS POLICE RELEASE 911 CALLS MADE DURING THE RAMPAGE INCLUDING FROM THE SHOOTER'S MOTHER. MORGAN CHESKY HAS LATE DETAILS. >> OH, MY GOD. THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER THERE. OH, MY GOD. >> Reporter: FRANTIC CALLS FOR HELP. AMID A GUNMAN SHOOTING SPREE. NEWLY RELEASED 911 AUDIO CAPTURING THE FIRST CALL OF MANY. >> HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON THE SITE? >> I WATCHED IT. >> Reporter: A VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL GIVING A BANK EMPLOYEE A TERRIFYING VIEW AS THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE. THOSE INSIDE OLD NATIONAL BANK CALLING SECONDS LATER GIVING POLICE CRUCIAL DETAILS. >> EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT? >> UH-HUH. >> ARE YOU WITH ANY OF THEM? >> YES, BUT I'M IN A CLOSET HIDING. >> Reporter: AS THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON POLICE, AN AGONIZING WAIT. >> IS THAT SHOTS FIRED? >> YES. >> OKAY, JUST STAY QUIET. >> Reporter: AND THEN A CALL FROM A WOMAN IDENTIFYING HERSELF AS THE SHOOTER'S MOTHER. >> THIS IS HIS MOTHER. I AM SO SORRY. I AM GETTING DETAILS SECONDHAND. OH, MY LORD. >> Reporter: WHO HEARD FROM HER SON'S ROOMMATE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. >> HE'S NONVIOLENT. HE'S NEVER DONE ANYTHING. PLEASE. >> OKAY. AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE HE OWNS GUNS? >> I KNOW HE DOESN'T OWN ANY GUNS. >> Reporter: HIS MOTHER UNAWARE HE PURCHASED A RIFLE JUST SIX DAYS EARLIER. THE FAMILY TELLING NBC NEWS OVERNIGHT NO WORDS CAN EXPRESS OUR SORROW, ANGUISH AND HORROR AT THE UNTHINKABLE HARM OUR SON CONNOR INFLICTED ON INNOCENT PEOPLE, ADDING HE HAD MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES BUT NO WARNING SIGNS HE WAS CAPABLE OF THIS SHOCKING ACT. IN JUST SEVEN MINUTES, NINE WERE INJURED, AND FIVE LIVES WERE LOST. TONIGHT MEMORIES OF THE VICTIMS FLOODING IN INCLUDING 40-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA BARRICK, A HUSBAND AND FATHER OF TWO. >> THE LAST THING HE SAID TO ME WAS, I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU NEED ME TO DO, AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF GUY HE WAS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A COMMUNITY RIPPED APART BY VIOLENCE COMING TOGETHER TO HEAL. MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS, LOUISVILLE. >>> IN MEMPHIS HUNDREDS TURNED OUT AS THE SECOND OF TWO LAWMAKERS EXPELLED FROM THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WAS REINSTATED TODAY. HERE'S BLAYNE ALEXANDER WITH THAT. >> Reporter: THE VOTE HAPPENED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE. >> IT PASSES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT OUSTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN PEARSON IS HEADED BACK TO HIS SEAT IN THE TENNESSEE STATEHOUSE. THE DECISION WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION. AMONG THE SEVEN MEMBERS WHO SHOWED UP A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO REINSTATE PEARSON, ONE OF TWO LAWMAKERS WHOSE UNPRECEDENTED EXPULSION HAS BECOME A RALLYING CRY. >> THEY TRIED TO EXPEL THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND THE PEOPLE'S VOTE, AND THEY ARE AWAKING A SLEEPING GIANT. >> Reporter: LAST WEEK TENNESSEE'S REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE VOTED TO EXPEL PEARSON AND FELLOW REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN JONES, BOTH DEMOCRATS, AFTER THEY BROKE HOUSE RULES WHILE PROTESTING GUN LAWS. >> THIS IS WHERE DEMOCRACY LIVES. >> Reporter: TODAY SURROUNDED BY A CROWD OF HUNDREDS, BOTH LAWMAKERS GATHERED AT THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM BEFORE MARCHING WITH SUPPORTERS TO FILL THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS. WHAT DOES THAT SAY THAT SO MANY ARE SUPPORTING YOU? >> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. >> Reporter: THE EXPULSION WAS FAIR PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING HOUSE DECORUM SPEAKING INTO BULL HORNS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, BUT IT SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. NOW, A GROUP OF SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT EXPULSION VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION OR FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS WRITING, UNLESS THE DOJ STEPS IN, ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ACTORS WILL ONLY BE EMBOLDENED, AND NOW PEARSON HEADS TO NASHVILLE WHERE HE WILL BE SWORN IN TOMORROW MORNING. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BLAYNE. >>> IN NEW YORK A NEW THREAT AGAINST MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG A WEEK AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ARRAIGNMENT. OFFICIALS SAY A LETTER ADDRESSED TO BRAGG CONTAINING WHITE POWDER WAS FOUND IN THE MAILROOM. PRELIMINARY TESTING FOUND IT TO BE NONHAZARDOUS. OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS ALSO A PHOTO OF MR. TRUMP AND BRAGG. >>> IN THE DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST FOX NEWS, THE JUDGE IMPOSED A SANCTION ON FOX AFTER LAWYERS FOR DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SAID FOX'S LAWYERS HAD WITHHELD EVIDENCE. DOMINION'S LAWYERS WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT MORE DEPOSITIONS OF FOX WITNESSES. DOMINION IS SUING OVER STATEMENTS ON FOX LINKING IT TO ERRONEOUS CLAIMS OF 2020 VOTER FRAUD. THE TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK. >>> THE U.S. IS CALLING ON THE KREMLIN TO RELEASE A "WALL STREET JOURNAL" REPORTER IT SAYS IS BEING WRONGFULLY DETAINED IN RUSSIA, AND TODAY WE GOT WORD ON HOW HE IS HOLDING UP. HERE'S ANDREA MITCHELL. >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS IMPRISONED FALSELY CHARGED WITH SPYING. "THE JOURNAL'S" ENTIRE NEWSROOM RALLYING BEHIND HIM TODAY, BUT U.S. EMBASSY DIPLOMATS HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIM DESPITE RUSSIA'S COMMITMENT TO GRANT DIPLOMATS ACCESS TO AMERICAN PRISONERS WITHIN FOUR DAYS. >> I THINK RUSSIA NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH ON MEETING ITS OBLIGATIONS TO CONSULAR ACCESS, NEVER MIND THE PRACTICE OF DETAINING PEOPLE ARBITRARILY FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, IS GOING TO DO EVEN MORE DAMAGE TO RUSSIA'S STANDING AROUND THE WORLD. >> Reporter: ON HIS TUESDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE WITH GERSHKOVICH'S FAMILY AFTER THEY DECLARED HIM WRONGFULLY DETAINED BY RUSSIA. >> WE MADE IT CLEAR IT'S TOTALLY WRONG WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> Reporter: THAT MEANS THE U.S. HOSTAGE ENVOY CAN START WORKING TO GET HIM RELEASED. >> WE DO HAVE SOME REPORTS COMING OUT OF A LEGAL TEAM HE SEEMS TO BE OKAY IN GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD SPIRITS. >> Reporter: BUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE MAKES NEGOTIATING WITH MOSCOW TOUGH. TODAY AT THE COLUMBIA JOURNALIST SCHOOL COLLEAGUES VOICING SUPPORT. >> I THINK PEOPLE FEEL A SENSE OF GUILT AND ANGUISH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WALKING AROUND FREE, WE CAN BE HERE, WE CAN DO THIS AND OUR COLLEAGUE CANNOT. >> Reporter: GERSHKOVICH HAS HAD THREE HEARINGS WITH HIS LAWYERS. PAUL WHELAN FALSELY CONVICTED OF SPYING RUSSIA HAS ALREADY SERVED FOUR YEARS OF A 16-YEAR SENTENCE, LESTER. >> ANDREA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> AS YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS IN IRELAND. HE GOT A WARM WELCOME THERE. HE'S OVERSEAS FOR A LANDMARK TRIP THAT'S BOTH POLITICAL AND DEEPLY PERSONAL. PETER ALEXANDER IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, RETRACING HIS IRISH ROOTS. >> FEELS WONDERFUL. FEELS LIKE I'M COMING HOME. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN RETURNING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE WHERE HIS ANCESTORS, THE FINNEGANS, ONCE LIVED. BRAVING THE WIND AND RAIN, CHEERING CROWDS WELCOMING THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO'S NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM HIS HERITAGE. >> WHEN YOU'RE HERE YOU WONDER WHY ANYONE WOULD EVER WANT TO LEAVE. >> Reporter: THEN VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN PAID A VISIT HERE IN 2016 WITH A STOP AT FITZPATRICK'S BAR STILL BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT AND PRIDE. >> I FEEL LIKE I'VE MET ABOUT 20 PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME THEY'RE JOE BIDEN'S COUSIN. >> OH, DEFINITELY. THERE'S A LOT OF FINNEGANS IN THE AREA. >> Reporter: HIS VISIT COMES 60 YEARS AFTER AMERICA'S FIRST IRISH CATHOLIC PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TRAVELED HERE AND FOLLOWS A BRIEF STOP IN NORTHERN IRELAND TODAY TO COMMEMORATE THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT THAT BROUGHT PEACE TO THE REGION AFTER DECADES OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE KNOWN AS THE TROUBLES. THE PRESIDENT TODAY OFFERING NEW INVESTMENTS AND INSPIRATION. >> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN BUILDING THE FUTURE THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF OUR WORLD DESERVE. >> Reporter: A SENTIMENTAL TRIP BLENDING THE POLITICAL AND THE PERSONAL. TONIGHT THE SECRET SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGES LOCAL POLICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND REPORTEDLY LOST A DOCUMENT DETAILING POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP BUT SAY WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO PROTECT PRESIDENT BIDEN WHILE HE'S OVERSEAS. LESTER. >> PETER ALEXANDER IN DUBLIN, THANK YOU. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, OUR INVESTIGATION OF UNDERAGE MIGRANTS WORKING ILLEGALLY IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES. WE SPEAK >>> WE'RE BACK WITH AN >>> WE'RE BACK WITH AN NBC NEWS INVESTIGATION. THE HARROWING STORY OF A MIGRANT TEEN WORKING OVERNIGHTS TO CLEAN A SLAUGHTERHOUSE. NBC NEWS FIRST TO REPORT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROBE INTO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. HERE'S JULIA AINSLEY, AND WE HAVE TO WARN YOU, SOME OF T IMAGES ARE DISTURBING. >> Reporter: IN A SMALL TOWN AN UNDOCUMENTED 16-YEAR-OLD WE'RE CALLING PEDRO IS HEADING TO WORK THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT TO CLEAN A SLAUGHTERHOUSE. THAT HAZARDOUS HOUSE ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE UNDER 18. THIS IS A SLAUGHTERHOUSE FLLOR AFTER IT WAS SCRUBBED DOWN, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WORKERS ARRIVE BEFORE THEIR OVERNIGHT SHIFT. WHAT WAS WORK LIKE LAST NIGHT? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: WELL, IT WAS VERY TOUGH. >> WHAT DO YOU CLEAN? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: WHERE THEY KILL THE COWS, I HAVE TO CLEAN ALL THE BLOOD OF THE COWS UNTIL I FINISH, AND I HAVE TO LEAVE MY AREA CLEAN. >> Reporter: PEDRO TELLS US HIS SHIFT STARTS AROUND 11:00 P.M. AND ENDS AROUND 6:00 A.M. GIVING HIM ENOUGH TIME TO SHOWER AND GET TO HIGH SCHOOL. PEDRO TASTE HE HAS BEEN WORKING THERE SINCE HE WAS 15 UP TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. DID YOU HAVE TROUBLE STAYING AWAKE AND LEARNING? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: YES, IT TAKES ITS TOLL. IT'S VERY TIRING AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SLEEPINESS. >> Reporter: PEDRO WORKS FOR PACKERS SANITATION INC. OR PSSI. IN FEBRUARY THEY SETTLED WITH THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT AFTER INVESTIGATORS UNCOVERED MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN, SOME AS YOUNG AS 13 WORKING ILLEGALLY. AS PART OF ITS SETTLEMENT, PSSI PLEDGED IT WOULD NO LONGER HIRE CHILDREN AND PAID A $1.5 MILLION FINE, A TINY FRACTION OF ITS REVENUES. NATIONWIDE CHILDREN WERE FIRED AT MULTIPLE PSSI LOCATIONS ACCORDING TO SOME COMPANY EMPLOYEES, BUT PEDRO IS STILL ON THE JOB, A DANGEROUS JOB. LIKE OTHER CHILD WORKERS, HE TOLD US HE'D BEEN SEVERELY BURNED FROM POWERFUL CLEANING CHEMICALS. I NOTICED YOU WERE COUGHING. IS THAT FROM THE CHEMICALS? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: YES, IT'S BECAUSE THE CHEMICALS ARE STRONG. >> Reporter: PEDRO SAYS HE FLED POVERTY IN GUATEMALA TWO YEARS AGO. HE RELY THE ON A SMUGGLER TO ILLEGALLY CROSS THE U.S. BORDER WHO BROUGHT HIM HERE ALONE TO FIND A JOB. HE SAYS HE SENDS ALMOST ALL OF HIS SALARY TO HIS PARENTS, MORE THAN 2,000 MILES AWAY. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: THEY THANK ME BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SPEND AS THEY PLEASE, AND WE EARN IT THE HARD WAY. >> Reporter: PSSI WOULD NOT GRANT AN INTERVIEW BUT USES THE GOVERNMENT'S E-VERIFY EMPLOYMENT AND SUGGESTS RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH UNDERAGE EMPLOYEES THAT DECEIVE THE COMPANY ABOUT THEIR AGE. PEDRO TOLD US HE USED FAKE PAPERS TO SAY HE WAS AN ADULT TO GET THE JOB. >> THESE KIDS ARE LIVING IN FEAR. THESE KIDS WILL DO ANYTHING. >> Reporter: PASTOR JOEL SAYS HE KNOWS OF MORE THAN A DOZEN CHILDREN, MAINLY GUATEMALAN, WHO WERE TOLD BY THEIR SMUGGLERS AND THE PEOPLE THEY LIVE WITH THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CLEAN SLAUGHTERHOUSES AT NIGHT. >> YOU WISH YOU COULD TAKE ALL OF THEM IN AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LET THEM LIVE THEIR AGE. LET THEM ENJOY WHAT OTHER KIDS THEIR AGE ARE ENJOYING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. >> BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BE? >> THAT WAS ROBBED FROM THEM. >> WHEN YOU WORK IN THAT SLAUGHTERHOUSE? >> UH-HUH, YES. YOU HAVE TO ACT LIKE AN ADULT, AND IF YOU MESS UP, YOU GET TREATED LIKE AN ADULT, WHICH NONE OF THESE KIDS HAVE THE MATURITY TO HANDLE THAT EMOTIONAL STRESS. >> Reporter: WITH THE MONEY PEDRO EARNS, HE CONTINUES TO PAY OFF HIS $2,500 DEBT TO THAT SMUGGLER. >> Translator: WE HAVE ONLY HAVE ENOUGH FOR FOOD AND THE RENT. ONLY THAT. >> Reporter: LIKE MANY CHILD MIGRANTS, HE LIVES WITH A RELATIVE THAT CHARGES HIM RENT. WE ASKED HIM WHAT HE MISSES MOST. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: I AM ALONE. I MISS MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY. >> Reporter: PSSI ASKED NBC NEWS FOR PEDRO'S REAL NAME SAYING THEY WOULD FIRE HIM IMMEDIATELY FOR WORKING UNDERAGE. WE'RE WITHHOLDING HIS NAME TO ALLOW HIM TO SHARE THE STORY WITHOUT THE FEAR OF LOSING HIS JOB HE SAYS HE NEEDS. PSSI ALSO TOLD NBC NEWS THEY DON'T WANT ANY MINORS WORKING FOR THEIR COMPANY AND WILL REDOUBLE EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY HIM. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, JULIA, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT. >>> WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. >>> TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS ABOUT A MASSIVE E-CIGARETTE SETTLEMENT INVOLVING VAPING GIANT JUUL ALL IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE NATIONWIDE TEEN VAPING EPIDEMIC. TOM COSTELLO REPORTS. >> Reporter: ACCUSED OF HOOKING AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE ON VAPING, INDUSTRY GIANT JUUL TODAY AGREED TO A $462 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, D.C., COLORADO, ILLINOIS, MASSACHUSETTS, AND NEW MEXICO. IN ALL THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S NOW SETTLED WITH 47 STATES AND TERRITORIES AND 10,000 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING ANOTHER CRITICAL PART IN OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO RESOLVE ISSUES FROM THE COMPANY'S PAST. THE STATES ACCUSED JUUL OF TARGETING TEENS WITH HIGHLY ADDICTIVE FLAVORS INCLUDING MINT, FRUIT, CREAM, AND MANGO, ALL NOW DISCONTINUED. >> JUUL MISLED CONSUMERS ABOUT THE HEALTH RISK OF THEIR PRODUCTS, HOWEVER, JUST ONE POD OF JUUL CONTAINS AS MUCH NICOTINE AS A WHOLE PACK OF CIGARETTES. >> IT IS INCREDIBLY DESTRUCTIVE. >> Reporter: IN 2020 HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS CALEB AND PHILIP TOLD US QUITTING WASN'T EASY. >> and I WOULD START TO GET ANXIOUS. I WOULD START TO LOSE MY TEMPER A LOT EASIER. >> Reporter: WHILE UNDERAGE VAPING HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF IN RECENT YEARS, LAST FALL 14% OF HIGH SCHOOLERS REPORTED VAPING AT A PREVIOUS 30 DAYS. TODAY'S AGREEMENT CALLS ON JUUL TO STOP ALL MARKETING TO KIDS, VERIFY A CUSTOMER'S AGE AND LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PURCHASES THAT ANYONE CAN MAKE. JUUL'S LAWSUITS HAVE ALREADY COST THE COMPANY NEARLY $3 BILLION. JUUL'S VAPE CARTRIDGES MEANWHILE ARE STILL FOR SALE AND AWAITING FDA MARKETING APPROVAL. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT SPOILED BUSINESS FOR TUPPERWARE? >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE TUPPERWARE REVOLUTION COULD BE COMING TO A CLOSE AFTER MORE THAN 75 YEARS. KRISTEN DAHLGREN NOW ON HOW THE POST-WAR PLASTICWARE FOUND ITS WAY INTO OUR HOMES AND HEARTS. >> TUPPERWARE, NOW YOU'RE COOKING. >> Reporter: THE PARTY MAY BE OVER FOR AN ICONIC AMERICAN BRAND. TUPPERWARE, THE COMPANY THAT'S BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH FOOD STORAGE NOW WARNING IT COULD BE HEADED FOR A DEFAULT. >> IT NEEDS TO RECAPITALIZE AND GET MORE MONEY TO KEEP IT GOING AS A BUSINESS. AND THERE ARE DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER IT CAN DO THAT. >> AT A TUPPERWARE HOME PARTY. >> Reporter: THE COLORFUL CONTAINERS WERE ONCE A STAPLE IN AMERICAN KITCHENS. ITS DIRECT SALES MODEL ALLOWING WOMEN TO EARN MONEY HOSTING TUPPERWARE PARTIES FOR THEIR FRIENDS. >> THE HOME PARTY SYSTEM WAS ABSOLUTELY THE KEY, THE HEART TO THIS PRODUCT SUCCEEDING. >> Reporter: TUPPERWARE SEEPED INTO POP CULTURE FROM "ALL IN THE FAMILY." >> WELCOME TO MY VERY FIRST TUPPERWARE PARTY. >> Reporter: TO "THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL." >> LADIES, THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST PLASTIC PRODUCTS ON THE HOUSEHOLD MARKET. >> Reporter: AND IT DID SEE A SALES BOOST DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN EVERYONE BECAME HOME CHEFS. >> BUT THEY'RE GOOD FOR FOOD PREPPING. >> Reporter: UNLIKE THE LEFTOVERS, IT'S BEEN KEEPING AIRTIGHT FOR YEARS, THE TUPPERWARE BOOM DIDN'T LAST. >> SOME OF THE YOUNGER COHORTS IN GEN-Z PROBABLY EVEN HAVE HEARD OF IT. >> Reporter: THE COMPANY TELLING NBC, WITH OUR INDEPENDENT SALES TEAM COUPLED WITH OUR RECENT EXPANSION INTO TARGET AND AMAZON, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT MEETING CONSUMERS WHERE THEY SHOP. A BIG CHANGE MANY NOW HOPE WILL KEEP THE COMPANY FROM CLOSING ITS LID FOR GOOD. KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC NEWS. >>> AND THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE