>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AFTER A SUDDEN COLLAPSE AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING. THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE IN DAVENPORT, IOWA NOW JUST RUBBLE ON ONE SIDE. EYEWITNESSES SAY IT SOUNDED LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE WHEN AN ENTIRE SECTION OF THE BUILDING CAME CRASHING DOWN. TONIGHT FAMILIES TRYING TO REUNITE WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RECENT COMPLAINTS FILED OVER THE BUILDING'S SAFETY. >>> THE RUSH TO RETURN HOME FROM THE MEMORIAL HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TENS OF MILLIONS NOW HEADING HOME. FROM THE ROADS TO THE SKIES. WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR THE SUMMER TRAVEL SURGE. >>> CRUISE SHIP NIGHTMARE. CARNIVAL OCEANLINER'S EMERGENCY AFTER IT WAS BATTERED BY A MASSIVE STORM WITH FIERCE WINDS. THE NEW VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE SHIP. WATER RUSHING IN, HALLWAYS FLOODED, DEBRIS SCATTERED. NOW QUESTIONS OVER WHY THE CAPTAIN SAILED THROUGH THE STORM. PASSENGERS OUTRAGED. >> I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED LIKE I WAS ON THIS TRIP. >>> IN WASHINGTON THE DEBT LIMIT DEAL AND THE MAJOR NEW TEST FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HOUSE SPEAKER McCARTHY. CAN THEY GET ENOUGH VOTES FOR THEIR IT BREAKTHROUGH AGREEMENT TO PASS CONGRESS AND AVOID DEFAULT? >>> A WARNING ABOUT INFANT LOUNGERS TONIGHT WITH MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DEATHS LINKED TO VARIOUS BRANDS. ONE FAMILY'S HEARTBREAKING STORY AND WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW. >>> AND ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY THE EMOTIONAL REUNION OF VIETNAM VETERANS AFTER 50 YEARS. HOW THEY SURVIVED PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS. AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY REMEMBERING ALL MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WHO'VE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. ♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE ♪ >> Announcer: THIS IS NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. I'M TOM LLAMAS, IN FOR LESTER TONIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF DAVENPORT, IOWA. AT THIS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED APARTMENT BUILDING. LOOK AT THAT. A CHUNK OF THE STRUCTURE CRUMBLING TO THE GROUND AS RESIDENTS WERE INSIDE. THE GAP NOW EXPOSING THE MANGLED MESS. IT CAME DOWN LAST NIGHT, AND ALREADY THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS HAS ENDED. BUT NOW THERE'S NEW OUTRAGE AND AGONY FROM A FAMILY WHO SAYS THEIR LOVED ONE IS STILL MISSING. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED. EVEN MORE INJURED. AND IT ALL COMES AS WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONCERN. LET'S GET RIGHT TO SHAQ BREWSTER, WHO LEADS US OFF TONIGHT. >> THE FRICKING BUILDING JUST COLLAPSED. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS OF LISA BROOKS ARE DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS AFTER A PARTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE IN DAVENPORT, IOWA. >> TOLD HER I LOVE HER, AND THAT WAS ALL. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO HER. >> Reporter: ANTOINE RABBITSMITH SR. SAYS THEY STILL CAN'T REACH HIS AUNT WHO HE SAYS LIVED IN THE BUILDING. >> I JUST WANT SOME KIND OF INFORMATION. LIKE TELL ME SOMETHING, ANYTHING. IF YOU HAVE FOUND HER AND SHE'S IN THE MORGUE SOMEWHERE, TELL ME SOMETHING. INSTEAD OF SITTING HERE PLAYING THE WAITING GAME. >> Reporter: PARTS OF THE HISTORIC 84-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING CRASHING DOWN SUNDAY EVENING. FIRE CREWS RESCUING EIGHT PEOPLE FROM THE RUBBLE, ESCORTING A DOZEN OTHERS SAFELY OUT OF THE BUILDING. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF SCREAMS, A LOT OF CRIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING HELP. I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THE SCREAMS THAT I HEARD WHEN THE BUILDING CAME DOWN WAS NOT PEOPLE INSIDE OF IT. >> Reporter: ONE PERSON TRAPPED FOR HOURS, NOW IN THE HOSPITAL AS OFFICIALS WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S LEFT. >> THE BUILDING IS STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND. IT'S POSING A RISK TO RESPONDERS. AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING FOR THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE BUILDING. >> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS CREWS SPENT HOURS SEARCHING THE WRECKAGE OVERNIGHT AND HAVE NOW STOPPED LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS. >> RESCUE'S OVER. >> AND NOW IT'S ABOUT RECOVERY? >> RECOVERY AND WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE BUILDING. >> Reporter: AND AS OF NOW THERE'S NO ONE UNDER THERE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT? >> THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. >> Reporter: HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT THAT MAY CHANGE? >> THERE'S ALWAYS A CONCERN. >> WHAT'S NEXT? >> Reporter: LISA BROOKS' FAMILY HAS CALLED LOCAL HOSPITALS AND POLICE AND INSIST THEIR LOVED ONE IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. >> SHE'S NOT ANYWHERE, NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. >> Reporter: THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FILING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BUILDING FOR YEARS. THEY SAY THEY'RE STILL WORKING TO CONTACT EVERY RESIDENT. >> ANY TYPE OF COMPLAINT IS INVESTIGATED, CHECKED OUT AND INSPECTED, AND WE DID THAT A LOT WITH THIS ONE. >> ALL RIGHT. SHAQ BREWSTER JOINS US NOW LIVE. SHAQ, SO MANY COMPLAINTS, AS YOU REPORT, AND SOMEHOW PEOPLE WERE STILL ALLOWED TO LIVE THERE WITH THE KNOWN ISSUES IN THAT BUILDING AND NOW THIS COLLAPSE MAKING IT UNLIVABLE, AS WE CAN SEE THERE BEHIND YOU. WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE? >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, CITY OFFICIALS SAY TONIGHT THAT THIS BUILDING IS COMING DOWN. DEMOLITION SET TO BEGIN AS EARLY AS TOMORROW MORNING. AND YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS AS TO HOW IT GOT INTO THIS CONDITION IN THE FIRST PLACE. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE APPARENT OWNER OF THIS BUILDING AND HAS NOT HEARD BACK. AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE IS JUST BEGINNING. TOM? >> OKAY. SHAQ BREWSTER FOR US TONIGHT. SHAQ, WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME DEVELOPING NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON TONIGHT. THE BATTLE OVER RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT FINALLY MOVING TO CONGRESS. BUT IT'S FAR FROM OVER. PRESIDENT BIDEN LOBBYING DEMOCRATS AND HOUSE SPEAKER McCARTHY THE SAME WITH REPUBLICANS TO APPROVE THE TENTATIVE DEAL THEY REACHED THIS WEEKEND TO AVOID A DEVASTATING GOVERNMENT DEFAULT. KELLY O'DONNELL NOW WITH THE VERY LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A NEW TEST FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SPEAKER McCARTHY. AFTER THE HARD WORK OF REACHING A BIPARTISAN DEAL TO PREVENT DEFAULT, CAN THEY GET IT PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS? THE PRESIDENT IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. >> I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT. I'VE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS. I SPOKE TO McCONNELL. I SPOKE TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE. AND IT FEELS GOOD. >> Reporter: TODAY THE HOUSE SPEAKER BACK ON THE HILL PREPARING FOR WEDNESDAY'S VOTE ON THE TWO-YEAR BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT MADE THIS WEEKEND. THE PLAN SUSPENDS THE NATION'S BORROWING LIMIT UNTIL EARLY 2025, AVOIDING A CATASTROPHIC DEFAULT. AND ON THE BUDGET NON-DEFENSE FEDERAL SPENDING HOLDS FLAT NEXT YEAR WITH A 1% INCREASE IN 2025. FOR MONTHS DEMOCRATS HAD REFUSED TO DISCUSS SPENDING CUTS TIED TO A DEBT LIMIT INCREASE. SO MANY REPUBLICANS SAY CURBING ANY SPENDING IS A WIN. >> THIS WAS A CAREFULLY NEGOTIATED DEAL THAT BALANCED INTERESTS OF PEOPLE WHO SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY AND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND EVEN LESS. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DEAL. >> Reporter: BUT FRUSTRATION IS SMOLDERING IN BOTH PARTIES. MANY DEMOCRATS DON'T SUPPORT THE DEAL'S EXPANDED WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FOOD ASSISTANCE. VETERANS AND THE HOMELESS ARE EXEMPTED. >> WE ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE. THAT IS A VERY REAL WORD FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE THINGS I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. >> Reporter: WHILE SOME CONSERVATIVES SAY THE DEAL STILL SPENDS TOO MUCH MONEY. A POINT ECHOED BY GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS TODAY. >> OUR COUNTRY WAS CAREENING TOWARD BANKRUPTCY, AND AFTER THIS DEAL OUR COUNTRY WILL STILL BE CAREENING TOWARD BANKRUPTCY. >> ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT KELLY O JOINS US TONIGHT LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE DEAL IS DONE BUT WALK US THROUGH THE TIMELINE AND THE HURDLES TO GETTING IT PASSED BY THE JUNE 5th DEADLINE. >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, THE HOUSE WILL VOTE FIRST. THAT'S EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. A CRITICAL TEST TO BE SURE. AND THEN THE SENATE WILL FOLLOW AT A TIME STILL TO BE DETERMINED. TODAY PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS TALKING WITH REPORTERS AND HE TOLD US THAT HE WANTS TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERSELL THE DEAL BEFORE THE VOTES BECAUSE THAT COULD MAKE IT HARDER TO WIN OVER SUPPORT. TOM? >> OKAY, KELLY, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY RUSH TO RETURN IS ON. IT WAS A MAJOR TEST AHEAD OF SUMMER FOR HOW THE AIRLINES ARE HANDLING THEOST PASSENGERS THEY'VE HAD SINCE FORE THE PANDEMIC. EMILIE IKEDA JOINS US ALONGSIDE THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY THERE. AND EMILIE, IT'S MOVING BUT NOT TOO BUSY, HUH? >> Reporter: TOM, WE'RE SEEING A DECENT PACE RIGHT NOW, BUT POCKETS OF THE ROADWAY REALLY WE'RE SEEING SOME LOGJAMS AS WELL. THE START OF THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON OFF TO A ROARING START WITH AN ESTIMATED 42 MILLION AMERICANS CRISSCROSSING THE COUNTRY FOR MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES. AND NOW THOSE TRAVELERS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE HEADING HOME, LEADING TO SLOWDOWNS ON MAJOR ROADWAYS FROM PHILADELPHIA TO DALLAS. AND IN THE SKIES WHILE THERE WERE BRIEF GROUND DELAYS AND STOPS AT SEVERAL MAJOR AIRPORTS BECAUSE OF WEATHER, OVERALL FLYING THIS WEEKEND WAS SMOOTH SAILING. OFFICIALS SAY LESS THAN 1% OF FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED. A VAST IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST SUMMER'S AIRPORT ARMAGEDDON. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER BETWEEN THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NEARLY 10 MILLION PASSENGERS WERE SCREENED BY TSA. FRIDAY MARKING A NEW HIGH SINCE EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. AND TOM, EXPERTS WARN AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE DEMAND FOR TRAVEL SURGE, SO TOO WILL PRICES. TOM? >> YEAH, THOSE TICKET PRICES ARE SO HIGH. OKAY, EMILIE, WE APPRECIATE THAT. >>> AND AS Y ENJOY THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, SOME COULDN'T WAIT FOR IT TO END BECAUSE OF A CRUISE NIGHTMARE. AND WE'RE GETTING SOME SHOCKING NEW VIDEO TONIGHT FROM ABOARD A CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP THAT SAILED ROUGH A VIOLENT STORM OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. IT GOT BATTERED BY FEROCIOUS WINDS AND WAVES LEAVING PASSENGERS ANXIOUS AND OUTRAGED. STEVE PATTERSON WITH THE VIDEO AND THE STORY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A SWIRLING STORM OF OUTRAGE IN THE FALLOUT OF A NIGHTMARE VOYAGE. >> WE'RE HITTING SOME HELA WAVES. >> Reporter: PANICKED PASSENGERS SEASICK, SCARED AND HUNKERING THROUGH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS. AS THE HULL OF THE CARNIVAL SUNSHINE TOOK A 12-HOUR SEVERE STORM BEATING. >> I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED. >> Reporter: PASSENGERS ON BOARD SAY MOST OF THE 5-DAY BAHAMA JOURNEY WAS A BREEZE UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SHIP HEADED BACK TO PORT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. PASSENGER SHARON TUTRONE SAYS IT FELT LIKE THE CAPTAIN CRUISED DIRECTLY INTO THE EYE OF A MAJOR DEVELOPING STORM. >> THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THIS ONE. WE WENT DIRECTLY INTO THAT STORM AND SAILED THROUGH IT. >> Reporter: AND STARTING AT 7:00 P.M. THE SEA TURNED VIOLENT. >> IT SOUNDED LIKE THE SHIP SPLIT IN TWO. WE WERE FLYING BLIND WITH OUR LIVES IN SOMEONE ELSE'S HANDS. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO WEATHER DATA THE SHIP OBSERVED 80-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND GUSTS AND THE THREAT OF 17-FOOT SWELLS. TUTRONE SAYS THE WORST PART, ALMOST NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE CAPTAIN OR CREW THROUGH NEARLY A DOZEN TERRIFYING HOURS. THE SHIP FINALLY DOCKING IN CHARLESTON SATURDAY NIGHT, SOME NINE HOURS AFTER IT WAS SCHEDULED. >> ALL WE WANTED WAS HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY, I KNOW IT'S ROUGH. WE DIDN'T GET ANY OF THAT. >> Reporter: CARNIVAL SAYING IN A STATEMENT, "WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF OUR GUESTS. CARNIVAL SUNSHINE IS NOW SAILING ON ITS NEXT CRUISE." >> I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO GET BACK TO PORT AND GET THE NEXT PEOPLE LOADED. >> Reporter: BACK ON DRY LAND, A TEMPEST OF ANGER JUST STARTING TO CHURN. STEVE PATTERSON, NBC NEWS. >>> WE HEAD OVERSEAS NOW TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA'S RARE DAYTIME MISSILE ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL, SENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS RUNNING FOR COVER INTO THE CITY'S SUBWAY. MOLLY HUNTER REPORTS. >> Reporter: TODAY IN UKRAINE'S CAPITAL CHILDREN SCREAMING, TERRIFIED, RUNNING THROUGH THE STREETS. [ EXPLOSIONS ] JUST BEFORE 1:00 P.M. SIRENS BLARING, PEOPLE SCRAMBLING FOR COVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY AS 11 RUSSIAN MISSILES TARGETED KYIV. IN THE LAST 48 HOURS ALONE THREE MASSIVE WAVES OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS. OVERNIGHT, MORE THAN 60 CRUISE MISSILES AND DRONES FIRED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UKRAINE'S AIR FORCE SAYS THEY SHOT DOWN NEARLY EVERYTHING. THE DEBRIS FROM A DOWNED MISSILE TODAY LANDING IN THIS BUSY KYIV ROAD. THIS CITY IS ALREADY COMING BACK TO LIFE BUT EARLIER TODAY DURING THAT RARE DAYTIME ATTACK CITY OFFICIALS SAY 41,000 PEOPLE SHELTERED IN THE SUBWAY. BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN SCENES LIKE THIS FOR MONTHS. SENIOR ADVISER TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY MYKHAILO PODOLYAK TELLS ME WE'VE ENTERED A NEW PHASE OF THIS WAR, THE GOAL, TAKE BACK LAND RUSSIA OCCUPIES. >> HAS THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE BEGUN? "THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE HAS ALREADY STARTED," HE SAYS. "WE'RE IN THE PREPARATION PHASE READYING THE BATTLEFIELD, HITTING RUSSIA'S SUPPLY LINES AND DESTROYING RUSSIA'S ABILITY TO DEFEND." TONIGHT UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIA IS LOOKING TO TEST AND IDENTIFY THEIR AIR DEFENSES. NOW, PODOLYAK TELLS ME THIS LEVEL OF RUSSIAN AERIAL ATTACKS IS SUSTAINABLE WITH CONTINUED WESTERN SUPPORT. TOM? >> OKAY, MOLLY HUNTER, WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN 60 SECONDS WITH A WARNING FOR EVERY >>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH AN IMPORTANT WARNING ON INFANT LOUNGERS. AN NBC NEWS INVESTIGATION FOUND MORE DEATHS LINKED TO THESE BABY PRODUCTS THAN THE GOVERNMENT INITIALLY REPORTED. HERE'S VICKY NGUYEN. >> IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR OUR FAMILY. >> Reporter: KATE AND BRANDON MOVITZ WELCOMED BABY PIERCE INTO THEIR FAMILY IN MAY OF 2020. >> HE WAS JUST A LITTLE DREAM FOR US. >> YEAH, THE FIRST TIME I HELD HIM I JUST GUSHED AT HIM AND FELT THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. >> Reporter: THEY DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT PUTTING HIM TO SLEEP IN AN INFANT LOUNGER, A CUSHIONED PAD OR PILLOW FOR BABIES. THEIR 5-YEAR-OLD SON JUDE SLEPT IN THE SAME ONE WHEN HE WAS A NEWBORN. >> EVERYONE USED THEM. BECAUSE THEY WORK. THEY HELP BABIES SLEEP. >> Reporter: WHEN PIERCE WAS 10 WEEKS OLD, HE WENT TO SLEEP IN HIS DOCKATOT DELUXE PLUS BABY LOUNGER. HE DIDN'T WAKE UP. THE AUTOPSY REVEALED PIERCE DIED ACCIDENTALLY FROM POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA. >> AFTER PIERCE PASSED I LOOKED UP THE PRODUCT AND IT SAID LIKE NOT FOR INFANT SLEEP, WHICH WE DIDN'T KNOW. >> Reporter: TWO YEARS AGO AFTER REPORTS OF EIGHT INFANT DEATHS THE CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY COMMISSION RECALLED MORE THAN 3 MILLION BOPPY NEWBORN LOUNGERS. BUT AN NBC NEWS ANALYSIS FOUND AT LEAST 26 BABY DEATHS LINKED TO VARIOUS BRANDS OF INFANT LOUNGERS BETWEEN 2015 AND 2023. MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY DEATHS CITED BY THE CPSC IN ITS RECENT WARNINGS. >> HAD WE KNOWN WE WOULD HAVE NEVER PUT HIM IN IT. >> Reporter: NBC NEWS ASKED DOCKATOT ABOUT PIERCE MOVITZ'S DEATH AND OTHERS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT IS COMMITTED TO SAFETY, ADDING NONE OF THE REPORTS HAVE SHOWN ITS PRODUCTS WERE THE CAUSE OF THOSE TRAGEDIES. ALEX HOEHN-SARIC IS THE CPSC CHAIR. >> THERE WAS SOME CRITICISM WHEN CPSC INITIALLY REPORTED THE POTENTIAL DANGERS THAT YOU KNEW OF MORE DEATHS THAN YOU MADE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> SO WE HAVE LAWS THAT RESTRICT OUR ABILITY TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL THE INFORMATION WE KNOW ABOUT PRODUCTS. SO IF I KNEW ABOUT A DANGER ABOUT A PRODUCT RIGHT NOW I COULDN'T GO AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT WITHOUT ACTUALLY FIRST GOING TO THE COMPANY ITSELF AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY. >> THAT SEEMS BACKWARDS. >> I AGREE. >> Reporter: HE SAYS RESTRICTIONS ON ISSUING RECALLS AND WARNINGS ABOUT PRODUCTS DELAY HOW QUICKLY THE CPSC CAN GET SAFETY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES SAY INFANT LOUNGERS COME WITH WARNINGS AND ARE SAFE IF USED AS INTENDED, ON THE FLOOR FOR BABIES WHO ARE AWAKE AND CLOSELY MONITORED. >> SHOULD THESE PRODUCTS BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET? YES OR NO? >> SO I CAN SAY THIS. I WOULD NEVER BUY THESE PRODUCTS FOR MYSELF OR MY FAMILY. I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS. >> IF SOMEONE HAS THIS IN THEIR HOME RIGHT NOW, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO WITH IT? >> IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD TAKE THAT PRODUCT AND I WOULD GET RID OF IT. >> Reporter: THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RECOMMENDS BABIES SLEEP ALONE, ON THEIR BACKS, ON A FIRM FLAT MATTRESS IN A CRIB OR BASSINET WITH NO LOOSE BLANKETS, PILLOWS, CRIB BUMPERS OR OTHER SOFT ITEMS. >> WE WERE ALL TOGETHER AS A FAMILY -- >> Reporter: THE MOVITZES STARTED THE PIERCE FOREVER FOUNDATION TO HELP OTHER FAMILIES WHO'VE LOST BABIES. >> IF THERE'S EVEN AN OUNCE OF CHANCE THAT THESE INFANT LOUNGERS CAN CAUSE DEATH OR INJURIES, THEN PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: THEY HOPE SHARING THEIR STORY WILL HELP PROTECT OTHER BABIES. >> IF WE CAN HELP OTHER FAMILIES LEARN SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NIGHTMARE WE'VE LIVED THROUGH, THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. AND AN HONOR TO PIERCE. >> Reporter: VICKY NGUYEN, NBC NEWS, DETROIT. >>> AND WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH A VERY SPECIAL REUNION OF FORMER P.O.W.s FROM THE VIETNAM WAR. ST >>> WELCOME BACK. AS WE HONOR THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTRY, A VERY SPECIAL REUNION OF FORMER VIETNAM P.O.W.s. A HALF CENTURY AFTER THEY WERE WELCOMED HOME AT THE NIXON WHITE HOUSE, SURVIVORS WERE HONORED AGAIN AT THE NIXON LIBRARY. HERE'S HALLIE JACKSON. >> Reporter: DINNER FOR 400 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND IF THE GUESTS, THE MENU AND THE CENTERPIECES LOOK FAMILIAR, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE. ♪♪ IN 1973 PRESIDENT NIXON HOSTED NEARLY 600 VIETNAM P.O.W.s JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE DEAL THAT LET THEM RETURN HOME. >> YOU'RE THE BEST WE HAVE. >> Reporter: THE STAR-STUDDED DINNER SAID TO BE THE BIGGEST IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY. NOW, 50 YEARS LATER, REPLICATED AT THE NIXON LIBRARY. A REUNION FOR THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH. >> YOU THINK YOU'RE INVINCIBLE INITIALLY. AND THAT YOU CAN TAKE ALL KINDS OF PAIN. BUT PAIN JUST COMPLETELY CONSUMES YOU. >> Reporter: ADMIRAL ROBERT SCHUMACHER WAS CAPTURED BY THE VIETNAMESE, SPENDING EIGHT YEARS IN THE NOTORIOUS HOA LO PRISON. ALTHOUGH HE CAME UP WITH ANOTHER NAME FOR IT IN A NOTE HE SCRIBBLED ON TOILET PAPER TO A FELLOW AMERICAN. >> I WAS TRYING TO CHEER THE GUY UP BY SIMPLY SAYING WELCOME TO THE HANOI HILTON. >> Reporter: LIEUTENANT PORTER HALLIBURTON WAS HELD THERE TOO FOR A WHILE. WHEN HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN IN 1965, HIS FAMILY THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD, EVEN HAD A TOMBSTONE MADE. >> THEN A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THEY CAME IN AND SAID WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. AND MARTY SAID YOU'RE HERE TO TELL ME MY HUSBAND'S ALIVE. SHE SAID THAT WAS MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THAN MY DEATH BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY. >> Reporter: HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1973. AS DID SCHUMACHER, WELCOMED HOME BY HIS WIFE AND SON, WHO'D BEEN BORN JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE HIS DAD LEFT FOR WAR. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >> SHE PREPARED OUR SON, WHO WAS A REALLY COMPETITIVE LITTLE KID, BY ASKING HIM, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GREET YOUR FATHER? YOU KNOW. AND HE KIND OF SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS. AND -- I'M SORRY. I GET CHOKED UP. >> YEAH. >> AND HE DIDN'T SAY A THING, BUT ANYWAY, HE BEAT HER TO ME. >> Reporter: THE TWO REUNITING WITH OTHER P.O.W.s. >> WE WERE A FAMILY OVER THERE. >> Reporter: SHARING THEIR STORIES WITH A GENERATION FOR WHOM VIETNAM IS DISTANT HISTORY. >> IF OUR STORIES CAN BE INSPIRATIONAL TO YOUNG PEOPLE, THAT YOU KNOW, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE. >> Reporter: A LEGACY OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE THAT LIVES ON. HALLIE JACKSON, NBC NEWS. ♪♪ >>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, OUR MEMORIAL DAY COVERAGE CONTINUES. OUR FALLEN HEROES HONORED ALL OVER AMERICA. ♪♪ >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. PRESIDENT BIDEN PLACING A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. AND ALL ACROSS AMERICA TODAY WAS ABOUT HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM. FROM COAST TO COAST THE FLAG AND ALL IT STANDS FOR REMINDING US OF THE TRUE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY. THE STARS AND STRIPES STRETCHING DOWN STREETS ACROSS AMERICA, CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF THE COUNTRY AND MEMORIALIZING THE SACRIFICES OF OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN, ITS IMPACT SPANNING GENERATIONS, LIKE IN D.C. A WALL OF RED POPPIES ON THE NATIONAL MALL. >> EVERY ONE OF THOSE POPPIES ARE HANDMADE BY THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. >> Reporter: RED, WHITE, AND BLUE HANDPRINTS FILLING UP A WREATH MADE BY CHILDREN, MANY OF WHOM LOST A LOVED ONE WHO SERVED. >> MY DAD WAS A MAJOR IN THE AIR FORCE. HE DIED. AT THAT TIME I WAS 1 1/2. SO IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS. >> Reporter: THE SOUNDS OF ENGINES ECHOING ACROSS VIRGINIA, RAISING AWARENESS FOR VETERANS' MENTAL HEALTH AND THOSE WHO SERVED. >> WE COME OUT, WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY. THERE'S CAMARADERIE OUT HERE. >> Reporter: IN GEORGIA A SOLDIER PUT TO REST MORE THAN 70 YEARS AFTER HIS PASSING. DNA HELPED I.D. HIM AND BRING HIM HOME. >> TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN HERO. >> Reporter: THE COLORS THAT TIE OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER LIGHTING UP THE SKY IN MANHATTAN AND CASCADING DOWN THE BOSTON COMMON. SMALL GESTURES AND MAJOR ACTS OF PATRIOTISM CELEBRATING THE COURAGE OF SO MANY. ♪♪ MEMORIALIZED TODAY. AND AS WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THEIR FAMILIES, WHO HAVE ALSO SACRIFICED SO MUCH. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS MEMORIAL DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M TOM LLAMAS IN NEW YORK. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.