even the neighbors didn't know what cortez mesa's group was doing. did you have any idea what was happening across the street? >> not a clue. not a clue. >> reporter: cortez mesa was recently sentenced in federal court. the charges included child sex trafficking and human smuggling. >> he's an animal. he's an animal that will now spend the next 40 years in jail for what he did to these women and others. >> reporter: women and children enslaved in america at a house next door or right down the street. richard lui, nbc news, cartersville, georgia. >> you will find much more on all this on our website, nightly.msnbc.com. >>> and we've been following a very different kind of story on the web today, along with a whole lot of other people. an expanding family of eagles in a live video feed from a nest in a tree 80 feet high in northeast iowa. one eaglet hatched on friday, a second early this morning, and a third is expected in the next few days. adults are taking turn caring for the youngsters. at any given time, 130,000 viewers are watching it unfold live