NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 20

>>> TONIGHT, OUR. SPECIAL COVERAGE FROM. WASHINGTON. THE INAUGURATION OF. DONALD TRUMP AS THE. 47th PRESIDENT OF THE. UNITED STATES. THE HISTORIC DAY IN. OUR NATION'S CAPITAL. DONALD TRUMP TAKING. THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR. A SECOND TIME. HIS ADDRESS TO THE. NATION VOWING TO USHER. IN A GOLDEN AGE OF. AMERICA BEFORE A CROWD. OF SUPPORTERS, THE NEW. PRESIDENT SIGNING. MULTIPLE SWEEPING. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. HIS PLANS FOR BORDER. SECURITY, GENDER. >> AND ROLLING BACK.

CLIMATE CHANGE. INITIATIVES. TODAY'S CEREMONY MOVED. INSIDE FOR THE FIRST. TIME IN 40 YEARS DUE. TO THE BRUTAL COLD. MR. TRUMP CAPPING OFF. UNPRECEDENTED. POLITICAL COMEBACK. AFTER TWO. IMPEACHMENTS, 34. FELONY CONVICTIONS, AND 2 ASSASSINATION. ATTEMPTS. AND THE MOMENT EARLIER. AT THE WHITE HOUSE THE. TWO FORMER RIVALS. COMING TOGETHER, EVEN. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. VOWS TO UNDO JOE. BIDEN'S LEGACY. OUR FULL COVERAGE FROM. WASHINGTON. >>> AND LATE TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCING HE WILL.

ISSUE PARDONS FOR THE. JANUARY 6th RIOTERS. AND JOE BIDEN IN HIS. FINAL MINUTES IN. OFFICE ISSUING SEVERAL. LAST-MINUTE PARDONS OF. HIS OWN. THE REACTION TONIGHT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE. DANGEROUS COLD. GRIPPING MUCH OF THE. NATION. AND THE RARE WINTER. STORM ON THE MOVE. TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH. OUR SPECIAL EDITION OF. "NIGHTLY NEWS" BEGINS. NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS,". THE INAUGURATION OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP, REPORTING FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C.

HERE IS LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME ON THIS DAY. MARKING A TURNING. POINT IN AMERICA. TONIGHT DONALD J. TRUMP HAS BECOME THE. 47th PRESIDENT OF THE. UNITED STATES. APPEARING JUST A SHORT. TIME AGO AT THE. PRESIDENTIAL PARADE, SEATED AT A DESK IN. FRONT OF SOME 20,000. SUPPORTERS, MR. TRUMP. SIGNED A SWEEPING SET. OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, A. REBUKE TO HIS. PREDECESSOR WHO HE. HELPED USHER ON TO. NIGHTHAWK 46 EARLIER. IN THE AFTERNOON.

EARLIER, THE PEACEFUL. TRANSFER OF POWER. THE CULMINATION OF MR. TRUMP'S EXTRAORDINARY. POLITICAL COMEBACK. AFTER DEFEATING KAMALA. HARRIS AND OVERCOMING. A RANGE OF LEGAL. OBSTACLES THAT SO. DOMINATED HIS YEARS. OUT OF OFFICE. THE INAUGURATION IN. THE HOUSE ROTUNDA. BRINGING TOGETHER BOTH. FORMER PRESIDENTS AND. PROMINENTLY TECH. TITANS, OCCUPYING AN. INFORMAL BUT PROMINENT. ROLE IN THE NEW. ADMINISTRATION. THE SAME CAPITOL THAT. WAS THE SCENE OF THE. VIOLENT ATTACK BY HIS. SUPPORTERS FOUR YEARS.

AGO. AFTER HIS SWEARING IN, MR. TRUMP DECLARING. THAT AMERICA'S. DECLINE, AS HE PUT IT, IS OVER. AND PAINTING A DARK. PICTURE OF THE. GOVERNMENT AND THE. COUNTRY. THE BIDENS THEN. DEPARTING BY PLANE, SYMBOLIZING THE END OF. AN ERA, AND DONALD. TRUMP'S STUNNING. RETURN TO THE PINNACLE. OF POWER. TONIGHT, JUST HOURS. INTO HIS NEW TERM, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DELIVERING ON SOME OF. THE DRAMATIC CHANGES. HE PROMISED. AT A DESK AT HIS. MASSIVE POST. INAUGURATION RALLY,

SIGNING MULTIPLE. EXECUTIVE ORDERS, WHAT. HE'S CALLING A, QUOTE, REVOLUTION OF COMMON. SENSE. >> WE WON EVERY SWING. STATE BY A LOT, AND. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO. AND DRILL, BABY, DRILL, AND DO ALL THE. THINGS WE'VE WANTED TO. DO AND BRING YOUR. COSTS DOWN, YOUR. PRICES DOWN, AND MAKE. OUR COUNTRY SAFE. >> Reporter: AND IN AN. EMOTIONAL MOMENT, THE. PRESIDENT GREETING THE. FAMILIES OF ISRAELI. AND AMERICAN HOSTAGES. HELD BY HAMAS. >> NOW THE WORK. BEGINS. WE HAVE TO BRING THEM. HOME. >> Reporter: WHILE.

EARLIER, SOME CRITICS. GOING AFTER ELON MUSK. FOR THIS SALUTE WHILE. THANKING SUPPORTERS. >> THANK YOU FOR. MAKING IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. MY HEART GOES OUT TO. YOU. >> Reporter: ALL OF IT. HAPPENING AFTER THAT. MOMENT STEEPED IN. TRADITION, THE. SWEARING IN OF A NEW. COMMANDER IN CHIEF. >> I DONALD JOHN TRUMP. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR --. >> Reporter: BUT FROM. THE CEREMONY PUSHED. INDOORS BY THE.

BITTERLY COLD WEATHER. TO A PRESIDENTIAL. RALLY COMBINED WITH. THE INAUGURAL PARADE. TODAY WAS A UNIQUE. CELEBRATION OF A. HISTORIC POLITICAL. COMEBACK. DONALD TRUMP'S. ELECTION AS THE 47th. PRESIDENT, FOUR YEARS. AFTER LEAVING THE. WHITE HOUSE AS THE. 45th. IT KICKED OFF EARLY. THIS MORNING. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. DEFEATED IN THE. ELECTION JUST TWO. MONTHS AGO, WELCOMING. VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT. J.D. VANCE. THEN PRESIDENT-ELECT.

TRUMP ARRIVING WITH. HIS WIFE MELANIA. >> WELCOME HOME. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. BUSH TELLING HIM. "WELCOME HOME.". THE INCOMING AND. OUTGOING FIRST COUPLE. STANDING FOR THE. TRADITIONAL PHOTO OP. INSIDE THE CAPITOL, DIGNITARIES ARRIVE, ALONG WITH THE LEADERS. OF TOP TECH COMPANIES, PAST PRESIDENTS TOO. WHILE BACK AT THE. WHITE HOUSE, TWO MEN. WHO HAVE AN INTENSE. WAR OF WORDS TOGETHER. INSIDE THAT LIMO FOR.

THE RIDE TO THE. CAPITOL. >> THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HONORABLE DONALD. JOHN TRUMP. >> Reporter: THEN FOR. THE FIRST TIME IN. DECADES, A SWEARING IN. CEREMONY INDOORS. FIRST UP, THE FIRST. MILLENNIAL VICE. PRESIDENT. >> I JAMES DAVID VANCE. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR --. >> I JAMES DAVID VANCE. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR --. >> Reporter: THEN FOUR. YEARS AFTER HIS. ELECTION LOSS, WHEN HE. FACED FIERCE. BIPARTISAN CRITICISM. FOR HIS ACTIONS ON. JANUARY 6th.

AFTER RUNNING AGAINST. TWO DEMOCRATIC. OPPONENTS AND. SURVIVING TWO. ASSASSINATION. ATTEMPTS, TRUMP TAKING. THE OATH FOR THE. SECOND TIME. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR. RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT. AFTER ME. I, DONALD JOHN TRUMP. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> I DONALD JOHN TRUMP. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> THAT I WILL. FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. >> THAT I WILL. FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. >> THE OFFICE FOR. PRESIDENT OF THE. UNITED STATES. >> THE OFFICE OF. PRESIDENT OF THE. UNITED STATES.

>> AND WILL TO THE. BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> AND WILL TO THE. BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT. AND DEFEND. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT. AND DEFEND. >> THE CONSTITUTION OF. THE UNITED STATES. >> THE CONSTITUTION OF. THE UNITED STATES. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> Reporter: MELANIA. TRUMP HOLDING TWO. BIBLES, BUT THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT. APPEARED NOT TO PLACE. HIS HAND ON THEM, WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED. IN HIS SPEECH, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING.

HE'LL TAKE ON WHAT HE. CALLED A CORRUPT. ESTABLISHMENT. >> THE GOLDEN AGE OF. AMERICA BEGINS RIGHT. NOW. >> Reporter: WITH A. BLISTERING CRITIQUE OF. HIS PREDECESSOR, WHO. HE DID NOT MENTION BY. NAME. >> MY RECENT ELECTION. IS A MANDATE TO. COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY. REVERSE A HORRIBLE. BETRAYAL AND TO GIVE. THE PEOPLE BACK THEIR. FAITH, THEIR WEALTH, THEIR DEMOCRACY, AND. INDEED, THEIR FREEDOM.

FROM THIS MOMENT ON, AMERICA'S DECLINE IS. OVER. >> Reporter: AND. REFERENCING HIS. DRAMATIC PATH BACK TO. THE PRESIDENCY. >> THOSE WHO WISH TO. STOP OUR CAUSE HAVE. TRIED TO TAKE MY. FREEDOM, AND INDEED, TO TAKE MY LIFE. JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. ON A BEAUTIFUL. PENNSYLVANIA FIELD AN. ASSASSIN'S BULLET. RIPPED THROUGH MY EAR,

BUT I FELT THEN AND. BELIEVE EVEN MORE SO. NOW THAT MY LIFE WAS. SAVED FOR A REASON. I WAS SAVED BY GOD TO. MAKE AMERICA GREAT. AGAIN. ♪ OH BEAUTIFUL ♪. >> CARRIE UNDERWOOD. THEN SINGING A. CAPPELLA AFTER WHAT. APPEARED TO BE A. TECHNICAL GLITCH WITH. THE MUSIC TRACK. AND THAT HISTORIC. MOMENT IN FRONT OF THE. CAPITOL, NOW FORMER. PRESIDENT BIDEN, SIX.

MONTHS AFTER DROPPING. HIS OWN REELECTION. RUN, EXITING. WASHINGTON, ENDING A. 50-YEAR POLITICAL. CAREER. >> YOU'RE A YOUNGER, FAR MORE BEAUTIFUL. AUDIENCE THAN I JUST. SPOKE TO. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP THEN GOING. INSIDE THE CAPITOL, WHERE HE CRITICIZED. BIDEN FOR ISSUING. PREEMPTIVE PARDONS IN. THE FINAL MINUTES OF. HIS TERM, INCLUDING. FOUR MORE MEMBERS OF. HIS FAMILY. >> ARE WE GOING TO. TALK ABOUT THE THINGS. THAT JOE DID TODAY? HE SAID PLEASE DON'T. BRING THAT UP RIGHT. NOW.

YOU CAN BRING IT UP. TOMORROW. >> AS HE GREETED. SUPPORTERS IN THE. SPILLOVER CROWD. >> I THINK THIS IS A. BETTER SPEECH THAN THE. ONE I MADE UPSTAIRS, OKAY. >> AND ALMOST. IMMEDIATELY, PRESIDENT. TRUMP BEGAN TO UNDO. SOME OF THE POLICIES. OF THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION WITH A. SWEEPING SET OF. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. SETTING THE TONE FOR. AN AGGRESSIVE FIRST. 100 DAYS IN OFFICE. GARRETT HAAKE HAS. MORE. >> Reporter: THE. DRAMATIC CHANGES. PRESIDENT TRUMP. PROMISED DURING THE. CAMPAIGN. >> WITH THESE ACTIONS, WE WILL BEGIN THE.

COMPLETE RESTORATION. OF AMERICA AND THE. REVOLUTION OF COMMON. SENSE. >> Reporter: SIGNING A. SLEW OF EXECUTIVE. ORDERS ON DAY ONE, INCLUDING ON BORDER. SECURITY AFTER MORE. THAN TEN MILLION. ILLEGAL BORDER. CROSSINGS IN THE LAST. FOUR YEARS. TRUMP REVERSING BIDEN. ERA IMMIGRATION POLICY. AND DECLARING A. NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT. THE BORDER, WHERE HE. VOWED TO SEND TROOPS. >> I HAVE NO HIGHER. RESPONSIBILITY THAN TO. DEFEND OUR COUNTRY. FROM THREATS AND. INVASIONS. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT ALSO.

DECLARING A NATIONAL. ENERGY EMERGENCY, WHICH WOULD EXPAND HIS. AUTHORITY TO ENCOURAGE. DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS. PRODUCTION ALREADY AT. RECORD HIGHS. >> WE WILL DRILL, BABY, DRILL. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT ALSO SEEKING. TO REWRITE THE. NATION'S MAPS. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE. CHANGING THE NAME OF. THE GULF OF MEXICO TO. THE GULF OF AMERICA. >> Reporter: AND AGAIN. THREATENING A SHOWDOWN. WITH PANAMA, VOWING TO. TAKE BACK THE PANAMA. CANAL. >> WE'VE BEEN TREATED. VERY BADLY FROM THIS. FOOLISH GIFT THAT. SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN.

MADE. WE GAVE IT TO PANAMA, AND WE'RE TAKING IT. BACK. >> Reporter: TODAY. PANAMA'S PRESIDENT. SAYING, QUOTE, THE. CANAL IS AND WILL. REMAIN PANAMA'S. TRUMP ALSO REORIENTING. HOW THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES. GENDER. >> IT WILL HENCEFORTH. BE THE OFFICIAL POLICY. OF THE UNITED STATES. GOVERNMENT THAT THERE. ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS, MALE AND FEMALE. >> Reporter: WITH MANY. OF THESE ORDERS. EXPECTED TO BE. CHALLENGED IN COURT. AND CONGRESS LIKELY. MONTHS FROM PASSING. SUPPORTING.

LEGISLATION, THE. PRACTICAL IMPACT OF. TRUMP'S MOVES TODAY. COULD BE LIMITED. HOW MUCH DIFFERENT. WILL PEOPLE FEEL. TOMORROW BASED ON WHAT. THE PRESIDENT SIGNS. TODAY? >> I THINK YOU'RE. GOING TO SEE A LOT OF. IT HAVING TEETH ON IT. REMEMBER, THIS IS A. PRESIDENT THAT HAS. BEEN HERE, DONE THE. JOB BEFORE. >> AND GARRETT JOINING. US NOW. GARRETT, THERE WERE. SOME CAMPAIGN PROMISES. NOT INCLUDED IN THE. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. >> THE PRESIDENT. ANNOUNCED NOTHING. SPECIFIC TODAY ON. TARIFFS, WHICH HAD. BEEN A MAJOR CAMPAIGN. PLEDGE. MEANWHILE, TONIGHT, THE SENATE JUST. CONFIRMED HIS FIRST. CABINET SECRETARY. MARCO RUBIO WILL BE. SECRETARY OF STATE,

CONFIRMED UNANIMOUSLY. TONIGHT, 99-0. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, GARRETT. HAAKE, THANK YOU. AND TEN OF THE. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. ANNOUNCED TODAY. INVOLVE IMMIGRATION. A CORNERSTONE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. POLITICAL IDENTITY. GABE GUTIERREZ WITH. THAT STORY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING. SWEEPING ACTION ON. IMMIGRATION. >> AND I WILL SEND. TROOPS TO THE SOUTHERN. BORDER TO REPEL THE. DISASTROUS INVASION OF. OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: THE.

PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO. SIGN TEN EXECUTIVE. ACTIONS DECLARING A. REMAIN IN MEXICO. POLICY, WHICH REQUIRES. TO STAY OUTSIDE THE. U.S. #. THE 14th AMENDMENT. SAYS ANYONE BORN IN.

THE U.S. IS A CITIZEN. >> WE'LL BEGIN THE. PROCESS OF RETURNING. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS. OF ILLEGAL ALIENS BACK. TO THE PLACES FROM. WHICH THEY CAME. >> Reporter: POSSIBLE. TARGETS, WASHINGTON, D.C., PHILADELPHIA, LOS ANGELES, DENVER, AND CHICAGO. >> WE'RE DOING. EVERYTHING WE CAN TO. EXPLORE EVER SINGLE. OPTIONS TO PROTECT OUR. COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT. ARE VULNERABLE RIGHT. NOW. >> Reporter: PASTOR. TANYA LOZANO. WASHINGTON JUST. CANCELED IN-PERSON. SERVICES AT HER. CHICAGO CHURCH, OFTEN.

ATTENDED BY. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS. WHY DID YOU MAKE THAT. DECISION? >> WELL, I THINK. PEOPLE ARE SCARED. RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: STILL, EVEN SOME MODERATE. DEMOCRATS, LIKE. ALDERMAN RAYMOND LOPEZ. SAY THEY SUPPORT. DEPORTATION MIGRANTS. WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS. >> IF WE CAN DEAL WITH. THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT. COMMIT CRIMES IN A. VERY SPECIFIC WAY AND. KEEP OTHER PEOPLE. SAFE, THAT'S WHAT WE. SHOULD BE DOING. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THESE NEW POLICIES. ALREADY HAVING AN. IMPACT. THIS ASYLUM SEEKER IN. JUAREZ, MEXICO, BREAKING DOWN WHEN HER. INITIAL SCREENING. APPOINTMENT WAS. CANCELED.

THE NEW TRUMP TEAM. IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. THE PHONE APP THAT HAD. SCHEDULED HER. APPOINTMENT. NOW THOUSANDS OF. MIGRANTS LIKE HER ARE. IN LIMBO. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, GABE, THANK YOU. AS YOU JUST HEARD. BEFORE THE. INAUGURATION, PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUED. A SERIES OF PREEMPTIVE. PARDONS. PETER ALEXANDER. JOINING US NOW FROM. THE WHITE HOUSE. PETER, PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE. SOME PARDONS OF HIS. OWN? >> LESTER, PRESIDENT. TRUMP LATE TONIGHT. SIGNING PARDONS FOR. WHAT HE SAID WAS. ROUGHLY 1500 JANUARY. 6th CAPITOL RIOTERS. IT COMES AS PRESIDENT. BIDEN'S LAST ACTIONS.

IN OFFICE FOCUSED ON. PARDONING SEVERAL. HIGH-PROFILE NAMES. FROM OUTGOING. PRESIDENT BIDEN WHAT. AMOUNTS TO A. PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR. SOME OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S MOST PROMINENT. ADVERSARIES, A SERIES. OF PREEMPTIVE PARDONS. TO AVOID TRUMP'S. PROMISED PROSECUTION. AMONG THE RECIPIENTS, GENERAL MARK MILLEY, TRUMP'S CHOSEN CHIEF. CHAIRMAN WHO LATER. BECAME A FIERCE. CRITIC, DR. ANTHONY. FAUCI WHO HELPED LEAD. THE COUNTRY'S COVID. RESPONSE, AND ALL OF. THE MEMBERS OF THE.

BIPARTISAN HOUSE. COMMITTEE THAT. INVESTED THE JANUARY. 6th CAPITOL ATTACK, INCLUDING REPUBLICAN. LIZ CHENEY. BIDEN WRITING THE. PARDONS SHOULD NOT BE. MISTAKEN AS AN. ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT. ANY INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED. IN ANY WRONGDOING. PRESIDENT TRUMP TEXTED. NBC NEWS IT IS. DISGRACEFUL. >> WHY ARE WE HELPING. SOME OF THE PEOPLE --. WHY ARE WE HELPING LIZ. CHENEY? I MEAN, LIZ CHENEY IS. A DISASTER. >> Reporter: JUST LAST. MONTH TRUMP TOLD ME. "MEET THE PRESS" THE. JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE. MEMBERS SHOULD BE. BEHIND BARS. >> FOR WHAT THEY DID, HONESTLY, THEY SHOULD. GO TO JAIL.

>> Reporter: MILLEY'S. PORTRAIT HUNG LAST. WEEK IN A PENTAGON. CEREMONY WAS REMOVED. HOURS AFTER TRUMP TOOK. OFFICE. TODAY BY IDEN DEFENDING. PUBLIC SERVANTS HE. SAID HAVE BEEN. SUBJECTED TO ONGOING. THREATS AND. INTIMIDATION FOR. FAITHFULLY DISCHARGING. THEIR DUTIES. TRUMP TONIGHT ALSO. CRITICIZING BIDEN FOR. PREEMPTIVELY PARDONING. HIS BROTHER JAMES. BIDEN AND OTHER. RELATIVES WITH MINUTES. LEFT IN HIS TERM. >> I THINK IT WAS. UNFORTUNATE THAT HE. DID THAT. >> Reporter: CANDIDATE. TRUMP VOWED HE WOULD. APPOINT A SPECIAL. PROSECUTOR TO. INVESTIGATE THE. BIDENS. >> TO GO AFTER THE.

MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT. IN THE HISTORY OF THE. UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA, JOE BIDEN. AND THE ENTIRE BIDEN. CRIME FAMILY. >> Reporter: BIDEN. TONIGHT DISMISSING THE. UNRELENTING ATTACKS. AGAINST HIS FAMILY AS. BASELESS, ARGUING THEY. ARE MOTIVATED SOLELY. BY A DESIRE TO HURT. ME. PETER ALEXANDER, NBC. NEWS, THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AND I'M JOINED NOW. BY KRISTEN WELKER AND. HALLIE JACKSON. KRISTEN, PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS CLAIMING A. MANDATE. HE'S GOT A NARROW LEAD. IN THE CONGRESS RIGHT. NOW. HOW LONG DOES THE. HONEYMOON TYPICALLY.

LAST? >> IT'S NOT GOING TO. LAST VERY LONG AT ALL, LESTER. IN FACT, HE'S ONLY GOT. ABOUT TWO YEARS TO GET. HIS BIG AGENDA ITEMS. FINISHED AND THE. ENTIRE POLITICAL WORLD. WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE. MIDTERM ELECTION. SO HE WANTS TO GET HIS. MASS DEPORTATION PLAN. UP AND RUNNING. THAT'S GOING TO. REQUIRE SOME. ADDITIONAL FUNDS BY. CONGRESS. BY ONE ESTIMATE, $88. BILLION PER YEAR JUST. TO DEPORT ONE MILLION. PEOPLE. HE'S ALSO PROPOSED A. SLEW OF TAX CUTS. INCLUDING EXTENDING. THE TRUMP ERA TAX CUTS. AS WELL.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A. CHALLENGE. AND AS YOU SAY, THE. MAJORITIES ARE QUITE. NARROW, PARTICULARLY. IN THE HOUSE. THE BIGGEST THING. HE'LL BE JUDGED ON, CAN HE BRING PRICES. DOWN? THAT WAS THE NUMBER. ONE ISSUE FOR VOTERS, LESTER. >> LET ME TURN TO. HALLIE RIGHT NOW. YOU COVERED THE FIRST. TRUMP INAUGURATION AND. WHITE HOUSE. HOW DOES ALL THIS. COMPARE? >> WELL, LOOK AT THE. TONE AND THE TENOR. THAT THE PRESIDENT IS. SETTING TODAY. HE IS OUT WITH HIS. POLITICAL SHOW OF. FORCE, WHAT ALLIES. HAVE CALLED THIS IDEA. OF SHOCK AND AWE, SIGNING MORE EXECUTIVE. ORDERS AND ACTIONS. ALREADY TODAY ALONE. THAN HE DID IN HIS.

ENTIRE FIRST WEEK IN. OFFICE IN HIS FIRST. TERM. BUT LOOK AT THE TONE. FROM HIS FIRST. INAUGURAL TO WHAT WE. HEARD TODAY. FIRST TIME AROUND, IT. WAS THE AMERICAN. CARNAGE STOPS RIGHT. HERE. NOW IT'S AMERICA'S. DECLINE IS OVER. HE HAS BEEN. CONSISTENT. HE SAID ON THE. CAMPAIGN HE WOULD DO. THINGS LIKE IMPLEMENT. MASS DEPORTATIONS AND. ROLL BACK BIDEN ERA. POLICIES. HE IS DOING SO. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. SHOWN US WHO HE IS. HE IS CONTINUING ON. THAT PATH. >> HALLIE AND KRISTEN, THANKS TO YOU BOTH. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, RICHARD ENGEL AND HOW. OTHER COUNTRIES ARE. VIEWING A SECOND TRUMP.

TERM, AND HOW HIS VOW. TO PUT AMERICA FIRST. COULD PLAY OUT. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THE ARCTIC BLAST. ACROSS THE U.S., NEARLY 200 MILLION. PEOPLE UNDER COLD. ALERTS. AND IN THE SOUTH, A. RARE AND POTENTIALLY. CRIPPLING WINTER STORM. ON THE MOVE TONIGHT, EXPECTED TO SPREAD. SNOW AND ICE FROM. TEXAS TO THE. CAROLINAS. HISTORIC SNOW AMOUNTS. ARE EXPECTED FOR. PLACES LIKE NEW. ORLEANS AND PANAMA. CITY. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, REACTION FROM AROUND. THE WORLD TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S RETURN TO THE.

WHITE HOUSE AND TO HIS. MESSAGING TO THE. INTERNATIONAL. COMMUNITY. RICHARD ENGEL. REPORTING TONIGHT FROM. JERUSALEM. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP MADE IT CLEAR HE. INTENDS TO LEAD, NOT. FOLLOW, AND WON'T BE. PUSHED AROUND OR ABIDE. BY OLD RULES AND. NORMS. HE SUGGESTED THE. UNITED STATES WOULD. EXPAND ITS TERRITORY. HE'S ALREADY SAID HE. WANTS GREEN LAND, AND. TODAY SAID HE'LL TAKE. BACK THE PANAMA CANAL. OF COURSE, PANAMA IS. AN INDEPENDENT. COUNTRY. SO FAR MANY COUNTRIES. ARE APPROACHING WITH. CAUTION.

HIS PREVIOUSLY VOCAL. CRITICS, ESPECIALLY IN. EUROPE, HAVE GONE. QUIET. TRUMP DESCRIBED PEACE. THROUGH STRENGTH. HE MADE NO MENTION OF. RUSSIA, IRAN, OR NORTH. KOREA, ONLY CHINA, WHICH HE SAID SHOULD. NOT BE ALLOWED TO. CONTROL ACCESS TO WHAT. HE CALLED THE GULF OF. AMERICA. THIS WAS NOT JUST. AMERICA FIRST BUT. AMERICA FIRST AND. FOREMOST. LESTER? >> RICHARD ENGEL, THANK YOU. >>> AND COMING UP, AS. WE CONTINUE TONIGHT, THE NEW INNER CIRCLE. THE TECH TITANS ON. HAND FOR TODAY'S. INAUGURATION. >>> AND THE RETURN OF. TIKTOK AFTER A WEEKEND.

OF UNCERTAINTY. THAT'S NEXT. >>> AMONG THE GUESTS. OF THE INAUGURATION. TODAY, TECH GIANTS, INCLUDING TIKTOK'S. CEO. THE CHINESE OWNED APP. BACK ONLINE IN THE. U.S., DESPITE A LAW TO. BAN IT AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP VOWED TO TAKE. ACTION. SAVANNAH SELLERS IS. WITH US. SAVANNAH, WALK US. THROUGH THIS. >> LESTER, TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE. ORDER WITH THE. INTENTION OF SAVING. TIKTOK, AND IT COMES. AFTER A ROLLER COASTER.

WEEKEND FOR THE APP. WHERE IT WENT DARK FOR. JUST OVER 12 HOURS, COMING BACK ONLINE. WITH A POP-UP MESSAGE. CREDITING PRESIDENT. TRUMP. NOW IT'S OFFICIAL. THERE ARE STILL OPEN. QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE. NATIONAL SECURITY. CONCERNS RAISED BY THE. U.S. GOVERNMENT ABOUT. THE COMPANY'S TIES TO. CHINA THAT LED TO. BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR. A BAN. THE COMPANY'S CEO WAS. SEATED ON STAGE AT. TODAY'S INAUGURAL. CEREMONY. HE WAS ALONGSIDE A LOT. OF OTHER TECH TITANS. INCLUDING ELON MUSK, JEFF BEZOS, AND MARK. ZUCKERBERG. THEY WERE ALL SEATED.

RIGHT AMONG AND BEHIND. TRUMP FAMILY MEMBERS, AND ALL NOTABLY MEN. WHO HAVE HAD AN. ABOUT-FACE IN THEIR. RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE. PRESIDENT. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, SAVANNAH, THANK YOU. >>> A PASSING OF NOTE. TONIGHT, CECILE. RICHARDS, ONE OF THE. COUNTRY'S MOST. PROMINENT ABORTION. RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAS. DIED AFTER A BATTLE. WITH BRAIN CANCER. RICHARDS SERVED AS THE. PRESIDENT OF PLANNED. PARENTHOOD, THE. COUNTRY'S LARGEST. PROVIDER OF. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. CARE AND SEX EDUCATION. FROM 2006 TO 2018. RICHARDS WAS 67.

>>> WE'LL TAKE A. BREAK, AND NEXT, THE. ENDURING IMAGES THAT. STRIKE AT THE HEART OF. WHAT THIS INAUGURATION. DAY IS ALL ABOUT. SHE WAS 67. >>. >>> WE WANT TO LEAVE. YOU TONIGHT ON AN. IMAGE THAT FOR MANY. PRESIDENCIES WAS. LIKELY TAKEN FOR. GRANTED, A PEACEFUL. TRANSFER OF POWER, ONE. PRESIDENT LEAVING AS. ANOTHER BEGINS. IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE. BEEN REMINDED OF JUST. HOW PRECIOUS AND. FRAGILE OUR DEMOCRACY. IS. TODAY REPRESENTS THE. MOST FUNDAMENTAL. PRINCIPLES OF THAT.

DEMOCRACY WITH DONALD. TRUMP BEGINNING HIS. SECOND TERM IN OFFICE. SO IF WE TAKE JUST ONE. THING AWAY FROM THIS. COLD INAUGURATION DAY. HERE IN WASHINGTON, PERHAPS IT IS THAT THE. TRADITION AND. SYMBOLISM OF JANUARY. 20th MEANS SOMETHING. NOT JUST TO US, BUT TO. THE WORLD. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.