NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 21

>>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT DONALD. TRUMP'S FIRST FULL. DAY IN. OFFICE, AND THE. GROWING. FALLOUT AFTER HE. PARDONED THE. JANUARY 6th RIOTERS. THE PRESIDENT COMING. BEFORE. THE CAMERAS LATE. TODAY AS HE. FACES BACKLASH FOR. PARDONING. MORE THAN A THOUSAND. JANUARY 6th. DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING MANY FOUND. GUILTY OF. ASSAULTING POLICE. OFFICERS. THE LEADERS OF THE. FAR RIGHT.

PROUD BOYS AND OATH. KEEPERS. AMONG NEARLY 200. WALKING FREE. TODAY. AND MR. TRUMP'S. SWEEPING. EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON. IMMIGRATION ALREADY. FACING. LEGAL CHALLENGES AS. TEXAS. INSTALLS NEW BUOY. BARRIERS IN. THE RIO GRANDE. OUR TEAM BREAKING IT. DOWN. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE DEADLY. ONCE THIS A. GENERATION WINTER. STORM BLASTING THE. SOUTH FROM. TEXAS TO FLORIDA. HOUSTON AND NEW. ORLEANS. SLAMMED WITH SNOW. DANGER ON THE ROADS.

AND MORE. THAN 2,000 FLIGHTS. CANCELED. AL ROKER IS HERE. >>> FIRES ERUPT IN. SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA FUELED BY. WINDS. >>> A POSSIBLE BREAK. IN A. SERIES OF BURGLARIESTREASUR. WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR. HOW MUCH. SOMEONE PAID FOR THE. LYRICS. BOB DYLAN TOSSED. AWAY. >>> THIS IS NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME. WE BEGIN TONIGHT.

WITH A. GROWING CONTROVERSY. OVER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. DECISION TO. PARDON OR COMMUTE. THE. SENTENCES OF MORE. THAN 1500. DEFENDANTS WHO TOOK. PART IN. THE DEADLY JANUARY. 6th. ATTACK ON THE. CAPITOL. LATE TODAY, MR. TRUMP AGAIN. DEFENDANTING THAT. ACTION. MORE THAN 200 OF. THOSE SERVING. PRISON TIME HAVE. ALREADY BEEN. RELEASED. SOME DEFENDANTS. CONVICTED OF. ASSAULTING POLICE. OFFICERS. THAT DAY. TODAY THOSE NEWLY. FREED. JANUARY 6th. DEFENDANTS WERE. CELEBRATED BY SOME. AS HEROES. WHILE VICTIMS OF.

THAT DAY'S. VIOLENCE EXPRESSED A. SENSE OF. BETRAYAL, AND EVEN. SOME. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS. EXPRESSED. SURPRISE. PETER ALEXANDER IS. JOINING US. NOW, AND JUST. MOMENTS AGO YOU. HAD A CHANCE TO. PRESS THE. PRESIDENT ABOUT THE. PARDONS? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. DEFENDING. THE PARDONS TONIGHT, SAYING. HE'S STILL A FIERCE. SUPPORTER. OF POLICE OFFICERS. BUT TONIGHT THE. CRITICISM. ABOUT THE SWEEPING. PARDONS IS. GROWING. TONIGHT THE.

PRESIDENT IS. FACING BACKLASH OF. PARDONING. OF COMMUTING THE. SENTENCES OF. THOSE INVOLVED IN. JANUARY 6th. >> THE HOSTAGES, APPROXIMATELY. 1500 FOR A PARDON. FULL PARDON. >> Reporter: INCLUDING THOSE. FOUND GUILTY OF. ASSAULTING. POLICE OFFICERS. FOUR YEARS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP. CONDEMNED THE. VIOLENCE. >> TO THOSE WHO. ENGAGED IN THE. ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND. DESTRUCTION, YOU DO. NOT. REPRESENT OUR DONE. ARE. TREMENDOUS. AND -- OUR COUNTRY. AND TO THOSE WHO. BROKE THE. LAW, YOU WILL PAY. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT'S.

MOVE, SOMETHING HIS. OWN VICE. PRESIDENT HAD. RECENTLY ARGUED. AGAINST. >> IF YOU COMMITTED. VIOLENCE. ON THAT DAY, OBVIOUSLY YOU. SHOULDN'T BE. PARDONED. >> Reporter: FORMER. DC POLICE. OFFICER MICHAEL. FINONE WAS. ASSAULTED DURING THE. RIOT, AND. SPENT TODAY GETTING. PROTECTIVE. ORDERS AGAINST THOSE. THAT. ATTACKED HIM. >> THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE ELECTED. DONALD TRUMP KNOWING. FULL WELL. THAT HE WOULD PARDON. MY. ATTACKERS. AND SO IT IS THE. ULTIMATE. BETRAYAL. >> Reporter: WE. PRESSED THE. PRESIDENT TODAY. YOU WOULD AGREE THAT. IT'S. NEVER ACCEPTABLE TO.

ASSAULT A. POLICE OFFICER, RIGHT? >> SURE. >> Reporter: SO IF I. CAN, AMONG THOSE YOU. PARDONED, DJ. RODRIGUEZ DROVE A. STUN GUN. INTO THE NECK OF A. POLICE. OFFICER WHO WAS. ABDUCTED BY. THE MOB THAT DAY. HE LATER CONFESSED. ON VIDEO TO. THE FBI AND PLEADED. GUILTY FOR. HIS CRIMES. WHY DOES HE DESERVE. A PARDON? >> WELL, I DON'T. KNOW, WAS IT. A PARDON? BECAUSE WE'RE. LOOKING AT. COMMUTES AND. PARDONS. >> Reporter: IT WAS. A PARDON. >> OKAY, WELL WE'LL. TAKE A. LOOK AT EVERYTHING. BUT I CAN SAY THIS, MURDERERS. TODAY ARE NOT EVEN. CHARGED. >> Reporter: I WANT. TO ASK YOU. ABOUT THE VICE. PRESIDENT. HE SAID, THIS IS A. WEEK AGO, HE SAID IF YOU.

COMMITTED. VIOLENCE ON JANUARY. 6th, OBVIOUSLY YOU SHOULD. NOT BE. PARDONED. WHY IS YOUR VICE. PRESIDENT. WRONG? >> WELL, ONLY FOR. ONE REASON. THEY'VE SERVED YEARS. IN JAIL. >> Reporter: AMONG. THOSE BEING. RELEASED, THE. LEADERS OF TWO. FAR RIGHT GROUPS, THE PROUD. BOYS ENRIQUE TARRIO, AND. FOUNDER OF THE OATH. KEEPERS. STEWART RHODES. RHODES, WHO WAS. SENTENCED TO. 18 YEARS IN PRISON, SPEAKING. SHORTLY AFTER HIS. RELEASE. >> I THINK IT'S A. GOOD DAY FOR.

AMERICA THAT ALL THE. WRONGS. ARE BEING UNDONE. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE. SHOULD. HAVE BEEN HERE IN. THE FIRST. PLACE. NONE WERE TRIED IN A. FAIR. TRIAL. >> Reporter: THE. QANON MEMBER. WHO PLED GUILTY OF. OBSTRUCTION. OF A PROCEEDING SAID. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TRUMP, NOW. I'M GOING. TO BUY SOME MOTHER. EXPLETIVE. GUNS. AND SOME QUESTIONED. IF THE. PRESIDENT'S MOVE WAS. TOO. BROAD. >> I THINK THEY WERE. ABSOLUTELY. JUSTIFIED. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE. CASES, CERTAINLY DON'T WANT. TO PARDON. ANY VIOLENT ACTORS.

>> Reporter: THE. PARDONS AMONG. STACKS OF EXECUTIVE. ACTIONS. ALREADY SIGNED BY. PRESIDENT. TRUMP, INCLUDING. MANY FOCUSED. ON REVERSING BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION. POLICIES, DECLARING A NATIONAL. ENERGY. EMERGENCY TO REPEAL. REGULATIONS ON OIL. DRILLING. AND FOSSIL FUELS AND. SCRAPPING. BIDEN'S BORDER. POLICIES. >> WE'RE GETTING RID. OF ALL OF. THE CANCER, I CALL. IT CANCER. THE THE CANCER. CAUSED BY THE. BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, THE. PRESIDENT POSTING. THE WHITE. HOUSE IS ACTIVELY IN. THE. PROCESS OF.

IDENTIFYING AND. REMOVING OVER A. THOUSAND. PRESIDENTIAL. APPOINTEES FROM. THE PREVIOUS. ADMINISTRATION. NOT ALIGNED WITH OUR. VISION. TODAY THE. ADMINISTRATION FIRED. THE HEAD OF THE. COAST GUARD, THE FIRST WOMAN TO. LEAD A. BRANCH OF THE U.S. MILITARY. RELIEVED OF HER. DUTIES. TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP. TOUTING MORE. SWEEPING CHANGES. ON HIS FIRST FULL. DAY IN. OFFICE APPEARING. WITH TOP TECH. MOGULS AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. HE ANNOUNCED A. MASSIVE. $5 BILLION. INVESTMENT IN A.I. IN THE U.S. HE SAYS IT WILL.

CREATE 100,000. JOBS. ALSO PRESIDENT TRUMP. WAS ASKED. IF HE'D SUPPORT ELON. MUSK. BUYING TIKTOK. >> I WOULD BE IF HE. WANTED TO. BUY IT. >> AND PETER, WE. JUST LEARNED. NEW DETAILS ABOUT. THE. PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO. THE WEST. COAST? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL. TRAVEL TO. LOS ANGELES THIS. FRIDAY AFTER. REPEATEDLY BLAMING. THE. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS. THERE FOR. THE RESPONSE TO. THOSE. WILDFIRES. BUT GOVERNOR GAVIN. NEWSOM. INVITED HIM, AND THE. PRESIDENT. SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE. ORDER TO. BRING MORE WATER TO. SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. >> PETER ALEXANDER. AT THE.

WHITE HOUSE, THANK. YOU. >>> AND THERE'S. GROWING. BACKLASH TONIGHT. OVER THE. PRESIDENT'S BROAD. ACTIONS ON. IMMIGRATION, INCLUDING. LAWSUITS BY DOZENS. OF STATES. AND EVEN A CHURCH. SERMON. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS. MORE. >> THE VAST MAJORITY. OF. IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT. CRIMINALS. >> Reporter: THE. BISHOP. DELIVERED AN. UNUSUALLY. POLITICAL SERMON, CRITICIZING. THE DEPORTATION. PLAN. >> HAVE MERCY, MR. PRESIDENT, ON THOSE IN OUR. COMMUNITIES. WHOSE CHILDREN FEAR. THEIR.

PARENTS WILL BE. TAKEN AWAY. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT. LATER RESPONDING. >> I DIDN'T THINK IT. WAS A. GOOD SERVICE. THEY CAN DO MUCH. BETTER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE. BACKLASH IS GROWING. AFTER. SWEEPING EXECUTIVE. ACTION ON. IMMIGRATION. >> IF I WERE TO LOSE. MY. PARENTS TO. DEPORTATION, MY. WHOLE WORLD WOULD. FALL APART. >> Reporter: AT. LEAST 22. STATES, ALREADY. SUING OVER. TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO. END BIRTH. RIGHT CITIZENSHIP. FOR CHILDREN. OF UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS. CONNECTICUT'S. ATTORNEY GENERAL. SAYING TRUMP HAS. ZERO RESPECT. FOR THE CONSTITUTION. THAT. SPELLS OUT ANYONE. BORN IN THE.

U.S. IS A CITIZEN. >> IT'S JUST. ABSOLUTELY. RIDICULOUS. WE HAVE VERY GOOD. GROUNDS. PEOPLE HAVE WANTED. TO DO THIS. FOR DECADES. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT. ALSO HALTING THE. PROGRAM THAT. RESETTLES REFUGEES. IN THE. U.S., INCLUDING. AFGHANS. FLEEING THE TALIBAN. >> THEY HAVEN'T. RECEIVED. CLARIFYING. INFORMATION, AND. THEY'RE SCARED. THEY'RE GOING. TO DIE. >> Reporter: BUT. TRUMP WON THE. ELECTION AFTER. PLEDGING. TOUGHER BORDER. SECURITY. THIS REPUBLICAN. COUNTY. COMMISSIONER IN. CHICAGO. SUPPORTS TRUMP'S. IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN AFTER MORE.

THAN. 51,000 MIGRANTS. ARRIVED THERE. >> FUNDING IS. ABSOLUTELY NOT. SUSTAINABLE BETWEEN. THE. COUNTY, BETWEEN THE. CITY WE'VE. SPENT NEARLY A. BILLION. DOLLARS. >> Reporter: AND. AFTER. LABELING CARTELS. FOREIGN. TERRORIST. ORGANIZATIONS, TRUMP. IS NOT RULING OUT. SENDING. SPECIAL FORCES INTO. MEXICO. >> STRANGER THINGS. HAVE. HAPPENED. >> Reporter: MEXICO'S. PRESIDENT SAID TODAY. THAT HER. COUNTRY WOULD DEFEND. ITS. SOVEREIGNTY, BUT ACT. IN A. HUMANITARIAN WAY. WITH MIGRANTS. WAITING ACROSS THE. BORDER. TONIGHT I.C.E.

IS NOW ALLOWING. OFFICERS TO ARREST. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS IN. SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. LIKE. SCHOOLS AND. CHURCHES. >> OKAY, GABE, THANK. YOU. >>> NOW LOOK AT. THIS. THE KIND OF SNOW. THEY ALMOST. NEVER SEE IN. HOUSTON. SOME STUNNING SCENES. PLAYING. OUT ACROSS THE DEEP. SOUTH AS A. RARE AND DANGEROUS. WINTER. STORM CRIPPLES. TRAVEL BY AIR. AND ROAD AND CLOSES. SCHOOLS. PRISCILLA THOMPSON. IS THERE. PRISCILLA, THIS. STORM HAS BEEN. DEADLY. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, LESTER. THERE'S AT LEAST ONE. CONFIRMED. DEATH NOW IN. GEORGIA, AND. THERE IS GROWING.

CONCERN THAT. OVERNIGHT SNOW ON. ROADWAYS. COULD TURN TO ICE. FROM TEXAS ALL THE. WAY DOWN TO. THE FLORIDA. PANHANDLE, AN. UNFAMILIAR SIGHT. SNOW AND ICE. >> WE'RE NOT. NECESSARILY USED. TO WALKING IN A. WINTER. WONDERLAND HERE IN. FLORIDA. >> Reporter: BLIZZARD-LIKE. CONDITIONS SLAMMING. THE GULF. COAST. >> IT'S LIKE OH, ARE. WE. PREPARING FOR LIKE. JUST A. ONE-DAY STORM OR ARE. WE ABOUT. TO NOT HAVE WATER. FOR A WEEK? >> Reporter: THREE. INCHES OF. SNOW REPORTED IN. HOUSTON. SIX IN LAKE CHARLES.

AND MORE THAN TEN. INCHES IN. LOUISIANA. HISTORIC SNOWFALL. CREATING. CHAOS IN THE AIR. WITH MORE. THAN 2200 FLIGHTS. CANCELED. AFTER AIRPORTS IN. GEORGIA, TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, AND. FLORIDA SHUT. DOWN OR SUSPENDED. OPERATIONS. DRIVERS ALSO WARY ON. THE. ROADS. >> IT'S JUST TOO. DANGEROUS. I DON'T WANT MY CAR. SLIPPING. AND SLIDING. >> Reporter: IN. MISSISSIPPI, THIS TRUCK APPEARING. TO. NARROWLY MISS AN.

AMBULANCE. MAJOR HIGHWAYS. FROZEN SOLID IN. LOUISIANA. NBC'S GEORGE SOLIS. IS THERE. >> Reporter: HIGHWAYS AND. ROADWAYS AROUND. BATON ROUGE. ARE CLOSED OUT OF. ABUNDANCE OF. CAUTION NOT ONLY. BECAUSE OF. THE SNOWFALL, BUT. CONCERNS OF. ICING AS WELL. >> Reporter: ON THE. COAST, FREEZING. TEMPERATURES. >> IT'S FREEZING. COLD. IT'S UNBEARABLE. RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: THE. LAKE EFFECT. SNOW CAUSING. BUFFALO'S MAYOR. TO DECLARE A STATE. OF. EMERGENCY. OFFICIALS TONIGHT. WARNING THE. ICE WILL CONTINUE TO. BE A. THREAT. >> AIR TEMPERATURES. WILL BE. NEAR OR BELOW.

FREEZING, AND. GROUND TEMPERATURES. ARE JUST. ABOVE FREEZING. THAT SNOW COULD MELT. AND. INSTANTLY REFREEZE. >> Reporter: AS THE. STORM IS. MARCHING EAST, RESIDENTS BRACE. FOR MORE SNOW, SLEET, AND. FREEZING RAIN. PRISCILLA THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. HOUSTON. >>> NOW WE TURN TO. OUR FRIEND. AL ROKER TRACKING. THE STORM. AND DEEP FREEZE. SOME OF THESE CITIES. HAVEN'T. SEEN THIS KIND OF. SNOW EVER. >> THAT'S RIGHT. NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE. CHARLES, BOTH SNOWSTORMS THEY. HAVEN'T. SEEN IN OVER 60. YEARS. FROM NEW ORLEANS ALL. THE WAY.

TO NORTH CAROLINA, 34 MILLION. PEOPLE UNDER WINTER. STORM. WARNINGS, WINTER. WEATHER. ADVISORIES. NEW ORLEANS, THROUGH. PANAMA. BEACH, AND NEWBERN. THERE'S SNOW FROM. SAVANNA. GEORGIA THROUGH. NORFOLK. TOMORROW. THAT MOVES OUT, BUT. WE HAVE. DANGEROUS ICE. THROUGH FLORIDA, DANGEROUS COMMUTE IN. THE. MORNING. AND THE. TEMPERATURES, WE'RE. TALKING ABOUT 178. MILLION. PEOPLE. LOOK AT THE WIND. CHILLS. TOMORROW MORNING IT.

WILL FEEL. LIKE 17 IN CHICAGO, 9 IN BATON. ROUGE, 4 IN NEW YORK. CITY, 20. IN HOUSTON. THE GOOD NEWS IS, A. SLOW. GRADUAL WARM UP, LESTER, AS WE. GET TOWARDS FRIDAY. LOOK AT. TEMPERATURES, THEY'LL. BE IN THE UPPER 20s, BUT END. UP IN THE MID TO. UPPER 30s. >> THANKS VERY MUCH, AL. >>> TWO WEEKS AFTER. THE START. OF THE DEADLY. WILDFIRES IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SOME. SCARY MOMENTS AGAIN. AS NEW. FIRES BROKE OUT. BUT THIS TIME NO. DAMAGE WAS. REPORTED. IT COMES AS SOME. FINALLY GO. BACK TO THEIR HOMES. FOR THE.

FIRST TIME. LIZ KREUTZ TELLS US. MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FIREFIGHTERS RACING. TO PUT OUT. MULTIPLE BRUSH FIRES. IGNITING. ACROSS SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. THE FRIAR FIRE IN. SAN DIEGO. THREATENING A MALL. AND SEVERAL. HOMES AFTER THE. LILAC FIRE. FORCED EVACUATIONS. OVERNIGHT. AND TWO WEEKS AFTER. THE. DEVASTATING EATON. AND. PALISADES FIRES, FEMA SAYING. IT RECEIVED MORE. THAN 97,000. CLAIMS. AND TONIGHT SOME. FAMILIES ARE. FINALLY ABLE TO. RETURN TO SEE. WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR. HOMES, INCLUDING TWO WE MET.

LAST. WEEK. THE EDWARDS FAMILY. IN ALTADENA. AND THE ANDONIANS IN. THE. PACIFIC PALISADES. >> I KNEW IT WAS. GOING TO BE. DIFFICULT. THERE'S NO WORDS YOU. CAN. EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW. YOU HAVE TO FEEL IT. WITH YOUR. SKIN AND YOUR MIND. >> Reporter: IN. ALTADENA, MARIA AND CRAIG. EDWARDS ARE. SEEING WHAT WAS. THEIR HOME OF. 30 YEARS. >> THIS IS A LOT. IT'S LIKE SOMEONE.

PUNCHED YOU. IN YOUR STOMACH. THIS IS A LOT TO. TAKE. >> Reporter: SINCE. THE FIRES, THE COUPLE HAS. BOUNCED BETWEEN. A HOTEL AND TWO. AIRBNBS. THEY'VE YET TO. RECEIVE FUNDS. FROM THEIR. INSURANCE. >> TRYING TO FIND AN. APARTMENT. AND PAY RENT AND A. MORTGAGE IS. JUST GOING TO BE A. LITTLE. TOUGH. A LOT TOUGH. >> Reporter: SIFTING. THROUGH. THE RUBBLE, THEY. FOUND ONE. THING MIRACULOUSLY. UNTOUCHED. WHAT'S IN THEIR. JEWELRY BOX? OH MY GOD, IS THAT. YOUR RING? >> OH MY GOD, THIS.

IS IT! FOUND IT! THANK YOU, LORD! >> Reporter: HER. WEDDING RING. >> I KNOW WE'RE. GOING TO GET. THROUGH THIS. WE HAVE TO GET. THROUGH THINK. >> Reporter: SMALL. SIGNS. GIVING HOPE WHEN SO. MUCH IS. LOST. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS LIKELY. TO VISIT LOS ANGELES. ON FRIDAY. TO TOUR THE. DESTRUCTION. THIS COMES AS RAIN. IS IN THE. FORECAST THIS. WEEKEND RAISING. CONCERNS ABOUT. MUDSLIDES WITH. ALL THE DEBRIS. >> THANK YOU VERY. MUCH. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. IN 60 SECONDS, COULD. THE. ARREST OF FOUR. ALLEGED GA.

>>> A MAJOR. DEVELOPMENT. TONIGHT IN A SERIES. OF. BURGLARIES TARGETING. PROFESSIONAL. ATHLETES. MULTIPLE ARRESTS, POSSIBLY. LINKED TO THE BREAK. IN AT THE. HOME OF CINCINNATI. BENGALS. QUARTERBACK JOE. BURROW. LET'S GET MORE NOW. FROM MAGGIE. VESPA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. AFTER. MONTHS OF BRAZEN. BURGLARIES AT. THE HOMES OF PRO. ATHLETES, A. POSSIBLE BREAK IN. THE CASE OF.

CINCINNATI BENGALS. QUARTERBACK. JOE BURROW. OHIO'S ATTORNEY. GENERAL. CONFIRMING FOUR. CHILEAN. IMMIGRANTS WERE. ARRESTED. COURT DOCUMENTS. STATING. AUTHORITIES FOUND IN. THEIR SUV. AN OLD LSU SHIRT AND. BENGALS. HAT BELIEVED TO BE. STOLEN FROM. A DECEMBER BURGLARY. SEEMINGLY. REFERRING TO THE ONE. AT. BURROW'S HOME, THOUGH HE WAS. NOT NAMED AND. AUTHORITIES. DECLINED TO GIVE. MORE DETAILS. THE DOCUMENTS STATE. THE MEN. HAD BEEN UNDER. SURVEILLANCE, AND THE ARRESTS CAME.

AMID AN. ONGOING. INVESTIGATION. INVOLVING BURGLARIES. OF. MULTIMILLION DOLLAR. HOMES IN. MULTIPLE STATES. AUTHORITIES NOT. SPECIFYING. WHETHER THAT REFERS. TO BREAK. INS AT THE HOMES OF. OTHER PRO. ATHLETES, INCLUDING. PATRICK. MAHOMES AND TRAVIS. KELCE OFTEN. DURING GAMES ON THE. ROAD. BURROW TOLD. REPORTERS LAST. MONTH. >> WE LIVE A PUBLIC. LIFE. DOESN'T MAKE IT. EASIER TO DEAL. WITH. >> Reporter: A. SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL BRIEFED ON.

THE MATTER. WARNED AGAINST. ATHLETES. DISPLAYING VALUABLES. ON SOCIAL. MEDIA ADDING THE. BURGLARIES. ARE LIKELY DRIVEN BY. SOUTH. AMERICAN ORGANIZED. THEFT. GROUPS. ORANGE COUNTY. CALIFORNIA. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. TODD SPITZER. ESTIMATING. AUTHORITIES THERE. HAVE MADE ROUGHLY. 100 ARRESTS. IN THE LAST TWO. YEARS. THESE ARE INCREDIBLY. SOPHISTICATED JOBS. >> THEY USE WI-FI. JAMMERS, POLICE SCANNER. JAMMERS, AND. KNOW EXACTLY WHAT. THEY'RE. DOING. >> Reporter: NBC. NEWS REACHED. OUT TO THE ATTORNEY. FOR ALL. FOUR MEN ARRESTED IN.

OHIO. SO FAR, NO RESPONSE. >> OKAY, MAGGIE. VESPA, THANK. YOU. >>> UP NEXT FOR US. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH. QUESTIONS OVER. PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S NEWEST. FINANCIAL. ENDEAVOR. JUST BEFORE TAKING. OFFICE, THE. PRESIDENT LAUNCHING. A TYPE OF. CRYPTOCURRENCY KNOWN. AS A MEME. COIN. HALLIE JACKSON NOW. ON WHAT IT. IS AND THE CONCERNS. IT'S. RAISING. >> Reporter: FROM A.

CRYPTO. BALL BEFORE THE. INAUGURATION. FEATURING SNOOP DOG, TO A NEW. CRYPTO TASK FORCE. JUST. LAUNCHED TODAY BY IS. SEC, SUPPORTERS OF THE. DIGITAL. CURRENCY ARE HOPING. THE. PRESIDENT'S PROMISED. GOLDEN. AGE EXTENDS TO THEM. AND NOW, AFTER USING. HIS TRUMP. BRAND TO SELL. EVERYTHING FROM. STEAKS AND VODKA TO. SNEAKERS. AND BIBLES, THE. PRESIDENT. PROMOTING HIS. COMPANY'S NEWLY. LAUNCHED TRUMP MEME. COIN. >> I DON'T KNOW MUCH. ABOUT IT. OTHER THAN I.

LAUNCHED IT AND. HEARD IT WAS VERY. SUCCESSFUL. >> Reporter: THE. TOKENS. USUALLY CONNECTED TO. INTERNET. TRENDS HOLDING ONLY. THE VALUE. BUYERS PUT INTO IT. IT ROCKETED TO $72, TODAY. TRADING CLOSER TO. $45 A COIN. A SIMILAR COIN, NAMED FOR. MELANIA, LAUNCHED. JUST. YESTERDAY. >> THERE WAS A. PROMISE THAT. TRUMP WOULD USHER IN. A TIME. OF, AT LEAST. THOUGHTFUL. DEBATE. WHAT THE CONCERN NOW. IS THAT.

LAUNCHING A MEME. COIN IS TAKEN. LESS SERIOUSLY. >> Reporter: AND. ETHICS. EXPERTS CONCERNED. ABOUT. CONFLICTS OF. INTEREST AND THE. TRUMP FAMILY. ENRICHING. THEMSELVES OFF THE. COINS. >> HE HAD THE POWER. NOW NOT. ONLY TO BE MAKING. MONEY, BUT. HE'S ACTUALLY GOING. TO BE IN. POSITION TO BE. MAKING. DETERMINATIONS ABOUT. THE. ENTIRE SECTOR. >> I'M LAYING OUT MY. PLAN TO. ENSURE THAT THE. UNITED STATES. WILL BE THE CRYPTO. CAPITAL OF. THE PLANET AND THE. BITCOIN. SUPERPOWER OF THE. WORLD. >> Reporter: FOR THE. PRESIDENT, AN. EVOLUTION FROM. JUST THREE YEARS. AGO.

>> BITCOIN, IT JUST. SEEMS LIKE. A SCAM. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. POINTING TO THE. INFLUENCE OF. HIS SON, BARON. >> BARON KNOWS SO. MUCH ABOUT. THIS. >> RIGHT. >> ERIC, AND BARON. IS A YOUNG. GUY, BUT HE KNOWS. >> Reporter: