NBC Nightly News Full Episode - March 24

>>> TONIGHT, THE. GROUP CHAT BOMBSHELL. SOME OF AMERICA'S TOP. LEADERS TEXTING. CANDIDLY AND SHARING. SENSITIVE MILITARY. STRATEGY WITH A GROUP. THAT INCLUDED A TOP. MAGAZINE EDITOR. >> SECRETARY OF. DEFENSE, THE VICE. PRESIDENT, AND MORE. DEBATED MILITARY. OPTIONS BEFORE THE. RAID ON HOUTHIS IN. YEMEN. WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS. SAYING AS LAWMAKERS. ARE OUTRAGED. SOME CALLING FOR AN. INVESTIGATION. AND WHAT THE EDITOR.

IN CHIEF WHO WAS. ACCIDENTALLY INCLUDED. IS TELLING US NOW. >>> THE LEGAL BATTLES. FROM COURTROOMS TO. TOP LAW FIRMS. THE HEARING OVER. WHETHER THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION CAN. DEPORT MIGRANTS UNDER. THE ALIEN ENEMIES. ACT. LAURA JARRETT ON WHY. IT'S LIKELY HEADED TO. THE U.S. SUPREME. COURT. >> IT'S BARELY SPRING. AND WILDFIRES ARE. THREATENING THE. CAROLINAS. A STATE OF EMERGENCY. AND EVACUATION ORDERS. UNDER WAY. OUR TEAM IN THE FIRE. ZONE. >>> INCREDIBLE. DISCOVERY AFTER A.

PLANE GOES MISSING IN. ALASKA. >> THE REAL LIFE. RODEO ON A HIGHWAY IN. HOUSTON AFTER STEERS. GOT LOOSE FROM THEIR. TRAILER. >> 23ANDME BANKRUPT, ONCE WORTH BILLIONS, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. IF YOU'RE CONCERNED. ABOUT THE SAFETY OF. YOUR DATA. >>> AND OUR SIT-DOWN. WITH BASEBALL. SUPERSTAR JUAN SOTO. WHO LED THE YANKEES. TO THE WORLD SERIES. WHY THE METS HAVE 765. MILLION REASONS THEY. HOPE HE CAN DO THE. SAME FOR THEM.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND. WELCOME. AN APPARENT NATIONAL. SECURITY BREACH THAT. INCLUDED GROUP TEXT. EXCHANGES AMONG TOP. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS ABOUT U.S. WAR PLANS IN THE. MIDDLE EAST IS. RAISING ALARM BELLS. TONIGHT. THE STORY BROKEN BY. THE EDITOR IN CHIEF. OF THE ATLANTIC. MAGAZINE, WHO IN AN. ARTICLE PUBLISHED. TODAY DESCRIBES HOW. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY. ADDED TO A DISCUSSION. GROUP OF THE U.S. RESPONSE TO HOUTHI. REBEL ATTACKS. JEFFREY GOLDBERG. REPORTING HE RECEIVED. THE TEXTS BY WAY OF.

THE ENCRYPTED. MESSAGING APP SIGNAL. THAT APPEARED TO COME. FROM VICE PRESIDENT. VANCE ALONG WITH. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. HEGSETH AND SECRETARY. OF STATE RUBIO AMONG. OTHERS. THE MESSAGES THE. ATLANTIC REPORTS. INCLUDE PRECISE. INFORMATION ABOUT. WEAPONS PACKAGING. TARGETING, AND. TIMING. INFORMATION THE. MAGAZINE REPORTS. APPEARED TO BE. ACCURATE. TONIGHT, THE NATIONAL. SECURITY COUNCIL. ACKNOWLEDGING THE. ACCOUNT APPEARED TO. BE AUTHENTIC AND THAT. IT IS TRYING TO LEARN. HOW AN INADVERTENT. NUMBER WAS ADDED TO.

THE THREAD. ANDREA MITCHELL HAS. MUCH MORE. >> Reporter: DAYS. BEFORE U.S. FIGHTER. JETS TOOK OFF FROM. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER. HARRY S. TRUMAN IN. THE RED SEA FOR. STRIKES AGAINST THE. IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS. IN YEMEN, A SECURITY. BREACH WITH. POTENTIALLY. CATASTROPHIC. CONSEQUENCES FOR THE. U.S. MILITARY. DETAILS OF THE U.S. WAR PLANS SHARED IN. REAL TIME WITH THE. ATLANTIC'S EDITOR IN. CHIEF, JEFFREY. GOLDBERG, BY ACCIDENT. ON THE UNCLASSIFIED. COMMERCIAL MESSAGING. APP SIGNAL. >> I ASSUMED THAT I. WAS BEING SPOOFED OR.

HOAXED OR BEING. INCLUDED IN SOME KIND. OF DISINFORMATION. CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT. WAS SIMPLY TOO. IMPROBABLE TO ME THAT. THEY WOULD HAVE SUCH. POOR OPERATIONAL. SECURITY AS TO. INADVERTENTLY INVITE. THE EDITOR OF THE. ATLANTIC INTO A. NATIONAL SECURITY. DISCUSSION ABOUT THE. TIMING OF A BOMBING. CAMPAIGN. >> Reporter: BUT IT. WAS DEADLY SERIOUS. GOLDBERG SAYS HE WAS. ADDED BY A USER, A. NATIONAL SECURITY.

ADVISER MIKE WALTZ TO. A CHAT, INCLUDING THE. VICE PRESIDENT, THE. SECRETARY OF STATE, THE DEFENSE. SECRETARY, THE CIA. DIRECTOR, AND THE. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE. SHARING PRECISE. INFORMATION ABOUT. WEAPONS PACKAGES, TARGETS, AND TIMING. SHOCKING SENATE. INTELLIGENCE VICE. CHAIR MARK WARNER. >> HOLY CRAP. I MEAN, WHEN THIS. LEVEL OF DETAIL IS. BEING SHARED ON A. NONCLASSIFIED. NETWORK, AND THIS. ISN'T THE FIRST TIME. WE HAVE SEEN THIS.

SLOPPINESS FROM THIS. ADMINISTRATION. EARLY ON, THERE WERE. A COUPLE HUNDRED CIA. AGENTS WHOSE. IDENTITIES WERE. EXPOSED. >> Reporter: GOLDBERG. SAYS AT ONE POINT THE. VICE PRESIDENT CALLED. THE TIMING OF THE. ATTACK ON THE HOUTHIS. WHO HAD BEEN STRIKING. INTERNATIONAL SHIPS. IN THE RED SEA FOR. TWO YEARS A MISTAKE. BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS. WITH THE PRESIDENT'S. MESSAGE TO END THE. WAR IN UKRAINE. >> THAT WAS ACTUALLY. VERY SUBSTANTIVE. THERE WAS. DISAGREEMENT AMONG. SOME OF THE. PRINCIPALS. JD VANCE SUGGESTED IN. THIS CONVERSATION.

THAT HE NOT ONLY. DISAGREED WITH THE. PRESIDENT BUT ALSO. FELT THE PRESIDENT. DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE. INFORMATION OR ALL. THE INSIGHT. AVAILABLE. >> Reporter: THE. NATIONAL SECURITY. COUNCIL SAYS THE CHAT. APPEARS TO BE. AUTHENTIC, ADDING, WE. ARE REVIEWING HOW AN. INADVERTENT NUMBER. WAS ADDED TO THE. CHAIN AND THERE WERE. NO THREATS TO OUR. SERVICE MEMBERS OR. NATIONAL SECURITY. THE PRESIDENT. REACTING TONIGHT. >> YOU MEAN THE. ATTACK ON THE. HOUTHIS? WELL, IT COULDN'T. HAVE BEEN VERY. EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THE. ATTACK WAS VERY. EFFECTIVE, I CAN TELL. YOU THAT. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. ABOUT IT. >> LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

HERE. WHAT'S THE FALLOUT. FROM ALL THIS? >> Reporter: LESTER, THE ADMINISTRATION IS. LUCKY THE PERSON THEY. ADDED TO THE CHAT WAS. A SERIOUS JOURNALIST. BECAUSE JEFF GOLDBERG. DID NOT REPORT THE. NAME OF A COVERT CIA. OFFICIAL AND LEFT THE. CHAT WHEN THEY. STARTED TALKING ABOUT. SENSITIVE BOMB. ASSESSMENTS. IRONICALLY, THE. ADMINISTRATION HAD. THREATENED TO. PROSECUTE LEAKS. TONIGHT, HILLARY. CLINTON, INVESTIGATED. FOR HER EMAILS, TWEETED YOU'VE GOT TO. BE KIDDING ME. >> THANKS. >>> NOW TO THE LEGAL. SHOWDOWN OVER THE. TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S.

DEPORTATION OF. ALLEGED MIGRANT GANG. MEMBERS CITING A LAW. GIVING THE PRESIDENT. SWEEPING WAR-TIME. POWERS. THOSE DEPORTATIONS. THE CENTER OF A COURT. FIGHT TONIGHT. KELLY O'DONNELL HAS. LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S USE. OF A RARE WAR-TIME. POWER FACING A NEW. LEGAL TEST. >> THESE ARE BAD. PEOPLE THAT SHOULD. HAVE NEVER BEEN. ALLOWED INTO OUR. COUNTRY. >> Reporter: TODAY, MR. TRUMP DEFENDED. HIS ADMINISTRATION'S. MASS DEPORTATION. POLICY. INCLUDING THE REMOVAL. THIS MONTH OF ALLEGED. MIGRANT GANG MEMBERS. WHO WERE FLOWN OUT. AND SENT TO AN EL.

SALVADORAN PRESIDENT. UNDER THE ALIEN. ENEMIES ACT WHICH. DOES NOT PROVIDE DUE. PROCESS. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE. DECLARED MEMBERS OF. THE VENEZUELAN GANG. TDA AS FOREIGN. TERRORISTS SUBJECT TO. IMMEDIATE EXPULSION. >> WE'RE GETTING THE. BAD ONES OUT. >> Reporter: TODAY, A. THREE-JUDGE FEDERAL. APPEALS PANEL HEARD. ARGUMENTS AS TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. LAWYERS SEEK TO. OVERTURN JUDGE JAMES. BOASBERG, WHO. TEMPORARILY BLOCKED. DEPORTATION FLIGHTS. USING THE 18th.

CENTURY LAW. THE ADMINISTRATION. SAYS THE JUDGE WENT. TOO FAR. >> THE DISTRICT. COURT'S ORDER. REPRESENTS AN. UNPRECEDENTED AND. ENORMOUS INTRUSION. UPON THE POWERS OF. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. >> Reporter: IN A. NOTABLE COURT. EXCHANGE, ONE JUDGE. RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT. THE DEPORTATIONS. >> THERE WERE PLANE. LOADS OF PEOPLE. THERE WERE NO. PROCEDURES IN PLACE. TO NOTIFY PEOPLE. NAZIS GOT BETTER. TREATMENT UNDER THE. ALIEN ENEMY ACT. >> Reporter: A. LITERAL REFERENCE TO. THE LAW'S USE DURING. WORLD WAR II THAT.

PROMPTED THIS. RESPONSE FROM THE. GOVERNMENT'S LAWYER. >> WELL, YOUR HONOR, WE CERTAINLY DISPUTE. THE NAZI ANALOGY. >> TOM HOMAN REACTED. WITH OUTRAGE. >> WE REMOVE. TERRORISTS. TO COMPARE THAT ANY. WAY WHATSOEVER WITH. NAZIS IS DISGUSTING. ON EVERY LEVEL. >> Reporter: THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. CITED THE ALIEN. ENEMIES ACT TO CARRY. OUT 137 DEPORTATIONS, PROVIDING NO NAMES OR. EVIDENCE. USING OTHER. AUTHORITIES, THEY. SAY, 11,000 MIGRANTS. WERE DEPORTED IN.

FEBRUARY. OUTSIDE THE HEARING, AN ACLU LAWYER. REPRESENTING A GROUP. OF THESE DEPORTEES. DESCRIBED WHAT COULD. BE AT STAKE. >> SOMEONE WHO WAS. NOT EVEN A GANG. MEMBER COULD NOW. SPEND THE REST OF. THEIR LIVES IN A. SALVADORAN PRISON. >> MEANWHILE, THERE'S. ANOTHER HEADLINE. INVOLVING PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S DIRECTIVE ON. INVESTIGATING CERTAIN. LAW FIRMS. >> Reporter: SO THE. PRESIDENT ISSUED A. MEMO TO HIS ATTORNEY. GENERAL AND HOMELAND. SECURITY SECRETARY TO. SANCTION LAW FIRMS. THAT FILE SUITS THE. ADMINISTRATION FINDS.

FRIVOLOUS. OR PENALIZE LAWYERS. BY PULLING THEIR. SECURITY CLEARANCES. TONIGHT, CRITICS SAY. THIS IS AN. INAPPROPRIATE USE OF. PRESIDENTIAL POWER. LESTER. >> KELLY, THANKS. LAURA JARRETT JOINS. ME NOW. THIS COULD BE HEADED. TO SUPREME COURT. >> ALMOST CERTAINLY. IN THIS CASE AND. PROBABLY SEVERAL. OTHERS LIKE. BIRTHRIGHT. CITIZENSHIP OR THE. LAYOFFS OF FEDERAL. WORKERS. PARTLY BECAUSE OF HOW. MUCH THE PRESIDENT IS. DOING BY EXECUTIVE. ORDER. THINGS THAT HAVEN'T. BEEN DONE BEFORE.

WE SEE OVER 40. DIFFERENT RULINGS. FROM FEDERAL JUDGES. BLOCKING ACTIONS FROM. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. A FEW THE SUPREME. COURT ALREADY BEING. ASKED TO WEIGH IN ON. WHILE THERE'S NO. GUARANTEE WHICH OF. THESE CASES THE. JUSTICES WILL. EVENTUALLY TAKE UP, WHAT IS REALLY BEFORE. THEM IS A BROADER. FIGHT OVER THE SCOPE. OF THE PRESIDENT'S. AUTHORITY. >> LAURA, THANK YOU. >>> WILDFIRES TONIGHT. BURNING THROUGHOUT. THE CAROLINAS, AS. FIREFIGHTERS WORK TO. CONTAIN THE FLAMES. THE DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS LEADING TO. EVACUATIONS FOR SOME. RESIDENTS. KATHY PARK IS IN POLK.

COUNTY, NORTH. CAROLINA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CREWS ACROSS THE. CAROLINAS FIGHTING. MULTIPLE WILDFIRES, ATTACKING THE FLAMES. ON THE GROUND AND IN. THE AIR. PARTS OF WESTERN. NORTH CAROLINA TAKING. THE BIGGEST BLOW, JUST SIX MONTHS AFTER. THE REMNANTS OF. HURRICANE HELENE TORE. THROUGH THE REGION. THE STORM KNOCKED. DOWN DEBRIS AND TREES. ADDING EXTRA FUEL TO. THESE FIRES. TAKE A LOOK, THIS IS. JUST A SNAPSHOT OF. SOME OF THE BURN. SCARS IN THE AREA. WE'RE NOT SEEING. ACTIVE FLAMES RIGHT. NOW BUT THAT DOESN'T. MEAN HOT SPOTS CAN'T. FLARE UP AT ANY.

MOMENT. RESIDENTS NEAR THE. DANGER ZONE WARNED TO. LEAVE OR RISK GETTING. TRAPPED OR INJURED. >> A WILD COUPLE. DAYS. >> Reporter: THE. BLAZE NEARLY TOOK. OVER JOHN GRACE'S. BACK YARD IN POLK. COUNTY. >> THE FIRE IS. BURNING LIKE CRAZY. THERE'S MASSIVE. AMOUNTS OF MANPOWER. >> Reporter: FOR SIX. HOURS, FIREFIGHTERS. KEPT THE FLAMES AWAY. SOUTH CAROLINA'S. GOVERNOR DECLARING A. STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE TABLE ROCK FIRE. SCORCHING MORE THAN. 1,000 ACRES THIS. WEEKEND. PUTTING RESIDENTS. LIKE CATHY BEAR ON. EDGE. DOES THIS MAKE YOU A.

LITTLE NERVE UFs? >> A LITTLE, BUT I'M. HOPING AND PRAYING IT. GOES THE OPPOSITE. DIRECTION OF OUR. HOUSE. >> Reporter: A. WILDFIRE TORE THROUGH. 2300 ACRES IN NEW. JERSEY'S WHARTON. STATE FOREST, TWO. DAYS LATER IT'S NOW. FULLY CONTAINED. AND MORE WILD WEATHER. IN THE SOUTH SAW A. TORNADO IN. MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY. WHILE DAMAGING WINDS. IN LOSE LIEU TOPPLED. TREES ONTO HOMES. CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN. SO DRY IN THE AREA, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. FOR THESE FIRES TO. SPREAD. IN WESTERN NORTH. CAROLINA, NEARLY. 5,000 ACRES HAVE. ALREADY BURNED. LESTER.

>> THANKS. >>> TONIGHT, STATE. TROOPERS IN ALASKA. SAY SEARCH TEAMS HAVE. FOUND THE WRECKAGE OF. A SMALL PRIVATE PLANE. THAT WENT MISSING. LATE SUNDAY. AND AMAZINGLY, EVERYONE SURVIVED. TOM COSTELLO JOINING. US NOW. THIS WAS A PILOT AND. TWO CHILDREN, I. UNDERSTAND. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT. THEY WERE FLYING IN A. SMALL PIPER PA-12 AND. WENT DOWN ON THE. EASTERN SIDE OF A. LAKE. RESCUE TEAMS SAY THE. PILOT AND THE TWO. CHILDRENS WERE. SPOTTED STANDING ON. THE PLANE'S WING. AFTER IT APPARENTLY. WENT THROUGH SOFT ICE.

WHILE LANDING ON A. LAKE. NOTORIOUS FOR. DANGEROUS WINDS. THEY HAVE BEEN. MISSING SINCE ABOUT. 10:30 P.M. LOCAL TIME. SUNDAY. COAST GUARD AND. NATIONAL GUARD PLANES. AND CHOPPERS BEGAN. SEARCHING THE AREA. WHEN THE PILOT'S CELL. PHONE LAST PINGED IN. THE REGION. A GOOD SAMARITAN. REPORTED FINDING ALL. THREE AFTER WHAT WAS. LIKELY A VERY COLD. NIGHT IN THE PLANE. ALL THREE TAKEN TO A. LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR. EVALUATION. >> TOM, THANKS FOR. THAT. >> NOW TO NEW THREATS.

AGAINST TESLA. AN INCENDIARY DEVICE. IS FOUND AT A TEXAS. SHOWROOM AS PROTESTS. GROW AS PART OF A. TESLA TAKEDOWN. MOVEMENT. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. WITH MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE NATIONWIDE. PROTEST TARGETING. TESLA AND ITS CEO. ELON MUSK ESCALATING. IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, THIS MORNING, POLICE. FINDING MULTIPLE. INCENDIARY DEVICES. PLACED IN A TESLA. SHOWROOM. NOBODY WAS INJURED. BUT THE INCIDENT JUST. THE LATEST ATTACK ON. TESLA WHICH HAS. BECOME A POLITICAL. FLASHPOINT BY THOSE.

FRUSTRATED WITH. MUSK'S ROLE IN THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND DOGE SPENDING. CUTS. DURING A CABINET. MEETING TODAY, MUSK. SAYING DOGE EMPLOYEES. ARE FACING DAILY. DEATH THREATS. >> A LOT OF THEM ARE. JUST KIDS. JUST TRYING TO HELP. OUT AND THEY'RE VERY. TALENTED. THEY COULD GET JOBS. FOR MILLIONS OF. DOLLARS YEAR. INSTEAD, THEY COME. HERE, EARN PEANUTS. AND GET DEATH. THREATS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FBI DIRECTOR KASH. PATEL CALLING ATTACKS. ON TESLA CARS, SHOWROOMS, AND. CHARGING STATIONS. DOMESTIC TERRORISM. AND LAUNCHING A NEW. TAFRK FORCE TO. INVESTIGATE AND FIND. THE PERPETRATORS. THIS IS A DOXING.

WEBSITE RESURFACED. PUBLISHING CONTACT. INFORMATION FOR SOME. TESLA OWNERS. PROTESTERS GATHERED. OVER THE WEEKEND AT. NEARLY 90 TESLA. SHOWROOMS, CALLING ON. PEOPLE TO SELL THEIR. TESLAS AND DUMP THEIR. STOCK. >> WHAT'S GOING ON IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. RIGHT NOW IS NOT. RIGHT. >> Reporter: WHILE. MOSTLY PEACEFUL, SOME. TURNING. CONFRONTATIONAL. IN BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA, A. 33-YEAR-OLD. COUNTERPROTESTER. ARRESTED AFTER. WHIPPING OUT A STUN. GUN. AND IN PALM BEACH. COUNTY, FLORIDA, A. TRUMP SUPPORTER. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. AFTER DRIVING HIS CAR. TOWARDS PROTESTERS,

NARROWLY AVOIDING. THEM. THE FBI IS WARNING. THE PUBLIC TO. EXERCISE VIGILANT AND. LOOK OUT FOR. SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. IN AREAS AROUND TESLA. DEALERSHIPS. >> WE'LL BE RIGHT. BACK IN 60 SECONDS, THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A. FO. >>> WE'RE FOLLOWING. DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT. ON THE DEATH OF A. FORMER NEW YORK. YANKEES STAR'S. TEENAGE SON. OUTPOURING OF LOVE.

AND QUESTIONS. EMILIE IKEDA, NBC. NEWS. >>> AND STILL TO COME. FOR US TONIGHT, THE. COMPANY WAS ONCE. WORTH BILLIONS BUT. NOW 23ANDME IS IN. BANKRUPTCY. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. >>> A CHAOTIC KEEP ON. AN INTERSTATE NEAR. HOUSTON WHEN SIX.

STEERS GOT LOOSE. AFTER THE TRAILER. TRANSPORTING THEM. FROM A RODEO. MALFUNCTIONED. YOU CAN SEE CATTLE. JUMPING A FREEWAY. MEDIAN, WEAVING. THROUGH TRAFFIC, AND. DRIVERS EVEN JUMPING. OUT OF THEIR CARS TO. HELP, AS OFFICERS. WORKED TO WRANGLE. THEM. ALL HAVE FINALLY BEEN. RECOVERED BUT THE. HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED. FOR HOURS. >>> IT WAS ONCE. VALUED AT $6 BILLION, NOW GENETIC TESTING. COMPANY 23ANDME HAS. FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. AND THAT'S RAISING. QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT. WILL HAPPEN TO THE. DNA AND PERSONAL. INFORMATION OF. MILLIONS OF.

CUSTOMERS. HERE'S STEPHANIE. GOSK. >> Reporter: A KEY TO. UNLOCK FAMILY HISTORY. AND POSSIBLY IMPROVE. ONE'S OWN HEALTH. >> MY DNA JOURNEY. STARTED HERE WITH. 23ANDME. >> Reporter: BUT NOW. 23ANDME, THE COMPANY. THAT HAS COLLECTED. GENETIC SAMPLES FROM. MILLIONS OF. CUSTOMERS, IS FILING. FOR BANKRUPTCY. >> I'M THE CALIFORNIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL, I'M. ALSO A CONSUMER. IT'S A DECISION. THAT'S BEST FOR ME TO. DELETE TODAY. >> Reporter: ATTORNEY. GENERAL ROB BONTA. SAYS HE'S DELETING. HIS 23ANDME ACCOUNT. AND OTHERS SHOULD. CONSIDER DOING THE.

SAME THING. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST. CONCERN ABOUT THIS. BANKRUPTCY. >> THAT THE PRIVATE. SENSITIVE DATA AND. INFORMATION OF 14. MILLION CONSUMERS WHO. HAVE USED 23ANDME. COULD GET INTO THE. WRONG HANDS. >> Reporter: IN A. STATEMENT, 23ANDME. SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE. OPERATING ITS. BUSINESS IN THE. ORDINARY COURSE. DURING BANKRUPTCY. PROCEEDINGS. ADDING, THERE ARE NO. CHANGES TO THE WAY. THE COMPANY STORES, MANAGES, OR PROTECTS. CUSTOMER DATA. BUT IN 2023, A. CYBER BREACH EXPOSED. THE DATA OF NEARLY 7. MILLION CUSTOMERS.

23ANDME SETTLED A. LAWSUIT FOR $30. MILLION. LAST FALL, THE. COMPANY ANNOUNCED IT. WAS LETTING GO OF. HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES. AND CLOSING ITS. THERAPEUTICS DIVISION. BECAUSE PROFITS WERE. DROPPING. STILL, THE COFOUNDER. SOUNDED UPBEAT ABOUT. 23ANDME'S FUTURE AT. THE TIME. >> IS THE COMPANY. STILL VIABLE IN YOUR. OPINION? >> 100%. >> IS IT? >> YES, I DEFINITELY. BELIEVE IN THE. COMPANY. I BELIEVE IN THE LONG. TERM MISSION, I. BELIEVE IT'S. ESSENTIAL FOR US TO. RESTRUCTURE. >> Reporter: POSTING. TODAY THAT HER BELIEF. IN THE COMPANY AND. ITS FUTURE IS.

UNWAVERING. SHE SAYS SHE IS. STEPPING DOWN AS CEO. SO SHE CAN POSSIBLY. BUY THE COMPANY BACK. HERSELF IF THE COURT. ALLOWS IT TO BE. AUCTIONED OFF. AND WHOEVER BUYS IT. WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW. THE ORIGINAL PRIVACY. STATES, ACCORDING TO. 23ANDME. >> THAT DOESN'T MEAN. THOSE PRIVACY. STATEMENTS CAN'T. CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: I. GLEN. COHEN IS A HARVARD. LAW PROFESSOR. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE. TO CUSTOMERS TODAY. ABOUT 23ANDME? >> PAY CAREFUL CLOSE. ATTENTION TO WHAT. HAPPENS NEXT.

BE CAREFUL ABOUT. CLICKING THROUGH. ANYTHING THAT LOOKS. LIKE A CHANGE IN THE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. >> WHAT DOES THIS. MEAN IF YOU WANT TO. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT. WITH THE END GOAL OF. DELETING THE DNA. >> GO INTO YOUR. PROFILE INTO. SETTINGS. YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO. DOWNLOAD YOUR DATA OR. PERMANENTLY DELETE. IT. >> ALL RIGHT, STEPHANIE, THANKS. >>> UP NEXT, SUPERSTAR OUTFIELDER. JUAN SOTO IS STEPPING. UP TO THE PLATE WITH.

>>> THERE IS GOOD. NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT. BASEBALL SEASON. GETTING UNDER WAY, WITH OPENING DAY SET. FOR THIS THURSDAY. OUR PETER ALEXANDER. CAUGHT UP WITH. SUPERSTAR JUAN SOTO. WHO IS ABOUT TO MAKE. HIS OFFICIAL DEBUT. WITH THE METS. >> Reporter: HE HAS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST. BATS IN BASEBALL, AND. NOW THE BIGGEST. CONTRACT IN ALL OF. SPORTS TO BOOT. JUAN SOTO'S PAYDAY, $765 MILLION OVER 15. YEARS, AND WITH IT, PLENTY OF. EXPECTATIONS. HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN.

YOUR FOCUS IN THAT. CLIMATE? >> THEY GIVE ME THIS. FOR WHO I AM SO I'M. GOING TO KEEP BEING. WHO I AM. >> Reporter: HE'S. DRAWN COMPARISONS TO. TED WILLIAMS AND. MICKEY MANTLE. AFTER HELPING GUIDE. THE YANKEES TO A. WORLD SERIES. APPEARANCE LAST YEAR, HE LEFT ONE NEW YORK. TEAM FOR THE OTHER. JOINING THE METS. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO. THOSE YANKEE FANS WHO. FEEL LIKE YOUR LEFT. THEM OUT IN THE COLD? >> I CAN'T COMPLAIN. ABOUT YANKEES FANS. THEY WERE AMAZING DAY. IN AND DAY OUT THE. WHOLE SEASON LAST.

YEAR, BUT THINGS. HAPPEN. >> Reporter: AT. SPRING TRAINING THAT. BIG CONTRACT HAS. ALREADY MADE SOTO A. BIG TARGET. >> OVERPAID! >> Reporter: THE. 26-YEAR-OLD DOMINICAN. SUPERSTAR HEARD THAT. HECKLER AND IN HIS. NEXT AT-BAT. >> THAT ONE IS OUT OF. HERE. >> Reporter: CRUSHED. A HOME RUN RIGHT OVER. HIS HEAD. >> I DIDN'T KNOW I. WAS DOING THAT, BUT. DEFINITELY, I WANTED. TO DO SOMETHING TO. SHOW HIM SO HE COULD. BE MORE QUIETLY.

>> Reporter: SOTO IS. HOPING HE'S THE ONE. MAKING NOISE THIS. SEASON. FOR A TEAM THAT. HASN'T WON A WORLD. SERIES IN NEARLY 40. YEARS. >> I AM NOT A. MAGICIAN, BUT WE'RE. GOING TO BE UP THERE. >> Reporter: METS. FANS ARE ALREADY. EYEING THAT CROWN AS. SOTO PUTS BASEBALL ON. NOTICE. PETER ALEXANDER, NBC. NEWS, PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA. >> AND THAT IS. NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS. MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER.

GOOD NIGHT. OF. YOURSELF AND EACH.