this is biden's america. i hope it changes quickly. let's go, tom homan. >> brian: an illegal immigrant ring from chile targeting american athletes and now we have joe burrows and the timberwolves guard connolly. if you are good you'll be on the target list. thanks for being with us. unbelievable what has been going on in terms of these leagues. i think the league has to help out with security, too. tonight first interview with president donald trump will be with sean hannity tonight from the white house and can't wait to see what president trump has to say about his first hours in office. already making an impact. dana and bill are next. you'll see me on the radio shortly. stay within yourself, america. >> president trump: we had a great first term but we will have an even better second term.

i think we'll do things that people will be shocked at. >> bill: here we go. he is just getting started. day three of trump 2.0. president checking his to do list and keeping the white house press corps on its toes. we call this day 2 1/2 because monday was a full day for most people. it was a half day technically. >> dana: it felt like a day and a half. we could call it three. i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." we're glad you are with us today. we have a lot of news to cover. almost impossible to keep up with it all. we're barely into week one. announcements are coming fast and furious. president announcing a $5 hundred billion investment in a.i. infrastructure. he declared a national emergency on the border day one. move to expedite fossil fuel production and officially created the department of government efficiency. >> bill: he is going after

d.e.i. putting all government staffers on -- >> good morning. that's right. by 5:00 today any federal employees who are in d.e.i. roles will be placed on leave. any d.e.i.-related trainings and contracts will be canceled and you will also see public-facing websites dealing with d.e.i. and social media accounts come down. the change will undo an estimated 500 actions that were taken under the biden administration after his 2021 executive order and return to a merit-based hiring system. trump's order is directing the attorney general to create plans to deter the private sector from adopting or continuing d.e.i. programs. his nominee for attorney general

pam bondi is set to get a committee votes next week. dates for others haven't been set, tulsi gabbard and rfk junior. after meeting with republican congressional leaders recess appointments are on the table that would allow some nominees potentially to temporarily take office before a confirmation vote. listen. >> mr. president, is it true in your conversations with republicans today you asked them to consider recess appointments for cabinet officials? >> if it's needed. i don't think it will be needed. marco got passed overwhelmingly with 99-0 which is pretty amazing. marco. >> last night the president continued to wield the pen. more on the pardon blitz. he extended a pardon to russ all bracts the founder of silk road. widely used to sell illegal

drugs. we don't know the president's public schedule for today but this preview for later this week. >> president trump: we'll issue an executive order demanding that they immediately let that or water come down through california. a lot of people are wiped out. believe it or not they were having restrictions. >> the president announced he will travel to california later this week. he will also be making a stop in north carolina, the area ravaged by the hurricane. he will also stop by in nevada to thank voters there for delivering the state's electoral votes to his win, guys. >> dana: the opposite of sleepy. all right, thanks, jackui. >> bill: at the hour d.e.i. is really in the focus. come over here on the board and they want to do away with this. we'll see how much of it they can in the end. i will get to that point in a moment with our guest momentaryly.

the executive order. protect civil rights and merit-based opportunity by ending illegal d.e.i. something he campaigned on and talked about it and done it within the first few hours in the white house. this is the executive orders and the first 100 days. here is obama, 0 through 100. he was around 20 on day 100. you see the escalation. clocked in more than 30 executive orders after 100 days his first term. biden now. he is up here around 40 at the 100 day mark. we're a long way from trump's 100 days. after 2.5 as we said a moment ago here he is, comes in right around 30 executive orders, just shy of that. josh holmes will talk about a lot of this. let's start with d.e.i. i thought turley put a fine point on a message he sent on x.

even if half of these initiatives make it through court challenges they would fundamentally alter the scope and culture of the federal government. he goes on to say the higher educational institutions and other organizations is an example of sweeping language in mandate. his initial points if half of it goes through it alters a lot. what do you make of that? >> no, listen, bill, that's entirely true and consistent with what he campaign upon. one of the most significant differences of this presidency is based on how he campaigned and what he could do by executive order. he really did promise to change the culture. people were fed up with divisive racial policies coming out of the administration. obviously the border issues, which significant amount of executive actions. all the things he talked about during the course of the campaign were things this president spent an awful lot of time thinking what he would do differently if he ever had

another opportunity. the first full day he is taking full advantage of that, not letting a second go to waste. >> dana: it has been fascinating to watch democrats and they are so discombobulated that you had this punch bowl news headline. house democrats privately squirm about their leadership and message. usa today question on democratic leadership. who do you now see as the leader of the democratic party? don't know was 30%. nobody, 19%. i'm reminded of something nancy pelosi said to hakeem jeffries, power is not given, it is taken. i'm wondering if we'll ever see a democrat -- these things swing back and forth. who will the democrat be? maybe we don't have a name yet. that just says the biden years were terrible. getting that behind them so they are all free to speak their minds. >> you would need a basic acknowledgement that they were

terrible, right? chuck schumer came out yesterday and couldn't speak to whether he thought the biden last-minute pardons were inappropriate. look, nancy pelosi knows something about taking power, right? she and everybody else tried to do that from joe biden and give it to kamala harris during the summer. the biggest problems democrats face it is tough to rebrand and come up with a message that works on a bunch of policies that don't. the american people roundly rejected. it wasn't so much how they were saying it or the messenger or anything else but a bunch of stuff that didn't work for americans. i think the common problem, you saw immediately after the election, a whole lot of people beginning to speculate about whether they needed to come to the center on some of these divisive social issues and immediately revert evidence right back. you see that coming up in the confirmation hearing and everything else. the democratic party hasn't changed a bit since november. >> bill: speaker mike johnson said this about what he is

seeing. >> there is a sea change in washington. i was with the president at the white house for three hours today with leader thune and other leaders from the conference. we're all united on this agenda, sean. we know we have to deliver on the america first agenda. we will. we're working on it already. the president will have legislation to sign. executive orders came out as a flurry as we expected. >> bill: sean hannity last night. what is the sea change in d.c.? do you believe republicans are united? >> yes, the most united the republican party has been in a long time. one big difference. the jarring pace of play from the sleepy last four years where, you know, press corps would get a hard lid on the day's activities and now two free wheeling conferences in the first full day of action. look, he is really pushing everyone to work hard. boy, did they need to do that.

it extends not just to lawmakers trying to enact his agenda and the press corps. executive orders dealing with the federal workforce having to come back to work for the first time since covid. this guy -- listen, president trump will make people go to work. most american people are really happy about that. >> dana: interesting because it is a second term but with a staff that has completely fresh legs and knew exactly what they wanted to do. i think you see a little evidence of that. thank you so much, josh, great on the panel last night and even better this morning i would say. >> bill: thank you, josh. >> dana: don't miss president trump on hannity tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> in the last 24 hours ice has arrested over 308 serious criminals. some murderers, rapists, some raped a child. some were sexual assault of a child. ice is doing their job. >> bill: that update from just a few hours ago live in the channel.

breaking this morning d.o.j. ordering a crackdown on jurisdictions that resist the trump immigration agenda. what could that mean for blue cities and states? we await and fill you in on that coming up. >> dana: vice president j.d. vance swearing in huston to replace him in the senate. >> bill: a blizzard on the bayou. snow and ice and historic winter storm that is blanketing louisiana and texas and the temperatures are chilly in the south. ♪

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a little bit. it won't stick or be anything. we came out an hour later and it was like full white. look, we have snow. i was like a little child in a candy store i was so pumped. >> dana: they are having a good time. louisiana is digging out. a live look at bourbon street. it is covered in a layer of snow right now. the super bowl there in a couple of weeks. historic winter storm that brought record snowfall yesterday. baton rouge had one of the snowiest days in a century. mike is in louisiana. >> this is unbelievable. extreme weather. not only the most snowy day on record in baton rouge. this morning seven degrees above zero, the coldest january day on record. now it's 13. we'll get barely above freezing today and with some sun this will slush up some. we'll watch this vehicle come up the road.

near collisions since yesterday. cars trying to get up the streets. a big skating rink not only here but on interstate 10 which is still shut down from here all the waif over towards the texas/louisiana border. as far as snowfall goes, new orleans eight to ten inches. the most snowy day on record. a blizzard yesterday. the airport is there. over houston it was a complete shutdown at the airport. today a third of cancellations on the board. today getting above freezing. a little melting. it goes down to 18. everything will lock up again. schools are closed again today for the second day in a row including lsu. this driver here as you can see has stopped and i don't know if they are giving up. they'll drop off the passenger. they may back up and go the other way.

again, no way to get around today. no plows, no salt. we have to wait for mother nature to melt it off. sunday we'll be back into the 60s where they should be this time of year. >> bill: it is amazing. there is no equipment in these southern states to deal especially with ice. >> no. i think houston i heard brought in plows from north texas around dallas. look at this right here. this is about two inches of solid ice. it is very dense. doesn't melt very fast like wet snow. yes, this will soften up today bill and dana but guess what? after about 5:00 or 6:00 it is back to hard as a rock and you have to be careful out here. for some reason i forgot to bring my clamp ons because i was coming to louisiana. i didn't think i would need them. >> dana: thanks, mike, take care everybody. be careful. don't want to fall. >> bill: a lot of folks dangerous time.

be careful. 19 past, here we go. swearing in. >> you take the obligation freely without any mental rest vision or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter so help you god. >> i do. >> great. congratulations, senators. >> there we go. two new republicans ashley moody and the gentleman to your right. the new senator john hustad. you take over the remainder of vance's senate term and with us for his first national interview. you made a good choice to join dana and me today. i want to get to your agenda in a moment. the ohio governor, mike dewine on you. >> i have worked with him. i have seen him, i know his knowledge of ohio and his heart. i know what he cares about.

i know his skills. and all of that tells me that he is the right person for this job. >> bill: that was friday. now it's wednesday and you are in washington, d.c. trying to find yourself your way around these different halls. you were a house speaker, state senator, secretary of state, lieutenant governor all in ohio. i don't know if back in ohio they would consider you a part of maga. or how you characterize yourself. are you on board with donald trump's agenda 100%? >> i'm an america first republican. we'll get it done and do made in america. i would say you can't do made in america without made in ohio. we have to get our supply chain whether it's energy, chips, steal, pharmaceuticals. we need to make those things in america so american people can count on the fact in times of need they'll have what they need to live and thrive. >> big tech coming into

columbus, ohio, you're aware about that. you've talked a lot about social media. tiktok is on there now and the president wants to save it apparently. a list of harms from the u.s. surgeon general about social mead. yeah if you are a teen double the risk of poor mental health outcomes. half of the teens they say ages 13-17 say social media makes them feel worse. 60% of teenage girls have been contacted bay stranger on social media platforms in ways that make them feel uncomfortable. should we keep tiktok or do away with it, senator? >> the law has already done away with it. i can tell you in our household we banned tiktok a long time ago. the situation right now these companies are subject to fines under the law. perhaps president trump can come in and negotiate a sale that would lead to american ownership of tiktok. as long as it is owned by the

chinese communist party essentially i'm not in favor of it. >> bill: 75-day extension. do you favor that? >> you know, look, it's not whether i favor it or not. the law is in place. the companies will have to comply with the law. i think the president really is just trying to buy some time a terms of enforcement of the law until he can perhaps negotiate a sale that will allow people who use tiktok to continue their businesses and their activities. >> bill: it has been a big story this past week and continue to be so. you personally, what is it like? how has it gone? what do you want the folks back in ohio to know about your experience? >> well, so far a pretty good week. jd vance gets inaugurated vice president. buckeyes win the national championship in football and i take the oath as senator. good so far. i look forward to representing the people of ohio, a commitment

of me and my family over the past 25 years to serve the people of our state and i'm excited to get focused on trying to do a better job with how we get america's fiscal situation under control. but i'm also going to lean in on technology a lot. a.i. is going to be a force in our future whether that's for good or for bad. and we need energy to do made in america. i will lean in on that as well. you can't have all these factories and data centers without a rational policy on energy to make sure we have an adequate supply and make sure it is affordable. if you want to attack inflation, energy is built into the cost of everything that we use and so we have to have a rational energy policy in this country. >> bill: sounds like a good first chapter. senator, thank you. we'll be in contact with you as we go, okay? thank you for your time. congratulations. >> dana reads sports.

>> dana: i might need help. a baseball hall of fame welcoming three new members this year. outfielder suzuki, starting pitcher sabathia and closer billy wagner. suzuki is the first japanese player to get inducted. why is he so good? >> i think they picked three good guys. ben is our baseball correspondent over here. you know what strikes me? in the past 24 hours all these republicans and trump, too, these guys understand the challenges of technology and a.i. and what's coming our way and you listen to sam altman say if we don't do it the chinese

will do it. like the new senator said right there, technology is really important. >> dana: what do you think about baseball? next time we'll ask. >> bill: i would imagine he is a reds fan, that's what i think. all right. here we go, the trump administration fighting back against lawsuits involving birthright citizenship. another one on the hot burn stove has the upper hand in the legal showdown. who has that right now? we'll have a look at that. a.i. on the agenda. president trump announcing a massive investment in america's future. will it pay off? and how will it pay off down the road? >> hundreds of millions of people, the benefits of this tremendously outweigh the down sides.

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at the opening here. you know, dana, one of my predictions for 2025 is that we would touch on dow 50,000. >> dana: not end but touch. >> bill: touch. can end but definitely tough. what's the percentage on six and 44 i do not know. i think it's 12 or 14%. if you are up 12% the rest of the year that's considered a pretty good year. it is entirely possible we hit that. >> dana: i think it's possible. that's a pretty -- not that bold a prediction, i have to say. i think you have to aim higher, do better. >> bill: you didn't come up with it. all right. to the white house we go from yesterday. >> president trump: these world leading technology giants are announcing the formation of star gate, put that name down in your books because i think you will hear a lot about it in the future. >> bill: this was a pretty remarkable event if you got a

chance to watch it. american innovation on full display at the white house. president trump announced a major investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the u.s. leading to the expected creation of tens of thousands of jobs. edward lawrence has the details. what will it look like and will it fit the bill here? >> bill, you are trying to take my job with the dow predictions there. >> bill: not so much but continue. >> the market certainly likes this. the president bringing together the biggest names in artificial intelligence to try and make this massive announcement. star gate will be the largest data center in the united states based in texas initially. the president brought together the ceo of softbank, oracle and chatgpt for the announcements. $1 hundred billion initially up to 500 billion over the next four years.

>> president trump: it will insure the future of technology. what we want to do is keep it in this country, china is a competitor and others are competitors. we want it to be in this country and we are making it available. i will help a lot through emergency declarations because we have an emergency. we have to get this stuff built. >> texas will only be the start as the investment scales up in the coming years the data centers will expand to other states. the founder of open a.i. sees this investment as leading the a.i. revolution in the u.s. >> i believe that as this technology progresses we'll see diseases get cured in unprecedented rate. we'll be amazed how quickly we're curing this cancer and that one and heart disease. >> president trump has promised to expedite permits to get this project finished, bill. >> bill: it will be interesting. your job is safe. don't worry about that. nice to see you from the north

lawn. >> dana: meantime a who's who of tech titans were in attendance monday to watch trump's inauguration. their presence marking a sea change in their relationship to the incoming president. joining us is walter isaacson, history professor at tulane and author of a book about elon musk. i wonder if there is a moment in history that can help us understand the current time we're living in. it does feel like there is tremendous technological change coming and there is great opportunity and challenges that come with any of these moments. >> absolutely. i teach the history of technology at tulane and we saw with the industrial revolution. we saw it with the computer and digital revolution beginning in the 1950s and personal computer in the 70s. i think you saw sam altman talk about what it will do for disease. i think we see a life sciences revolution based on crisper anded iting of dna but now we'll

have an artificial intelligence revolution. a sea change politically, too. one of the things that donald trump has done is decided to throw in totally with this movement and the technology there and we are going to see an acceleration of technological innovation by the cutting of rules and regulations. some would argue that we need a whole lot more rules and regulations on everything from social media to artificial intelligence but it is clearly not the way that the people, including elon musk, who are around president trump now see it. it is the trump tech people who have been the ones ascended in this coalition. >> dana: almost as if joe biden's presidency pushed these guys into the arms of president trump whose arms were wide open and said come on in. a graphic of all the tech titans that donated to trump's inaugural campaign. they came as well and happy to be part of it and they seemed

sere energized and excited including elon musk. a headline from the associated press, elon musk, his presence stamps him in trump's orbit. 47% approve. we have to wait to see what's happening. w walter, i traveled overseas on my flight there are three people reading your book about elon musk. people are taking a continued interest in it. call for number five and i will give you the rest of the time. donald trump and what he wants to do an mars. >> president trump: the united states will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory. we'll pursue our manifest destiny into the stars launching

american astronauts to plant a stars and stripes on the planet mars. [applause] >> dana: what do you know about the persuasive capabilities of elon musk? >> he has an intensity to it. you talk about the missions that he has been on throughout his life and in the book we talk -- i talk about the fact he is really feels we have to go to different planets. this is a kid who was growing up without friends but loved reading science fiction and x man comics. moving us into the era of electric vehicles. but also into safe artificial intelligence. so now, as you said, during the inauguration, he and the other tech bros, but he is sitting in front of the commerce secretary and in front of the cabinet. i think he is really -- if you

want to understand what is going to happen in this administration we have to look at what elon musk has been doing for the past 20 years in driving deregulation and change and challenging rules and regulations through tesla and spacex and getting satellites into orbit and landing rockets upright. >> dana: what do you think he would believe is more difficult, landing in mars or cutting $2 trillion in government spending. >> i think he would think that george will have a good column saying cutting government isn't rocket signs, it is harder than that. the problem musk faces, he owns spacex. if he says let's get rid of the heat shield around the raptor and he does it and it works he can take -- he will meet resistance because he doesn't own the federal government. if you watch his progression through the book he does not

stop. he is intent i think both with the support trump has given him and the power he has of both his personality and social media, he is going to be able to do in government what he did throughout the book in tesla and spacex. >> dana: pretty incredible. as are you. enjoy the snow there in louisiana. >> yeah, you have to come down, dana and bill. good to see you all again. >> dana: thank you so much. >> president trump: all illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. >> bill: we have big and tough action on the border. tom homan was live earlier today and spelled it out in the numbers. the legal challenges inevitably follow. we'll look live as you look at eagle pass with the sun up on this wednesday morning. of anxiety or of ove

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>> bill: another moment perhaps. we will have another moment together eventually and any time. the justice department, dana,

now directing federal prosecutors to investigate local jurisdictions trying to obstruct trump's enforcement of immigration. the acting a.g. writes in a memo officials must do everything necessary to protect the public and secure the border including removing illegal immigrants and prosecuting them for any crimes that they may have committed. >> two days, last 24 hours. total apprehensions on the southwest border 766. compare that to the ten to 12,000 biden had at one time. you can't have strong national security if you don't have border security. >> dana: tom homan earlier today as the border crackdown is already in play. brooke in el paso, texas. do you already notice a difference? >> dana, we do. president trump ordered cartels and one of his executive orders to be labeled as foreign terrorist organizations. what that is going to do is

going to allow authorities to fight back against these cartels and also traffickers in a more aggressive way. what i can tell you is here in el paso we have seen firsthand these cartels really have complete control over this area and who and what comes across the border. so earlier this month border patrol agents found this massive, massive smuggling tunnel connecting from mexico to here in el paso. the tunnel described as one of the most sophisticated tunnels officials have seen. six feet tall. four feet wide hidden within a storm drain system. shocking video inside the tunnel shows howell ab rat this tunnel is. it had lighting and ventilation system the. agents uncovered the tunnel after removing a metal plate hiding its entry hole near the border. we spoke with a former border patrol agent who retired in 2023 after more than 20 years on the job. he pointed out that policies under the biden administration have allowed smugglers and

traffickers to get away with too much. >> i can't tell you how many times as an agent we would catch somebody with a kid who didn't even know. he wouldn't call him daddy or mommy. it was a smuggler. but, you know, we had to take their word for it. >> that massive tunnel authorities say allowing just drugs and humans to be trafficked throughout it. who knows how many people and how much drugs have actually be trafficked there. in his executive order president trump calls the cartels a national security threat and say they flooded the united states with drugs, violence and gangs, dana. >> dana: brooke taylor, keep us posted. 22 states are suing to block the order ending birthright citizenship for those born in the u.s. no matter what their

parents' status is and the administration is ready to fight back. the opinion writer and editorial board member at the "boston globe" and another senior writer. want to play something from president trump the other day. call for number two, please. him on signing the birthright citizenship order. >> the next order relates to the definition of birthright citizenship under the 14th amendment of the united states. >> president trump: birthright. we're the only country in the world that does this with birthright, as you know. and it is just absolutely ridiculous. we'll see. we think we have very great grounds. >> 14th amendment. all persons born or naturalized in the u.s. and subject to the jurisdiction there of are citizens of the united states. >> the legal challenges will be extremely difficult here. i don't see a clear path for this executive order in the courts. more than that the president

wants to -- i understand the point what he is trying to do her. trying to deter illegal immigration saying you can't come and have a baby and have it become an american citizen. i don't think that's the most effective strategy on the table right now. he has listed other effective strategies. remain in mexico, designating cartels as terrorist organizations. this strategy in particular birthright citizenship is not the legal oxygen it will take up not going to be worth it but the political capital is not worth it. the lawsuit is not just 22 left wing states. it is swing states like nevada and michigan. i have think the political capital here is not worth it. >> bill: you may be right about that. bill barr was on with martha yesterday making the point that at a minimum what trump is trying to do is bring attention to it. listen to this from yesterday afternoon. >> it will take -- an uphill battle because there is a lot of

precedent over the last 150 years, practice more than precedent actually. the courts will be potentially reluctant to change that in the face just of an executive order. it is worth starting the battle. i think once the people understand the arguments they will be supportive of what the president is trying to accomplish. >> bill: you mentioned the map. you have arizona, nevada, north carolina, michigan, wisconsin, battleground states. what barr just said it is worth starting the battle. >> i think that's probably the only objective. to get the courts to strike it down and argue against the court or induce congress to take a run at this and see if the courts will be favorable to it. the idea is to start a conversation around the remedy to the 14th amendment which would have to be constitutional. as mr. barr said very uphill climb. difficult to find a poll that finds anything less than majority support for birthright citizenship.

donald trump does it at the expense of his other priorities. opportunity costs. he has wide latitude to address illegal immigration. we are not talking about illegal immigration. we're talking about legal immigration. think of the common sense he evoked in his inaugural address. are they thinking of the infant child of a person and a student or work visa, or are they talking about the adult population with no prospect and will likely become a ward of the state? that's who they are thinking of. that's what he is taking his eye off the ball. what did joe biden do? he allowed his administration to be captured by wild ideologues with no sense of the world outside of themselves who trekked his administration to muscle through programs the public did not like. he lost his mandate and his job. donald trump should take lessons from that. >> dana: interesting that public opinion changed so much because of the biden policies and so now president trump is there and we will start the conversation. i find it fascinating and we

appreciate you being here to talk about it karine and noah, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> president trump: it should have never happened. october 7th should have never happened. nobody should be dead but through weakness they allowed it to happen. >> bill: president trump saying the latest freed israeli hostages would not be free if not for him. can the white house keep the deal on track? special envoy to the middle east steve witkoff will be our guest on this and much more. don't miss this. allowing us to tailor your portfolio. (wife) what about commission- based products? (fisher investments) we don't sell those. we're a fiduciary, obligated to act in your best interest. (husband) so how do your management fees work? (fisher investments) we have a transparent fee, structured so we do better when you do better. at fisher investments, we're clearly different.

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it took a month but joe burrow was on the field. not at his house. four migrants broke into his home and the men originally from chile are behind bars. this is part of a south american gang. ranging from 22 to 38 years old. those are their mug shots. the four are now facing burglary charges after police pulled them over earlier this month and found some of burrow's things stolen from his house like what? an old lsu shirt and bengals hat. on december 9th during monday night football police responded to burrow's home. listen to this. >> you have a shattered window into the bedroom. the bedroom has been ransacked. >> ransacked. things taken and walked out of the house. not just his house in cincinnati, ohio, the ohio attorney general says these men are behind a string of burglaries targeting multi-million dollar homes. the alibi? migrants told police they were in ohio to see the snow.

investigators say one of their cell phones pinged a cell phone in burrow's neighborhood. burrow said it is not just about what was taken. >> i feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one. and way more is already out there than i would want out there and that i care to share. >> the nfl issued a security alert telling agents leitz an organized criminal ring was targeting their houses because they knew when they would be out of town. they could watch them at tv. both mahomes and kelsey had their homes burglarized a month earlier. no arrest in kansas city so far. >> bill: multiple investigations, tourist bug lars. they come to the u.s. on a tourist visa. >> for being in new york how many crimes have happened link evidence to migrant gangs and the same thing.