In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom addressed White House border czar Tom Homan's threats of arrest. "Tom, arrest me. Let's go," Newsom said. The governor also plans to sue the Trump administration over its deployment of the National Guard.

Some vehicles were set ablaze, protesters blocked the 101 Freeway, and a group of them converged on an overpass and threw objects down at police, video footage showed.  Police in riot gear were joined by hundreds of California National Guard troops ordered into action by President Donald Trump.

Governor Gavin Newsom said the U.S. President “manufactured” the chaos in Los Angeles to distract from challenges and seize power.

The Insurrection Act is a federal law that allows the president to deploy the military and National Guard troops to suppress civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion. It was last used by President George H. W. Bush during the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict in April 1992.

It’s impossible to prove – and that’s why it may be Gov. Gavin Newsom’s and other California Democrats’ perfect attack line against President Trump.California Democrats, led by Newsom, are trying to pin the blame for a riot’s chaotic escalation on President Trump’s decision to call in the National Guard to control it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Monday post that California will sue President Trump, saying he "illegally acted" to federalize the National Guard during protests against federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles The big picture: Trump on Saturday signed a memorandum calling in the National Guard — despite opposition from the state's and the city's Democratic leadership.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom instructed President Donald Trump’s border czar to arrest him after protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles continued for the third consecutive day. “The hell is this guy?” Newsom told NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff. “Come after me, arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy. You know, I don’t give a damn.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom added fuel to the fire after daring President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan to arrest him for failing to crackdown on violent anti-ICE agitators in his state.

Trump slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who previously called Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to California “deranged.”