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it is a done deal, billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. im brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. john berman is off. and according to sources, musk immediately fired twitters ceo, the chief financial officer and the companys top lawyer. musk first agreed to buy the company in april, then he spent months trying to get out of the deal, which was finalized just before todays deadline. >> musk attempted to reassu...

long-running saga of the ex-presidents legal woes, with donald trump taking the stand in a civil lawsuit today and facing the prospect in taking the stand in the congressional investigation into january 6th, as well. and his private club and residence, donald trump sat for a sworn deposition in the defamation lawsuit brought by e.g. carol, who has accused donald trump of rape. the associated press reports this, the deposition will give her lawyers a chance to interrogate trump about th...

tonight on the prosecutor in america who may scare donald trump the most. new unseen footage from special counsel jack smith. thats coming up. meanwhile, mccarthy tapped santos for a committee that, well, you wouldnt believe it. we begin now with the serious reports of actual domestic terrorism in our nation. a new mexico republican arrested for allegedly targeting the other party, democrats, accused of shooting into at least four homes of democratic officials. theres new video of fed ...

imminent does starts right now. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello everyone. im alicia mendes. we begin this saturday with america on edge of a financial cliff. a test it presents for congress and for the new house speaker, kevin mccarthy. a huge test for him, specifically given how much he gave away to become speaker, handing away power to those who prioritize chaos over governing, which is not what you want when the task at hand is paying the nations bills. instead of workin...

a little brat for breakfast. [laughter] rachel: nothing wrong with that. pete: barely made it to the top of this hour. germany not known for its good? really gooded food. will: it really is. we have got various sausages we brought back in. [laughter] rachel: we also had this potato salad that was amazing. so good. will: make it octoberfest wherever you are this morning. were going to start with putins war on ukraine. russia i blowing up several apartment buildings overnight, killing at...

and now we have to finish for the american public because it took this long. now we learned how to govern. >> so now well be able to get e the job. positive spin on things.e the dam could finally the be breaking in the battle for the gavel, as were calling it. gavel.kevin mccarthy inching t a little closer than ever to capturing house speaker, but hes still coming upo a little short. mccarthy was able to flip r 15 out of the twentyhold one republican holdouts, but its wasnt enoug h. he...

it looks pretty. >> griff: clear skies come i think. >> lisa: when adam was talking earlier, 73 in miami, although it is not too bad in new york today. >> griff: it is getting warmer. katy perry, three days away from the new year. >> joey: that is right. >> griff: exciting. >> lisa: very much. we are also seeing chaos play out at the southern border as starting the mic startling new video with migrants to break into a texas rangers home. it is not the first time this has happened on hi...

we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? >> yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. thats where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. its turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between tho...

tightest match ups. >> fetterman, he keeps getting it wrong that extreme radical ideas. >> if you have never had experience of living in pennsylvania how can you effectively fight for pennsylvania? >> ask or send a panel whether either side can move the needle this late in the game. >> the fight lived in pennsylvania i would already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. six then a warning from our house and democrat on the states on tuesday. >> losing this democracy could v...

santos is facing scrutiny after admitting he lied. and now federal prosecutors are getting involved. plus, more troubles for southwest airlines. the airline cancelled thousands of flights again today. also this morning, a new round of russian missile strikes targeting ukraines energy grid, officials say it appears to be one of moscows largest attacks to date. ♪♪ good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this thursday, december 29th. im sam stein in for jonathan lemire....