trail. jeff bezos takes a $23 billion personal hit. the bigger story here, what amazon sales outlook says about the u.s. economy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with a titanic sea change in the world of social media. billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. two sources tell cnn musk launched his takeover by firing the ceo and two others. he spent months trying to get out of it. for musk, it really sunk in for him this week that he would now be owning twitter. we heard that the deal has closed, it s happening. he spent time at twitter s headquarters this week meeting with employees. he sent a letter to posted a letter to advertisers yesterday trying to give them a sense of what his plans are. he posted this big i guess mission statement. at one point musk said he wanted to move towards a free speech maximalist approach. that seems to have given advertisers the jitters. will
it is a done deal, billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. good morning. good morning. john berman is off. and according to sources, musk immediately fired twitter s ceo, the chief financial officer and the company s 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 today s deadline. musk attempted to reassure advertisers, posting an open letter on twitter why he bought the platform, saying, quote, there is currently great danger that social media will fracture into far right and far left wings that will splinter our society and overnight he tweeted the bird is free. reporter: there is a lot of uncertainty at twitter. employees aren t sure what to expect after musk came in, took control and fired the top executives. unclear who the top team is, maybe employees will learn more at an all-hands mee
hello and welcome. president putin is expected to hold a ceremony in the next few hours to declare that four ukrainian regions willjoin russia. the kremlin says luhansk, donetsk, zaporizhzhia and kherson voted to join russia in recent, self styled referendums. but ukraine and the west have dismissed the votes as a sham. ukraine insists its goal of fully liberating the country will never change, regardless of any statements from moscow. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, has been to one village close to the front line, as well as where russia now sees as a new border. there aren t cues to the front line from this side. war with russia is trying to cause new water. it feels like driving into a vacuum. devoid of communities but not damaged. in the village here, it s mostly women and not many. the men and children have left now. life 11 miles from the enemy is not easy. translation: miles from the enemy is not easy. tuna/mom- miles from the enemy is not easy. translatio
live from atlanta. ahead on cnn newsroom. it is destroyed and it is ruined and you have to start all over again. honestly, where do you start? how do you start in this? there is no way i am walking in that filthy water. there are snakes, fire ants. alligators and alligators. a lot of great people on every street like this in america. it is friday, september 30th. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast where rescue crews are struggling to reach residents. the national hurricane center says the category 1 storm regained strength and is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. the u.s. president has ordered federal assistance. in florida ian killed at least 19 people, and that number is expected to increase. florida s fire marshal says it is shaping up to be the largest natural disaster in state history. over 700 rescues have been carried out and over 2 million homes and businesses are without power. it is historical, a worst case scenario here. we are projecting 10 to 15 i
the cap on the $2,000 cap on prescription drugs for seniors, gone. tax credits to lower energy bills, gone. corporate minimum tax, gone. president biden making a case why democrats should remain in power next year. we enter the final stretch of the campaign. meanwhile, the majority leader in the senate is caught on a hot mike giving a blunt assessment of several key races. and elon musk now owns twitter. let that sink in. the billionaire brings a meme to life and already showing top executives the door. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, october 28th. thank you for starting your day with us. joe biden is promoting efforts to bring more jobs and manufacturing across the country upstate new york. in syracuse yesterday, biden showcased a major investment by micro chip manufacturing company micron. touting the $100,000,000,002 decade commitment. the deal is set to bring 50,000 jobs to the state which will pay an average of $100,000 a year. the president