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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...

race. we cant afford to get it wrong. vote democrat on november 8th. >> reporter: hes still one of the most popular figures in his party going where president biden is far less welcome by democrats this year. >> i am fired up. are you fired up? >> reporter: of course, it wasnt always that way. like when obama faced a punishing mid-term election of his own in 2010 losing 63 stooets and control of the house, 6 senate seats and devastating defeats in state capitols. >> im not recommending...

this hour in our countrys history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gops embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosis husband paul pelosi and h...

>> la la la la. >> floyd. >> guys, enough. >> this gets you nowhere. and republicans now realize that. look at desantis and abbott, governors of texas and florida, they didnt just sit back and complain about the border. they took action. and mostled migrant was to blue states. if you want to win, you got to go on offense. you have to put the democrats on the defense. and make the media work for you. were three weeks from the midterms and republicans have momentum. they can play it safe...

quote, its not my quote just to be very clear. elon musk sending a message moments after taking over twitter. im brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. >> happy friday. >> happy friday to you as well. john berman is off this friday. and the tesla and spacex billionaire, elon musk completing his $44 billion acquisition last night, once in charge musk was quick to show the door to top twitter executives. he fired the companys ceo, the chief financial officer, the chief legal co...

>> when the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosis husband, paul. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled a hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. >> the speakers office said the 82-year-old is in recovery currently at the hospital. >> the po...

him even as the police arrived. the new details coming in, including how police knew to respond to the pelosi home. and the suspects twisted stolen election thoughts pushed online. plus, the attack underscores the alarming number of threats to u.s. lawmakers and their families. how much is the current political climate to blame? and 11 days out from election day and the big names hitting the field late in the game that may signal concern about midterm victories. welcome to the le...

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virginia. >> a rising star in the gop hits the road to put his party over the top. virginia governor glenn youngkin joins me exclusively ahead. hello. im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is jittery, anxious about the economy and news overseas including north korea, iran and ukraine. the risk of, quote, armageddon, because of vladimir putin is the highest since the cuban missile crisis almost exactly 60 years ago. red russia suffered a major blow, a truck bomb sl...

lost its mojo, that theyve blown a historic midterm opportunity, that all because their primary winners were just terrible. >> you do have republican nominating, shall we say, flawed candidates. >> herschel walker in georgia, j.d. vance in in in ohio, dr. oz in in pennsylvania. >> what looked like a wipeout for democrats in the fall is maybe not going to be so bad because of the candidates. republicans are nominating. >> walker can lose ause, can lose, johnson can lose their bad candid...