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
archaeologists are still unlocking the secrets of king tut s tomb. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone we re heading into the final weekend of campaign 2022. now four days before the election that will decide which party will control the levers of power in washington down the stretch, democrats who have faced headwinds over a fragile economy got a brief reprieve in the form of strong jobs numbers. 261,000 jobs added last month while the drama builds in those key georgia races. warnock versus walker. and pennsylvania, fetterman versus oz. oprah winfrey offering a late endorsement in that contest today the importance of that state to both parties made clear as presidents biden, trump and obama hit the ground in pa over the weekend on behalf of their candidates. peter alexander is there tonight. reporter: tonight the political power players, presidents past and present prepared to converge on pennsylvania. as republicans blame democrats for
tonight. snow in colorado leading to a 100 car pileup. we re tracking it all. twitter laying off as many as half its employees under new owner elon musk. and why musk says twitter has seen a massive drop in revenue. rising tensions with north korea. the threat that led south korea to scramble fighter jets. the highest flu hospitalization rate in the u.s. in more than a decade. and new hope for treating rsv in infants. crime on the ballot. my report on cashless bail. is there really a link to increased crime? and 100 years after its discovery, archaeologists are still unlocking the secrets of king tut s tomb. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. we re heading into the final weekend of campaign 2022. now four days before the election that will decide which party will control the levers of power in washington. down the stretch, democrats who have faced headwinds over a fragile economy got a brief reprieve in the form of strong jobs n
with election day fast approaching. is his message resonating right now as cnn s exclusive new poll drives home voters worries about the u.s. economy. also tonight, the trump organization s tax fraud trial is now under way in new york, after years of investigation. jurors being chosen to decide if crimes were committed by the former president s business. and as the battle for southern ukraine rages, russia is now accusing ukrainian forces of planning to detonate a nuclear-laced dirty bomb. the claim is being denial by officials in kyiv and here in washington. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, president biden hammering home his party s closing message just 15 days before the midterm elections. let s go straight to the white house where cnn s phil mattingly is standing by. as the president makes his push, a new cnn poll shows what voters care about most. give u
two. i m john roberts in washington. hi again, sandra. sandra: great to be with you. despite the troubling poll numbers for his party, president biden just moments ago insisting democrats will come out on top. running against the tide and beating the tide. we created with your help 10 million new jobs so far. unemployment was 6.4%. we got it down to 3.5%, 50-year low. sandra: talking to mike. the polls tell a different story. more americans trust republicans when it comes to the handling of the economy. 38-24 over democrats. john: the left seems to be running away from the issues so important to american families. i hear people talk about inflation as i heard in there. we have to change the subject. inflation is a global phenomenon. republican criticism for high inflation does not add up. it has been transformed into something that republicans in particular running for congress are blaming joe biden and democrats for specifically when there is no economic evidence