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Buys isn't what he thought he was buying. so he could shelf it or renegotiate it. what's going on? to susan l are i on all of that. what are you hearing on this? >> so mercurial, isn't he? that's a report, by the way, on how many spam bots represent twitter accounts. that has been around, that report has been around for several years now, and people are thinking on wall street at least, it looks like they are renegotiating taxing especially as the calculus has changed with tesla stock down 40% and, oh, by the way, now the social media company like twitter is being discounted at 25% cheaper tha...

But i'll tell you, when he says he's committed to the deal, as you said, there are other backers involved here, and with these types of town squares, neil, once the tide goes out, there's other places to go, and people have lost legitimatesty in these town squares, hay go elsewhere. so i think there's that risk as well. neil: now, if he broke this up for any reason, he'd have to pay a billion bucks, right many that's changinging -- >> yeah, he can afford that. neil: yeah. how likely is that? >> he's using this report, by the way, you can get out of that break-up fee if you show cause, and i th...

Indeed represent less than 5% of users. joining us now, catherine rampell of "washington post" opinion columnist. what is he talking about here and what about live tweeting your attempt to take over twitter? >> well, when elon musk is involved, there is always going to be drama, right? there has been a lot of -- there has been a rocky road up to this point. he was joining the board, he wasn't joining the board, he's taking over, now who knows. i think there could be a few things going on here. musk tweeted this is on hold pending the number of spam bots which he previously said he was concerne...

The billionaire cited an issue with spam and fake accounts, with some analysts believing he is looking for a pretext to back out of the acquisition.

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said that the deal to buy Twitter is "temporarily on hold" until detailed information comes to light that backs Twitter's claim that bots or fake accounts make up fewer than 5 percent of users on the platform.