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Musk provided some context for his claims last week about having funding secured. it turns out he doesn't have the $60 billion to $70 billion required to buy up shares and pay bonds. he's had discussions with saudi arabia's public investment fund about possibly going private. joining me now, nbc news business and tech correspondent, jo ling kent. he's gone from funding secured to continuing conversations. has elon musk just showed us that that emperor has got no clothes? >> it seems the sec is possibly going to get involved here because he made some statements that were basically unsubstantiat...

>> eight minutes away we're watching for the potential release of three american prisoners in north korea. are the reports of a breakthrough in their case a sign the president's strategy on north korea is working? ari fleischer joins us. plus a congressional chaplain withdraws his resignation in a capitol hill controversy. how did his job become the latest political foot ball. nbc forced to make a major correction on the michael cohen story. how did they get it so wrong? >> bill: see you in seven minutes. twitter users change your password. the company found a bug that stored all passwords in ...

Unaware that companies were dlekt data and using it for a variety of purposes outside of facebook just feels incredibly inaccurate. >> so that is alexander kogan, the man at the center of facebook's scandal. defending his actions, firing back at facebook. he's the guy, remember, behind the personality app that collected data from tens of millions of users, which is then sold, without their knowledge, to a company called cambridge analytica. nbc news and tech correspondent jo ling kent is with me in new york. first, great to see you in person. >> great to see you, too. this is a treat. >> a rar...

Special in store exclusive offers, just a couple, some of the retailers have set up trying to bring some of the customers and guests out to the stores, trying to keep alive the tradition of black friday. there is a slight change although nearly 60% ofp shoppers this year telling the national retail federation they are choosing to stay on-line rather than get in line. again that is kind of one way that this black friday tradition is evolving. >> and so begs the question, polo, how do the targets of the world play the same ball game as the amazons? let's discuss that furtherer. thank you. joinin...

Until they know for a fact, but they usually know quickly. >> as well as tech correspondent in london, what are you learning and about where are you? >> we are in the city in central london. this is the oxford circuit underground. this entire area was teaming with people on this very busy friday evening. now where i am standing, the police are evacuating a wide area. they are trying to direct people away from this area. i know you have been talking about this and advising people to get away or seek sheller in nearby buildings. what we have seen in a couple of occasions, they have been brief