when you agree to buy a company over $44 billion, it is not something that you just write down in pencil, you have signed it in ink, you have done a lot of different things, to commit to actually going through with the transaction. he is trying to get out of it by saying that twitter has broken his side of the deal by not being honest about fake accounts, bots, and controls on the platform. but, he had lots of time for what is known as due diligence to think about whether to buy the company before he agreed. so, we are going to see if he can get out of it or not. >> the question, brian, is there that portion of the contract, where he could be on the hook for $1 billion, does that still stand, what happens next? >> that is right, a $1 billion breakup fee is one possibility, but twitter is indicating they want to hold him to the $44 billion, they are saying to him, show me the money. here is the tweet overnight from the board chair, he says the twitter board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with mister musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. we are confident we will prevail , they basically say we will