interview with bbc, elon musk, the owner of twitter, admitted he only went through with the purchase of the company because a judge was about force him to do so, that his takeover of twitter was painful and quite a rollercoaster, but that he would sell the company if the right person came along. musk purchased twitter for a whopping $41; billion, just over £35 billion pounds. just over £35 billion. he inherited a workforce of over 8,000 employee which he has defended cutting down to around 1,500, saying the company would have gone bankrupt otherwise. it s been just over a year since mr musk began his takeover of twitter. he purchased his first shares on 5 april, 2022, buying 9%. days later, musk submitted an offer to buy the whole company, above the current stock price. that was accepted on the 25th of april. in may, musk tweeted that the deal to buy twitter was temporarily on hold, he said because of the volume of fake accounts. twitter denied that and invited musk to a me
front pages to here today. very busy. it s going to be our big story. our lead story today. hello, everyone. you see us katelyn polantz five things to know for this monday march 27th 2023 mass protests erupting in israel. as we just said it happened overnight, tens of thousands taking to the streets after prime minister benjamin netanyahu. fired his defense chief for opposing a plan to reform the country s judicial system. the big question what will the pm do now? also mississippi is cleaning up from a devastating tornado that hit over the weekend. more than two dozen people were killed. president biden has now declared a major disaster zone. also this morning we re tracking hollywood star jonathan majors has been released without bail in new york after being accused of domestic violence. the actors attorney says that he s innocent and claims the accuser has now recanted. her story will have more on that. and new overnight. silicon valley bank has a buyer . finally the f d i
with the leaked us intelligence documents, and a new report about who the source of those lea ks may be. the files, you might remember, first appeared in a chatroom on the online platform, discord. the washington post says it s spoken to at least two members of that chatroom, one who says they re friends with the alleged leaker. here s the headline: leaker of us secret documents worked on military base, friend says . the article talks about the alleged leaker s motivation, throughout, he s referred to as 06. for all og s disdain for the federal government, the member said there was no indication that he was acting in what he thought was the public interest by exposing official secrets. with me now is shane harris, national security reporter from the washington post, one of the journalists who worked on the investigation. thank you very much forjoining us. what more can you tell us about this alleged liquor? us. what more can you tell us about this alleged liquor? we about t
crisis averted, he got some new ties. this is our moment this is our time steve: this is the moment, that is their town. 47 degrees, going for a daytime high of 60 degrees. we are going to be talking very shortly about another stadium, arrowhead stadium in kansas city. the kansas city chiefs are going to have their big parade today around midday. they will have a rally, as well. you have so much gear. steve: my friend sent me all of this stuff. brian: he left the price on, too. does he want to be reimbursed? [laughter] steve: i m going to sell it. super bowl champions, kansas city chiefs. this is a good one. look at that. ainsley: for your corona lights. this was bryan steil the dogs ate brian: special thanks to vineyard vines. i almost got the right color so i can wear it again. ainsley: that was nice of them to do that. congratulations to you. the snow is coming in tomorrow so it s a perfect day for them to celebrate. steve: in kansas city it c
us and eu officials are meeting today to discuss energy cooperation. the focus? according to the us, joint efforts to blunt russia s attempts to weaponize energy, bolstering energy supplies for the coming winters. this comes as eu member states consider extending restrictions, or even outright banning, russian natural gas imports. the bloc has also imposed a $60 a barrel cap on purchases of russian crude oil, something that the us has supported. joining me now is olga khakova, deputy director for european energy security at the atlantic council s global energy center. on the committee that looked into their trade relationships. has russia been able to weather the international sanctions issued against its energy exports? i think overall, the price caps have been a win, a lot of analysts actually were hesitant to implement or support but anything and the overall goal was achieved. key pressure on energy supplies on the market while minimising how much money russia is making