russian president vladimir putin trying to project an image of strength as he faces the biggest threat ever to his authority. is putin still in danger of losing power? his former prime minister says yes, and he will be outfront next. plus, where is yevgeny prigozhin? no confirmation that the wagner chief ever made it outside russia. as the fsb keeps its criminal investigation on prigozhin wide open. two moscow reporters who have covered him extensively with be reporting this hour. i m going to talk to the mayor of kyiv who warns ukraine is not prepared if putin attacks the biggest nuclear plant in all of europe. let s go outfront. and good evening, and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i am erin burnett live from ukraine tonight. tonight, putin on defense. the russian president speaking out three days after the armed rebellion led by his former ally yevgeny prigozhin. and make no mistake, a threat to putin s authority tonight is very well. putin right now
week for big tech. plus a pre halloween treat as the us economy returns to growth. but inflation s still a nightmare for president biden with midterm elections looming. we start with the world s richest man: billionaire boss of tesla space entrepreneur and now the new owner of twitter. elon musk has now closed his $41; billion takeover of the social media giant ahead of a 5pm deadline set by a us court. and he has moved quickly to sack the company s senior management. it brings to an end a six month long and often bad tempered takeover battle that has raised some big questions about the future of the company. from san francisco here s our technology correspondent james clayton. when elon musk had an offer to buy a twitter accepted in april, he could barely conceal his excitement. but that initial enthusiasm soon began to wane. tech stocks were plummeting and many wondered whether he d paid too much for twitter. mr musk also claimed that twitter was filled with fake
and it s game, set and match for the tennis legend roger federer, as he announces he s retiring at the age of 41. and stay with us here on bbc news, where we will bring you continuing coverage of events plus analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. buckingham palace has revealed more details about the queen s state funeral on monday. the service at westminster abbey will begin at 11 in the morning and will be followed by a national two minute silence. then there will be a procession through london. prince william and prince harry will once again walk together behind the queen s coffin alongside other members of the royal family. today, prince william told well wishers at sandringham how difficult walking behind his grandmother s coffin had been, saying it brought back memories of his mother diana s funeral 25 years ago. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. viewing the carpet of flowers and tributes, the prince and prince
Have a good show. Thank you, nicole. Welcome, everyone, to a twohour edition of the beat tonight as we go through a big day in court. Im ari melber, we have our Special Coverage, and we begin right now with the prosecutors star witness taking the stand. You may have heard about it, you may have readied for it, we are now here. The former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying about the work he did for trump, saying under oath this was the dirty work of a, kwot, fixer. And recounting today and the jury hearing it from his mouth for the first time, the road to the payments at the center of this physicalny case against Defendant Trump. Big day in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. The star witness takes the stand against donald j. Trump. Form fixer Michael Cohen now the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. Cohen on the stand. An extraordinary showdown today in court. The man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying. The expresident coming
Thank you, as always for joining us tonightaham. An after an African American Small Business owner says she was harasseds supporting trump. Ut shes here to talk about it. Plus it. , ingraham angle, continuing legal education. Well, how to deal with hos. Ia classes in session. But first,session. Joe bidens , very, very, very, very, very bad week. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Behold the power of biden nomics. The april jobs report just out coming in below expectations. April Nonfarm Payrolls expanded much less than expected, 175,000. Were looking for a number much closer to 250 thousand. The Unemployment Rate ticked up. That was a fairly weak report. What do they call that again . Joe mentum this progress is part of my vision for an economy that grows from the middle out and the t bottom up and manufacturing is booming. Cutting the federal deficit. We cut the federal deficit. Ive never been more optimistic about our nations future. Id like to call this o. L d. Ll s old liberal in D