pre-autopsies. sometimes, people just want to not feel as if they are walking on eggshells, and they want some acknowledgment that life is messy. i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people, working people, who will be voting democratic. i think again, with democrats have got to do is contrasts their economic plan with the republican. tonight, we look into the crystal ball to see what a republican that out of representatives might actually look like. the house gop sees these pending election results as a repudiation of where president biden and democrats are currently leading the country, and that is part of what is driving their legislative agenda. it s important to note that the party that runs the house typically engages in two types of legislation. one is built purely around messaging and firing of the base. democrats, for instance, did that with sweeping gun reform measures, even though they need to build a past would not even get 50 votes in t
trail. jeff bezos takes a $23 billion personal hit. the bigger story here, what amazon sales outlook says about the u.s. economy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with a titanic sea change in the world of social media. billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. two sources tell cnn musk launched his takeover by firing the ceo and two others. he spent months trying to get out of it. for musk, it really sunk in for him this week that he would now be owning twitter. we heard that the deal has closed, it s happening. he spent time at twitter s headquarters this week meeting with employees. he sent a letter to posted a letter to advertisers yesterday trying to give them a sense of what his plans are. he posted this big i guess mission statement. at one point musk said he wanted to move towards a free speech maximalist approach. that seems to have given advertisers the jitters. will
it is a done deal, billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. good morning. good morning. john berman is off. and according to sources, musk immediately fired twitter s ceo, the chief financial officer and the company s top lawyer. musk first agreed to buy the company in april, then he spent months trying to get out of the deal, which was finalized just before today s deadline. musk attempted to reassure advertisers, posting an open letter on twitter why he bought the platform, saying, quote, there is currently great danger that social media will fracture into far right and far left wings that will splinter our society and overnight he tweeted the bird is free. reporter: there is a lot of uncertainty at twitter. employees aren t sure what to expect after musk came in, took control and fired the top executives. unclear who the top team is, maybe employees will learn more at an all-hands mee
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happened yesterday in the courtroom in just a moment. plus russian president vladimir putin gives a rare national address announcing significant moves in the war with ukraine. the russian president also talked about a plan that kyiv is calling a desperate sham. and president biden will surely have something to say about all of that when he takes the podium later this morning at the united nations general assembly. we ll preview that and the other topics he will likely focus on in his speech. good morning, welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with major moves from russia this morning claiming that the west is, quote, trying to destroy us. vladimir putin announced overnight he s partially mobilizing the military in russia while also approving a move to annex portions of ukraine. in a rare prerecorded national address, putin said, quote, russia will use all the instruments at its dis