that you will be here in four or six years. as a business owner, we want to know if we were to be here in for six years. there is so many businesses that were negatively affected from this derailment. what is your game plan, and how are you going to coach us through getting back on our feet after we already danced through covid and doing it without having to take out loans that we have nothing to do with this train derailment? it s interesting, the talk about small business. i got a call yesterday. from the president. he was in poland. and, you know, we talked about that very issue. if there was something that we could do to assist small businesses, that we know are hurting. and east palestine. i am not sure what we can do but we are certainly going to look at that and see if there s anything certainly that we can do. i know it is a tough one, i know it is a tough time. i think probably the most
leaders. he s now spooked advertisers. and he s hinted that trump will not be back before the midterms. is it a lot easier for to be the king of twitter, rather than the owner? it certainly seems that way. and that s why these civil rights leaders are speaking to him. they re really trying to pressure him to make some sort of decision on what is going to happen to these people who have been banned from twitter. many people on this call from yesterday really want people who are banned to stay banned at, least temporarily, until they find out what these guardrails are going to be, with twitter under elon musk. there s also questions about the elections. but we thought that elon was going to let the beast out. why hasn t he? because he suddenly realizes advertisers that pay the bills aren t so keen on it? i think that s part of it, right. there is pressure coming from some of these same people in these organizations who are on this call, the zoom call yesterday, who are sending out
there s also questions about the elections. but we thought that elon was going to let the beast out. why hasn t he? because he suddenly realizes advertisers that pay the bills aren t so keen on it? i think that s part of it, right. there is pressure coming from some of these same people in these organizations who are on this call, the zoom call yesterday, who are sending out open letters to some of the ceos of this company that advertise with twitter, keeping open the possibility of them walking away from twitter if elon musk does not hold back and really keep these people who were blocked or whatever, banned, from the twitter sphere away from the platform going forward. bloomberg now reporting that musk could be laying off a ton of twitter employees.
billion dollar deal to buy twitter, reality is setting in for elon musk. he met with civil rights leaders yesterday, who pressured him to keep banned users off the platform. they also urged him to give company staffers tools they need to fight election disinformation. back with us tonight cnbc political finance reporter brian schwartz. brian, elon musk is facing pressure from civil rights leaders. he s now spooked advertisers. and he s hinted that trump will not be back before the midterms. is it a lot easier to be the king of twitter, rather than the owner? it certainly seems that way. and that s why these civil rights leaders are speaking to him. they re really trying to pressure him to make some sort of decision on what is going to happen to these people who have been banned from twitter. many people on this call from yesterday really want people who are banned to stay banned, at least temporarily, until they find out what these guardrails are going to be, with twitter under elon
the truth is that, with high tide culminating right at the time where the storm is hitting, that the time to stay indoors. if you go out and put more first responders in danger, if you do not have to leave your home right now, don t do it. the good news is we have been preparing for this for several days now. the governor has been cooperating and collaborating with the federal officials. i got a call yesterday from secretary mayorkas from homeland security. they spoke with rick scott and marco rubio, as well, so we are on the same page learning from each other. thank god for a coordinated effort in being a little battle hardened in south carolina as we have faced hurricane after hurricane. this one, we should take it very seriously. brian: one thing pretty clear is florida knows what they needed. they need more high water vehicles. i don t know if it s right for you to give any of that to florida, because you might need them, too. what do you need from the federal government if this