good morning and welcome back to morning joe on this friday, december 30th, new year s eve eve. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. as you wake up out west. let s dive right in to a newly released batch of deposition transcripts from witnesses who spoke to the house select committee including members of former president donald trump s inner circle including former white house communications director alissa farah griffin. she spoke to the panel on april 15th describing her tenure at the trump white house as a wild eight months in her words. griffin revealed one serious and ongoing problem was a lack of organization. she described the trump white house in which jobs were filled with underqualified staff because more senior government officials would not take positions within the administration. griffin said any report about the trump white house being chaotic and operating without structure was, quote, more or less accurate. that included there being no competent gat
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. twitter s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the firm s workforce without warning. mr musk said the social media platform was losing large sums of money every day. he s insisted twitter s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff and anxiety among advertisers. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around $4 million a day, meaning costs had to be cut. he promised twitter wouldn t degenerate into what he called a free for all hellscape when content moderation is loosened. but advertisers including general motors have withdrawn their business, which is likely to lead to a drop in revenues. and now twitter faces lawsuits from the hundreds of employees over the way they were fired. out technology editor, zoe kleinman, reports. elon musk did not speak to any of the twitter employees laid off today. he was a surprise guest
george. we late majesties privy council, and representatives of the realms territories, older men and citizens of london, and others, do now hereby with one voice and consent of tone and heart publish and proclaim that the prince charles philippe arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful leash lord, charles the third. by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, and his other realms and territories, king, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. to whom we do acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection. beseeching god, by whom kings and queens to rain, to bless his majesty with long and happy years to rain over us. given at st. james s palace, this tenth day of september, at the year of our lord 2022. long with the king. god save the king. [god save the king playing] three c
rescue workers in the ukrainian city of dnipro search for survivors of a russian missile attack on an apartment building. at least 18 people were killed. is there light at the end on the tunnel on train strikes in the uk? the transport secretary is optimisitc a deal can be reached with the unions. i think both the companies and there railway unions are keen to reach an agreement agreement but that is for them to do. tens of thousands of people take part in anti government protests across cities in israel against plans for changes to theirjudiciary. hello and welcome to bbc news. some breaking news this hour dozens of people have died in a plane crash in nepal. let s run through what we know so far: the plane was flying from the capital kathmandu to the town of pokhara a popular tourist town. the crash happened as it was coming in to land.it was a yeti airlines plane with 72 people onboard. this is the footage we have of the aftermath. thought to be around two kilometres f
so we ll get to our top story this morning. willie. it s front page of all the newspapers, pictures of president biden and governor ron desantis together one week after hurricane ian made landfall in florida, president biden warning more storms will come. the president visited florida yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, president biden and governor ron desantis temporarily put politics aid aside as they met with residents in the fort myers area. we were fortunate to have good coordination with the white house and fema. one of the things you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy, we are cutting through the red tape, and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a good job. look, i called him i think even before he called me when i heard the storm was on its way, we worked hand and glove. we have very different