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
testify next week and the role the white house supreme court justice plaidyed in overturning the election. the key moment in the fight against coronavirus. the cdc set to vote on recommending vaccines for young children. . good morning, it s saturday, june 18th. we are grateful that you re starting your weekend with us. it s always a pleasure to be with you. good to see you, too, boris. let s talk about the new fears that we re learning about about the u.s. economy and it is headed towards a recession. friday marked the end of a rocky week after the federal reserve announced the largest interest rate hike in decades in an attempt to tame inflation. the dow down, the s&p slightly higher but still the worst week since 2020. we also learned that wages in the united states are climbing at their fastest rate since the mid 1980s, but inflation has climbed up so quickly that workers have been been handed a pay cut. america is in a stronger position than any other nation
Good morning to you guys. Sungmin kim, errol luis. Thank you for being here. Errol, if i can begin with you. The president knows what the numbers are, every person who interviews him says it, kristen well kerr did a great job giving him the data. Does he think all the information is false and he is the only one telling americans the truth . The president s view of reality is the case numbers are only going up because we test so much and test more than anywhere else in the world. Those things are not true, but that is what he believes or thats what he repeats over and over again. He says it on the stump, in the 60 minutes interview he walked out of, he said it last night during the debate. He seems to think if he repeats it enough and has enough of an echo chamber that hell convince a lot of people to believe it. As i said before, hes running not just against joe biden but against reality. I think most people understand that these numbers are real. Their local Public Health authorities
Discovers. Discover discovered. Plus all of us running owe voters an explanation about who we are and what we plan to do if elected. And we thought it was a scary movie. Mistake down a man wielding an ax and a pellet gun at a nashville Movie Theater. Is it safe to see a movie . Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. The press secretary for malaysias transport minister telling cnn aircraft window parts, airplane seat cushions and Aluminum Materials have been found on reunion island in the west indian ocean. Its not clear if this is from that missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Reunion island was where part of an aircraft wing was found last week. Malaysia says its now conclusively confirmed that this wing part is a flaperon from a boeing 777. The french minister was more definitive though, saying more tests need to be done. A woman whose mother was on board the plane says she doesnt believe malaysias prime minister.
Agency and now more than 14,000 people from that department join the hundreds of thousands of Government Employees who have been furloughed. Meanwhile President Trump and congress are no closer to reaching a deal. The president s response a torrent of tweets threatening to shut down the southern border if funding for a wall is not approved. Lets bring in boris sanchez. Who is the president negotiating with . Reporter thats a good question. Its not clear that either side is really talking to each other right now. Yesterday you had the incoming acting chief of choice, Mick Mulvaney here on the north lawn of the white house telling reporters that talks had broken down so its not clear that republicans are speaking to democrats about a deal right now. We should point out the president last night left the white house to have dinner at the Vice President s residence. He was joined by mike pence, jared kushner, and Mick Mulvaney as well. Likely the shutdown the topic of conversation there. Bu