world. i m christine romans. we begin with this senseless tragedy in louisville, kentucky , a 25 year old bank employee opening fire at his workplace, live streaming his own attack that killed four people in minutes. one of the nine others hurt in the early moments later died of those injuries. cnn s omar jimenez has more from louisville. in just moments. four people were killed in nine others injured at this bank in louisville, kentucky. officers were on scene within three minutes. the suspect shot at officers. we then returned fire and stop that threat. police revealing the shooter was an employee at the bank and had livestreamed the attack. suspect was live framing. and unfortunately, that s that s tragic. to know that that incident was out there and captured enforcement source telling cnn the shooter had also learned he was going to be fired and wrote a note to his parents and a friend indicating he was going to shoot at the bank. among those injured in the attack. two po
criminal charges today. a source close to his legal team, however, telling cnn the da told them not to expect an indictment until at least tomorrow. so what do we know this morning about what s happening behind the scenes in this unprecedented situation in we will bring you up to speed. plus chinese president xi jinping is meeting at this moment with russian president vp vladimir putin, this is happening in the kremlin. that summit could have major implications for russia s war in ukraine. we will have the latest details from that conversation. and we are watching the stock markets very closely this morning. a lot of green arrows, which is a good thing given the way it s been the last few days as federal reserve chair jerome powell is set to make a decision on another possible interest rate hike, that decision comes tomorrow and will have an impact on your money. we begin this hour with the latest on the former president s possible indictment. cnn s senior legal affairs
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
taking calipari up on his invitation and catching a home game. love that story. i love it. cnn s coverage continues right now. good morning. i m erica hill. we begin with news just in to cnn. the u.s. economy growing in the third quarter and beating expectations. the gdp, a key indicator of economic activity, rising by an annualized rate of .6%, the first period of positive growth this year following two back-to-back quarters of decline. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans with us now. this is a little better than expectations. we were expecting to see a little bump here put it in context for us. this is american consumers, they weren t buying as many couches and tvs. they were dining out, going on trips. you saw how people were spending their money changed a little bit. it was a bounceback from the doldrums of the first half of the year. the big question is it the bump before the slump? the fed has been raising interest rates very, very aggressively. co
voters pause. bill: john fetterman giving a disqualifying performance in tuesday night s debate. without that seat the party will have a harder time holding onto the chamber of congress. that now prompting some major damage control from the white house. the president has found him to be impressive, incredibly bright and talented person who is just as capable as always to carry out his office the duties of his office as he is lieutenant governor currently and great ability and heartfelt concern for the people of the commonwealth and that s what the president has observed himself. bill: peter doocy reports from the white house. analysis from matt gorman. bryan llenas from philly and that s where we begin on this thursday morning. good morning. as anxious democrats express concerns lieutenant governor fetterman s tough debate performance appearance was a mistake, the fetterman campaign is doing all it can to shift the focus back to the issue of abortion. fetterman s