evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are going to get to the political news and a few minutes but we want to begin this evening s broadcast with breaking news. elon musk now officially in charge of twitter the takeover is complete. with us tonight to discuss, elizabeth dwoskin, the silicon valley correspondent for the washington post. she broke the story tonight. and cara swisher, all things on elon musk. and editor of new york magazine. and with karen swisher. my friend, terry swisher, it s official, musk is in, top executives are out on the far-right is rejoicing. what are we in for? that kind of says it all, i think it is going to be very difficult. he has bought it for three times what it is worth. you could turn it around, he has at a big it s a mount everest of tournaments. that s for sure. and he certainly got to bring in some people who are decent at figuring out a business plan for the company. he may not care but he still doesn t have unlimited funds. so
he thinks he is clint eastwood. but he is not. he is anti-american. they are now getting a taste of what we re having to deal with. this game is a part of our past. major league baseball is bringing classic baseball film which won best picture of the year to life. the boys are back in town the boys are back in town the boys are back in town steve: well, of the boys might be back in town but they are out at the water. take a look right there. scarborough, maine at 6:01 eastern time. very pleasant it day to start the day out there. it s 61 degrees. going for a high of 74. a little cloud cover as you can see right there. looks like somebody has a boogie board or a surf board. ainsley: seems a little cold 61 degrees? steve: it s summer, ainsley. you have got to live it up while you can. beautiful part of scarborough, maine named after joe scarborough who invented morning show. good morning. borders can. ainsley: good morning, everyone. not true. false info
electors. presumably designed to create so much confusion the congress would kick the matter back to republican-led state legislators as to overturn joe biden s win in the states. it will explore the broader pressure campaign aimed at subverting the will of the american people. the first witness is the arizona state house speaker. aides say bowers will share critical new details about trump s demands and even harassment as the president sought to decertify biden s legitimate and legal win and republican-led arizona. the georgia secretary of state will also testify live. he famously went public with a phone call from trump. trump asking him to, quote, find enough votes to take away joe biden s legal and legitimate win in georgia and concoct an illegitimate trump win. another georgia election official will appear before the committee. you might remember sterling on december 1st, 2020. he publicly pleaded with trump to stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence.
trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says it s going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go along with it. you see betty thompson taking it there, much of the questioning will be handled by california congressman adam schiff as he questions the witnesses and makes the majority of the presentation. liz cheney there seated to betty thompson s left-hand side, adam schiff on the right-hand side. we expect the hearing will last at least a couple of hours. let s pause now while chairman thompson gavels in today s hearing. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the u
intended to intimidate lawmakers. if we have to, we re going to go to homes and let them know what we think about them. there were multiple protests. i don t remember the exact number, three at least outside either my district office or my home. you re correct. my then 15-year-old son was home by himself for the first one. all of my personal information was online. it was my personal email, my personal cell phone, my home phone number. in fact, we had to disconnect our home phone for about three days because it would ring all hours of the night, would fill up with messages. brian butt cutler, we re outside. outlining pressure from trump aides and the ex-president himself to peddle the big lie even as team trump admitted they didn t have any evidence. he said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. and i don t know if that was a gaff. maybe he didn t think through what he said. both myself and others in my group and my counsel both remembered tha