you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial as to what you did. rail passengers face severe disruption after transpennine express axes more than 50 of its services in a single day. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. elon musk, the world s richest man, has finally taken control of the social media platform twitter, in a deal worth £38 billion. he tweeted that the bird is freed , and is reported to have fired a number of the firm s top executives. it brings to an end an on/off takeover saga that has gone on for months. mr musk, the boss of tesla and spacex, says he believes in absolute free speech and there s speculation that some people who ve been banned from twitter, including former president donald trump, may now be invited back. here s our north america technology reporter, james clayton. when elon musk made a surprise entrance into twitter this week,
future is at stake. thank you all so much for joining us tonight. greatly appreciate your time and insights. coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democracy fights back, how people around the world are holding those in power accountable. plus, oh my pillow, the dangerous conspiracy theorist mike lindell, faces a growing list of legal problems. and the latest on the path of tropical storm ian as he let s get started. so on the show, we ve been frank second hour one okay about the often bleak state of american democracy, from rioters in the halls of our nation s capital, to elections deniers, using their elected positions of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so i m sure doesn t shock you to hear that according to a new nbc news poll, voters actually ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue facing the country today. and while that fear is warranted, democracy and justice have racke
a grand jury from getting information from his inner circle. what the high-stakes legal dispute could mean for trump s legal troubles. and the countdown is on, 45 days to go until midterms. house republicans rallying around kevin mccarthy as he lays out his blueprint for a political win. the latest on the gop s strategy next. good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. it is saturday, september 24th, a little more than 30 days away from halloween. i m so excited, boris, you have no idea. that s right do. you have a costume picked out? i do. i ll be mia belle from inconto. do you know it? oh, yes. i m just getting started. i love that holiday. i do too. we ll chat about that more during the breaks, but we ve got no shortage of news and no shortage of storms apparently either. watching two major storms. first hurricane fiona a post-tropical cyclone that s making landfall in eastern canada as we speak, and then hurricane warnings are in place as damaging
of calming down or are they ust growing in intensity? of calming down or are they ust growing in intensity? to saying i m from the monitoring growing in intensity? to saying i m from the monitoring department. i growing in intensity? to saying i m. from the monitoring department. at the moment, i could see no sign of these protest slowing down. in fact what we ve been a witness in the last couple days but two nights ago where protesters were marking for two days since the death of mahsa amine, the 22 year old girl which started all the protest for that was all the protest becoming bigger. we saw towns and cities that have not taken part in the unrest so far. actually, lots of people coming out. we saw the crowds on a scale in the size the crowds were something we had not seen and less a2 days, that s been sense of protest began. all the tactics that the regime has used so far, this time around, up and coming around protest like this in iran for years i ve never seen anything like