Washington and the world talking, microsoft eyeing an acquisition of tiktok and is this comes after President Trump threatened to ban the app in the u. S. Over security concerns. The president made an about face and gave microsoft the go ahead to proceed with the deal josh lipton has the very latest. So, melissa, President Trump also weighing in here. Take a listen to what he had to say today. It will close down on september 15th unless microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal, an appropriate deal, so the treasury of the, really, the treasury, i guess you would say, of the United States gets a lot of money so, why is microsoft interested in tiktok well, its a wildly popular app with 100 million users already here in the u. S. Engagement trends are strong analysts note that users already spend over an hour a day on the app. Patrick moorhead emphasizes two broad reasons why this could make strategic sense one, he argues microsoft is relatively week in Consumer Ser
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Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with the next round of hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. This as news surfaces of a lastminute witness that will now testify publicly this week. Four witnesses will be questioned before the public today, including Alexander Vindman. Vindman is a ukraine specialist with the National Security council who listened in on President Trumps july phone call with ukraines president. Meanwhile, new transcripts from the closed door testimony of david holmes was released overnight. Holmes, a Ukrainian Embassy staffer, testified privately over the weekend. He will testify publicly on thursday. Skyler henry is on capitol hill. What was revealed in the latest transcripts . Reporter yeah, annemarie, good morning. David holmes is a Career State Department official based in the ukraine. Transcripts show that he testified u ukrainian officials were told
Chaos in the middle of a High School Football game after shots ring out, sending people running for safety. Two people shot, the gun left behind. This morning the search for a shooter. Breaking his silence. Britains Prince Andrew speaking out for the first time about his friendship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. That thats the bit thats, as it were, i kick myself for on a daily basis. All of that plus screams of terror. Somebody help me Police Investigating after a womans pleas for help were captured on a video doorbell camera followed by a car speeding away. Was this a kidnapping . Throwing the flag. The nfl handing down stiff punishments for the ugly fight between the browns and the steelers. And who is the winner . You got it. That takes you up to 17,785. Jep jeopardys miss torinh. The answer today on november 16, 2019. From nbc news this is today with Peter Alexander and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. Our friend shan