It appears that a twitter employee who had access to the twitter Management Panel was compromised and that was the way they got access to all of these otherwise very well locked down accounts. The compromised twitter accounts include bill gates, kanye west and former president obama. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. The twitter hack is raising alarms about Tech Security and the potential from anything from election misinformation to stock market manipulation. Live coverage now from ktvus Jana Katsuyama and what we learned about the security breach. Reporter twitter acted quickly to remove the messages that had been placed on the hijacked accounts, but not before the hacker or hackers pulled in 100,000. Experts say its also possible they couldve had access to users direct messages and other data. The scam was a simple message, send money to an anonymous account and get double the funds back. Hacking attack hijacked dozens of highprofile twitter accounts.
Today. Temperatures are close to 80s near 90 degrees. Any change for the weekend . 18 a bit, i will have that in 10 minutes or so. Lets see if theres anything new on the screen. Good morning, im glad you did not go for a limerick. Okay. Lets go look at the commute on the westbound bay bridge. It is light. I can show it to you. Traffic is moving along just fine. Moving into San Francisco, there is no major problems. Traffic on interstate 880 looks good in both directions, and oakland. It is 5 01 am. Lets go back to the headlines. We start with the breaking news this hour, the Supreme Court has approved a second federal education, the order that blocks the execution of Wesley Purkey scheduled for last night was removed. A claim that purkey has dementia needs to be evaluated, the Justice Department appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court, which voted 54 to uphold the execution. He was convicted of killing a 16yearold girl, and an 80 yearold woman. Daniel lewis was executed and the First
Its fullness in eternity, we bring our petitions to you using some of his final words. Bless the members of this peoples house and those in authority on all levels of society with wisdom and courage to address the unholy oppression that awaits so many of our brothers and sisters of color. May there be a new creative way of establishing Something Like Community Policing that peace and security might be enjoyed where we live. O lord, do we dare to consider the power of nonviolence in our homes, our communities, our nation, and perhaps in leadership for our world. Might we truly be called, if not challenged, to beat our swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks so that nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall we learn war anymore. And as we are reminded, the greatest expression of nonviolent challenge to injustice is the vote. Bless all efforts to secure access to the ballot for all american citizens. Help us, o lord, to answer the highest calling of our he
Lets get to the news. President trump claimed yesterday that if former Vice President joe biden is elected, quote, markets would crash and cities would burn. Our country would suffer like never before. I guess the only good news is that by november, you know, well be used to it. Thats right, in case you werent concerned already, our president is now talking like the opening crawl of a star wars movie. Seth according to a new report, President Trump made up the story about the new york yankees inviting him to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their game on august 15th said trump, okay, you got me. I was lying. They wanted me to pitch the whole season. Thats right, President Trump made up the story about the new york yankees inviting him to throw out the first pitch because he was jealous of dr. Anthony fauci appearing at the Washington Nationals home opener even worse, now it looks like he is jealous of dr. Birx, too. When asked in a new interview if he regretted writing a negativ
I want to take you live right now to the ups airport hub in atlanta, georgia, where you can see the crowds forming. At any moment, President Trump is expected to announce a new policy that he says will expedite and modernize the approval process for major Infrastructure Projects across the united states. Projects that often take years to complete, they take so long sometimes, Companies Just abandon their effort. We are going to take you straight to atlanta as soon as the president makes what could be a marketmoving remark. The bulls are still humming but they were singing at the top of their lungs earlier in the session. Dow jones industrials had spiked 428 points. Its up 129 right now. In the Early Morning move, there was very encouraging news out of moderna. Modernas experimental Covid Vaccine produced virusfighting antibodies but investors appear right now to say you know what, we still want the buy stocks but they see the rally as an opportunity maybe for a little sector rotation o