american economy hostage. lifesaving health care denied or delayed, we will talk to one of the doctors behind a new study showing a pattern of serious health complications caused by post roe abortion ban. and a dire warning from the u.n. s top weather and climate scientist and what we can do about it. plus the velshi banned book club goes to court. this week we ll talk to two previously featured authors of banned books who have joined with free speech activists, parents and the largest publishing house in the country and hauling book banners to federal court. velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturday may 20th, i m ali velshi. as the old saying, goes if i don t succeed, stop following the republican playbook. you would think that after one bad election cycle the gop would have regrouped and reassessed its shortcomings so it could rebound. it s been nearly seven years since the republicans last truly significant wind. donald trump s electoral college victory in 2016. sinc
the bbc has been speaking to twitter s owner, elon musk. the last minute, unexpected interview came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be done. it s been quite difficult. i would say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn t been some sort of party, so, it s been really quite a stressful situation in the last several months, not an easy one. so it s been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done and were there are many mistakes made along the way, of course? live now to san francisco and our technology correspondent james clayton. this was a sur
hello and welcome. the bbc has been speaking to twitter s owner, elon musk. the last minute, unexpected interview came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be done. it s been quite difficult. i would say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn t been some sort of party, so, it s been really quite a stressful situation in the last several months, not an easy one. so it s been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done and were there many mistakes made along the way? of course. let s hear a little more of elon musk james clayton began the interview
i m kim brunhuber. coming up on cnn newsroom, the stakes are so high in the u.s. midterm elections that four current or former presidents are back out on the campaign trail, hoping to get their candidates in the win column on tuesday. we ve got the latest from the battleground states ahead. ukraine is reacting to iran s admission it has sent drones to russia after weeks of denying it and we re live in kyiv with details. plus comes on, kyle tucker, this time they finish the job. the houston astros the houston astros clinched the title, game six of the world series. coming up, we ll show you the biggest plays. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. with the u.s. midterm elections just a few days away, several presidents have descended on a key swing state. in pennsylvania, barack obama shared the stage with president joe biden on saturday. both campaigned if democrat john fetterman in the closely watched sfl senate race and w
hours. that will bring wet and windy weather for many of us tomorrow. we will start off with some clear skies, so for the next few hours temperatures will fall away in sheltered eastern areas and they will pick up as the cloud and rain arrives. in the west it will be a slightly milder start. in sheltered eastern areas are a touch of frost and a chilly start, but lovely sunshine first thing. it will not last, however. that rain starts to push on from the west and spreads steadily east. wet and windy weather developing as we go through the afternoon. we could see some of that cloud and rain are lingering. brightening up in ink scotland and northern ireland. top temperatures around ten to 14 and that is where it should be at this time of year. but if you are planning a bonfire into the evening, certainly across parts of lincolnshire, east anglia and down to the south east, it will stay cloudy and damp. we could see more persistent rain as we move through saturday night into the