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trail. jeff bezos takes a $23 billion personal hit. the bigger story here, what amazon sales outlook says about the u.s. economy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with a titanic sea change in the world of social media. billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. two sources tell cnn musk launched his takeover by firing the ceo and two others. he spent months trying to get out of it. for musk, it really sunk in for him this week that he would now be owning twitter. we heard that the deal has closed, it s happening. he spent time at twitter s headquarters this week meeting with employees. he sent a letter to posted a letter to advertisers yesterday trying to give them a sense of what his plans are. he posted this big i guess mission statement. at one point musk said he wanted to move towards a free speech maximalist approach. that seems to have given advertisers the jitters ....
it is a done deal, billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. good morning. good morning. john berman is off. and according to sources, musk immediately fired twitter s ceo, the chief financial officer and the company s top lawyer. musk first agreed to buy the company in april, then he spent months trying to get out of the deal, which was finalized just before today s deadline. musk attempted to reassure advertisers, posting an open letter on twitter why he bought the platform, saying, quote, there is currently great danger that social media will fracture into far right and far left wings that will splinter our society and overnight he tweeted the bird is free. reporter: there is a lot of uncertainty at twitter. employees aren t sure what to expect after musk came in, took control and fired the top executives. unclear who the top team is, maybe employees will learn more at an all-han ....
yeah, telling me how he d love to give astros fans the way to say we are true champions despite the cheating scandal. andrew dusty baker has the most wins in baseball without a world series. it should be a good one, christine. a lot of people looking forward to it, especially the fans in houston. they would love to win a world series after all of the boos they ve had to hear. the astros kryptonite has been the hot team from the n.l. east peaking at the right time. lost to the nationals in 2019, lost to the braves. phillies fans hoping they have the same magic. andy scholes. have a good time. work hard but have a good time. best assignment at the network today is you. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. have a good day, everybody. new day starts right now. ....