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-hands mee
i m christine romans. new day starts right now . two weeks from today. the midterm elections. brace yourself. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the race for control of the senate looks to be tight. new cnn polling shows democrat john fetterman with a slight edge over republican mehmet oz in pennsylvania. and in wisconsin ron johnson, democratic challenger men della barnes basically even. inflation the top issue. followed by abortion rights. early voting in that state begins today. in pennsylvania 44% of likely voters sight the economy. and more on debates in a moment. tonight in new york, a highly anticipated debate between incumbent democratic governor kathy hochul and republican challenge lee zeldin. zeldin made crime the focus of his campaign. and last night desantis and crist going toe-to-toe on abortion. and theian going poulter wars and may have his eye on the white house refusing to commit all four years if he wins the election. according to a top official,
coy, nice to see you. have a great day. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. new day starts right now. way in south korea, i m john berman with brianna keilar. it s one of the deadliest disasters to ever hit that country at least 154 people killed in a crush of halloween party goers in seoul. pictures shared on social media show the crowd crammed into an alley. 26 foreign nationals including two u.s. citizens are among the dead. witnesses saying the narrow streets were jammed with people trying to enjoy the first halloween weekend without covid restrictions. ivan watson is live for us on the scene in seoul. do investigators have any idea what triggered this surge? reporter: just sheer mass humanity in the alley ways just steps from where i m standing right now. this is an impromptu memorial that has cropped up in the 24, 48 hours since the disaster. as you can see, people paying their respects, flowers, handwritten notes, candles, photos of some of the victi
survivors of the holocaust still live with the horrors. the holocaust remains one of the greatest crimes against humanity. in europe, nazis set out to kill as many jews as possible. they murdered all four of my grandparents and forced my parents into slave labor and external e external nation camps. ignorance fueled them. eight decades later, it s horrifying to see a rise in anti-semitism and holocaust denial around the world and here in this country. we want to take you on a tour of the united states holocaust memorial museum here in washington, d.c. more than 45 million people have visited this museum since it opened back in 1993. this institution serves as a reminder of what happens when society doesn t stand up to hate . would you please tell me your full name? david blitzer. that s my dad, david blitzer. he survived the holocaust, met my mother. he recorded his personal, very powerful survival story for future generations. i m from the name of the city of always
we also feel the pain and the expectations of the citizens of israel. i personally with the families of the kidnapped at any moment where i can. i promise you there is no means we will not use to bring them all back home. we should not forget we have it in him an enemy who uses it babies and women to save itself. they are fighting psychological warfare. they are lying to the world. they are cruel to the families and they will fail. we will see to it, sooner or later, that all pay the price for this murderers and kidnappers, dead men walking. i think the u.s. for these supports. at the same time the world should know it is important this war, there is no time limit. it is a human effort to do what we can and for as long as it takes. we will do what is right for us. and the whole world should focus on the enemies who haven t kidnapped children, the elderly, babies. who are willing to sacrifice their own citizens and residents of gaza. we should represent. the picture is clear i