public square and revamp it in the name of free speech. bill: he is expected to take a more hands-off on police in policeing content drawing applause from conservative and major skepticism from the left. dana: everybody has a take on this. jeff bezos taking a shot. bill: interesting question, did the chinese government gain a bit of leverage over the town square? dana: ice cube said he is free at last. bill: from elizabeth warren. the deal is dangerous for our democracy. they accumulate power for their own gain. we need a wealth task and strong rules to hold big tech accountable. more on this kelly o grady with more live in l.a. good morning there. good morning, bill. it happened, right? we were wondering if it was going to yesterday. elon musk won the takeover battle buying the social media giant for his final offer. the war still looms inside and outside the company. the platform now has roughly six months until the tesla ceo take over. the company holding an al
down, usually a boon for stocks, but stocks go down even further. that is the conundrum at the corner of wall and broad as investors begin to wonder, maybe there s something to this inflation thing that would sock to it the economy thing. jet blue was the first to hint of problems. departing from some of the big airline companies to say, well, we don t see that same strong demand. the stock sold off. lots of stocks sold off. lots of sectors sold off. virtually everyone in the s&p 500. growing questions as well that some investors were selling after the fact even though elon musk was saying i m going to buy and have got approval to buy and the deal is done for twitter. that stock down. the currency he s using to pay for the deal, tesla, down. technology stocks, down. this time informationed down, not necessarily by higher interest rates, but this time over concerns some of these high flyers aren t going to be flying high for long. they certainly aren t now. in the case of the
that after stunning news as the body of 22-year-old texas army national guard specialist bishop evans was carried out of the rio grande after he drown there. his colleagues saluting him, a horrific, terrible story that unfolded over the weekend. he lost his life working at the rio grande on the southern border, he was trying to save two migrants on the river on friday, he jumped in to do just that. the texas military says the migrants were involved in drug trafficking and you see the hearse there in texas, it s a sad story, this young man s life lost and no reaction at all so far from the white house, but we expect there will be a question about this. we would anticipate at the white house moments away, so listen to that as well. they are getting ready to lift title 42 and as you know, the projection is that could send as many as 18,000 more people across that border on a daily basis, according to the numbers that come to us from the department of homeland security. so a to
final offer and he stuck to it. this comes after a weekend of developments including shareholders pressuring the board to take the deal. stockholders will receive $54.20 in cash for each share valuing the deal. the purchase price represents a 38% premium to twitter the day before musk disclosed his 9% stake. now elon s involvement boosted the price. musk announced his reasons for the purchase. he said now, while many are excited about his planned changes, it s his crusade for free speech that is driving this buy-out. he disapproves policies that the white house says doesn t go far enough. here s jen psaki moments ago. no matter who owns or runs twitter, the president has long been concerned about the power of large social media platforms, the power that they have over our every day lives. he s been a strong supporter of fundamental reforms to achieve that goal. one of the most prominent deactivated accounts is former president trump. he was confirmed moments ago that
for a missing texas national guard member at the southern border. officials recovering the body of 22-year-old bishop evans who went into the rio grande river on friday morning to try to save two illegal immigrants before disappearing under the water. john roberts in washington. good to be back with you again. sandra: great to have you back. this is america reports. two migrants who evans tried to help are believed to be drug smugglers. they are now in federal custody. it comes as illegal border crossings break records ahead of the biden administration plans to lift title 42. john: a group of house republican lawmakers at the border in southern texas urging the president not to move forward with that plan. and that is where we find bill, live in eagle pass, texas. bill, we combekt to hear from those republican lawmakers next hour. two minutes ago, greg abbott released a statement that state authorities have recovered the body of the missing national guard soldier. we