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though not going into details. elon musk contends censorship, not abuse is the problem with twitter. he doubled down yesterday. i think it s very important for for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech where [applause] it s important to the function of democracy. it is important to the function of the united states as a free country and many other countries and actually to help freedom in the world. imagine that, free speech. some in the media are in total freak-out mode over this. some point out the tech industry was never meant to be a place for censorship. kind of funny elon musk wants to buy it. a free spirited counter culture that turned into a political monopoly. marc thiessen, washington post columnist joins us. it is a laughing matter at this point. it is hysterical. historian was said it was a free-spirited counter culture. what do you think of twitter using the poison pill to kill musk s bid to take over the social media platform? tr ....
putin has revised his strategy. russia could be relaunching a large scale offensive to conquer the donbas region in the next few days. new threats by the kremlin warning if ukrainian attacks on russian territory continue, russian armed forces will strike decision-making centers, including kyiv. also new this morning, conflicting reports on what happens when one of russia s most important navy warships, these were taken before ukraine said its missile hit this ship. hours later russia said it was an on board fire. cnn has been unable to verify the claims. in the men time the u.s. is ramping up commitments to help ukraine sending an additional $800 million and rushing ahead of time. cnn s matt rivers is here to talk about this. this ship if ukraine were to have hit it, this would be a very big development. russia saying that s not true. no matter which way you slice it, a fire on board in the black sea fleet is a very big deal. what we re getting is that there has been ....
show americans are spending 6.9% more last month than a year ago. making ends meet has rarely been harder. a new poll finds 45% of americans are dipping into their savings to pay for everyday goods like food and housing. not to mention those gas prices. bill: edward lawrence has the story from the white house on why this might be a flashing red light on the economy. what s the news? good morning there. you guys hit on the critical point for the economy. if consumers stop spending the economy slows down because it s 70% of the gross of the economy. we could hit the recession. retail sales numbers came out 30 minutes ago and showing .5% month over month. just a little lower than expected. when you take out autos, hotter than expected at 1.1%. people are still spending. the president leaving about 90 minutes for north carolina where he will speak at a technical college about training the next generation of workers to bring the supply chain home issues home to america. ....
they call being a tease. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. the richest man in our world indicating today that this is not take it or leave it offer necessarily to buy the rest of twitter he doesn t own. he s forking over will willing to fork over he says up to $43 billion to get the rest of twitter. the problem is we re hearing from the twitter folks that are reportedly not too keen on that offer. we have you covered. we are at twitter headquarters and how they re likely to respond to all of this. we have charlie gasparino on what elon musk is thinking and what is really behind this. susan li on the long-term implications of billionaires going for what they got to have. or maybe they just want to really make for a headache of the target acquired. let s go to claudia cowan in san francisco. if we re getting any reaction at all from the twitter folk. what are you hear something. some are scratching their heads about this offer, neil. you know, it s basically elon m ....
we re tracking the weather. mask mandate extended. don t put away that face covering just yet if you re getting on a plane or train. we ll tell you how much longer the c.d.c. wants you to mask up. human right abuses. the new report tonight accusing russia of breaking international law. plus $800 million more heading to ukraine. we get an exclusive look at the military aid. these javelin missiles are the weapons ukraine needs to kill russian tanks. livin la vida loca o donnell: tonight, what alicia keys, queen, ricky martin and wu-tang clan now have in common. and from high school to the pros, the teenage soccer superstar with the million- dollar paycheck. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we have breaking news as we come on the air about how police found and arrested the suspect ....