it's friday, october 28th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, twitter takeover. there are reports elon musk is now in charge of the social media platform. his first tweet about the buyout and who he's already fired. i lost my damn son. your anger is not going to match mine, man. >> emotional confrontation. for the first time, uvalde families come face to face with the texas dps chief. why he's refusing to step down in the wake of the deadly robb elementary school shooting. hot mic. cameras roll as chuck schumer meets with president biden. the battleground state he says is going downhill for the

democrats. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin this morning with elon musk's apparent takeover of twitter. "the washington post" and other news outlets are reporting that the richest man closed a $44 billion deal to acquire the social media platform. according to the "post," he ousted top executives from the company including the ceo. musk is expected to speak to twitter employees today during a company town hall. he told advertisers yesterday that twitter should be warm and welcoming to all. naomi ruchim is in new york with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. the drama of this twitter takeover appears to have finally reached a conclusion. elon musk is said to be planning for drastic changes at the company on everything from leadership to what users can and cannot tweet out. elon musk tweeted, quote, the bird is freed hours after the "associated press" reported he

had taken control of twitter. the billionaire tesla and spacex ceo is also said to have fired multiple top executives including its ceo, chief financial officer and chief legal counsel. twitter has not responded to a request for comment from cbs news. >> everything is incredibly uncertain right now. i believe that a musk-owned twitter would mean he would start to implement a lot of the changes to the platform. >> reporter: wednesday musk, whose new twitter description says chief twit, brought a sink to the san francisco headquarters and joked "let that sink in." the following day he was tweeting an open letter to advertisers that he envisions the social media platform as a digital town square where a wide range of beliefs can be debated. but adding it, quote, cannot become a free-for-all hell scape. musk's takeover has triggered uncertainty among some twitter users.

>> elon musk buying twitter and owning twitter will be the end of twitter. >> i've seen obviously people commenting whether they're going to continue using it or not. i haven't thought about it. >> reporter: musk's $44 billion bid to buy twitter began back in april and faced numerous setbacks with musk at one point claiming he was going to pull out of the acquisition. a judge in delaware had set a deadline of today for the parties to close the deal or else go to trial. elon musk has not issued an update on the statement he made earlier in the year claiming he would reverse twitter's permanent ban on former president donald trump. trump was shut out of twitter, facebook, and instagram following the january 6th capitol riot. he has since launched his own social media platform, truth social. >> naomi ruchim in new york. thank you. also breaking overnight, police in oklahoma say that they are investigating the discovery of eight people found dead in a burning house as a homicide

case. the fire was reported yesterday in a residential area of broken arrow, about 13 miles southeast of tulsa. police say witnesses told them a family of eight lived in the house. two adults and six children. >> this is a shock to broken arrow. it's a safe city. broken arrow doesn't have this kind of situation every day. >> police said even though the deaths are being investigated as homicides, they do not think there's a threat to the public. north korea has fired more ballistic missiles this morning, according to the south korean military. officials in seoul say two missiles were fired off north korea's east coast into the sea. this is the latest in a series of weapons tests by north korea in recent weeks. it comes as south korea wraps up annual military exercises that included u.s. troops this year. the two allies will begin large-scale air force drills next week. with 11 days to go before

the midterm elections, americans are showing up to vote. the u.s. elections project says nearly 16 million people have already cast a ballot either in person or by mail. there are new warning signs for democrats who hold control of congress. skyler henry explains. >> reporter: caught on a hot mic in new york, senate majority leader chuck schumer gave president biden a rundown on several battleground states. walker, the republican senate candidate in georgia with a strong anti-abortion stance faces allegations that he paid for two abortions. he denies both claims. >> i can tell you right now they can't take me down because i'm a bad man. >> reporter: while abortion became a major issue after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, the economy remains the top priority.

a recent cbs news poll found 65% of registered voters said the economy is getting worse. and 45% said president biden is responsible for economic conditions. >> great economic report today. >> reporter: new data showed the country's gdp grew at an annual rate of 2.6% from july to september. this after two straight quarters of contraction. democrats hope voters see the improvement. >> economic growth is up. the price of inflation is down. real numbers are up. >> reporter: republicans say it's too little, too late for the party in charge. >> what has happened through this white house and congress is they have declared war on people's pocketbooks. >> reporter: on friday, president biden heads to pennsylvania hoping to give a boost to john fetterman who's in a tight senate race with dr. mehmet oz. skyler henry, cbs news, washington. five months after a gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at a texas elementary school, angry relatives of the victims confronted the state police

chief. yesterday during a meeting in austin they demanded that texas department of public safety director steve mccraw resign. he's in charge of dozens of state troopers who along with hundreds of other law enforcement officers, waited more than an hour before confronting and killing the shooter. parents called on him to make good on his earlier vow to step down if his department was found culpable. >> if you are a man of your word, then you would -- you would retire. listen, you can get irritated all you want. i lost my damn son. your anger is not going to match mine, mine. >> i can tell you this right now -- dps as an institution, okay, right now did not fail the community. >> mccraw said a criminal investigation into the police response would be finished by the end of the year. and prosecutors in new mexico are now in charge of the investigation into last year's deadly shooting on the set of the movie "rust." the santa fe county

sheriff's department said it submitted findings to the district attorney's office without recommendations on possible charges. cinematographer halyna hutchins was shot and killed when a gun alec baldwin was rehearsing with went off. baldwin said he did not pull the trigger and didn't know who put a live round in the weapon. a tennessee man who dragged a washington, d.c., police officer into the violent mob during the january 6th capitol riot was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison. the 43-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting officer michael fanone. he grabbed the officer and yelled, "i've got one," before rioters beat and kicked him and shocked him with his own taser. the officer said that the incident gave him a heart attack and a traumatic brain injury. coming up, heroic actions. how a bus driver helped save passengers during a hijacking in new york city. later, rihanna drops a new single.

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good morning. it's friday october 28. on kpix5 news, twitter take over is complete with elon musk at the helm. a look at the changes he is

already said to be making. now that the take over is official, what does that mean for users? experts weigh in. we'll break down the hotly out your trick or treat forecast. i will have hot spots when it comes to traffic. already busy in the altamont. travel times are coming up. why are you covering your ears? [ laughter ] >> spooky season is here. some of us on the morning team, we went to fright fest and six flags. some were more scared than others. a look at our terror tour later this morning. >> is that you screaming, justin? >> nope. good morning. we have breaking news, there is an arrest in the ki