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in his opening monologue, the tesla and spacex founder disclosed he has asperger's syndrome.he first person with asperger's to host the show or at least the first to admit it. later he played a financial analyst who called the crypto-currency dogecoin a hustle. dogecoin lost more than a third of its price after the show. >>> hours after appearing on "snl," musk's spacex company set a milestone. >> four, three, two, one, zero, ignition and liftoff. >> early yesterday morning, it used the same falcon 9 first stage booster rocket for a record tenth time. the rocked blasted off from cape canaveral carrying the latest batch of 60 starlink internet satellites into orbit. >>> global citizen says that its vax live, the concert to reunite the world, raised more than $300 million. ♪ jennifer lopez was one of the performers on saturday. global citizen says that the money will help provide more than 26 million doses of the vaccine around the world. meghan markle and her husband prince harry served as campaign chairs. >> if we work together to bring vaccines to every country and continent

>> he also talked about having asperger's, talked about his son's name, and his mom, who joined him onore. i don't know, were you expecting all of this, brian? >> you know, i think this is smart booking by snl to bring in someone controversial and unexpected. musk does have some really troubling and controversial comments in his past. but he's also this larger than life billionaire figure, and snl's drawing attention, bringing in cultural energy by having him host. you mentioned he revealed something about his, you know, his background. here's what he said about having asperger's. >> i'm actually making history as the first person withes abergers to host snl. or at least the first to admit it. so i won't make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight, but i'm pretty good at running human and emulation mode. >> i did like that joke about pretending to be human in emulation mode. there was a lot of comedy that of course was tech oriented. however some people on the internet, on social media pointed out dan aykroyd hosted snl more than once and talked about having asperger's, so technica

and then he spoke about having asperger's and then got applause the first saturday night host to haveness worked for him. it was kind of like time in your high school show, when the jock got up and sang a song everybody couldn't believe it this was out of character so for the whole show he was playing against teach and it really worked. maria: yeah. i mean, it was interesting that he revealed that he has asperger's syndrome in the opening monologue, and you know, this is a serious, serious syndrome we talk about mental disease a lot. and the fact that we're nowhere -- in terms of treatment for things like asperger's or alzheimer's or autism and yet the fact that he made fun of himself sort of took away the questions about it. you say that's the way to go. you have to be tiebl make fun of yourself. >> yeah. and kind of -- so people know going in what's going to happen. i mean, in the only with asperger's people are familiar request this stuff years ago when you talk about asperger's people didn't know it and didn't know people with it now most know someone who is on spectrum people are

obviously he kind of muted the early criticism by coming out with the asperger's thing which i didn'tever said that before. i think the dogecoin update was very funny. but he was kind of wooden at other times as you would expect from a nonshow business guy. >> sure. and i want to turn now to tonight's brand-new episode of the cnn original "the story of late night" which is how johnny carson navigated late night history. >> my experience with late night television was all about my relationship with my dad. ♪ my dad was a comedy maven. he would say, all right, you can stay up late to watch johnny because he knew how much it meant to me. he'd always say, we'll just watch the monologue. >> i understand we have a special group tonight of little league mothers here. [ laughter ] who brought a couple of old bats along also. >> they'd go to commercial, and he'd say, let's just see if they do carnac. >> a 100-yard dash. [ laughter ] >> it was funny and he was sharp. he had this aura about him. >> what happens after you eat a hundred-yard prune? [ laughter ] johnny carson was not black or white

saturday was the first time it appears musk publicly acknowledged having aspergers. >> i'm pretty goodey're a digital money instead of controlled by a central government, they're decentralized using block chain technology. >> it's a hustle >> yeah, a hustle. >> reporter: on the heels of multiple cryptocurrency jokes, the value of dogecoin, created in 2013 as a joke, fell 30%, banks on musk's notoriety and his 50 million plus twitter followers, nbc sought to capitalize been live streaming snl for the first time nationally in more than 100 countries. musk's selection as host was not without some controversy his past tweets downplaying the severity of the pandemic and mocking gender pronouns, as well as his enormous pandemic time profits created some blowback. >> to anyone i offended, i want to say, i reinvented electric cars and i'm sending people to mars in a rocket ship. [ applause ] >> did you think i was also going to be a chill, normal dude >> reporter: ratings were pretty good for the show. we'll send it back to you guys. >> pretty good job thank you, joe >>> coming up next, a lot

the fact of the matter is asperger's -- >> what is the evidence that those conditions cause people tore isn't any? >> no, there is definitely evidence to say that somebody with asperger's, guy way of example, does not take or receive social cues the way others do. when the government is aware of that, when the government has a duty and an obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence to me and they don't. and when they deal with people with vulnerabilities by putting them in solitary confinement, somebody has to speak up. if the only way to get you and everyone else to understand that you are as accountable as i am and everybody else is about permitting this to occur in our nation, then i'll do it. i'll do it all day long. vulgarity gets and drives your sound bites, and i'm here to exploit it. >> again, i'll only state again that whatever conditions you listed there, they do not cause people to commit violence. there is not evidence of that -- >> there is no evidence -- there is no evidence of my client's violence. it's important when there's a dialogue that you permit someone to talk.

. >> making history tonight as the first person with asperger's to host "snl." or at least the first to admit it. >> reporter: but his appearance as host of "saturday night live" is not without controversy. he's drawn criticism for his reaction to safety efforts by alameda county health officials at the tesla plant in fremont at the start of the covid-19 pandemic. and has drawn concern over skeptical tweets about the covid-19 vaccines. comments he has, since, reversed saying he fully supports them. >> i do like the opening skits of "saturday night live." >> reporter: san francisco state university media professor says he is definitely a lightning will be capitalizingernational figure. love him or hate him. i do think there is a lot of appeal, in someone who's so controversial. >> reporter: musk is actually making history in a second way. this broadcast is the first to be live streamed around the world for this group of tesla owners, they're just hoping that their billionaire hero, elon musk, makes a good impression. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> okay. i

were surprised at how well he did, and made news too announcing he is on the autism spectrum with asperger'sg waves across the board. >> only the second with that syndrome to host "snl. >>> still to come, the tearful reunion of a military fe awind her family ago ♪ this is a cold call! ♪ hello, my name is ice t. can you spare a few seconds to learn about cold water washing with tide? hi my name is steve. did you know washing in cold can save you $100 a year on your energy bill. why wouldn't you turn to cold? it helps the environment. what? because stone cold said so. plus, tide cleans great in cold. ♪ this was a cold call! ♪ ♪♪ mix up a treat and a little fun with kellogg's rice krispies. so you want to make the best burger ever? then make it! that means cooking day and night until... [ ding ] success! that means... best burger ever. intuit quickbooks helps small businesses be more successful with payments, payroll, and banking. ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and get the same fast relief in a delightful chew with pepto bismol chews. what's the #1 retinol brand u

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revealing he has asperger's syndrome. he joked that dogecoin was a hustle. >>> oh my god.that's right when 90-mile-per-hour winds reportedly shattered part of the bridge leaving him dangling more than 300 feet in the air. crews managed to help him crawl to safety. yeah, no thank you. >> yikes. >>> next, evidence that the friendly skies aren't always so friendly. >> look at this plane flying near miami. it was taking off just as a lightning storm was passing through. the lightning looked like it was right outside the plane, but the pilots eventually flew safely out of sight. >>> next, some maternal bonding on both sides of the glass. >> it happened at a zoo in boston. a mother gorilla was watching as a new mom held her 5-week-old son up to the glass. >> keke the gorilla even tried to hold the baby's hand, and after several tender minutes, she showed off her own son, pablo. the strength of a mother's bond. >>> another thing we never thought we'd see. >> there is now a pizza vending machine on the streets of rome. it cooks fresh pies in three minutes. one italian said, it's o

funny in bed with his mother and joked about his childhood twitter messages and his struggle with asperger's syndrome us based radio and kerry harrison believes it was all one big joke. every single thing that was important to him was brought out on saturday night live and he saw him playing a fake financial advisor during one of the skits where he had to explain what is dozed point and then at the very end the joke was well that it's a hoax or better yet a hustle and he agreed but he did so he's a big proponent of dos quite as we all know he is there for one thing and one thing only like all of his appearances they're big they're thunderously loud and this is the 1st time ever since 1975 since saturday night live started that it has been an internationally streamed good for the network but it's better for elon musk and so they do a trade he's not coming on and going to read somebody's script per se but he's coming on to be him to show you and me that he's a good guy bringing on his mother and then being generally self-deprecating was a very interesting bit of damage control i think with all

>> it dropped. >> we should note he's not the first host who has asperger's.gecoin dropped because it's based on nothing but because it's a hustle. his word. >> people were like, oh, snap. >> when elon speaks, people listen. >> they do. it was very applauded. people applauded him for his admission. >> i thought he did great. he played all different kind of characters. as anthony said, you got to see a different side. >> you did. >> nice. >>> let's talk about mother's day. and the ultimate mother's day gift -- look at what toronto raptors's star surprised his mom with yesterday putting chocolates, flowers, the bill i paid yesterday, and cards to shame. watch this. >> so this house, this is -- [ laughter ] >> the nba veteran surprised his mom with a new house. she freaked out in the best way possible. he thanked her for being a super mom saying with dad being gone we haven't had a place to call home. >> amazing. >>> six seconds to go. angelina jolie coming up in the next hour. this shot is our shot...our opportunity. covid-19 has taken so much from so many. but

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. >> elon musk revealed he has asperger's syndrome which is on the autism spectrum.r's day, he showed up with his mom too >> his mom is great. the billionaire caused the cryptocurrency dutch coin to plunge nearly 30% after he jokingly called it a hustle on weekend update >> good stuff on there a lot of people were surprised how he did because he is controversial. >> we're saying he didn't disappoint but the bar was fairly low for him. >> right >> it's mixed out there. i've heard elon bust coming based on this performance. a little bit mixed but he is not an actor he is not a comedian >> miley did a great job trrdarmol ahead, an exaoiny ment captured on video between two mothers at a boston zoo ll! ♪ hello, my name is ice t. can you spare a few seconds to learn about cold water washing with tide? hi my name is steve. did you know washing in cold can save you $100 a year on your energy bill. why wouldn't you turn to cold? it helps the environment. what? because stone cold said so. plus, tide cleans great in cold. ♪ this was a cold call! ♪ ♪♪ mix up a treat and a little

. >> i'm making history tonight as the first person with asperger's to host snl. >> what are cryptocurrency? >> a type of digital money. decentralized using >> reporter: musk played an icelandic doctor. he played himself as the leader of the first mission to mars. >> this is elon musk. >> who? >> reporter: the show -- >> what about that time we robbed a bank and he refused to wear a mask? >> okay. for a while, i thought masks were dumb. now i admit, masks make sense. >> reporter: with great ambitions, who knows what elon may launch next. >> moving markets while >>> an mother's day around the bay area starting off with clear skies in some places seeing warm temperatures. i'll show you san jose to start things off. 56 degrees but look inland out towards fairfield, 69 degrees this morning as the north wind pick up. we'll see numbers in the 80s, near 90 degrees toward concord and fairfield for the afternoon. 70 san francisco, low 80s in san jose, and our highs the next few days set to climb monday and tuesday. a closer look at the red flag conditions coming up at 7:00. >>> straight ahead, highs

spacex ceo revealed publicly that he has aspergers's syndrome and bitcoin seeing dropoff in hours aftere gop likely to remove congressman liz cheney from her post as house republican conference chair over her opposition to former president trump. our political panel is here to discuss this and other top stories. let's bring in king's college senior fellow and constitutional attorney mark smith and served on the trump campaign's transition team and former deputy assistant to president bill clinton and cofounder of third way matt bennett, gentlemen, welcome. >> good to be here. mike: leadership-leadership shake-up. here is kevin mccarthy on sunday morning futures. kevin: takeover of government and rising of taxes and the damage that will be done that we cannot come back before. that's why we need a conference that's united. matt, what are your thoughts? >> first of all, none of that is true. we are not seeing inflation that we have never seen before. we are barely seeing inflation but what mccarthy is desperately doing change subject where it has sat in the last few weeks, his efforts and

musk making headlines while hosting "saturday night live" over the weekend, revealing that he has asperger'sy have moved markets. eva pilgrim has more at a tesla showroom in brooklyn. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael. when elon musk, the multibillionaire owner of tesla speaks, people listen, but it may not be what they wanted to hear. >> ladies and gentlemen, elon musk! >> reporter: billionaire elon musk making his late-night debut hosting "saturday night live." the tech giant poking fun at himself and his sometimes controversial persona. >> i reinvented electric cars and i'm sending people to mars on a rocket ship. [ applause ] did you think i was also going to be a chill, normal dude? >> reporter: and also making a personal revelation. >> i'm actually making history tonight as the first person with asperger's to host "snl," or at least the first to admit it. so i won't make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight. >> reporter: and while the tesla and spacex founder landed some jokes, his comments on cryptocurrency moved the market. but some investors weren't laughin

. >> i'm actually making history tonight as the first person with asperger's to host snl.t are cryptocurrencies? >> they're a type of digital money but instead of being controlled by a central government they're decentralized by blockchain technology. >> oh, so it's a hustle. >> yeah, it's a hustle. >> he played a stage manager to a doctor and even part of the super mario game. musk played himself as the leader of the first mission to mars. >> chad, this is elon musk. >> who? >> reporter: the show also took aim at musk's controversial face mask opinions. >> yeah, what about that time we robbed a bank and he refused to wear a mask? >> okay. for a while i thought masks were dumb. but now i think masks make sense. >> reporter: musk was the first business leader to host the show since donald trump in 2015. and with great ambitions, who knows what elon may launch next. >> okay. >>> coming up, in the spotlight today behind the scenes of the invasion of iraq, we'll take you back to 2003 with a look at how president bush convinced the country it needed a war without evidence. >>>

when the decision was first announced, in the opening monologue, the space-x ceo referenced his asperger's first to acknowledge it and dan ak corrode is actually the first of the dan aykroyd actually is the first. and he cracked jokes about his son's unique name and even his mom and given musk's appearance, the show brought the third highest ratings of the season. and still don't understand what dogecoin is. >>> a chinese booster rocket that made an uncontrolled reentry back to earth landed in the indian ocean sunday after a weekend of uncertainty. the rocket's reentry started over the mediterranean with debris spotted over parts of the middle east before splashing down in the indian ocean near the maldives. it launched the main portion of china's new space station on march 29th. the standard practice is to fall into an unoccupied area, and china elected not to do that letting the rocket fall out of orbit on its own uncontrollably with the possibility of hitting an occupied area. it's not the first time space debris has re-entered uncontrollably. nasa administrator bill nelson said in part

in his opening monologue too, elon musk revealed he as asperger's.o pronounce his son with grimes' name. i think i missed that part. >> yeah, it was -- he didn't really explain it. but not that you could. we asked that question on our twitter page, msnbc weekends. how did elon musk do, how do you rate his performance? priceless, the price of free tv or one dogecoin. by 43%, the price of free tv. >> feel free to weigh in, the poll is still going and thank you for watching. i'm lindsey reiser. >> i'm ken gibson. we'll be back next weekend. "velshi" starts now. >>> today on "velshi" texans are rising up in protest against republican efforts to make texas one of the hardest states to cast a ballot. and the news out of the bizarre and dangerous partisan recount in arizona gets even stranger. why the maricopa county sheriff is now weighing in. >>> plus my interview with legendary author michael lewis on his astounding new book about the underground experts that were sounding the alarms as the trump administration was telling us everything was fine in the f

the tesla ceo and spacex founder revealed that he has asperger's syndrome, and he got some loud cheersthis is a condition falling on the autism spectrum that causes one to interpret the environment around them differently. it's not to be the first time that he has spoken about his condition. she didn't stop there. he also made an unexpected candid critique of the dogecoin crypto currency. he called the social media fueled digital currency, quote, a hustle. it cause the coin to lose 30% of its value over the weekend. musk will be doing something to change that too. he said next year's and spacex mission to the moon will be paid for using dogecoin. >>> oh, no. this small whale was stuck, but then got free four hours after he got lodged along the river in london. it was trapped in one of the locks there. that area that is used to boats. onlookers were cheering as this rescue team arrived to help the whale. of that performed a check up at the rivers edge before rescuers moved to a safer location. experts say the whale is still at high risk because it is hurt and it is hundreds of miles awa

musk also revealing for the first time that he has asperger's syndrome. cryptocurrency enthusiast wrapped up the monologue with his mom that he's gifting her dogecoin which took a tumble, 30% down, after musk jokingly described the cryptocurrency as a hustle. >>> some new fallout in the criminal probe into rudy giuliani after the feds raided his apartment and office. in a new washington post op-eded, george conway explains what he thinks trump has to fear from rudy giuliani. conway writes, quote, if giuliani has anything to offer prosecutors to save himself, it would have have to be trump. the only bigger fish left. it was arguably criminal for the then president to have used his official powers to try to coerce foreign officials into aiding his re-election campaign. in fact, giuliani said he wasn't conducting foreign policy but merely helping trump personally is exactly what would make the scheme prosecutable. join onning me is anthony scaramucci, founding partner of skybridge capital and former communications director under donald trump. thanks for join

also revealing for the first time that he has asperger syndrome. going for moms today. which by the way, is a cryptocurrency that took a tumble this week. because musk jokingly describe this whole thing as a side hustle. so he's joking about his tweets, but really they do have a direct effect on the market. >> they really do move markets. dutch kill and he has been investor -- is a dog or dog? >> those. >> we're still saying -- it's been settled. [laughs] it's a new hour >>. , in new details on that and why nasa is calling out the chinese government. >> a major shakeup could be awaiting the republican party this week as house republican leaders ready to remove congresswoman lives cheney from her leadership role. democratic congressman jake -- reacting moments ago right here. >> the gop is giving marjorie taylor greene a standing ovation and a green -- i think it's already shown they are invested in the big lie. i think the gop is trying to decide whether believes in truth or it believes in trump. >> plus, 10,000 dollar cash prizes. a trip to barbad

kicked off the evening joking about what he was like as a child and also revealing that he has asperger'sost snl. the first time he's ever spoken about this diagnosis publicly, you guys. he went on to appear in many sketches, including this one, dressing up as wario from the classic nintendo games. and then in the weekend update, the self-proclaimed doge father explained what it really is. >> what is it, man? >> i keep telling you, it's a cryptocurrency you can trade for conventional money. >> oh. so it's a hustle. >> yeah, it's a hustle. >> why didn't you say that, man? >> the doge father indeed. but while he made jokes about dogecoin on tv, another thing happened. the price plunged roughly 36% at one point, but it was a win for the ratings. early numbers showing that people tuned in to watch. his monologue already has 4.5 million views on youtube, you guys. >> definitely seeing elon musk in a different light. but i would -- the dogecoin thing, i would trust a man who went from number 35 on the billionaire's list to number two in a year, so yeah. >> it did start as a joke, and now he's o

pete: i'm first person who host "snl" with asperger's then he said, at least the first one to admit ithe got a good laugh. he played it well in all the skits. jedediah: it is like hit or miss for me. he did pretty well. pete: he did. we'll turn to a few additional headlines, starting with a fox news alert. an urgent manhunt is underway in denver after a police officer is shot responding to trespassing call. just an average trespassing call, what could go wrong. the officer is shot in the leg. he is in the hospital as a critical condition. officials identified him as five-year veteran of the police force. the suspect has not been identified. think about that officer. >>> china claims debris from its rocket ship returned safely to earth. space media, consider the source, it landed in the ocean near the maldives. u.s. space command confirmed it reentered over the arabian peninsula. but they did not give a landing spot. experts fear it could have landed in america after it cast caught in an uncontrol orbit. lawrence: we'll have to -- pete: i think so. lawrence: city ahead the white house i

. >> i am making history as the first person with asperger's to host snl.>> hardly the first to admit it. do not make a lot of content with the cast tonight. i would like to share with you my vision for the future. i believe in a renewable energy future. i believe humanity must be a spacefaring -- spacefaring civilization. those seem like good goals, don't they? i think if i just posted that on twitter, i would be fine. i also write things like 69 days after 420 -- i do not know. i thought it was funny. that is why i wrote haha at the end. that is just how my brain works. to anyone i have offended, i want to say, i reinvented electric cars and i am sending people to going to be a dude? host: that was a story about his monologue at "saturday night live." that is it for our program. for all things falling on politics is the week plays out in as the house comes back, and you can go to our website. we wish all of you in the audience who are mothers a happy mother's day today and we will see you tomorrow. thank you for watching. [captioning performed by the nati

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he has asperger�*s and doesn't like crowds.have hooks with my granddaughter but i'm still only about six choir singers in our massive church —— hugs. strangely mixed rules. please keep those tweets coming in. the headlines on bbc news. borisjohnson urges people to remain cautious as coronavirus restrictions in england, wales and most of scotland are relaxed again today. friends and family are allowed to hug each other again in many places — but the prime minister has urged people to get tested twice a week, and get the vaccine when called. limited numbers of people are now also able to meet inside pubs, restaurants and homes. foreign holidays can also begin again for some uk residents — but only to a limited number of destinations. as fighting between israel and the palestinians enters its second week, palestinian officials say yesterday was the deadliest day in gaza — while hamas militants have continued firing rockets into israel. police have arrested four men in connection with a video which showed anti—semitic abuse being s