here we have users saying please tell me this isn't elon musk, tesla and twitter ceo? this users saying elon drops edible and is feeling it. let's take a look at this video of elon musk. this deepfake video that has gone viral on the web, which we can confirm is fake. it is a deepfake video. you may have heard of deepfake before. it is tech that uses ai to replace one person with another. we will get more into it later. this is the first time elon musk has gone viral on twitter with a deepfake. this video here, also that went viral last year, this is a deepfake of elon musk, not the first nor the last time he will be going viral over a deepfake video. >> have you been able to trace the creator of the video? >> we looked into it. we found the original post of this elon musk deepfake is a account on tiktok called platypus. 153,000 followers, 8 million likes. he is dedicated to posting and creating deepfakes. he's posted other celebrities as well such as andrew tate, but mostly elon musk with this red baseball cap. a big indicator here. if you see these videos of elon mus

and when it comes to elon musk, it's often hard to tell which that is. back in vegas, - we've been checking out some of the sports tech on show at ces. let me tell you about the time i ended up making a complete fool of myself on frank sinatra's golf course. mind you, it all started indoors. this is phigolf, an app and accompanying weird club ball hybrid thing that certainly does have about the right weight. the sensors in the ball tell the app how far your shot would have gone, and the app allows you to play online with friends wherever they are in the world. oh, there we go. straight down the green. more immersive is golfplus, a vr game that turns your controller into the club. i like the way my controller really does feel like a club. as i tap it on the ground, i can feel the controller vibrating. nice touch. once you got the hang of it, you can play on replicas of golf courses around the world. yes! got a seagull. i tell you, this vr lark really is getting quite realistic. it's pretty immersive and it does feel like i'm kind of on a golf course, but

elon musk, it's 'ust wednesda . �* ., , wednesday. efence _ wednesday. and david, what is mr musk's defence here? i wednesday. and david, what is mr musk's defence here? welll wednesday. and david, what is l mr musk's defence here? well he and his fellow _ mr musk's defence here? well he and his fellow defendants - mr musk's defence here? well he and his fellow defendants deny i and his fellow defendants deny any wrongdoing in this case and they said they had ever reason to believe that funding had been secured in order to take the company into private hands based on several meetings that had taken place with a saudi billionaire. now, they have an uphill task, his lawyers, in persuading thejury to uphill task, his lawyers, in persuading the jury to believe that based on the fact that the judge last year decided that the tweets in question were reckless and untrue as he put it, and the fact that the judge has denied a request by mr musk to move the trial out of san francisco to texas on the grounds that he doesn't think he will get a fa

i think he was nervous asking elon musk, with elon musk on the stand. british and as you know that is kind of authority and intelligence especially in backwater san francisco. but he was unsettled too and it took them a wild to get used to each other is what it felt like. >> and i have no comment on that. let's remind the audience that the plaintiff, the shareholders basically argued they lost money due to the price on tesla stock in the days that followed that 2018 take private tweet. what's fascinating for me as before he went near the courthouse the judge had made a pretrial decision of his own, a pretrial hearing decision about how those tweets should be interpreted. can you tell us about that back on? >> to kind of cutthroat, the judge's ruled that the tweets were false and reckless. those are kind of to big hurdles the shareholders have to clear to win their case. it's unusual, if not unprecedented, in a case like this for a judge to find that judge to find that ruling ahead of time and furthermore instruct the jury. so the trial has settled that

elon musk. with help from his defense attorney, worked to display those as an effort to level the playing field tesla and keep them up-to-date on and evolving situation. he emphasized the words, and considering. point if attorney suggested that the tweet was a reckless suggestion that the tesla buyout plan was more complete than it actually was. musk rejected that repeatedly, telling the jury that the tweets were absolutely what he believed. that it's right to the heart of what the jury must decide. >> the ultimate question is whether elon musk acted with the intent to manipulate the market by deceiving people. and so it can be that if the defense has made a case that elon musk had information that he did intend to do this and was acting in good faith and the circumstances changed, sure, that might be ill advised. sure, he maybe should not have done it and that is not enough to make the case for securities fraud. >> the so-called 420 tweet has already cost musk and tesla $20 million each in fine

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in the us, jury selection has begun in california for a civil case against the tesla owner, elon musk, which mr musk put out in 2018, which caused huge fluctuations in the tesla share price. the case is considering whether those tweets constituted fraud. it's being brought by investors who say the tweets were materially false and cost them billions of dollars. mr musk has already been fined $20 million by the american stock market regulator — he denies having been deceitful. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has been following and gave this update. well, as you say, this dates back more than four years to two tweets that elon musk put out, saying that he had reason to believe that he could acquire tesla, float it, basically, acquire it privately, and that funding had been secured for that. $70 billion in funding that was necessary. those two tweets caused the share price of the company to soar, only for it to plummet ten days later, when it became clear that funding had, indeed, not been secured. now, that group of shareholders are suing elon musk and other former and curre

selection is under way in san francisco, in a trial brought by tesla shareholders who are suing elon muskrs after the stock price plummeted. our north america correspondent david willis reports from los angeles. this all goes back to august 2018, more than four years ago, to two tweets that elon musk put out. one saying that he was considering taking tesla private. the follow—up tweet saying that he had secured the funding necessary to do that. that sent the company's stock price soaring, only for it to plummet ten days later when it became clear that he had not, in fact, secured the funding that was necessary to take tesla private. so now, some investors suing elon musk and some of his fellow former and current directors, basically claiming share—price manipulation and fraud. they are seeking undisclosed damages in a court in san francisco. elon musk is claiming that he did meet with a saudi billionaire investor on several occasions who could have potentially provided the funding needed for him to take the company private — but he is facing an uphill battle as far as thejury is facing an

elon musk said he was there to meet with jefferis but jeffrey says that was a running that happened by chance that jefferis ended up seeing musk and that was not a plan face-to-face after all. neil: keep us posted, great reporting. i see you're still chasing people, hours away having a baby, your relentless. thank you very much. hillary vaughn in the middle of that. pity the poor politician who bumps into hillary. steve forbes is with us in his reaction to all of this. it's interesting that he spent as much time as he did and maybe still in washington. i'm wondering why he is famously fast washington, what do you think? >> think you tried to do things that will do with the temperature around her. his become controversial and that's her twitter. i think he was to turn down the temperature. also hillary mentioned section 230, i think he wants to make sure that is not tampered with that would put twitter on the ropes again and i also think he has plans for twitter in terms of expanding it. perhaps going after google or other things. i don't think it's going to stay a message company. he w

maria: tesla, twitter, tesla was a big loser last year and, you know, the same ceo elon musk, what happenstion upset, fcc trying to stop that deal. >> first up with musk it's been debacle in terms for him, the twitter deal because of the tesla spider web. he basically needs to ultimately use as his personal atm machine to ultimately fund what's happening at twitter. right now it's about him finding a credible ceo, start to distant himself and black crowd over tesla stock fundamentally in my opinion and look at microsoft activation, game of thrones versus the fcc and ultimately wins and gets activation and this is important because the beltway continues to be against big tech and microsoft putting a line in the sand. i think that could cause more m&a, bigstick as well as financial buyers. maria: are there areas of tech that you think we will see deal, cloud, retail, where are the areas for mergers? >> cloud and cybersecurity. mid-cap names. ultimately the boards will look at this and view as time to hit the bid. ic names like oracle, microsoft, sap and adobe will be acquisitiontive and a lo

phil >> and the testimony from elon musk has just resumed.s on the stand for about 3 1/2 hours this morning and during that testimony a lot of the questions focused on what exactly did he mean and when did he make the decision in terms of sending the tweet back in 2018 about taking tesla private, considering taking tesla private at 4:20 with funding secured one question came into the -- from the attorney was, well, did you know that you had secured fund sng elon musk said, yes, because he had been talking the saudi investment fund. elon musk said, they were absolutely supportive of taking tesla private. unequivocally without hesitation, and in fact i asked them, i asked the head of the saudi investment fund if he was certain about being supportive and he said yes. again, this gets back to the question of did elon musk truly have support when he said funding secured at $420. also, by the way, he denied, and he did this on friday, when he tweets, that automatically people are going to make investment moves based on those tweets again, the testi

reporter: elon musk just wrapped up 5 hours of testimony.ing counsel dug who his due diligence on plan to take tesla private in 2018. first, elon musk argued he sent the tweet in haste, because "financial times" planned to publish an article with nonpublic information. they said why didn't you just wait? he sto sto responded. the cat is out of the bag, they could have known about the take, given they knew about information. i wanted to make sure all investors would be on an equal footing. that is what the trial will hinge on. >> tech take away, elon musk claims saudi public investment fund wanted to take company private, activities it was a verbal agreement, e-mails and text in court show saudi seeking more information before a formal written commitment. legal expert i'm talking to say this will be difficult to refute, the saudis will not be testifying in the case. and elon musk drew up a nuance, he was confident he is saudi investment lined up, he was willing to leverage his spacex shares to complete the transaction, jury decision will come

but as you said, elon musk is always up for a fight.n this case he is under a disadvantage because the judge ruled that the tweets were false. and the judge is going to tell that to the jury at the get-go. there are still other things that the jury has to decide, and it could still be resolved in elon musk's favor, but it is definitely a disadvantage for him going into this. ed: let's talk about mechanics. you have been my editor on more than one occasion, covering these blow-by-blow trials. the jury is key here and so are the mechanics. going through jury selection right now, and no surprise, some of the potential jurors had issues with elon musk, remember elon musk try to move the trial away from san francisco because he argued there was bias among the jury pool. but this is not going to happen quickly and elon musk will be a star witness. walk us through what happens from here ? peter:they are getting close to selecting a jury and they have been very carefully questioning the jurors about their views and whether they can commit to be

many of which have nothing to do with elon musk.ave interest rates going up which makes cars more expensive. you have competition from rival automakers. ford is bringing out these cars that were not around a few years ago that are really competitive. customers are taking a second look at other brands. really, there is this other problem. elon musk desperately wants to be considered funny. it is this desire that we see play out every day on his twitter account that may be starting to hurt his most important asset, his own reputation. at the end of the last quarter in december, the company started frank with -- frantically cutting prices. you might think he might have an epic quarter. they did not meet expectations. that sent the stock down further creating the sense of failure. you are starting to see investors, analysts, even some people who are big fans of tesla and big fans of musk say something that would have almost been unthinkable a couple of years ago. that is that musk needs to step back. he needs to find a way to spend less

also let's not forget the embroilment of tesla's ceo elon musk with twitter, which hasn't helped its prospects as well this is a chart of tesla today. >>> let's take a closer look at those inflation numbers. german consumer price inflation eased for a second month in a rein december coming in at 9.6% on the year. that's weaker than expected and significantly lower than the reading in the 12 months to november amid falling energy prices and government subsidisu. >>> energy prices moderated. on the year, consumer prices rose 5.9%. that's the lowest level in three months and well below the 6.3% economists had been expect charlotte joins us on the set. yesterday we saw positive reaction to the german inflation, german to the downside now it looks like a similar situation with france. >> as you said, positive surprise with this number for december, lower than expected. 6.7% of the numbers. in november looking at the details, they have the numbers energy easing thanks to low energy prices. manufacturing services also between 3% and 4%. food remains high. prices are up 12%. there is the exp

taking a deep dive into one of elon musk's most faithful supporters.he is twitters head of trust and safety and seems willing to overlook protocol to appease her new boss. she joins us now. first and foremost, who is ella? >> the head of trust and safety at twitter. and charge of a lot of the teams that work on keeping twitter safe, right? they used to take don't hate speech, this is the same group that for example was responsible for suspending president donald trump a few years ago. this is a pretty high-profile job a lot of the decisions we have seen very -- were very controversial. so the person has always been a high-profile role in that regard because the decisions made were so important to free speech on the internet. she stepped in to a very senior position under elon in just the last couple of months. ed: that was what i found interesting about this. we have done reporting together over recent months. and that was a name i didn't recognize. we documented on a day by day basis the people leaving twitter those who chose to stay so now my questio

but this isn't quite what elon musk had envisaged when he created the boring company.sk�*s initial idea was incredibly ambitious, that people in teslas would be transported into this huge network of tunnels and they'd be transported at more than 100mph using its autonomous features. this emphatically isn't that. for one, as you can see, these aren't robots driving these cars. these are real humans. secondly, they're not going at 100mph. not even close. they might be going at 30mph. and they're certainly not being transported from above. they're actually just going around what is effectively quite a small loop. however, even though this is pretty far away from what elon musk said he wanted to create, many people at ces loved it. excuse me, madam. i'm from the bbc, we'rejust asking people what they thought about the loop just now. i love it. you loved it? it's really cool. how much would you give it out of ten? ten. well, not quite everyone. it'sjust like the classic meme of, like, oh, let's reduce- the number of drivers i by linking them together and make it more effici

rockets they all -ot the on elon musk rockets they all got the _ the on elon musk rockets they allmes down to the fact of whether you as a nation want to have this capability. — you as a nation want to have this capability, to get your own satellites into space, or do you want _ satellites into space, or do you want to— satellites into space, or do you want to have to rely on the european space _ want to have to rely on the european space agency or nasa spacex to do the job? — space agency or nasa spacex to do the job? the point that was made earlier. _ the job? the point that was made earlier. if— the job? the point that was made earlier, if the uk was to have a launch— earlier, if the uk was to have a launch industry, the government is going _ launch industry, the government is going to _ launch industry, the government is going to need to invest. the fact of the matter— going to need to invest. the fact of the matter is that the united states launch— the matter is that the united states launch industry is subsidised by government contracts for these launches. — government contra

[laughter] >> it's the watercooler affect that elon musk has one -- effect that elon musk has when he the pot with his comments. many thought his cyber truck was heavily influenced by the delorean. many are wondering if there is more he's going to do. the other thing is you've got the entrepreneurial story of john delorean, elon musk. have been a lot of failed entrepreneurs building auto companies. maybe he always had john delorean in the back of his head as well. >> might have. i think the pricing to me is interesting. is that $75,000 in today's money, that is more expensive than your average tesla. so, john, pretty exciting for you. i wonder if he's going to start getting a little bit closer to that design as we get a little bit more information about his back to the future fandom. >> no doubt. the delorean itself, trying to make its own come back. speaking of come backs, after the weakness we saw last year and technology stocks, this is going to be one of those key weeks in the market. we have tesla reporting results. you've talked about microsoft reporting results. ahead of those,

even though elon musk said he could.is he going to take advantage of this?the trump team had no idea this is coming. they found that when we publish the article. i was told, that they did not meet with timor associates despite the fact that the trump team was trying to meet with them and trying to make it happen. is going to come back? i put five he will come back. simply because, like twitter, facebook is a critical platform for fundraising. if you want a lot of ads on facebook, you can get a lot of data. he'll need that for a competitive race in 2024. >> interesting is that there are lobbying and trying. so that is important to know that was happening. sarah, thank you very much. sarah is reporting there. now, lester david axelrod, former senior advisor to president obama and emma senior political commentator. to the point, you bet he will come back. but trumps reach on the platforms is huge. on his current social media platform, that he is part of, 5 million followers but facebook was 34,000,020 3 million on instagram, which are the two getting reinstated

regulators are investigat ing elon musk's role in self-driving car claims.y's public statements about its autopilot driver assistance system. not hurting the stock, it is still very close to session highs. session high for the stock about $180 and change, we're at 179-point of 66 up 12%. harris technologies rocketing higher by more than 7% after defense contractor reported better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter; however, the company did say margins were taking a hit from high material and labor input costs. shares of good year tire and rubber hitting the skids down three and one-third percent after the company said it will cut 5% of its salaried staff globally or 500 positions in an effort to reduce costs. goodyear expects to incur pre-tax charges of $55 million as a result of the cuts. the company also warned of a weak fourth quarter ahead of results which come out february 8. boy are we seeing a busy two-day cycle for buzzfeed up another 69 % at this hour, after soaring bias much as 203% yesterday. the stock building on to gains after a report

is elon musk do you think ready to expose how bad that was? important truth teller. had he not purchased twitter, we would not be in the situation we are in. we have known intuitively a lot of this was happening and big tech was colluding on misinformation. but we didn't have a lot of evidence until the twitter files came out. we are grateful to elon. i think he wants to be an honest broker in this. certainly the information that he has is critically important. i think all the american people are very interested in it. it's obvious what's happened certainly over the last two years. with the biden administration. and some of the federal agencies designed to serve and protect the american people have been turned against them. we have seen many examples of this over the last few years and we have to get to the bottom of it to make sure it doesn't happen again and correct it immediately. liz: the twitter files reveal growing number of government agencies were reaching out to twitter to manipulate the national conversation. so what -- how deep is th

because also, i don't think elon musk broke twitter.ith it what he intended to do. it was the global communities town hall, and he wanted to destroy it. it is where organizers went, it is where activists and journalists have gone to create movements right? and to give voice to people who don't have access. he wanted to destroy that. he did a great job of doing so. because right now, when i look at my comments, there are barrages of hateful, disgusting, racist things that we see that we weren't seeing several months ago. what does that, it makes people like me make a decision. do i continue to use my voice, or do i go someplace else? either way, he wins. >> yeah. i am with everybody here. herschel walker is an example of democracy actually having worked. kevin mccarthy is an example of democracy complicating his life as speaker. we have still got those two things that are pillar of democracy outwork. elon musk is in charge of a platform upon which democracy depends. in other words, our democracy depends on an informed electorate. twitter

on the call elon musk addressed turn i call elon musk addressed turn stomach calls that his antics ander have damaged sales. i have 127 million followers that continues to grow rapidly, suggesting i am reasonably popular. i might not be popular by some people, but for the vast majority of people, my follow count speaks for itself. twitter is an incredibly powerful tool for driving demand for tesla. d0 powerful tool for driving demand for tesla. do you think ou aet demand for tesla. do you think you get another— demand for tesla. do you think you get another tesla? - demand for tesla. do you think you get another tesla? i - you get another tesla? i wouldn't. is _ you get another tesla? i wouldn't. is at _ you get another tesla? i wouldn't. is at least - you get another tesla? i wouldn't. is at least onej wouldn't. is at least one consumer— wouldn't. is at least one consumer being - wouldn't. is at least one consumer being driven l wouldn't. is at least one - consumer being driven away. samira hussain, bbc news, new york. let's go to new york and speak to daniel ives from wedbush securit

elon musk, he is facing a class-action suit in a securities fraud case over those tweets dating back so as a refresher on august 7 of that year, musk tweeted he was quote, considering taking tesla private at $420 a share and that funding had been secured. he followed that up with another tweet, shareholders could sell at 420, hold their shares around go private. naturally investors got excited. that brought up the stock on his messaging and the price closed up 11% that day, but the gains were quickly wiped out and then some when the funding came into question. in court filings, interviews since then, musk argued he was being truthful and he did believe he had the support of saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund to do that deal. plaintiffs contend, he was aware of a 72 billion-dollar deal at the time would never go through. in a recent brief, they claimed investors lot millions of dollars with muck's fraught lend statements these were never have again lost to investors. he requested to move the trial from san francisco since he feels everyone there is biased against him with everything

the results but it's about the guidance and it's about investors trying to get confidence back on elon musknd musk trying to get the confidence of the market back as well, frank. >> we're seeing tesla shares down more than a percent and a half arjun, thank you as always. >>> turning our attention back to the broader markets, the major average has gotten off to a great start with the nasdaq up more than 8% but not everyone is on board with this january rally. china's reopening andweaker dollar has created a narrative on "fast money" last night he ci cites the reasons he's bearish >> we do think we will have a recession. the question is whether it's mild or less mild in the u.s. and europe we think that fundamentals are deteriorating, and the market has been moving up >> a lot of questions there. let's bring in annika. futures at session lows. what are you seeing? what's giving the markets pressure is it microsoft results or something else >> hi, frank good morning it's a combination of factors. first of all, perhaps the market is taking a breather it's been a helluva start for 2023 markets h

thank you to elon musk for doinn that.rybody owes this guy a big debt of gratitude. >> judge jeanine: gi couldn'tcol agree more. dana. >> dana: if you look back in history new year's, it's a good time to do that yoodu think back not only to just the past yearea but in the scope of things to come, when history bookse wasse written, people look at this period is a social media had been given this free rein for a igwhile because no one knew what it was going tcauso be like andt turns out to be something we realize oh, gosh, that's not very good. in fact it's actually destroying, leading to the destruction ofroys some parts or democracy. elon musk takeusk kes a pin andt the balloon and now we can have a chance to regroup and i think in the next year you might see attempt by congress to do something about it. however, congress is always behind the times and it comes t technology in the private secto. will have creative destruction and createcr something new and that something that elon musk is doing. >> tyrus: woke martyrdom. t

on trial, elon musk and his tweets. did everything too far in promoting tesla stock and fooling investors? here's our business and tech reporter, scott budman. >> reporter: musk is on trial not so much because of something he said about tesla stock, but specifically because of something he tweeted about tesla stock. and that is what makes this trial unique. first off, here's the tweet of the sent back on august 7th of 2018 saying he's considering taking tesla private at $420 a share. funding secured. seconding tesla stock flying as investors jumped in. >> this is straight up simple stock price manipulation. done in a very 2022 way by elon musk. >> reporter: then the stock fell, investors saying they were taken for a ride. >> it's more than making a public statement. it's making a really loudly amplified public statement. >> reporter: one potentially seen by tens of millions of people. some of whom are now suing saying musk owes them money. also on trial, musk's use of twitter. >> how much of musk's own personality, his o

what was going on in the mind of elon musk? right away shareholder attorney nicholas poric questioned musk about his relationship with twitter, how he uses it for corporate messages and sparked controversy, namely the thailand cave rescue incident, and how close associates even asked musk to step away from tweeting, but musk pushed back. he says his tweets do not directly affect things like changing stock prices and he described the years around 2018 as being "extremely painful" given how hard he was working at tesla. he almost seemed to convey a kind of physical exhaustion describing that time complaining about short sellers and people he says were trying to kill the auto company. so where is all this discussion going? well, a judge has already ruled that the so-called 4-20 tweet when musked he secured funding to make a tesla go private was false and misleading, but the plaintiffs need to convince the jury it was a tweet that cost them their money. that's why previous witnesses included angry tesla investors and a business exp

the >>> elon musk has wrapped up three days on the stand in san francisco. the ceo is on trial for securities fraud over a 2018 tweet about taking the company private. investigators claim it cost them millions. >> reporter: no complaints from elon musk today about his physical well-being. so a little less trauma in that regard compared to yesterday. but he did complain about this class-action lawsuit, which he calls outrageous. questions today continue to drill down on what was going on behind the scenes in the moments before and after the august seventh tweet, the clearing funding secured. elon musk with help from his defense attorney to trade those tweets is an effort to level the playing field among investors and keep them up-to-date on an involving situation. emphasizing the words, and considering. the plaintiff attorney suggested the tweet was a reckless suggestion that that tesla buyout plan was more complete than it was. he rejected that, repeatedly telling the jury that the tweets were absolutely what he believed. that gets right to the heart of what

and elon musk will buy disney.llion because of all the taxes they owe since desantis took away their state status. i think crime will continue to escalate and the power outages will be eventually connected to the crimes. criminals are getting clever. >> you know what's interesting is bob iger is doing the gum thing. they are going to stay in their lane, not do the cultural stuff, and he already veered off it. we'll see if musk buys disney. save the mouse and minnie mouse. mickey and minnie. happy new year from all of us at "the five." we love you. [♪♪] >> coming up at 9:00 eastern, the all-american new year on the fox news channel. >> 10 eastern, 9 central in two hours. we have plenty of surprises in store. you can see we are live in times square, colorado, and nashville. brantly gilbert and jelly roll will be here a

also bullish for tesla elon musk on the call telling analysts his company may produce as many as 2 million the cars this year with demand at least right now out stripping supply listen to what he had to say >> thus far in january, we have seen the strongest orders year to date than ever in history we currently are seeing quarters almost twice the rate of production it's hard to say if that will continue, but orders are high. we actually raised the model y price in response to that. we think demand will be good despite probably contraction in the auto market as a whole >> it is not all good news for tesla. gross auto margins came in at 26%. lowest level in five quarters. musk warning that $2 million production number could be close to $800 million due to fricking force majeure somewhere on earth. musk thinks a chinese ev maker is the toughest competition in the years ahead. as for the tesla truck, look for the bottom line to hit in a very big way next year. >> big numbers there a rough ride for tesla stockholders maybe good news this morning silvana henao, thank you >>> let's get back to br

and elon musk tweeted the exact same thing, he called that creepy, and it just resonated with me. you're in conjunction with elon -- lauren: i read that, and i thought it was sod. stuart: what do you think could be revealed in these files? >> i i i i think it has to ininclude answers on gain of function research, otherwise it wouldn't be that bill of -- big of a sell, that big of a tease going into it. you mentioned who's celebrating the ken mccarthy the stuff -- kevin mccarthy, democrats. who's not celebrating? democrats. even if it requires censorship, they don't want that information out there because 235u chi's ad god to them. they know this information's going to be used by house republicans. you've interviewed james comer multiple times. they're going to have this information if it is the bombshell that elon musk is tweeting about. stuart: all they've got to do is get a speaker. wouldn't that be cool? look at futures, please. first trading day of the new year. there's some green there. 150 up for the dow, 100 for the nasdaq. >>> the cofounder of home depot, bernie marcus, he

elon, musk really thought that he could send such a requirement. 80 hours a week. well, he hoped to the end it didn’t happen dissenting musk continued to issue wolf tickets, they simply stopped being allowed into the billionaire’s office, he was afraid of sabotage, the building symbol stops working until monday, it’s not clear. why it happened but of course, the paranoia we've been seeing in the whelan mask in recent days has apparently led to the interruption of this building. according to this intonation, leading nbc, it was not difficult to assume that lubricants the american left did not fold the libertarian conservative, he was taken with hostility from the very beginning and it happened, because who focused on the liberal consensus hit the dollar in november and december, the company lost advertisers, and the state of the mask itself decreased by $ 200 billion twitter lost a huge part of the income due to pressure on advertisers. although content moderation has not changed. they're trying to destroy freedom of speech in america and when they s

we will hear from elon musk wednesday afternoon. expectation after the company reports its q4 results, and again, there's so much of that conference call will be focused on auto gross margins. that's really what investors in tesla right now are focused on they're not as much focused on what's happening with this lawsuit? >> what is the up shot of the lawsuit? what is at stake for tesla and shareholders >> with regard to this lawsuit >> yes,with how this goes. >> remember, these are in investors who their claim is, look, we lost money because we believed that you had this locked in to take this company private, and as a result whether we were trading on the stock or trading on options, we lost money when we found out that you didn't have this locked in so when you say funding secured, you're responsible for the losses that we incurred as traders. elon musk's response is, look, i didn't do anything to hurt people this was not a case where i was just willy nilly about throwing this tweet out there i believed i had funding secured throu

jufy jury selection has begun in california against the tesla owner elon musk.tituted fraud. and has brought investigations into whether the tweets were materially false. he denies having been deceitful. our north american correspondent david willis has been following the case. this dates back more than four years to two tweets that elon musk put out, saying that he had reason to believe that he could acquire tesla basically, privately, and that funding had been secured for that. $70 billion in funding was necessary. those two tweets because the share price of the company to soar, only for it to plummet ten days later, when it became clear that funding had indeed not been secured. that group of shareholders are suing elon musk and otherformer and current directors of tesla for undisclosed damages, claiming that basically they committed fraud in share price manipulation. so, what we have here, is elon musk being sued by his investors for remarks that he made on a social media platform that he himself later acquired to the shady grin of many of those same investor

what was going on in the mind of elon musk? now, right away, shareholder attorney nicholas poret questioned musk about his relationship with twitter. how he uses it for corporate messaging and sparked controversy. namely the thailand cave incident. and how close associates even asked musk to step away from tweeting. but musk pushed back saying his tweets do not directly affect things like changing stock prices and he described the year around 2018 as being quote extremely painful unquote. given how hard he was working at tesla. he almost seemed to convey a kind of physical exhaustion describing that time. complaining about short sellers and people he says were trying to kill the auto company. so where is all of this discussion going? well a judge has already ruled that the so-called 420 tweet when musk said he had secured funding to take tesla private was false and misleading but the plaintiffs need to convince a jury it was the tweet that cost them their money. that is why the previous witnesses included angry tesla investors