lauren hirsch from the new york times, you've been reporting on this in detail.pping however long it took but to happen so quickly really took us all by surprise. ho di that happen? it was incredible. i was outside a show texting with a source just to touch l base and my source goes, a deal could happen - maybe monday, maybe not. i was like, "what are you talking about? . it happened at an - exceptionally fast speed. to take a step back, - elon musk put the offer out there without any financing. there was a lot of scepticism that was real, it wasn't - legitimate and he lined up on wednesday, displayed i on thursday and all of a sudden it became very real. _ and the board was faced i with the decision of looking at it's prospect of standing . alone and what its long—term business trajectory was. and there was this sense that frankly, it was limited. - there's a of challenge right now with social i media companies, the advertising business is under pressure. - they came to the conclusion that perhaps elon musk- was not a desirable buyerj but he was the only buyer a

claire atkinson, vivian schiller, chris williams and lauren hirsch.the usual time next week. for now, thanks for watching. bye— bye. hello, there. for most parts of the country it has been a dry april overall, but for some, the final day of the month has brought quite a change in fortunes. this was the scene for a weather watcher in the western isles, cloud and outbreaks of rain. contrast that with this picture from hampshire with blue skies overhead, albeit with a bit of high cloud turning the sunshine quite hazy, but you can see that for much of the day, england and wales has seen spells of sunshine. up towards the north—west though, cloud, outbreaks of rain, heavy rain at that, the wettest weather we have had for quite some time. this is how it will look for the start of the evening, some of the late brightness down towards the south—east, 17 degrees there for london, but cloud and outbreaks of rain further north and west and that will push south—eastwards as we head through the night. the rain will tend to weaken as it goes, not much rain going in