i would be surprised if elon musk is the man— would be surprised if elon musk is the man who _ would if elon musk is the man who manages to - would be surprised if elon musk is the man who manages to fracture | would be surprised if elon musk is- the man who manages to fracture the anglo-american— the man who manages to fracture the anglo—american alliance, _ the man who manages to fracture the anglo—american alliance, and - the man who manages to fracture the anglo—american alliance, and the - a:r1glo—american alliance, and the! § my 22:2z:55..e.e.:.::.e.......:.;.. ainglo—american alliance, and the § my flavour 2:77? ainglo—american alliance, and the § my flavour politics but he not my flavour politics but he was elected _ not my flavour politics but he was elected president of the us, and i think— elected president of the us, and i think that — elected president of the us, and i think that even in donald trump's circles— think that even in donald trump's circles there must be an ounce of nervousness about this guy who thinks _ nervousness about this guy who thinks that he can buy

particularly from elon musk. , , , ., elon musk. its interesting you said him not _ elon musk.im not referring to elon musk and he said i'm not individualising this to elon musk. but the problem is these attacks are coming thick and fast from elon musk. it is difficult for the government to ignore this, now that elon musk is about to be in a powerful position in the us?- position in the us? yes, arguably _ position in the us? yes, arguably he _ position in the us? yes, arguably he is _ position in the us? yes, arguably he is already i position in the us? yes, arguably he is already inj position in the us? yes, i arguably he is already in a powerful position as the world's richest man and the owner of x. his influence will increase. it is difficult for the government to ignore it. not least when elon musk�*s comments dominate the headlines and he makes these attacks on the british government. he said i won't tolerate politicians jumping on the bandwagon. the focus was on politicians here, on particularly on the conservative party. who he accused ofjumping on the bandwagon. he sa

elon musk is clearly— it is untenable. elon musk is clearly overstepping.straining him. it is absolutely the right move for european leaders to speak out against — european leaders to speak out against this, but it needs to be against this, but it needs to he a — against this, but it needs to be a much more of a sort of whole — be a much more of a sort of whole of— be a much more of a sort of whole of society and society's leaders. _ whole of society and society's leaders, condemning the unhelpful, and also very harmfui— unhelpful, and also very harmful intervention that elon musk— harmful intervention that elon musk is— harmful intervention that elon musk is making. ultimately, the cheque — musk is making. ultimately, the cheque on— musk is making. ultimately, the cheque on elon musk presumably needs— cheque on elon musk presumably needs to — cheque on elon musk presumably needs to be donald trump. there is no _ needs to be donald trump. there is no evidence that trump intends _ is no evidence that trump intends to restrain elon musk's use of— intends to r

even that elon musk is tom's right-hand| elon musk is tom's right—hand quy' elon musk is tom's right—handtom's right—hand guy, ithink, on elon musk is tom's right—hand guy, i think, on this front especially with social networking and with a long's ownership of acts i think it will be very favourable to the world of social media. that said i do worry about the potential for regulatory things that could happen that could favour x and disadvantage the more open platforms hopefully we will not see that happen. i will say that one of the things that has been great is many people have been on an ex— have been searching for more open opportunities and open platforms, specifically because they do not want to be trapped in a specific platform, they do not agree with the moderation policies. l115 not agree with the moderation olicies. ,, , ., ., , policies. us safety regulators have opened _ policies. us safety regulators have opened a _ policies. us safety regulators have opened a new _ policies. us safety regulators have opened a new probe - policies. us safety regulators| have opened a new probe

i don't think— they respond to elon musk. i don't think the _ they respond to elon musk.enoch and the conservatives is, how can you -et the conservatives is, how can you get to— the conservatives is, how can you get to a _ the conservatives is, how can you get to a point by the next election when _ get to a point by the next election when it— get to a point by the next election when it feels like it is kemi badenoch against keir starmer? at the moment it feels like kemi badenoch versus nigel farage and it is not _ badenoch versus nigel farage and it is not helping her. we badenoch versus nigel farage and it is not helping her.— is not helping her. we will talk today about — is not helping her. we will talk today about the _ is not helping her. we will talk today about the nhs _ is not helping her. we will talk today about the nhs a - is not helping her. we will talk today about the nhs a lot - is not helping her. we will talk today about the nhs a lot and | is not helping her. we will talk. today about the nhs a lot and the government is punishing two publishing plans ——

countries -- companies are investing in the sand of elon musk will be sitting there and elon musk had a difficult relationship with mark zuckerberg. he had it with google over the years, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that they have to guard a certain flank. they want to be the new ella guards. if they can get in trump's pocket, then they are securing a sense of security as it relates to the relationship between elon musk and trump. it makes some sense. >> it makes business sense. >> they have investors and that sort of thing. it's not that easy to come out and say it's a feckless move. there are some aspects of that, but these have a lot of stakeholders -- >> it makes perfect business sense. the people who need to pay attention are the american people who are saying, wait a minute, aren't lawmakers supposed to be there for me and not there as the ponds of corporations? i'm not saying it's a bad move for companies. >> we saw this in 2016 and 2020. if you are proctor & gamble and place your ads next to hate speech, i don't think that will happen. these ceos can bend the knee b

would you tell elon musk that he is wrong?u have distanced yourself from what he said about tommy robinson... you know what, realfriends when they meet face—to—face and they have conversations and they agree on they agree to disagree and that is what open society and free speech is all about. but have you out anyone in your team said to elon musk that his calls for tommy robinson to be released from prison, a convicted offender, somebody on the far right who you yourself are worked very hard to distance yourself from, have you told and he is wrong about that? i think you're missing the point. the point. the point is the fact that he supports me politically and supports does not mean that i have to agree with every single statement he makes on x. i think you're getting bogged down in this, i will in the operation have a conversation with him in a variety of things and this will no doubt be one of them. no doubt the media getting to hang up on this. frankly, what he says about other people, what his views on electric vehicles ar

elon musk�*s interventions are helping whip it up anew, and now others have waded in.noch and the conservatives said there should be a new national public inquiry. nigel farage says he supports that too. elon musk will in a few days become part of the american administration, so he has an important international role. some of his language has been completely unacceptable, the fact that some politicians in this country are now under greater protection as a consequence is also unacceptable. but in many ways, that is a distraction. the spotlight should be on the failure of this government to have a nationwide inquiry into these grooming gangs. there was an independent inquiry set up a decade ago which spent seven years investigating abuse in england and wales. two and a half years ago, it produced 20 recommendations. its chair is now working with a new group, whose mission she says is not to call for new inquiries, but to advocate for the full implementation of the original recommendations. and her group says the original inquiry, which heard from over 7500 victims and su

but elon musk is going a lot further. help to make his money, you can call trump welfare or subsidies and some watchdogs call it a government graph but i'm showing of the dog for a serious reason, musk is rushing to use his influence in this incoming trump administration to get the government to promote the dog cryptocurrency. as a factual historical matter that's very unusual. now, there are plenty of outside groups which have advised presidents or the government including on spending, i will give you just a couple of examples, there is a debt reduction commission there's advisors on science this is deliberately dry or boring, you will you will notice these advisory boards which are for the public good are named based on what they do, they are not branded exxon or coca-cola, you don't see an exxon commission there, that gets the word exxon running around, even if you had a former exxon official involved. but elon musk is new spending advisory group has been named, doge, to promote the dog cryptocurrency that he wants to

i don't know if musk wants anything _ farage? i don't know if musk wants anything from - farage?e _ wants anything from nigel farage i really don't. he sees what — farage i really don't. he sees what nigel does and believes and he — what nigel does and believes and he has a level of support that— and he has a level of support that absolutely but i don't think— that absolutely but i don't think musk wants anything from nigei~ _ think musk wants anything from nigel. what does reform, nigel, one from — nigel. what does reform, nigel, one from last? i think it's more _ one from last? i think it's more not _ one from last? i think it's more not so much the money but it's looking — more not so much the money but it's looking at how musk supported tramp in campaigning in key— supported tramp in campaigning in key seats, in key states, in pennsylvania and elsewhere, because _ pennsylvania and elsewhere, because reform is great in the air war— because reform is great in the air war but _ because reform is great in the airwar but the because reform is great in the air war but the ground is

after trump's victory, musk was ever—present.ranslated into huge political power. musk will co—lead a new department of government efficiency. and he pronounced — "this won't be business as usual. this is going to be a revolution." more broadly — the revolution that musk is seeking is not contained to the us. in brazil, he initially defied a court orderfor x to do more to restrict misinformation. he said the judge was "trying to destroy democracy." x would later meet all of the court's demands. in germany, there's an election next month — with the far right afd party in contention. musk has posted "only the afd can save germany." and has also written that the party "resonates with many germans who feel their concerns are ignored by the establishment." now, musk has turned to the uk — particulary the issue of grooming gangs. he's made or shared a number of unsubstantiated claims. and has asked if "america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government". watching all of this are europe's leaders. norway's pr

elon musk�*s interventions are helping whip it up anew, and now others have waded in.emi badenoch and the conservatives said there should be a new national public inquiry. nigel farage has said he supports that too. elon musk will in a few days become part of the american administration, so he has an important international role. some of his language has been completely unacceptable, the fact that some politicians in this country are under greater protection as a consequence is also unacceptable. but in many ways, that is a distraction. the spotlight should be on the failure of this government to have a nationwide inquiry into these grooming gangs. there was an independent inquiry set up a decade ago which spent seven years investigating abuse in england and wales. two and a half years ago, it produced 20 recommendations. its chair is now working with a new group, whose mission she says is not to call for new inquiries, but to advocate for the full implementation of the original recommendations. her group says the original inquiry, which heard from over 7500 victims an

democracy in the uk and whether elon musk is undermining it. thank you.gainst uk prime minister sir keir starmer, having to do with his record prosecuting child sex abuse cases. sir keir has pushed back and most recently has said that the online discourse has now crossed a line. on stage here at ces, yaccarino defended musk�*s commentary, calling it courageous. all this comes after meta — which owns facebook and instagram — announced it will end third—party fact checking on its social media platforms in the us. founder and ceo mark zuckerberg said there was �*too much censorship�* and that the move would promote freedom of expression. meta has this week reshuffled its board with the departure of former liberal democrat leader nick clegg as its head of corporate affairs. it has appointed trump ally and ultimate fighting championship dana white. so has mr trump's win sparked a cultural shift in silicon valley? mr zuckerberg suggests so. the recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritising speech. so we're going to get

part of the reason is actually one elon musk was at openai, one elon musk was at openai, one of the original a for profit, to make it easier to raise money, for example. in terms of that ground, ithink example. in terms of that ground, i think that is more about elon musk trying to basically undermine a direct competitor. he has since started his own ai company, so i think targeting its restructuring is a useful way of bogging them down legally. in terms of that second argument about monopoly i think actually elon musk is absolutely right, even though i am not necessarily sure about how genuine his intentions are. microsoft has invested about $13 billion in openai, has the right to the majority of its profits and has privileged access to its technology and that has enabled microsoft to take an early lead in the ai market and become increasingly dominant and also to prevent openai from competing directly and so i think from a fair competition perspective, that is concerning so elon musk has a point. it is concerning so elon musk has a oint. ., ., , ., a point. it would not be a business _ a p

she defended elon musk�*s commentary calling it courageous. defended elon musk's commentary calling itial media networks _ calling it courageous. social media networks have - media networks have traditionally operated as silos managed by large technology firms but a new technology may soon enable users to communicate across social media platforms independent from one another. meta's thread and a social network aggregator recently joined, social network aggregator recentlyjoined, but will it gain mainstream appeal? we are joined by the chief executive of clipboard, who served on the board of x. thanks forjoining us to talk about this. help us understand how big part of (unknown term) helps clipboard? it gives everybody access to a lot more people who may be were not using it before. people that were currently on threads or who were on capped blue guy, giving everybody a place where they can all connect regardless of the applications they are using. of the applications they are usina. �* , , ,., using. as we seen in reporting the promise — using. as we seen in reporting the promise of— u

elon musk having a go not 'ust at in. elon musk having a go not just at the — in.g a go not just at the labour— in. elon musk having a go not i just at the labour government, but also at the reform uk, saint nigel farage is not fit to be the leader. == saint nigel farage is not fit to be the leader. -- saying... niel to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage _ to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage had _ to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage had been - to be the leader. -- saying... j nigel farage had been hoping that maybe mr musk would send some money to reform uk's way, to disrupt a party in uk politics, being against the status quo, being anti immigration. again, they seem to have had an falling out over nigel farage not being willing to stand up all support tommy robinson who, as you mention at the start, is a far right activist, takes a very anti—radical islam's year and is currently in prison. it shows you the sort of dilemmas that politicians in countries where elon musk takes an interest, the dangers of mixing your politics and relationship of

at 1245 on monday, musk shared this screenshot. at 12.45 on monday, musk shared this screenshot.ts." he calls this unconscionable, but this has nothing to do with a vote. it's a letter signed by a group of mps in 2020 about the planned deportation of 50 jamaican nationals who had received sentences for various crimes, in some cases for rape or sexual offences. the mps wanted a postponement until a report on the windrush scandal had been published. there were concerns about the deportation of foreign born offenders who came to the uk as children. later on monday afternoon, musk made reference to that time starmer called donald trump a "racist". we can't find any evidence starmer has ever called trump a racist. those are four examples. we could have included others, and musk has continued to post about the uk. this is andrew mcintyre on monday, he was jailed for his role in the summer riots. musk shared a post on this, adding, over seven years prison for social media posts. whoever gave that sentence deserves prison themselves. this is misleading. mcintyre's social media posts incl

talent is a little bit - about md and elon musk. we note that alice weidel about afd and elon musk.e note that alice weidel had a chat on acts recently. what took part in that discussion? there is a lot of concern and there is more about how elon musk is trying to push the afd. it was shown live on elon musk�*s acts. he got a lot of audience to the afd, and this is why members from other parties are fearing that this is foreign interference in behalf of elon musk and other non—german countries men. all of these are highly prominent people sharing and welcoming all the support by elon musk. thank you for talking to us about he got a lot of musk�*s acts. he got a lot of audience to the afd, and this is why members from other parties are fearing that this is foreign interference in behalf of elon musk and other non—german countries men. all of these are highly prominent people sharing and welcoming all the support by elon musk. thank you for talking to us about the complexities of the german election, thank you. more now on the claim by ukraine's president that two wounded north korean

their leader was interviewed by musk on social media.the algorithms on x seem to be promoting afd to german users. there is real concern in europe he's using the power he has through x through the algorithms to promote the far right nationalists to users in those countries. >> max, the outgoing german chancellor is warning about musk's focus on far right figures. meanwhile, one of the only european leaders he does have a good relationship with the far right figure italian prime minister giorgia meloni. why do you think he sees all this benefit in working with these guys on the far right? most tech guys are truthfully libertarians. what is it about the far right? these are his views? >> i think you said it right there. the meloni friendship which has developed the last year looks to be profitable for elon musk. as much as elon musk is this trolling kind of talk radio host of a political influencer, he's a businessman. there's always an angle and musk's rocket company, spacex, is trying to sign these big deals with various countries to off

elon musk has been _ feelthe need to respond? elon musk has been very _ feel the need to respond?k has been very critical, quite explicitly critical both of keir starmer directly over his time when he was director of public prosecutions in england and wales and so what elon musk said was his failure to bring prosecutions against grooming gangs. critical of keir starmer on the one hand, critical of the safeguarding minister jess critical of the safeguarding ministerjess phillips for her refusal to hold a national inquiry into those grooming gangs and as you have mentioned now, and some very stark and ecstasy language, used by elon musk, the tech billionaire, owner of x and most crucially perhaps, part of donald trump's incoming us administration in just a couple of weeks' time. so that is the context, we have had those very critical remarks over the last few days in particular. keir starmer issuing there, you had a bit of it, what was a very full throated defence, not only of his time as director of public prosecutions but also of his own government's record and his safeguarding mi

the child sex abuse scandal that musk says deserves to be called out and the notorious bigot who musk is standing by and the rebuke musk's accusations are getting today. >>> and a deadly winter storm hitting the mid- atlantic of the united states. 62 million people under the threat where the storm is breaking records and paralyzing parts of the u.s. >>> welcome to "the lead. " it's jake tapper. it's official, congress has certified donald trump's 2024 election victory. the democratic process, multidemocratic process playing out as the founding fathers intended, rather uneventfully. kamala harris presiding over the counting of the electoral college votes. just a short time ago after the ceremony, she spoke about that moment. >> today i did what i've done my entire career, which is take ÷÷seriously the oath that i have taken many times to support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> even the winter storm pulverizing our nation's capital did not stop the certification. the capital grounds are covered in snow. the last time america certified a presidential election, the ca

the world's richest man, elon musk, the billionaire entrepreneur.sk is a businessman with a growing drive for politics, and a growing habit of claiming the british government, the prime minister, is incompetent. he accused keir starmer of being complicit in the rape of britain, and that he should go. he called the home office ministerjess phillips a rape genocide apologist, and today, he conducted a survey on x about whether the people of america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government. now, listen to the prime minister's indignant is, his anger in defending his record as director of public prosecutions. he says he challenged those who ignored the victims. when i was chief prosecutor for five years, i tackled that head on, and when i left office, we had the highest number of child sexual abuse cases being prosecuted on record. and now, he says... so this government will get on with the job of protecting victims, but what i won't tolerate is this discussion and debate based on lies without calling it out. what i won't t

footsteps or take — in elon musk's footsteps or take a _ in elon musk's footsteps or take a page outaution, in terms of elon musk's relationship with donald — elon musk's relationship with donald trump, it is not necessarily going to be... may not be — necessarily going to be... may not be rosy forever. there has been — not be rosy forever. there has been chatter in trump circles around — been chatter in trump circles around mar—a—lago about whether elon around mar—a—lago about whether eion musk— around mar—a—lago about whether elon musk is in some ways overstaying his welcome. we know — overstaying his welcome. we know donald trump likes to be the centre of attention, likes to be — the centre of attention, likes to be the _ the centre of attention, likes to be the one calling all the shots — to be the one calling all the shots and does not like it when someone — shots and does not like it when someone could eclipse him and elon— someone could eclipse him and elon musk with how vocal he is online, — elon musk with how vocal he is online, with how... front and forward — online, with h

within hours of that, elon musk orsay within hours of that, elon musk or say that nigel farage shoulded talking about a man called rupert lowe, the mp for great yarmouth, also elected in the july great yarmouth, also elected in thejuly general election, started talking about whether he should be the leader instead. it is deeply destabilising, embarrassing for nigel farage. the reason for it is very important. there is a substantive disagreement there, which is that elon musk believes that tommy robinson, who is currently in prison in this country for contempt of court, should play a role this country for contempt of court, sh

just finally, what do you do with a problem like elon musk?ime, is a massive issue, and elon musk is perfectly positioned to do some thing about that, so i would give him my full backing and i'm sure this government would do if you want to put some of his resources behind addressing that, because he could be the perfect person to do it to. sarah champion, thank you for coming on the programme. we'll take a short break. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the us presidentjoe biden and first ladyjill biden are expected in new orleans in the next hour. they are going to be meeting the families of the 1a people killed in the new year's day attack 1536 00:16:35,306 --> 00:1

elon musk is now apparently turning his sights to uk politics. in recent days, the world's richest man using his social media platform x to go after british prime minister keir starmer. starmer leads the more liberal labor party in the british government. of course, musk has posted more than 50 times since the new year, calling for starmer's removal from office, even arguing that he should be put in prison. musk is alleging that starmer failed to prosecute child sex abuse cases in the country. musk has also been apparently alienating right wing allies over his calls to free a far right activist in britain. it's putting reform uk party leader and trump ally nigel farage at odds with musk. >> the fact that he supports me politically and supports reform doesn't mean i have to agree with every single statement he makes on x. and i think you're getting bogged down in this, you know. you know, i will at the inauguration, have a conversation with him on a variety of things. this will no doubt be one of them. i think i've made it perfectly clear that i d

but if he's constantly having to fend off, well, how close is elon musk to tommy robinson?tical problem for reform and for nigel farage. yeah, christian, that's a really interesting point. and, you know, even among maga, the maga world here, we are seeing some some cracks there in elon musk�*s influence. and, you know, laura loomer, a far—right figure here who has obviously in the past been very controversial, she criticised elon musk when he and vivek ramaswamy, remember, the two of them are heading up the new department of government efficiency, talked about the need for h—ib visas here in the us. so bringing in kind of the top—talent engineers and that clashes with some of the america first anti—immigration rhetoric that we're seeing from the maga world. so, you know, his position is going to be fascinating to watch. but it brings me, i think, to the point that i've been looking at this week, which is the new congress coming in the 119th congress. of course, you know, it's going to be very interesting to watch. and i've been thinking about what a challenge it will be abo

musk was ever present. be a revolution more broadly the revolution that musk is seeking is not contained to the us. in brazil he initially divided court orderfor x us. in brazil he initially divided court order for x to do more to restrict this information. he said the judge was trying to destroy democracy although x would later meet all of the courts demands. in germany to select but the far right afd party in contention for that musk is posted only the afd can save germany. he�*s also written that the afd party with many germans who feel that concerns are ignored by the establishment. now musk has turned to the uk, particularly theissue turned to the uk, particularly the issue of grooming gangs. he is made or shared a number of unsubstantiated claim so that he asked if america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government. watching all this of europe�*s leaders who say mosques interventions are worrying for the pen as french president emmanuel macron who has said ten years ago who

i think the bi elon musk is concerned? i think the his prize — elon musk is concerned? i think the big prize for all _ elon musk is concerned? i think the big prize for all these - the big prize for all these people is global domination. i believe that the technology leaders in the united states all believe that their companies are sovereign, that they are equivalent to or more important than the countries in which they operate. for that reason, elon musk is particularly dangerous, because his vision is global. it is very much a surveillance based, essentially government subsidised, authoritarian vision. what i will be interested to see, and i say this with great fear, is how long elon musk can court trump before one of the other of them gets tired. he may be the proof point that being incredibly rich doesn't mean that you are either wise or even particularly smart. he is a tremendous risk taker and he's been incredibly fortunate, the risk see has taken have worked out, but many of the things he has done don't make any sense, and his daily behaviour, if you watch it, is

they were not coming from elon musk. they were coming from elon musk.part and parcel of politics today and being an mp today and the fact we now have social media and widespread use of social media, it has made being a politician very different is a choice of career for many women. like the leader of the conservatives who you are not a massive fan of it seems, you also want to see a full national inquiry, another one. when did you first realise you wanted that? g , ., did you first realise you wanted that? g , a, did you first realise you wanted that? , a, , , did you first realise you wanted that? , a, ,, a, a, a, that? just on the issue of i am not a massive — that? just on the issue of i am not a massive fan. _ that? just on the issue of i am not a massive fan, i— that? just on the issue of i am not a massive fan, i did _ that? just on the issue of i am not a massive fan, i did back- that? just on the issue of i am not a massive fan, i did back robert . a massive fan, i did back robert jenrick for the leadership and i do support kemi badenoch as lead

at 12:16pm on monday, musk shared this screenshot.a list of mps who voted against deporting rapists." he calls this unconscionable. but this is nothing to do with a vote, it's a letter signed by a group of mps in 2020 about the planned deportation of 50 jamaican nationals who had received sentences for various crimes, in some cases for rape or sexual offences. the mps wanted a postponement until a report on the windrush scandal had been published. there were concerns about the deportation of foreign—born offenders who came to the uk as children. later on monday afternoon, musk made reference to, "that time starmer called donald trump a racist." we can't find any evidence starmer has ever called trump a racist. those are four examples, we could have included others, and musk has continued to post about the uk. this is andrew mcintyre. on monday, he was jailed for his role in the summer riots. musk shared a post on this, adding, "0ver seven years prison for social media posts. "whoever gave that sentence deserves prison themselves." thi

and you can't move for news about elon musk, donald trump.'t move for news about these appalling fires. and on the political sofa this morning, a new government agenda to seize back some of the agency. yes. so artificial intelligence, which broadly speaking, is computers getting cleverer and cleverer and cleverer is what the government wants to be talking about for the next few days. keir starmer himself will be popping up tomorrow talking about it. so this morning the tech secretary, peter kyle, was in our studio and indeed in others, at our chums across the industry, talking about what he believes is a very, very significant opportunity for the economy and also opportunities for us because he reckons the government can be much more efficient. he reckons that all of our lives can be improved by massive advances in al, as it's known. but i should be worried about al, i'm told. well, both, right? and this is an is an interesting thing, isn't it? this is the point. what we were trying to explore tomorrow is how the government gets a balance rig

elon musk's appeal -- musk appeals to the chinese government.e has a long-standing relationship with that country. the thing i want to give pause on, the whole point of this entire exercise of trying to disentangle tiktok from its ownership was to reduce the links to china. with the u.s. government go with a solution that involved somebody that is expected to be friendly with china? maybe it won't matter because of elon musk's ties to donald trump, which the chinese government sees as a positive. he has been at trump's side. he gave more than $250 million in support of his campaign. we are trying to get -- they are trying to get this app out of connection to the chinese government and the chinese government has a say in how that happens because of the tiktok algorithm. it is getting very complicated very fast. mike: back to elon musk, but more from the perspective of him as a social media platform owner already. how would acquiring tiktok work for him? is this something he has floated before or thought about before? how would he come up with the

and even if musk, if tiktok and bytedance and musk got together and thought about the possibility, beijing has a big say in this. there are a couple things we can think about. the chinese government holds a so-called golden share in a bytedance affiliate, the tiktok equivalent and china. bytedance would save the golden share only up lies to the company but the chinese government might say otherwise. a golden share gives beijing influence over the strategy. aside from that, china has export rules in place to prevent chinese companies from selling certain software algorithms. that is integral to tiktok. china will have to have a say in what happens next if that includes a development but that is not what china wants and not what bytedance wants to see. tom: we will see how it unfolds. an interesting twist in the story as we count down to the supreme court decision on the fate of tiktok u.s. annabelle, thank you. they eu is considering expanding its investigation into whether x broke content moderation rules. elon musk's company is accused of failing to tackle illegal content and disinformati

>> on the one hand, elon musk can be a good interlock for europeans and americans p..e knows europe and germany. it is strange he is promoting the afd when a lot of the platform or ideology for the platform go against his business interests as well. certainly deregulation is important for elon musk and it is interesting to see the afd framed as the party that wants less state and more individual high riots because people are against migration and germany is facing demographic decline. it does need more investment and innovation and it needs to be pro u.s. and pro security given the geopolitical challenges the country is facing. there is a little bit of a disconnect, but at the same time, we will see if elon musk proves to be a beneficial bridge for europe and the united states. >> i guess we'll find out. in the meantime, i would also like your thoughts on what is likely to happen under a new german government. the polls you highlighted suggest the cdu returning to the lead. questions where germany is going do go in terms of fiscal policy going forward. given the cdu ro

musk praises him. farage doesn't. the question in europe now how far right will musk go? nic robertson, cnn, london. >> happening today, president-elect donald trump's pick for director of national intelligence is set to meet with lawmakers on capitol hill. tulsi gabbard, a former democrat, will meet with the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, senator mark warner. cnn national security reporter zach cohen is with us now. look, there have been some bumps in the road in gabbard's nomination. she's trying to maybe smooth those out yeah. >> john, we've seen gabbard make the rounds up here on capitol hill over the last few weeks, meeting mostly with republican senators, trying to convince them that she should be confirmed to be the head of donald trump's intelligence community. >> but look, today's meeting, expected meeting with senator warner could provide or could prove to be a unique test for gabbard as she continues to try to get through the confirmation process. warner, as you mentioned, a democrat, which is the party that gabbard used to belong to. could

she responded by suggesting musk hurry up with his mission to mars. >> you know, musk is a bond villaine something out of a hollywood movie. >> reporter: james o'brien is a talk back radio host here in london, who's reported on the rape cases. >> nobody should be listening to elon musk's opinions on british politics. >> reporter: he believes musk is courting the far right for personal reasons. >> he failed to secure the kind of adulation that i think that he craves with his memes and his attempts at comedy or even with his kind of attempts to be cool. i think it might be that simple. >> you think he's doing this just to, kind of, stroke his own ego? >> why does any troll troll? >> reporter: holly williams, cbs news london. >>> still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," jeff bezos' origin gets ready to make its big mark in the space race. stay with us. years of hard work. decades of dedication. committed to giving back. you've been there, done that. and you're still here for more. so now that you're 50 or older, and at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia and ipd be proactive with capva

what did he say about the potential donation from elon musk specifically?. he said that the 100 million that some had rumoured was for the birds, but he said that elon musk may well donate to reform uk. so i think it's we're in a wait and see mode for that. it was interesting, i thought yvette cooper, i mentioned that letter that she had written to the conservatives earlier and that we've seen a copy of. she says in that letter that for years there has been a cross—party consensus on tackling child sexual abuse, and she hopes that will continue at the moment from all this, that looks unlikely. the first big film awards of the season take place later, with the 82nd golden globes in los angeles. a win at the globes can boost a film's profile just as bafta and oscar voters are preparing to make their nominations. emma vardy has more. the golden globes kicks off hollywood's awards season with what's known as the biggest party of the year. and i've been getting a little look at how the celebrities get ready. but first, the runners and riders. here we go. you're

who to look to, you know, should those links be made then to elon musk and president trump? being had with? but, you know, reminds me of in the first term, you know, there was obviously a sense of having to curry favour a bit with then—president trump and now with president—elect trump. there are a few members of the team, i mean, we can't forget his family as well, donjr who's played an important part in some of the cabinet picks, and a sense, i guess perhaps internationally of understanding that, you know, they can build these ties with president elect trump. but also if someone like elon musk is going to have a big influence on the administration and his policies, that that's going to present a new challenge. you know, eight years ago, we started a programme here called 100 days, and the premise of the programme was that we would look at trumpism in america, but also how it reflected back on the rest of the world. and that feels to me very much where we are right now. 0bviously, on this side, there is enormous trepidation because of what has been threatened through the ca

at one point, musk even put up a poll. he wondered if, quote, america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government. end quote, without calling out musk by name. britain's prime minister said this about the recent firestorm generated online. >> those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims. they're interested in themselves. >> trump has stayed mostly silent on the latest international dispute involving musk, who is, of course, one of his biggest donors and advisers. but he does seem to be reveling in the downfall of canada's liberal leader justin trudeau, who just announced he's stepping down as prime minister. trump posting after the announcement once again referring to canada as the 51st state and wondering what it would be like, quote, if canada merged with the u.s. with trump now a little under two weeks away from returning to office, some american allies are left wondering what this all means for diplomacy in the years ahead. >> t

that is how elon musk likes it. attention finder. >> is there a business reason to get involved in british politics? >> it is about control. control to get rid of regulation that is part of the thing. and i think he just likes it now. this is what amuses him. he is not paying attention to tesla or they would have better models >> how can he be running these companies? >> he is not. there are good executives. tesla is falling behind in terms of invasion and new products. that is why the sales are off for the first time. global sales are down. not paying attention. a.i. is an interest of his obviously. he is doing that by suing open a.i. >> yes. is he trying to destroy open a.i.? >> yes, because he created it and they moved on without him and elon musk will not put up with that. >> yes. interviews with sam. >> yes. open a.i. is ahead. anything to slow competitors down. everyone thinks of elon musk as an entrepreneur he is in a way but better business person. he did not create tesla for example, just a good business pe

elon musk is notjust downing street. elon musk is not just world's which downing street.notjust world's which is man, not just the owner of social media platform x. in two weeks, he will play a key part in donald trump's incoming us administration. the tight rope that keir starmer is having to always needing to respond to the criticism. without wanting to upset donald trump. the us government very careful to maintain relationships with them. i suppose that is the path that keir starmer is trying to walk and i suppose it struck me that this was a very carefully planned and worded intervention to what seemed like an off—the—cuff question. harry, thank you very much. harry, thank you very much. harry farley there. justin trudeau has announced he'll step down as the prime minister of canada and as the leader of his party. he's been in office for nine years. he also announced the temporary suspension of parliament. mr trudeau has been under pressure to resign for months, with more than 20 fellow members of his liberal party publicly urging him to go. a little earlier, this is

she defended the commentary of elon musk saying it was courageous.a networks have traditionally operated as silos managed by large technology firms but a new technology may soon enable users to communicate across social media platforms independent from one another. meta's threads and a social network aggregator recentlyjoined, but will it gain mainstream appeal? we arejoined by the chief executive of flipboard, who serves on the board it gives everybody access to a lot more people who may be were not using it before. people that were currently on threads or who were on blue sky, giving everybody a place where they can all connect regardless of the applications they are using. as we seen in reporting the promise of social media and how content moderation is the barriers of that are coming down as we were reporting, one promise is to reduce censorship which opens the doors for all sorts of potentially harmful content. how does flipboard walk that line between maintaining a free space to exchange views and the propagation of perhaps false news or danger

how influential is musk here? how you know, how much trepidation should labor, the government and others be feeling about musk's interference? >> the feeling a big dilemma about how to respond to him. he won't have the level of influence in british society that he can have in american society. because if you're on donald trump's side in america, half of america is with you and half of america doesn't like you. it's a much smaller group over here that likes the politics of donald trump, but that makes it difficult as well, because he's so connected to the american president. the british government is hoping to have a business as usual relationship with an american government led by donald trump. and so musk's ability to drive the news agenda here was difficult. they'd like to laugh him off if he's calling on the king to dissolve the parliament and hold an election, that's not going to happen. >> well, basically, it can't happen. it can't constitutionally ignorant. >> so you can ignore that and not feed the troll ev

and you can't move for news about elon musk, donald trump.'t move for news about these appalling fires. and on the political sofa this morning, a new government agenda to seize back some of the agency. yes. so artificial intelligence, which broadly speaking, is computers getting cleverer and cleverer and cleverer is what the government wants to be talking about for the next few days. keir starmer himself will be popping up tomorrow talking about it. so this morning the tech secretary, peter kyle, was in our studio and indeed in others, at our chums across the industry, talking about what he believes is a very, very significant opportunity for the economy and also opportunities for us because he reckons the government can be much more efficient. he reckons that all of our lives can be improved by massive advances in al, as it's known. but i should be worried about al, i'm told. well, both, right? and this is an is an interesting thing, isn't it? this is the point. what we were trying to explore tomorrow is how the government gets a balance rig

musk is the richest person in the world.ular vehicle from a major car company that exploded outside trump hotel. this is news, is it not? and if so, are we processing that inappropriately? >> reporter: it is news. not only is it a car that exploded from major car company it was a car that exploded from a car company whose owner is very close to the president- elect. and the car happened to be in front of the hotel in las vegas that had a trump sign across it. it was news. and, what the reasoning was for the explosion, you know, it is still talked about, one thing or the other but nonetheless the connection between elon musk and donald trump and then to see this, that was news worthy on new year's day. especially as you were hearing so many other things going on. that made news. it was, it was a fact. we are not in south africa where elon musk grew up in. we are in the united states of america where the first amendment is freedom of the press. so, actually write facts about what has happened and we did. and what is the ground

there are 4 million worldwide are using elon musk�*s company. becoming more and more important in the years to come. and, you know, from a tech point of view, how much of a game changer is this sort of technology? because it all relies on the lag, doesn't it? the fact that you can get that communication much more quickly than a satellite that's right out in far orbit? yeah, it's much closer to our earth surface, which means that things are much quicker and also it is more reliable. this is one of the things that we have to bear in mind, particularly in the last few months when we've been reading and watching news about internet disruptions, the cutting of subsea cables, this avoids that. now, that's obviously a good thing, and it is going to be increasingly difficult to try and sabotage these satellites because they are in space. but that is something that i think will help make the adoption of satellite internet more important as we start to develop these things, and as they become more normalised and available in shops every day that we see. f

we have the latest in the new royal involving elon musk.hat's coming up next. ♪ now enjoy the vip treatment — a 3% ira match on retirement contributions. (auctioneer) 11 million sir. (man) once they discover their privileges are no longer exclusive... their fragile reality will plunge into disarray. ♪ [speaking in french] elizabeth: 47 president macron, criticizing elon musk, elon musk has been calling out europe's far left, and tyrannical leaders, don luskin is here, what do you make of this new fight? >> well, all i can say is you want you are over the target when they start shooting the flack at you, for the president of france, to say that elon musk interfering directly in elections, because he is speccing his opinion, is just ridiculous. it is a forrible dis distortion of the french language, it is not interference to speak, it is exercises your right to free speech, leaders of europe who are attacking musk are by doing so proving his point, his point they are tyrannical leaders who are taking away people's free speech, and trying to t