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Elon Musk faces trial over Tesla tweets

Elon Musk is facing a trial Tuesday over tweets he posted in 2018. Musk posted about a potential Tesla buyout that would have taken the company private, but that never happened, and the company's stock dropped. Seth Schachner, a managing director for Strat Americas, joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss what it means for Musk, Tesla and if the case could set a precedent for company executives and what they post on social media.

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Is Elon Musk in over his head?

Elon Musk, the man behind cutting-edge companies Tesla and SpaceX, recently bought Twitter for $44 billion. What followed has been a chaotic period for the social media platform, during which Musk has invited back some users who had previously been banned or otherwise restricted; fired employees en masse; and rolled back content moderation. To what end? Correspondent Luke Burbank talks with tech journalist Kara Swisher and cybersecurity expert Alex Stamos about Musk's impact on the company so far.

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