Here are your Need2Know headlines for Thursday, October 27, 2022. 

Musk's Twitter Takeover In the Works, Russian Nuke Tests: What You Need2Know Thursday, Oct. 27

and let's start with Elon musk. He visited twitter headquarters yesterday that ahead of tomorrow's big deadline for his takeover deal to close banks have started transferring billions in cash to back the deal, signaling that musk likely will be able to complete the transaction tomorrow. By tomorrow's five p.m. Eastern deadline, Twitter told employees that they will hear directly from musk sometime tomorrow. If must not closed the deal tomorrow, his legal battle with the platform will resume. Russian President Vladimir Putin monitored drills by his country's strategic nuclear forces yesterday involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles. Now, they were the first test since before the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian defense minister said the exercise was intended to simulate a massive new color strike by Russia and retaliation for a nuclear attack on the country. The drills follow. Putin's warning about his readiness to use all means available to defend off attacks on Russian territory and a reference to the country's nuclear arsenals and the world of politics is waking up this morning, Ariel Hickson is live in our nation's capital to bring us the biggest stories unfolding there. Good morning Ariel good morning baker. Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows ordered to testify in the Georgia election probe. This after the former trump staffer was fighting to avoid appearing before a special grand jury. Many of the former president's close allies were also subpoena, including trump's former lawyer. Rudy Giuliani. Mark Meadows could be a key witness in the 2020 election investigation. Giving insight on trump's efforts to over turned the results. He was in the room during that infamous phone call in january 2021 when trump asked Georgia Secretary of State brad raffensperger to quote find 11,780 votes. Meadows was ordered to testify by a south Carolina judge as he currently lives in the state. The Fulton county district in Atlanta sought the order pressuring Meadows to cooperate with the subpoena. The special grand jury claims there are multiple dates open in november that could accommodate a testimony from Meadows and Meadows argues that the special grand jury is not a criminal probe so he cannot be ordered to testify. Meadows plans to appeal the order and by the way area, you know, many still have Tuesday's debate fresh on their minds, especially the one in pennsylvania between dr Oz and john Fetterman. So how did that debate influence voters today? Well, the spotlight is currently on the health of john Fetterman Fetterman still dealing with auditory processing issues after suffering a stroke. Five months ago, during the primaries, that was very much in play during Tuesday's debates. As Federman gave answers to questions using closed captioning. This was a sharp contrast to Oz, who without processing issues was quick spoken and he was a former tv star. So that's something that is in play too as well. Now some democrats are nervous about the inflow herman's performance may have on voters, but Fetterman is pushing back against health based criticism claiming that his doctor says he's recovering well and is more than capable of serving as pennsylvania's junior Senator Federman instead directing the attention to Oz and his inability to confirm whether he would support a 15 week federal abortion ban. Letterman's team, even launching an ad sharing Ozzy's remarks on abortion from the debate to tv and social media. There's a lot riding on this race, as you can imagine, because the outcome could determine the makeup of the Senate polls are close between the two candidates, with election experts predicting that this could be the state that determines which party will hold the Senate majority post midterms. One thing's for sure though every vote counts and will be watched closely as we get closer and closer to november. Yeah, Dr Oz just loaned his campaign $2 million down the final stretch here. To some really interesting. Alright, Ariel Hickson live from Washington, D. C. Thanks so much. All right. Meanwhile, some other headlines were filing for you today yesterday, a michigan jury convicted three more men of supporting a plot to kidnap michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, paul Beller joseph Morrison and Pete Maseko are accused of having ties to Wolverine Watchman. That's a militia group charged with the plot. They were found guilty of providing material support for a terrorist act. They were also found guilty of gun violations and membership in a gang and they could face up to 20 years in prison. Their sentencing is scheduled for december 15th. Now, more than a dozen men have been arrested in connection with that 2020 plot to kidnap the democratic governor. In august. The federal jury found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap her and else. Well, Darryll brooks was found guilty of six counts of first degree intentional homicide for driving his suv into a crowd of christmas parade attendees in Wisconsin last november brooks killed six people and wounded dozens more. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison for the convictions. Now, the trial comes less than a year after the red suv slam through the crowd in waukesha was christmas parade on november 21st killing an eight year old boy and several members of the dancing grannies group. Well, the chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable covid vaccine yesterday, what appears to be the world's first since the pandemic began the vaccine, a miss that is sucked through the mouth is being offered as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people. This is according to an official shanghai social media account scientists hope that the needle free vaccines will be accessible for vaccine will make excuse me, vaccination more accessible to countries with fragile health systems may also persuade people who don't like getting that shot to get that instead of getting a shot. Well president biden announced that his administration is cracking down on so called junk fees, including new steps that banned banks from issuing surprise overdraft and bounced check fees. Now, the president also highlighted new requirements put into place last month on airlines and online travel websites to disclose fees for picking a c checking a bag or other add ons. Biden said that his broader plan will tackle hidden hotel booking fees and cable internet termination charges as well. Well, the powerball climbed to $800 million after no winner took the jackpot during yesterday's drawing, so that makes it the second largest powerball jack ever. That after january 36th all time record of $1.5 billion. While the prize might be close to a billion, the winner actually take home a lot less. More like $380 million though, it really depends on what state you live in most states. Tax lottery winnings like income. So if you live in one of those states that does not, that includes California, texas or florida, you'll keep even more of that massive payout. The next powerball drawing is coming up on saturday. So be sure to get those tickets