NEWS" AT 11:00 A.M.
TESLA DOCK HAS TAKEN A HIT
AFTER THE CEO, ELON MUSK, TOOK A
DIFFERENT KIND OF HIT.
SHARON: HE SMOKED POT DURING A
YOUTUBE INTERVIEW ON THE JOE
ROGAN EXPERIENCE.
SANDRA MITCHELL JOINS US LIVE IN
THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE.
REPORTER: THE TESLA CEO IS
SPARKING CONTROVERSY WITH THE
HOST OF THE PODCAST JOE ROGAN
OFFERED HIM A JOINT, ELON MUSK
TOOK APART.
EXECUTIVES ARE NOT LAUGHING AND
NEITHER ARE INVESTORS.
IS THAT A JOINT?
OR IS IT A CIGAR.
NO, IT'S MARIJUANA INSIDE
TOBACCO.
SO IT'S LIKE TOBACCO PART.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT.
I THINK I TRIED ONE ONCE YOU
COME ON MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU PROBABLY CAN'T BECAUSE OF
STOCKHOLDERS.
I MEAN IT'S LEGAL, RIGHT.
IT'S TOTALLY LEGAL.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
AS PEOPLE GET UPSET IF YOU DO
CERTAIN THINGS?
THAT'S TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA IN
THEIR.
THAT'S ALL THAT IS.
SHARON: THAT IS ELON MUSK
SMOKING A TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA
JOINT.
MINUTES LATER HE WAS HOLDING A
GLASS OF WHISKEY DRINKING IT
THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW.
HE SAID HE DOESN'T SMOKE WEED
REGULARLY, ALMOST NEVER AND SAID
HE DOESN'T MAKE IT GOOD FOR
PRODUCTIVITY.
THE INTERVIEW WAS HERE IN L.A.
AND RECREATIONAL USES LEGAL BUT
SOME INVESTORS DON'T LIKE WHAT
THEY SAW.
STOCKS DROPPED 10% BEFORE
RECOVERING SOME OF THOSE
LOSSES.
INVESTORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
HIS ERRATIC BEHAVIOR LATELY.
HE TWEETED ABOUT TAKING THE
COMPANY PRIVATE
ON THE IDEA.
HE ALSO INSULTED A DIVER IN THE
THAI CAVE RESCUE BY CALLING HIM
A PEDOPHILE IN THE RESCUER SAID
HE IS GOING TO SUE.
IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH THE
NEW YORK TIMES HE REPORTEDLY
ALTERNATED BETWEEN GIGGLES AND
TEARS.
MORE TURMOIL, TWO EXECUTIVES
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE LEAVING
TESLA'S CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER
SAID HE IS RESIGNING AFTER JUST
A MONTH ON THE JOB BECAUSE OF
THE PUBLIC ATTENTION AND THE
FAST PACE OF THE JOB.
ALSO BLOOMBERG NEWS ALSO
REPORTING THAT JEFF WAS HUMAN
