5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 10/31/2025

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

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President Trump is calling on Republicans to change the filibuster rules in the Senate to end the U.S. government shutdown, delays at airports around the country continue to pile up, airline CEOs have taken their concerns to the Trump Administration, shares of social media site Reddit are pushing higher, and crypto platform coinbase is seeing a resurgence in trading. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in an audio-first format.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-host of Squawk Box, and this is Five Things to Know before today's opening bell.
0:08.6	President Trump calling for Republicans to change the rules in the Senate to reopen the government.
0:13.6	And a post-last night, he said the following, it is now time for Republicans to play their Trump card and go for what's called the nuclear option, get rid
0:21.5	of the filibuster, and get rid of it now. In meantime, delays at airports continue to pile up
0:27.0	during the government shutdown, flights at Orlando, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Washington, D.C. were
0:31.6	delayed yesterday due to a shortage of air traffic controllers. And yesterday, Delta United and American Airlines calling on Congress to reopen the government
0:40.3	to pay air traffic controllers, Delta and United, urge senators to, quote, immediately pass
0:45.4	a clean, continuing resolution.
0:48.6	And shares of Reddit are sharply higher, earnings and revenue beating estimates and current
0:52.4	quarter guidance coming in above expectations. The shares of Coinbase are higher as well, earnings and revenue beating estimates and current quarter guidance coming in above expectations.
0:55.3	The shares of Coinbase are higher as well, earnings and revenue beat estimates.
0:58.7	The company reported a resurgence in retail and institutional trading on its platform during the quarter.
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