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A Year on Ozempic & Speaker Johnson’s Job Save 05/09/24

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business News, News, Investing, Business

4.2543 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) discusses his own party’s push to oust him from his role. He says, lawmakers cannot afford to play petty politics with tensions high at home and abroad. Journalist Johann Hari has taken Ozempic for a year. He says it’s changed his life, but his new book “Magic Pill” details the dangers of weight loss drugs as well as their benefits. Plus, President Biden has given Israel an ultimatum, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are set to bundle their streaming content, and China’s electric vehicle race is speeding up. Mike Johnson- 14:12 Johann Hari - 27:54 In this episode: Mike Johnson, @SpeakerJohnson Johann Hari, @johannhari101 Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bring in show music please.

0:04.0

This is Squawk Pod and I'm C and D.C. producer Cameron Costa.

0:08.0

On today's episode,

0:10.0

The House Speaker's job is safe for now.

0:14.0

It's up to Mike Johnson to prove that he's a Republican.

0:17.0

It's up to Mike Johnson to earn back people's trust and support.

0:20.0

Speaker Johnson joins us after surviving a bid within his own party to oust him.

0:26.0

This is a dangerous time in history, world history, and certainly here on our own shores,

0:30.0

and we cannot afford to be playing petty politics here. This country needs a

0:34.3

function in Congress. And a year on Osmpeck, author and journalist Johann Hari

0:40.8

says it's changed his life.

0:43.0

47% of Americans want to take this drug.

0:46.0

This is the biggest, obesity is the biggest killer in the society.

0:50.0

These drugs are going to be enormous.

0:52.0

But the risks are just as heavy as the benefits.

0:55.0

The worst case scenario is we could have an opioid-like scale of death toll

0:59.0

of young girls who are able to amputate their appetite using these drugs in a way they

1:03.1

wouldn't be. Plus President Biden is giving Israel an ultimatum and the

1:08.9

bundle is back. Streamers are taking a page out of the cable playbook.

1:14.0

I need every single thing.

1:15.0

You do. You are unique.

1:17.0

I need every single thing that's available and there's still nothing.

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