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Barclays CEO Steps Down; Kids’ Covid Vaccination Gears Up; COP26 Kicks Off

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4494 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Barclays CEO Jes Staley is stepping down, following investigations into his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore reports that UK regulators have not found evidence of Staley’s involvement or knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. CNBC’s Meg Tirrell reports that Covid-19 vaccines for kids in the U.S. are coming soon, to a pharmacy or pediatrician’s office near you, and Dr. Kavita Patel, former White House policy director and fellow at the Brookings Institution, says that vaccinations are likely to occur by Thanksgiving. World leaders kick off the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow; Diana Olick reports on the COP26 agenda. Tom Friedman, New York Times foreign affairs columnist, discusses how the global energy crisis could impact climate goals, and considers how world leaders weigh environmental impact and economic stability. Plus, American Airlines has canceled over 2,000 flights since last week, blaming staffing shortages and weather concerns. In this episode: Tom Friedman, @tomfriedman Dr. Kavita Patel, @kavitapmd Diana Olick, @DianaOlick Meg Tirrell, @megtirrell Geoff Cutmore, @GeoffCutmore Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

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0:00.0

Bring in show music please.

0:03.0

This is Squack Pod. I'm C and B.C. producer Zach Valise, today on our podcast.

0:10.0

The COP26 Climate Summit kicks off in Glasgow, but how much change are world leaders willing to make?

0:17.0

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman.

0:20.0

There's only one thing as big as mother Nature, and that's Father Greed.

0:23.6

That's the market.

0:25.2

And kids ready for their shots and ready to get back out there.

0:28.8

Hadley, how about you?

0:29.6

What are you the most...

0:30.4

Going to a carnival?

0:31.6

Going to a carnival okay soon hadley Dr.

0:35.2

Kavita Patel says just how soon.

0:38.0

Some of the pediatric offices I've talked to said that they're being told to be ready Wednesday

0:42.2

seems ambitious but people are actually ready and willing.

0:45.3

And there are already appointments being filed and made.

0:48.7

Those stories, plus a nightmare weekend

0:51.5

for thousands of travelers and more fallout from Jeffrey Epstein now in banking.

0:58.0

In the legal world in the US they call us the crime of upholstery, the cover-up is worse than the crime.

1:02.0

It's Monday, November 1st, 2021.

1:05.5

Squack-Pod begins right now.

1:08.0

Stand back you by in three, two, one, fuel brief.

1:12.0

Good morning everybody.

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