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Closing Bell

Closing Bell 8/15/25

Closing Bell

CNBC

Business, News

4.8118 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

From the open to the close, “Closing Bell” and “Closing Bell: Overtime” have you covered. From what’s driving market moves to how investors are reacting, Scott Wapner, Jon Fortt, Morgan Brennan and Michael Santoli guide listeners through each trading session and bring to you some of the biggest names in business.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And thank you very much, Brian. I'm Scott Wapner. Welcome to closing bell. We continue to watch these live pictures in Anchorage now, waiting for President Trump to deplane from Air Force One. And you saw just moments ago Russia's President Putin arriving on site as well. We presume these leaders will come down those staircases onto red carpets and meet for a photo opportunity and some kind of

0:23.1

arrival ceremony. It is unique in and of itself that President Putin has landed on U.S. soil,

0:29.6

and that is a point of debate today as well. We'll discuss all of that and what really could be

0:35.6

a historic meeting between these two leaders, what the

0:38.4

outcome might be.

0:40.7

Really, when expectations leading into all of this have been lowered by the president himself,

0:47.3

along with the White House, remember the president has already called this a, quote,

0:51.4

feel-out meeting.

0:52.9

The White House characterizing it as a listening exercise.

0:56.9

The stakes, though, as you know by now, could not be higher.

1:00.6

I'm going to welcome in our Aymn Javvers, who's going to take us through what we expect to see

1:04.5

over the next hour or so.

1:06.1

The meeting expected to take place within the next 30 minutes, about the bottom of the hour,

1:10.7

and there have already been some changes in how this is all going to unfold, Amon.

1:15.6

Scott, that's right. We were told this would be a one-on-one between President Putin and Trump.

1:20.6

Now we're told it's going to be a three-on-three. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also going to participate in the meeting with Vladimir Putin, as his special envoy, Steve Whitkoff.

1:30.3

So that will be something to watch for.

1:32.3

And maybe an indication if you're looking to read the tea leaves here that there might be more substantive at a detailed level information being discussed

1:40.3

sort of below the presidential level here.

1:42.3

So we'll watch for that.

1:43.3

But Vladimir Putin, as you look at his plane here, has just become the presidential level here. So we'll watch for that. But Vladimir Putin,

1:44.5

as you look at his plane here, has just become the first Russian president to land in Alaska,

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