Emmys & Streamers, NY Politics, & TikTok’s Deadline 9/15/25

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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After TV’s biggest night, Variety’s Brent Lang highlights the true winners at the Emmy Awards: streamers. Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel offers a long-term view of the American economy and American wallets, and he sees signs of weakening. Plus, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor, China ruled that Nvidia violated anti-monopoly law, and TikTok parent ByteDance is up against another divesting deadline for its U.S. business. Phillip Swagel - 17:12 Brent Lang - 28:20 In this episode: Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	A long look at the U.S. economy with budget director Phil Swagel.
0:14.0	We see lots of signs that the economy is weakening.
0:17.0	Looking out at the next three years of the American Pocketbook. The challenge is that both labor supply and labor demand are falling.
0:24.6	So the break-even for the monthly jobs number has got to be much lower.
0:28.6	It's got to be much lower.
0:30.6	And TV's biggest night, we're recapping the Emmys with varieties Brent Lang.
0:36.6	If you look at who actually won here, the streamers absolutely dominated.
0:41.3	Plus China cracking down on Nvidia, TikTok parent bite dance up against another divesting
0:48.3	deadline, and New York Governor Kathy Hochel is backing Zohan Mamdani for NYC mayor, which leaves the rest of the Democrats to decide where they stand.
0:57.6	I think this is a fall in line scenario. Isn't that what's happening?
1:02.0	I think it is.
1:03.6	It is Monday, September 15th, 2025. Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:10.1	Stand Becky by in three, two, one.
1:13.0	Kewa, please.
1:15.3	Good morning, everybody.
1:16.9	Welcome to Squawk Box right here on CNBC.
1:19.4	We're live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:22.1	I'm Becky Quake along with Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
1:25.2	Overnight, China ruling that NVIDIA violated anti-monopoly laws in a preliminary investigation.
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