Four Weeks Until Election Day & A Storm of Misinformation 10/8/24

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

As we enter the final month before the election, Pollster and Political Strategist Frank Luntz discusses Vice Pres. Kamala Harris’ strategy and string of media appearances, including an interview on “60 Minutes” on Monday. Next, Rep. Chuck Edwards, (R) North Carolina, discusses the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in his district and the difficulty of accessing reliable on-the-ground information about the storm amid a rise in misinformation. For a list of hurricane relief resources to help the Helene victims, visit edwards.house.gov/helpWNC. Plus, Tampa braces for Hurricane Milton and Hindenburg Research shorts Roblox, alleging the company inflates user metrics to investors and has insufficient safeguards for its child gamers. Frank Luntz 12:17 Rep. Chuck Edwards 27:23 In this episode: Frank Luntz, @FrankLuntz Rep. Chuck Edwards, @RepChuckEdwards Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk 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 C. NBC producer Katie Kramer, today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	Four weeks to election day, we check in with Words and and messaging guru Frank Luntz on Vice President
0:14.9	Kamala Harris's media blitz.
0:17.2	She is taking pages out of the Republican playbook.
0:20.8	And what candidates messages are getting to voters?
0:23.7	It's actually Donald Trump who's ducking debates and ducking that interview on 60 minutes
0:28.4	that he said he would do and then backed away from.
0:32.1	Clean up in hurricane hit North Carolina.
0:34.5	We check in on the ground with Congressman Chuck Edwards.
0:37.5	We've seen widespread damage beyond anything these mountains have ever seen.
0:43.0	Plus a shocking story about a popular kids online game.
0:47.0	I mean this is pretty remarkable.
0:48.5	The threat of predators in Roblocks.
0:51.0	Public bathroom simulator vibe is the name of one of the rooms.
0:58.4	All that and much more today. It is Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
1:03.0	Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:05.0	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, queue please.
1:09.0	Good morning everybody and welcome to Squackbox right here on
1:13.6	c. We are live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square. I'm Becky
1:17.5	Quick along with Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin and here we go.
1:21.6	We have an update now on Hurricane Milton according to the
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