Ida Heads North; Building Better with Walter Isaacson; Box Office Blues

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

At least 22 people were killed as the remnants of Hurricane Ida battered New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. NBC meteorologist Bill Karins reports on Ida’s path and the record rain and flooding that deluged the region and triggered states of emergency on Thursday. CNBC’s Ylan Mui and Walter Isaacson, history professor at Tulane and renowned author, discuss how the extreme weather may impact priorities for Washington’s infrastructure deal. CNBC’s Meg Tirrell reports that new data from GoodRx reveals more doctor-patient visits unrelated to the pandemic, both for cosmetic and mental health reasons. Plus, Axios reporter Sara Fischer talks TV and film as release dates for major pictures are pushed to 2022

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C and D.C. producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.0	Today on our podcast, Weathering More Storms, Hurricane Ida moved up to the northeast in a one in 500 year flooding display.
0:19.0	NBC news meteorologist Bill Kerons.
0:22.0	This was the most rain ever recorded. news meteorologist Bill Carrens.
0:22.8	This was the most rain ever recorded in one single hour in Central Park.
0:27.7	Those records go back 156 years.
0:31.9	What Extreme Weather means for our country's infrastructure,
0:36.1	Ida's impact on the hill with author and professor Walter Isakson.
0:40.4	My focus would be on getting the physical infrastructure of this country, whether it's rail,
0:45.7	whether it's levies, whether it's our airports and air traffic control, so that we can survive
0:51.6	what will be bigger climate events.
0:54.8	And box office bumbers,
0:57.4	Top Gun, Mission Impossible, and others
0:59.5	delayed in route to theaters,
1:01.6	Axios Media reporter, Sarah Fisher.
1:04.0	Delta is scaring people off.
1:06.0	You have a lot of people who are looking at cases rise,
1:09.0	you're looking at deaths rise,
1:10.0	and they're thinking to themselves,
1:12.0	God, is a movie worth it especially now
1:14.5	that a lot of people can get these at home in the same day. Those stories plus
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