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Hi, I'm CNDC producer Katie Kramer.

Today on Squawk Pod.

J.P. Morgan's CEO, Jamie Diamond, on his bank's $24 million investment close to home,

Pennsylvania's maritime and defense industries.

And it fits kind of what we call the American dream.

Getting kids,

skills, or all workers skills that they have jobs that could pay 80, 90, $100,000 a year after,

you know, a year or two of training. So this, you know, lifts up to America. And the politician he's

working with. David McCormick would be a great president, very capable. I love the fact that him

and Senator

Federman talked together. That is democracy. Pennsylvania Senator David McCormick on the convergence

of consumer and military tech. When you think about the compute power that's needed in the

data centers, you think about energy security, you think about drone warfare or robots on the

battlefield. All of that's underwritten and underpinned by AI.

Plus, the sports business boom of this summer's World Cup with boardroom founder Rich Klyman.

It's truly captured everybody.

The entrepreneur also manages the career of Hoops star Kevin Durant,

and he sees soccer's potentially bright future.

This is the chance at the grassroots level to develop young players and to show young players

how big this sport is globally.

It is Wednesday, July 15th, 2026.

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