Matt Damon: Solving for the Water Crisis 4/05/22

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In an extended interview, Matt Damon and Gary White discuss founding their nonprofit Water.org, following over a decade funding global access to safe water and sanitation. The actor and engineer share their inspiration and motivation. Plus, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been appointed to Twitter’s board of directors after taking a 9.2% stake in the social media giant. In reaction, Twitter saw its best day of trading since its IPO in 2013. Shanghai has extended restrictions on transportation as cases rise and lockdown continues, and in the U.S., the Senate reached a deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding just in case another Covid wave arrives stateside. In this episode: Matt Damon, @Water Gary White, @Water Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk 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.
0:08.0	A worthy cause with a touch of celebrity, Matt Damon.
0:12.0	Water is the least sexy of cause with a touch of celebrity, Matt Damon.
0:12.6	Water is the least sexy of all causes.
0:16.1	And I heard that and I was like, I'm on it.
0:18.3	The actor and philanthropist taking on the world's water crisis,
0:22.2	how he and partner Gary White are solving for
0:24.8	safe water and sanitation. It is, you know, on the face our story, our journey, it's
0:29.9	a story of the millions of people around the world who gained access to water and sanitation.
0:35.2	This approach, rather than just kind of giving a handout, is more about empowering people.
0:40.5	So Matt Damon today, plus the rest of the stories that got us squawking, a new COVID lockdown in China, and
0:47.1	Elon Musk's plans for Twitter, perhaps not so passive, from a 9% stake to the board of directors.
0:53.2	How long do you believe the management,
0:55.5	the current management of Twitter is for this world?
0:57.6	If Elon Musk has things that he'd like to see implement it
0:59.9	if you're working along with him on that, that's one thing.
1:02.1	If you're opposing him and trying to keep him quiet in the corner,
1:04.4	nobody puts baby in a corner in this one.
1:06.8	It's Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
1:09.6	Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:11.7	Stand Becky by, in three, two, one, feel please.
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