Mysterious Drone Sightings & Musk Biographer Walter Isaacson 12/16/24

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Drones have been spotted flying above New Jersey over the past several days, sparking concern among residents and local lawmakers. New Jersey Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) serves on the House Armed Services Committee and is urging action and clear communication from the federal government to quell public concern. Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson discusses Musk’s DOGE leadership and his relationship with President-elect Trump. A former news editor, Isaacson weighs in on ABC’s $15M defamation settlement with Trump and the flow of CEOs visiting Mar-a-Lago. Plus, the President-elect is reportedly considering privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, and Apple plans to introduce a foldable iPhone. Mikie Sherrill - 14:49 Walter Isaacson - 23:51 In this episode: Rep. Mikie Sherrill, @RepSherrill Walter Isaacson, @WalterIsaacson Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.4	On today's episode, It's a Bird, it's a plane, it's a slew of mystery drones over New Jersey and neighboring states.
0:17.6	It almost sounds like Orson Wells in or in War the Worlds or something.
0:21.6	I mean, it's frightening.
0:22.6	New Jersey Representative Mikey Sherrill is urging action from the federal government.
0:27.6	Get these radars on the ground. Get the predators in the air.
0:30.6	Come up with a plan here. And I've not been hearing that. Get NORAD on this.
0:35.6	And the pipeline of CEOs traveling to Florida.
0:40.3	Biographer and Professor Walter Isaacson explains why CEOs are kissing the ring at Mar-a-Lago.
0:47.3	You're seeing that these companies, Tim Cook, is down there, showing them the new
0:51.3	phoneable phone. That's understandable, but it's clearly a lot
0:57.3	of coutailing going on. Plus, the rest of the news that got us squawking today, like an I-flip
1:04.0	phone and privatizing the post office? Does that mean you can opt out from all the junk mail
1:09.6	that gets sent to your house?
1:16.8	It's Monday, December 16th, 2024, and SquawkPod begins right now.
1:20.9	Stand Becky by in three, two, one. Cuea, please.
1:29.7	Good morning, everybody, and welcome to Squackbox right here on CNBC. We are live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:33.0	I'm Becky Quick, along with Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin,
1:37.1	and we are coming to you from the NASDAQ right here in Times Square.
1:39.4	This is our new temporary location.
1:42.7	We're upstairs at the NASDAQ instead of on the ground floor.
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