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Squawk Pod

Roger Federer, John McEnroe, & the Laver Cup

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4494 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Tennis champion Roger Federer, his agent Tony Godsick, and tennis legend John McEnroe kick off the Laver Cup tournament with the “Squawk Box” team. Federer and Godsick discuss co-founding the tournament, this weekend’s lineup, and the return of live sporting events. John McEnroe reunites with Joe Kernen and Joe Kernen’s hair, and weighs in on the wealth tax debate on Capitol Hill: “I pay more taxes than Jeff Bezos.” The head of the CDC overruled an advisory panel today, approving the distribution of Pfizer’s Covid boosters to a wide array of workers across the U.S. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusses vaccine confusion and says the FDA and CDC should be more aligned in their approach. Costco is bringing back purchase limits on household essentials such as toilet paper, bottled water and cleaning supplies due to supply chain challenges. Plus, bitcoin and ethereum are falling after the People’s Bank of China outlawed all crypto-related activities. In this episode: Roger Federer, @rogerfederer Tony Godsick, @LaverCup John McEnroe, @JohnMcEnroe Scott Gottlieb, @ScottGottliebMD Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bring in show music please.

0:04.0

This is Squawk Pod. I'm the NBC producer Katie Kramer.

0:08.0

Today on our podcast.

0:10.0

Tennis, anyone?

0:12.0

Roger Federal Tennis, anyone?

0:14.0

Roger Federer, tennis legend bringing competitors

0:17.2

to the same side of the court for this weekend's Labor Cup.

0:20.3

The legacy is really important that we remember it in tennis because we have a really rich history and

0:25.9

Rod Labro of course I think was a hero to a lot of us.

0:29.4

His agent and Labor Cup co-founder Tony Godsek, and John McEnroe returns to

0:35.4

see NBC where he's already got friends.

0:38.0

I want to say hello to Squawk Box. Where's Joe? You know, I did a show on

0:41.6

see NBC and I think Joe was my most frequent guest.

0:44.4

Nothing's changed.

0:46.4

Nothing's changed.

0:48.0

And a late night twist inside the CDC?

0:50.9

Who gets booster shots?

0:52.2

Dr Scott Gottlie with the latest on COVID vaccines.

0:55.0

We shouldn't have allowed this process to go forward the way it has.

0:58.0

I don't know why we assume that processes built for peace time would be good in a wartime setting of a global pandemic.

1:04.0

Plus from the tennis court to the golf green and then to China.

1:08.0

What's worse if you get caught playing a video game for more than three hours on a weeknight

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