Ted Cruz on the Panama Canal & Chris Hayes Wants Your Attention 01/28/25

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🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The fate of the Panama Canal hangs in balance as lawmakers spar over whether the U.S. will try to take control of it. Texas Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, offers his thoughts on the geopolitical battle ahead of the committee’s hearing. Plus, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes gives a preview of his new book, “The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource,” discussing how tech companies have monetized attention. Also, President Donald Trump says China's DeepSeek AI “should be a wake-up call” for American tech companies, Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ in the Maps app, and short seller Andrew Left is looking to dismiss his fraud case with the Justice Department. Ted Cruz - 17:59 Chris Hayes - 30:21 In this episode: Sen. Ted Cruz, @tedcruz Chris Hayes, @chrislhayes Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pot.
0:09.0	The Panama Plan. Are we taking back the canal?
0:13.0	The $5 billion a year artery of international trade is a target for President Trump,
0:17.0	and now a Senate committee is looking into it.
0:20.0	Ted Cruz joins us.
0:22.1	The nation of Panama did not build the Panama Canal. America did. The nation of Panama
0:26.7	did not pay for the Panama Canal. America did. And attention must be paid. MSNBC's Chris
0:34.1	Hayes on what's really the world's most important commodity. When you look at companies
0:39.3	like Google and Meta, right, what are they actually monetizing? They're actually monetizing our attention.
0:44.2	Plus, the day in DeepSeek, the Chinese AI that is so good, it spooked an entire industry and the people
0:50.8	who invest in it. This may be a Sputnik moment. It may be stolen.
0:55.3	All of those things may be true
0:56.9	and still have a huge impact on the industry.
0:59.7	A short seller takes on the SEC
1:01.5	and the rest of today's news that got us squawking.
1:05.3	Hmm.
1:06.1	All right, things that make you go.
1:08.8	It's Tuesday, January 28th.
1:11.4	New as you can use.
1:12.5	Squawk pod begins right now.
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