The House Votes: Impeachment & USMCA; Star Wars

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Investing, Business, News, Business News

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The House has voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump. CNBC Contributor Steve Grasso, QMA’s Ed Campbell, and Needham’s Chris Retzler discuss if and when the markets will react with Becky and Andrew. The other big vote in Washington this week: USMCA. Former Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren shares what this deal means for business leaders and retailers, and what the bricks versus clicks battle looks like in the decade to come. Becky’s headed to the movies for Star Wars, no matter what the critics say. Former NBC Cable President Tom Rogers and Variety’s Brent Lang discuss the franchise’s value for Disney. Plus, IAC is spinning off dating website Match Group while Facebook is taking Super Bowl ads for a spin.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod, the daily podcast brought to you by the team behind Squawk Box.
0:08.0	NYC, this is NBC Control 2.
0:10.0	See, NBC's essential morning show.
0:12.0	PCR2. Every day get the best stories, debate, and analysis. see The House has voted to impeach President Trump.
0:22.8	Article 1 is adopted.
0:26.0	Article 2 is adopted.
0:28.8	What this means for investors and what it doesn't.
0:31.5	The question is whether you think this helps or hurts his
0:34.4	chances in 2020 which I think will have actually a very big impact potentially
0:39.2	on the markets. Trade deal in Isle Five. Terry Lundgren who ran Macy's for 14 years on the importance of a deal with China for retailers.
0:47.0	Our countries, China and America, are just too important to each other to not get a deal that makes sense for both sides.
0:55.0	And Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker opens.
0:57.5	Does Disney have a new hope for audience dollars?
1:00.6	The hope has to be when you buy into a franchise like this that you cannot just take the folks who sort of grew up on it, but that you can build an entire new generation out of it.
1:11.0	Those stories and a lot more, like Facebook buying a Super Bowl ad that may have
1:15.5	some familiar faces.
1:16.7	Yo Ad, I haven't heard anything else you've said. I'm C. M. D.C. producer Katie
1:20.5	Kramer, it's Thursday, December 19th, 2019,
1:23.4	Squawk Pod begins right now.
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