The Saudi Visit, the Epstein Vote & Oz Pearlman the Mentalist 11/18/25

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman visits the White House today; his first visit since the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Retired 4-star General David Petraeus describes the high stakes of the event and the shifting politics in the Middle East. The complex web of connections to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has revealed private communications between Epstein and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, causing Summers to announce a pull-back from public appearances – as the house readies for a vote to ask the President to release more full files. Emily Wilkins reports on Senate Republicans’ new goal to lower health care costs. And, how’d he do it? Mentalist Oz Pearlman reads minds – and the results are stunning. Emily Wilkins - 14:15 Davvd Petraeus - 20:45 Oz Pearlman - 31:12 In this episode: Emily Wilkins, @emrwilkins Oz Pearlman, @OzTheMentalist Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:06.9	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.5	A return to Washington by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.
0:13.9	We talk about all the time, Keshogi.
0:16.2	Yes, this is where we are now.
0:17.7	Full circle.
0:18.7	Retired four-star general David Petraeus on the diplomatic stakes.
0:22.5	It's a very significant visit. There are a lot of deliverables, and I think it will be,
0:26.8	again, something that they will definitely celebrate this evening properly.
0:30.8	The complicated web of connections to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein puts political
0:35.8	pressure on the president. There's no allegations of any wrong to him yet. Maybe there's something in these files that haven't come out.
0:42.3	And causes a former Treasury Secretary to step back from public life.
0:46.3	There's not an allegation. There's emails that are more than unattractive.
0:50.3	Our Emily Wilkins on Congressional Republicans' new pitch to lower health care costs.
0:56.0	If you are someone who has a high medical cost, you know, a health savings account, it's great for the initial chunk, but eventually there is a giant bill that is coming.
1:05.0	Plus, Wall Street's favorite mentalist O'S Perlman reads our minds.
1:10.0	When I go one, two, and three, say the letter you picked.
1:13.7	One, two, three.
1:15.5	G. No.
1:16.9	That was weird.
1:18.1	And the results are stunning.
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