The Shutdown, Travel, & “A House of Dynamite” 11/6/25

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) discusses the prolonged government shutdown, as well as the future of the filibuster and bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. Because of the shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a reduction in flight capacity by 10% at 40 major airports starting on Friday, a move that will affect roughly 3,500-4,000 flights per day. American Airlines Pilot Dennis Tajer represents the Allied Pilots Association, and he’s urging lawmakers to pass a clean CR, just so his crews can get back to paid work. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is softening his comments that “China will win the AI race,” and Doordash stock is sinking. Plus, director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Noah Oppenheim discuss their latest movie for Netflix, “A House of Dynamite,” exploring what a nuclear launch crisis might look like in today’s geopolitical climate. Dennis Tajer - 19:59 Speaker Mike Johnson - 25:43 Kathryn Bigelow & Noah Oppenheim - 42:50 In this episode: Mike Johnson, @SpeakerJohnson 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.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.8	The Supreme Court weighing the president's authority on tariff policy, we hear from the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.
0:16.8	If I thought that the executive was overstepping its bounds, I would have spoken up.
0:21.6	Now, I'd do it in my way. I would do it behind the scenes with the president.
0:24.6	We worked that out privately.
0:25.6	And how Johnson's Republican majority is weathering a government shutdown that goes on and on.
0:32.6	This really was, as some people say, the Seinfeld shutdown. It's a shutdown about nothing.
0:36.6	But the FAA announcing a shutdown-related cut to air traffic, as much as 10%.
0:42.9	Dennis Taser from the biggest union of airline pilots tells us the impact to aviation essentials working without pay.
0:49.9	Air traffic controllers and TSA officers, they're part of my crew.
0:53.3	Stop messing with my crew.
0:55.0	Get this thing done so that we can get back to flying in clear skies.
1:00.2	What do we do if there was a nuclear bomb aimed toward an American city?
1:04.8	The Netflix film A House of Dynamite explores that scary scenario.
1:09.4	Screenwriter Noah Oppenheim on the fact-based premise.
1:12.5	We began building the story like you might actually report out a story for a newspaper or for a news outlet.
1:19.0	And director Catherine Bigelow wants us to be thrilled, yes, but also think.
1:24.1	Do we need to be living in a house of dynamite? That's what the phrase refers to toward the end of the movie.
1:29.3	We've built this world that is ready to blow at any second.
1:34.3	Plus, NVIDIA CEO's warning about AI competition and travel headaches.
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