Timing the Iran War & AI on the Battlefield 3/10/26

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Wall Street witnessed a stunning recovery Monday after President Donald Trump indicated the U.S.-Iran war could be over soon. Trump told a CBS News reporter on Monday that “the war is very complete, pretty much” and later said during a press conference that the conflict would end “very soon.” Sen. Ted Cruz weighs in on the potential duration of the conflict in Iran, and Armadin CEO Kevin Mandia describes the AI-enabled future of warfare, that is already here. Plus, CNBC’s Steve Liesman on the tough road volatile energy prices make for the Federal Reserve and CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on Defense Secretary Hegseth’s description of the latest strikes of Operation Epic Fury. Eamon Javers 16:18 Sen. Ted Cruz 18:43 SteveLiesman 33:25 Kevin Mandia 39:19 In this episode: Eamon Javers, @eamonjavers Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Ted Cruz, @SenTedCruz Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk 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 Pod.
0:09.0	War in Iran is at the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning.
0:14.0	Markets are reacting to every word choice of President Trump about the engagement.
0:19.0	There will be, I guess, pressure or an inclination.
0:22.6	Go back down.
0:23.2	To back down.
0:24.5	On what could be the most intense day of strikes to Operation Epic Fury.
0:30.0	How long does it go on for?
0:32.0	How many boats can or cannot get through the straight of whom, who's?
0:35.7	Right.
0:36.6	Our aim in javers on the U.S. military dominance.
0:40.1	The Iranian ability to fire missiles is beginning to peter out.
0:44.7	Senator Ted Cruz on the outlook for regime change in Iran.
0:49.0	This current Ayatollah, my suspicion is his tenure is not long.
0:53.5	And what's the new chapter of warfare we are writing?
0:57.0	Mandiant founder, cyber expert Kevin Mandia, says the future is here.
1:01.5	I think the threat that's emerging right now and is the shift change to AI.
1:05.4	It's a technology that can think, that can learn, that can adapt.
1:10.2	It's Tuesday, March 10th, 2026.
1:13.3	Squawk Pod begins right now.
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