Squawk Box

Sam Dorman | October 3, 2016

National Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench threw his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and argued on CNBC’s Squawk Box that Trump could “change Washington.”

“I’m going for…

Sam Dorman | September 20, 2016

Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch tore into Hillary Clinton’s policies on Squawk Box, arguing that her push for climate justice was de facto “lawyer protection.”

“Basically what it is, it…

Sam Dorman | September 12, 2016

Squawk Box anchor Joe Kernen jabbed the Clinton campaign for staging a meeting between the Democratic presidential nominee and a little girl in New York City.

“It was so choreographed,” Kernen said on Sept. 12.…

Sam Dorman | September 1, 2016

A Wall Street Journal columnist had strong words for the NY attorney general’s fight against ExxonMobil.

“Their whole schtick now is to find enemies, and attack the enemies,” Journal columnist Holman Jenkins said of the…

Mira Ebersole | July 29, 2016

CNBC’s business news coverage took a humorous turn when Squawk Box anchors Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin’s conversation turned to social media. 

On July 27, after reporting that Twitter shares were down following a…

Mira Ebersole | July 22, 2016

On the eve of the Democratic convention, CNBC’s Joe Kernen wanted to know why the media have failed to challenge Hillary Clinton on the issue of her personal wealth and the controversy surrounding the Clinton Foundation.

Kernen, a…

Mira Ebersole | June 24, 2016

Shocking the whole world, the British people voted on June 23, to leave the European Union — a move nicknamed Brexit.

Unexpectedly, the Leave voters won 52 to 48 percent. Although there was much anger at the decision, there were…

Mira Ebersole | June 16, 2016

Following the Labor Department’s disappointing report that only 38,000 jobs were added in May, the Federal Reserve decided on June 15, 2016, they would not raise interest rates.

CNBC Squawk Box co-anchor Joe Kernen reacted to the…

Mira Ebersole | June 3, 2016

In spite of expectations that 160,000 jobs or more were added in May, the latest jobs report was a shocker showing just 38,000 job gains last month.

CNBC’s Squawk Box panelists reacted live to that surprising Labor Department report…

Sam Dorman | May 18, 2016

CNBC anchor Joe Kernen on Tuesday tore into the prospect of a socialist president, and knocked young people who he said had a warped view of Bernie Sanders.

Kernen’s comments came in response to a report by political correspondent…

Sam Dorman | May 13, 2016

CNBC anchors Joe Kernen and Michelle Caruso Cabrera poked fun at socialism, saying it equalized results, but made everything worse.

Cabrera said on Squawk Box May 12, that socialism brought about “equal suffering,” while…

Sam Dorman | May 3, 2016

Buffett executive Charlie Munger ridiculed the prospect of Trump and Cruz nominations during a CNBC appearance, by comparing their campaigns to a hopeless charge made during the Crimean War.

His comments came in response to Squawk Box…

Sam Dorman | April 7, 2016

The transgender CEO of United Therapeutics said the company disapproved of North Carolina’s transgender bathroom law, which CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin described as “anti-LGBT.”

 Squawk Box host Sorkin asked CEO…

Sam Dorman | March 22, 2016

Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen took issue with a colleague’s coverage of protests at a recent Donald Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona.

CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood reported on March 21, that at that rally a Trump…

Sam Dorman | March 7, 2016

A tense exchange on CNBC suggested Joe Kernen might not trust his colleague John Harwood to ask tough questions when interviewing liberals.

Squawk Box co-host Kernen pressed Harwood, CNBC’s chief Washington correspondent, on whether…

Sam Dorman | March 2, 2016

Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen sparred with a Democratic strategist over whether or not Democrats believe in the rule of law.

Kernen rebuffed strategist Steve McMahon’s claim that Democrats believed in the rule of law saying, “…

Sam Dorman | February 19, 2016

The Daily News’s provocative covers aren’t impressing everyone.

Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen slammed the newspaper on Feb. 19, 2016, calling it a “rag” and a “joke” whose papers weren’t even…

Sam Dorman | December 23, 2015

Politicians often complain about America’s struggling middle class, but according to Squawk Box host Andrew Ross Sorkin, they should quit crying over spilt milk. Sorkin…

Sam Dorman | December 23, 2015

After CNBC Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen complained about his recent spat with allergies, citing warm weather as a potential cause of ragweed growth, co-host Becky Quick teased him about climate change.

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