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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 also plenty…
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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 Fed’s…
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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 on June 3…
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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 John…
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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 Kernen…
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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 host Becky…
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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 Martine…
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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 supporter…
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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 or not he…
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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, “Yes, the…