alan sorkin and jeff daniels. welcome to you both. i was at the premier of the newsroom in new york, a very gradios affair with all the great of media there, lots of cable news anchors racing to see how accurate this was. i think it's fair to say, general consensus was it was pretty darned accurate. people really enjoyed it. i found it a thrilling reality check, for me, what it's like to see it through the prism of your character, jeff. i'm curious about your motives here. i'm an unashamed "west coast wing" fan. privilege to have you here. what are you trying to achieve with the cable news genre, if anything? >> i'm only trying to achieve one thing. one goal. that's to entertain the audience for an hour. we shoot our show on stage 7 at sun set studios, the same stage where they shot "the monkees" and we're going for the exact same thing. >> but are you, though? >> you say all this stuff. i think underneath it, you do like to make your point. some of the criticism the reviews i've seen is not centered around the show or jeff, but this

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he was in a few good men, west wing almost everything alan sorkin has ever created. >> he's been very good to me. >> cenk: you're in scandal which reminds me of sorkin. >> similar world. >> cenk: josh, talk to me about snap for a week. what is that? >> it is a great experiment and a challenge. the good people at mazon, an anti-hunger organization called me to see if i would do it. you spend a week trying to live on the average amount of money given to a recipient of snap which is $31.50 over the course of a week. that's about $1.50 a meal. >> cenk: wait a minute. i hear from rush limbaugh and others that people on food stamps eat luxurious. he did a segment if you're hungry why don't you go to the fridge? >> i would suggest he try this challenge. >> cenk: when you say -- $31.50? >> a buck and a half a meal. i find it hard to believe it is enough incentive for anyone want to remain a recipient of snap. it is not luxurious. having done it for a week. >> cenk: you just did it last week. so how did it go, first? >> it was difficult. and of course i also have the luxury of know hing it was

sorkin. becky quick is in sun valley, idaho, with warren buffett, joined by deficit reduction duo erskine bowles and alante. if we were the "new york post" we're calling them a superhero duo we would superimpose their heads with batman and robin or capes. >> a little, you know, why not -- >> a whole lot of things i've never done but i never had too much fun. >> that is true. >>> united airlines is poised to buy at least 100 new boeing 737 airplanes, the mammoth deal could eventually be worth well more than $9 billion. phil lebeau reports the deal will be announced at united airlines headquarters in chicago. >>> the new york fed is going to release libor documents tomorrow and just for warren buffett talking about that, weighing in, central bank official says the information will show that the regional fed took prompt action four years ago to highlight problems with a benchmark interest rate and press for reform. they may set the libor with barclays as early as 2007. earlier this week a congressman requested transcripts related to the conversations between the fed and the british bank, which brings us now

sorkin and michelle caruso-cabrera. becky is off today but join us live from sun valley on thursday. along with these three special guest, warren buffett, alanimpson and erskine bowles with a very special "squawk box". we're calling searching for solutions, avoiding the fiscal cliff. and making headlines this morning, bp is indefinitely suspended a $1.5 billion offshore oil project in alaska. company citing cost overruns and technical set backs. good. you're not sure about it, don't do it this time. brent crude falling to $99 a barrel. the drop comes after norway's government intervened in a labor strike and order ad last minute settlement to avoid a full closure. the strike began on june 24th. cut oil production from the world's number eighth exporter by 13%. >> the futures right now are indicating a higher open. here's the energy market. you can see that crude oil and brent are lower as joe talked about. okay. so the dow opened higher by nearly 67 points. s&p higher by seven, nasdaq higher by 12. ten year yield was 1.5%. the dollar was weaker across the board. now it's mixed. flat against the euro, a buck 23 is what the euro will cost and