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welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan joe is off today and andrew is live at the new york stock exchange. it's dark, it's cold, but you have a good reason for being there, andrew, do you want to explain? >> thanks, becky we are at the new york stock exchange wework is going public today, via spac making a delayed debut here it is one of the most dramatic business stories of the last several years a company that was once worth $47 billion, about to go public. that public offering scuttled back

welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan joe is off today and andrew is live at the new york stock exchange. it's dark, it's cold, but you have a good reason for being there, andrew, do you want to explain? >> thanks, becky we are at the new york stock exchange wework is going public today, via spac making a delayed debut here it is one of the most dramatic business stories of the last several years a company that was once worth $47 billion, about to go public. that public offering scuttled back in 2019, softbank coming in to save the day, investing in that company, now has something on the order of 16 to $17 billion in that company. lots of folks thought it was left for dead, especially as the pandemic came around, and people stopped going to the office, but, in fact, perhaps the opposite has happened. the company becoming a major turn around story of sorts going and listing today through this spac. we're going to be talking to the ceo of wework a little bit later. and the executive chair from softbank who has spearheaded t

and brian sullivan joins to us talk about that right now. brian. >> yeah, good morning, andrewre it is a lot of us are going to paying, quote, higher taxes with gasoline and heating costs that aside you've got four ceos and trade groups u.s. chamber of commerce visiting virtually capitol hill today where they will be grilled primarily by democratic congressman ro khanna and it's now pushed back at 10:30, essentially to accommodate the president announcing his big spending bill there are going to be tough questions, andrew about the oil companies' roles in not only climate change but also producing misinformation about climate change all sparking from that leaked undercover video from greenpeace back in group, with lobbyists admitting, yeah we use shadow groups, shadow interests to divert misinformation, whatever and man-made role, fossil industry role, in climate change expect a lot of difficult questions. expect a very long hearing expected to go six-plus hours as well guys, we're going to hear two things from the oil companies, chevron and exxon, carbon capture and net zero h