becky is live in tokyo with warren that would be becky quick and warren buffett, and we're going to be talking for three hours, becky is, to the oracle of omaha ending in the first hour we'll be joined by buffett's heir apparent it's wednesday, april 12th, 2023, and "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning and welcome to "squawk box" right here on cnbc. a very special edition of "squawk box" this morning. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. joe is in times square at the nasdaq becky is in tokyo with our headline guest of the morning. we're going to get to them in just a moment, but indulge two seconds right now. i want to show you the u.s. equity futures real quick as we flip the board around. we're look at the board on the screen nasdaq looking to open 28 points higher we'll show you treasuries before we get to the oracle of omaha. i'm sure you'll comment on all of it. right now the ten-eer note at 3.45% 6, the 2-year note at 4.062% with that i hand it over to becky in tokyo with maybe some of the biggest guests there could be good morning. >> andrew, good morning.

we are live in tokyo with warren buffett. as you know, warren buffett has preferred omaha over the financial centers of the world he does visit from time to time. that is what he is doing this week he is in tokyo this week first time he has been here in 12 years he has come because he wanted to check in on the five trading houses that berkshire bought a position in back in august of 2020 august 30th, 2020, he announced he accumulated a 5% stake in the five trading houses in japan that is big news, especially in japan, but around the world. the companies on the screen here those are the five major trading houses responsible for so much of the japanese economy. they do everything from importing energy and materials and textiles everything the nation needs for financing for everything beyond that in all places in the economy and including in manufacturing and beyond the five trading houses are known as the sosugosha we knew he bought 5% back in 2020 in november, we found out he bought an additional stake in each company bringing

senator elizabeth warren, thank you so hutch for your time tonight. i really appreciate it >> thank you >>> we have still more to come this evening including reports of a new grand jury investigation into trump supporters election deniers in michigan while the prosecutor in georgia warns police to get ready for her, quote, charging decisions which are coming this summer plus after revelations of justice clarence thomas' financial entanglements with a billionaire new reporting about another supreme court justice who left information about his public disclosure. that is next ♪♪ allergies don't have to be scary. (screaming) defeat allergy headaches fast with new flonase headache and allergy relief! two pills relieve allergy headache pain? and the congestion that causes it! flonase headache and allergy relief. psst! psst! all good! >>> for two years supreme court justice neil gorsuch used incredibly blurry photos to unsuccessfully try to sell this three bedroom 3 1/2 bath cabin on a 40 acre property in colorado purposely built right along the colorado riv

you think warren is confident in it?nsumer company as much as are tech company. he has said he doesn't think apple users would give up their phones for even $10,000. i don't think i would give up my phone for $10,000. jack otter: you say it makes you a better employee than a worker. your income depends on the iphone. carleton: it is an efficiency tool. it just doesn't work quite as well. jack otter: it works better. one question that has been in the air for years. after buffett moves on does berkshire hathaway break up in terms of parts? some people say the parts may be worth more than the whole? andrew: some are worth more than the whole, he thinks the company is bad together. he structured the board comic putting his daughter on the board so after his death it may hand together but as soon as he is dead, they may come out for his successor and you could see pressure break up the company. jack: thank you. you have interesting investing ideas for next weekend. a recommendation on how to get the best bang for your buck as

everybody associated with the warren commission is dead. so let's do it. he once said we had to do that when he was a senator 20 years ago. now they ask him to go ahead and you know, let the information be seen by all americans. and he says now he withhold something like $4.00 to $5000.00 reports. and these are the reports that deal sean as you probably know with his ties to the f b i and the ca mean oswald ties to the f b i y a he's. if he's alone not. why would he have any ties to the right? oh sure. no, there were plenty, i mean it was the, it was my dad pointed out in the film. the film focused on jim garrison was a real person. you know, the real district attorney and new orleans. and he was making a case against clay shaw and you know, shaw they deny that cliche was the well he was and that became out later. right. that was revealed later. but at the time he was trying to prove that she was ca, and of course, you know, he was going off of witnesses and you know, the jury, the jury and that it didn't ultimately buy it. they, they certainly felt like t

senator elizabeth warren, than you for your time tonight.. >> thank you >> we have still more to com this evening including reports of a new grand jur investigation towards trum supporting initial electio deniers in michigan. while the prosecutor in georgi warns police to get ready fo the charging decisions, whic are coming this summer plus, after rachael revelation about justice christ thomas' financial entanglements with a billionaire, new reporting today reveals another suprem court justice, who left ou some interesting information for him his public disclosures that's next. (psst psst) ahhhh... with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy, long lasting relief in a scent-free, gentle mist. (psst psst) flonase. all good. (water splashing) hey, dad... hum... what's the ocean like? ♪ are there animals living underwater? ♪ is the ocean warm? yeah, it can be very warm. ♪ you were made to remember some days forever. we were made to help you find the best way there. ♪ are you tired of clean clothes

andrew, thank you for joining us >>> warren buffett just sold taiwan semi, one of the best companies.move >> i think taiwan semi conductor is one of the best -- well, it's the best in that field and one of the best companies in the world. it's a fabulous enterprise but i do think that there is a danger there to some there's actually a danger of seismic action with where they are located, but that's a low probability. >> shares are lower today. on a new report questioning domestic expansion so much news >> i'm going to try to get there it in 60 seconds the new report says that tmc, the largest contractor in the world, is considering slowing capacity in taiwan that news is causing the stock to drop slightly but a taiwanese economy minister has come out today denying that story, saying plans have not changed. given the chips company's recent march revenues, which fell 15% year of year, one analyst says any slowdown in cap x shouldn't come as any surprise research says worldwide shipment of computers dropped so recent sales figures shows that it's not immune to what is going on in the eco

. >>> plus, warren buffett looking to japan for opportunity looking to take bigger stakes in trading houses there. >>> and alibaba pulling back the curtain on the a.i. ambition looking to take on chatgpt we are live in china for a look at that tech. >>> it is tuesday, april 11th, 2023 you are watching "worldwide exchange" here on cnbc >>> good morning welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm frank holland. a kickoff of the hour with the muted start in the united states green across the board up slightly for each indices this after the last start to the trading week the dow and s&p with marginal gains and nasdaq ticked lower. >>> we begin with the benchmark 10-year treasury yield at 3.39 down 50 basis points from where we were on march 10th. the collapse of svb. we are still seeing that inverted yield curve that spread has narrowed just a bit in the month of april. we are watching the energy complex. always looking to oil. wti is $80 a barrel. up pounds 50%. brent crude at $84.50. up .50%. >>> in crypto, bitcoin crossing back above $30,000 right now, we are seeing bitcoin at $30,100 ether

warren buffett says he is considering more investments there.otes to keep rates unchanged and pushes back on that rate cut expectations. alibaba enters the fray with a new ai model on the heels of similar debuts from others. it is risk on. in asia investors are shrugging off expectations of a rate hike by the fed in may. we had the bok standing pat for a second time in a row. in terms of benchmarks in asia, australia up 1.3%. minors are tracking higher on the back of newmont getting a bid from new crest. the governor says no change as of now and getting a boost from warren buffett, saying he might increase investments in japan according to the nikkei 225 in korea standing pat. kospi up 1.5%. the weaker dollar lifting asian currency. the japan nikkei -- the japan yen in higher territory with a dovish boj it's about the yen. for more let's go to mark cranfield. and a rate strategist at bloomberg intelligence. mark, what has changed? >> some investors would like to think the hard work has been done and some asian central banks were early in the rat

i don't, i mean you advise ro qana, elizabeth warren a oh see the progressive gorgeous. what do they say when you say things like you've just said to me, because they all voted for more military, a to ukraine, a will see voted $40000000000.00 and military a. i mean, they've turned around the 1.3 trillion spending bill from 2018 that specifically said the as all regiment with their not c ties could be one of the ones that being sanctioned in effect. what did they say to you when you say, look, some of these policies may unite and make the u. s. declining basically the context in which subjects that kind of come up when i'm talking with these, these legislators is a little bit different than the current context that you and i are talking about these things in connection with the. so in general, when i talking to american policymakers, progressive legislators, i'm talking more about the need for a kind of re diversification. and a re, let's say autonomy or all harpy, restoring set of policies for the american economy. right. i mean, the us itself used to have a very diversi

s embassy, nazi and, and so what i like elizabeth warren and ro, connor and so on. at clearly you see them as making a difference and that there is a clear difference between the 2. but what do you make a fan of the criticisms from the left, which they know the fact that they are actively supporting the war spending trillions of public money while 40000000 go hungry. i know it's been said that you can't find a bridge and i know you write about infrastructure and the need for more bridges. you can find a bridge in the united states without someone sleeping under it. and none of these progressive caucus people tried to put medicare and some kind of health care system into the massive spending bills that have been passed. the huge jumble of spending bills, i all made it as a, in terms of a, made it a veto, a position. what is the i don't, i don't know of anybody who would claim that the progressive element of the party is actively supporting any of this stuff. people like ro and people like a c will vote in favor of legislation that there are sort of massive majorities

senator elizabeth warren, than you for your time tonight.ly appreciate it. >> thank you >> we have still more to com this evening including reports of a new grand jur investigation towards trum supporting initial electio deniers in michigan. while the prosecutor in georgi warns police to get ready fo the charging decisions, whic are coming this summer plus, after rachael revelation about justice christ thomas' financial entanglements with a billionaire, new reporting today reveals another suprem court justice, who left ou some interesting information for him his public disclosures that's next. >> when it comes to reducing sugar in your family's diet, the more choices, the better. that's why america's beverage companies are working together to deliver more great tasting options with less sugar or no sugar at all. in fact, today, nearly 60% of beverages sold contain zero sugar. different sizes? check. clear calorie labels? just check. with so many options, it's easier than ever to find the balance that's right for you. more choices. less sugar

they heard warren buffett talk about it today his companies except for insurance are weakening, that the economy is coming off, which means that i don't think you want to put new money into the market >> our headliner today, the wharton professor, jeremy siegel, who is back with us. we're so glad to have you, professor, on this day you said a couple weeks ago, quote, i can't be optimistic until the fed gets it and there's no sign they do yet. how do you feel hearing these comments we've gotten today and what you might here in the days ahead? >> yeah. i mean, i believe the fed has already done too much. i've voiced that for the last six months the trajectory was way too high by the way, speaking about the core, if you actually put real shelter prices in -- i mean, from apartment lists, zillow or the case-shiller number, core has been zero inflation for the last four to five months so it really wipes out the core if you use real shelter prices instead of the, as we know, dramatically lag prices that the fed is using so really core is not a problem. they shouldn't have raised last time

warren harding died and, so he served out the last little bit of warren term, and then he was elected to his own term in 1924. and so he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculating would here, would he not run for another term in 1928? and it was widely expected that he would. but he came here in 1927 because he was looking for place to kind of escape the oppressive summer in washington, d.c., in the mosquitoes and bugs and attention of the white house coolidge had vetoed a farm bill and there was a farm going on and south dakota was actually kind of the epicenter of that. crop prices had reduced by about 62% during the early to mid 1920s in south dakota. d the farm bloc in congress passed bill called the mcnary haugen farm reliefil that was the plan was to buy up surplus commodities and to kind of dump them on th international market and raise prices for. farmers here, coolidge vetoed. the marketplace.ent intrusion in and so when he did that, farmers and ranchers in the midwest and the west got really angry with and the idea took hold that he kind of needed to

elizabeth warren, any ideas? well, if you actually did tax above the average income, 100% of the access, and if you did actually subsidize everyone below the average income up to the average income, i'll stipulate tonight counselor that everyone be equal at zero. that is math this is not left wing right wing liberal conservative republican group. it's just plain math. and that is the theorem, i think really is important. steve, for the coming debate. why do you want to cut government spending? because it hurts the economy. you don't want to do it because not nice to some people. others, it kills the economy. we've a decline in the economy from what is it, 1999 to the present, just a secular decline of incredible proportions. we are the japan ification of america i mean, all of this purely simply because of redistribute in this society. and the more you put up with it, the longer it's going to last and the worse it's going to become. let me turn it over to brian. brian, can you just a couple of minutes talking abo

s. secretary of state antony blanket has helped phone calls with each of sedans, warren generals, urging them to reach a ceasefire. 2 and days of bloodshed. both groups have been fighting for control of sudan since saturday. the un says at least 185 people have been killed in japan for a g 7 foreign ministers meeting blinkin, decried a monday attack on a u. s. diplomatic convoy in sudan as quote, reckless and irresponsible, and warned that such violence threatens the delivery of foreign aid. we have the concerns of course, about the overall scrutiny bar, as profess civilians, as effective on us as a diverse roku program says i've written through people were killed that actually has it wasn't uses missy who are desperately this is viable from her. and the deadly violence has dampened hopes that the country was about to turn a corner after years of instability, authoritarian ruler, omar alba, sheer was overthrown in 2019, by the same generals. now fighting each other ah, fleeing the fleeting in the streets of cut whom those who can a getting out of we are leaving the city and heading for o

that limits the spaces where beers can live undisturbed. forest authorities, warren visitors, not to get too close to the animals. but that rarely happens anyway. the department has an open air exhibit with an overview of many of the local forest animals, except the beer. any special protection for the beers would be unnecessary, says the spokesman for the regional state forests. given her, her dish on getting sufficient in rock or we saw the 1st bears here in 1950 like is up the steep if you don't even to show them by the 1970 is there were 20 bears onions, beauty. and now we've got 200, hold the hostile, that's quite a big increase. so the last untouched polish forestry authorities are more focused on logging because of russia's warren, ukraine. lumber prices are high and fuel is scarce, was now get a zip code of them. see if not listening it if a or if from time to time a view of the trees worthy of protection that all the hotels were the ones that could be natural. monuments, others are cut down. vincent deep in the forest, far from civilization. a few forest activists have set u

i be conscious of building expertise here in our entry industry groups here warren, that they're afraid that there's not the right mix of, of energy potentially with nuclear gone. germany is getting out of coal as well. do you agree that this could be potentially dangerous or to renewable advocates have a point when they say, look, the cost of renewable is much, much lower. and we're in the middle of a huge build up. well, a plan because they require additional going to replace them and we would need all addition we can get the cobalt plan. i mean, this is a big issue. we need to find solutions on the situation. is that in order to become carbon neutral, we don't just have to replace the power production. we have to replace electric, we have to use that tricity for heat and transportation. we need to dramatically increase the number of us or producing places for electricity. and of course, we can replace the free power plant, but we need to increase our electricity capacity by. i don't know us an expert in this 80 percent or so in order to become a percent. but we going to switch off th

apparently warren buffett used it to write a song for him in spanish.e using it to plan vacations. >> warren buffett or jimmy buffett? >> the script said warren! i asked chat gpt to write a poem for you guys about paul the weatherman. it gave us all the weatherman with charm and grace brings sunshine to every face. rain or shine he forecasts it all, his forecasts and predictions we heed and call. vern the sports anchor with energy in my brings the game to live every night with play-by-play and expert analysis, he leaves us in all and complete bl >> the effusive, truly effusive praise for authoritarian leaders from former president donald trump during an interview last night on fox news. here's what he said. >> president xi is a brilliant man. if you went all over hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of president xi, you, couldn't find -- there's nobody like that. the look, the brain, the whole thing. we had a great relationship. ♪ ♪ ♪ muscles on that man ♪ ♪ like a major leaguer ♪ ♪ guess i'll look the other way ♪ ♪ on how he's treating uyghu

longevity, and i'm happier when i'm eating hot fudge sundaes or drinking coke or eating hot dogs >> warren, we are lucky to have spent the last three hours with you. thank you for your time today. >> thanks for inviting me. >> you invited us, but thank you. joe, we'll send it back to you >> we've got some movement after that cpi number. they'll tell you about it on "squawk on the street. make sure you join us tomorrow "squawk on the street" is next ♪ >>> good wednesday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street," i'm carl quintanilla with david faber, jim cramer here at post nine of the new york stock exchange. big day as mark's headline cpi comes in light, and year on year falls a full point to 5% yields are dropping, ten-year, 3.36%, of course, buffett on "squawk" also lighting up the tape our road map begins with some breathing room for the fed the latest key inflation numbers showing price pressures eased in march. >>> plus warren buffett says we are not through with bank failures >>> and energy continues to a focus. crude hit its highest level in nearly three months, and the white hous

were very careful to conceal that knowledge from the warren commission. the warren commission report because it was very sensitive because it showed that the c, i a knew far, far more about the suppose it assassin than they ever admitted. wow, jefferson morley on the book is c. i a and j f k, the secret assassination file. his website j of k, fax dot subs stack, dot com. oh, great place as a repertoire for all kinds of information and i would, i would recommend you get to know his stuff. he's been looking into this for so so long now. thank you again jefferson for joining us. thanks for having me, rick. i don't know what it is about the j f. k assassination, but i for one can't get enough. i'm. it does so many mystery. so many questions on answered before i go, i want to share something with you. i want to remind you of our mission. what we like to do here are try to do simple, really. we want to be silo the world. we've got to stop living in these little boxes that we can't seem to be able to see outside of because true. don't live in boxes, they're ever

we saw i mentioned hillary clinton earlier, elizabeth warren.one thing i do say in the book and it might not be the answer looking for, but i talk about myself as i'm a woman, obviously, but i'm a muslim. i'm a member of a minority which has its own, comes with its own baggage. i talk in the book about rmf, which resting angry muslim face when i'm paying attention, it looks like i'm angry. literally and the question the guest is talking about, prisons are like unique. it looks like you want to get in. and therefore i have to deal with some of the baggage that comes with the kind of people's stereotypes, preconceptions angry muslim man. and one thing i say in the book is and again, this is not a good, honest judgment of a much more and hopeful answer to end with. i say, look, you just have to deal with it. you know what? you know, if you're trying to win the in that moment, you're going have to save the point scoring the double standards, hypocrisy for another day. you have to do it. i it you have to be flexible. you have to be nimble. you have t

becky is live in tokyo with warren that would be becky quick and warren buffett, and we're going to beis, to the oracle of omaha ending in the first hour we'll be joined by buffett's heir apparent it's wednesday, april 12th, 2023, and "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning and welcome to "squawk box" right here on cnbc. a very special edition of "squawk box" this morning. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. joe is in times square at the nasdaq becky is in toky

keene warren was facing life in prison. if convicted. now to a dangerous trend at schools all across the country. there has been a spike in the number of fake emergency calls and new technology is one reason why. here's abc's andrea fujii. this morning. a rise in so-called swatting calls has law enforcement on edge. the alert has been canceled and there they were getting an all clear from the o. u campus. one example, an active shooter scare the university of oklahoma. law enforcement swarming the campus. but it was all a hoax, a phenomenon experts say has at least doubled in the last year since last june. about 250 colleges and 100 high schools have received fake reports of bomb or shooting threats, causing chaos and confusion and forcing law enforcement to expend vital resources. experts say technology, including artificial intelligence, has helped swatters allowing them to disguise their voices and help make their calls untraceable. technology is being used. you're using a voice over ip, so these are not, you know, old analog phones t