The G20, Spider-Man, & OpenAI’s Call on Cursor 8/31/26

In the first attack since July, the U.S. struck Iran (cnbc.com/2026/08/30/us-iran-strikes-strait-hor…) at Larak Island. CNBC’s Dan Murphy reports on the latest exchanges (cnbc.com/2026/08/31/us-trump-hormuz-iran-kharg…) from Dubai. OpenAI will end access to Cursor (cnbc.com/2026/08/29/openai-cursor-spacex-model…) after SpaceX’s acquisition of the AI startup. At the G20 in Asheville, North Carolina, former U.S. Treasury official Joe LaVorgna explains his optimism about America’s economic trajectory and weighs in on both the Treasury’s bond buyback plan (cnbc.com/2026/08/24/bessent-1-trillion-treasur…) and Kevin Warsh’s next interest rate announcement. Plus, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes correspondent Erik Davis discusses the busy summer movie season and the five impressive weeks at the box office for "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." (cnbc.com/2026/08/03/spider-man-brand-new-day-d…)

Dan Murphy - 03:21

Joe LaVorgna - 15:47

Erik Davis - 28:39

In this episode:

Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk (x.com/JoeSquawk)

Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick (x.com/BeckyQuick)

Andrew Ross Sorkin,@andrewrsorkin (twitter.com/andrewrsorkin)

Dan Murphy,@dan_murphy (x.com/dan_murphy?lang=en)

Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie (x.com/Kramer_Katie)

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