We've got a big interview for you. Tesla's annual shareholder meeting is next week where investors in the company will vote on a new pay package for CEO Elon Musk could grant him nearly a trillion dollars more in stock. And joining us first right now on CNBC is Tesla's board chair, Robin Denhal.And we're thrilled to have her and the entire uh Tesla operation outside there with the Optimus robot, the robo taxis, and everything else. Robin, it's good to see you. Thanks for joining us.>> Great to see you as we ...

Joining us now, Arizona Democrat Senator Ruben Ggo. Senator, it's good to to to have you on. Um, you've got a bill. Senator Johnson had a bill.Did both of them um failed to pass at this point. Have I got that right. >> Yeah.I mean, actually, ours and failed to pass. The Republicans refused to hear and led it to the floor. Instead of debating it and actually putting to a vote, they stopped it all together.there. And our bill was actually very clean and simple, which is give everybody every employee that's a ...

This whole China trade is so important to your world and and what you're looking at. What would you consider Dardrick a good deal out of this face-to-face meeting with Trump and she. Well, I think in the short term here, Contessa, the deescalation to Ununice's point is important, but I think when it comes to the framework that was announced uh by uh Secretary Besson after he met with Halif uh in Malaysia, I we need to see the specifics.The devil, and this is not cliche, is in fact in the details here. And I ...

NBC Newswe. com reporting that uh the White House unhappy with some of the biggest names in AI forming a super PAC to back Republican and Democratic candidates. That super PAC called Leading the Future would support what the group calls AI friendly candidates.CBC contributor Macall uh Lev has been doing some reporting of her own on all this. She joins us now with more this morning. What exactly is the super PAC after.and uh tell us a little bit about this sort of internal skirmish if you will taking place w ...

Congress wants answers from the NBA on the gambling scandal that has rocked the sports world. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is asking for a briefing from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver by the end of this week. Joining us now with more on how the scandal will impact the league's global brand and reputation is America's Reed Wharton School professor of marketing and a CNBC uh contributor.Professor, it's uh it's good to see you. Um, I don't know whether you know any more than we know, but um, is thi ...

The government shutdown leading to air travel disruptions. More than 8,000 flights were delayed across the country yesterday. Air traffic control staffing issues were reported at 22 locations over the weekend. Joining us right now to discuss it is former FAA administrator Randy Babbot. And Randy, um, how dire is the situation at this point? Are Americans who are flying less safe? >> Yeah, it uh, it's a tough situation. And the worst part is it's uh self- accelerating. Uh the more we ask people to serve more ...

Friday's cooler thanex expected CPI print is boosting expectations for the Fed to trim rates by a quarter point at this week's meeting. Joining us right now is former Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester. She's also a CNBC contributor.And Loretta, what do you think. The the numbers were a little weaker than anticipated, but you're still looking at uh inflation up better than 3% on a year-over-year basis. >> Yeah, Becky, thanks.Good morning. You're you're exactly right. If you looked at the headlines comin ...

The US and China apparently have agreed to a trade deal framework ahead of President Trump's meeting on Thursday with China's President Xi. Joining us now, Ron Kirk. He served as US trade representative in the Obama administration.And Mr. . Ambassador, it's good it's good to see you. You've you've had some experience obviously uh dealing with uh these these issues.Do you expect at this point uh something positive that comes from China. We've had a couple of false starts, not false starts, but we had some wh ...

What are you looking for in this week's earnings, Jimmy. >> Uh, good morning, Contessa. Um, you know, we're positive on on tech and, uh, we think that especially when we've had opportunities to buy tech on dips. Uh, it's it's obviously been a age-old saying, buying on the dips might be a good idea and it has been and we think it when we get future volatility future, uh, that would be the same.And really earnings have been the story with good sales and slow payroll growth means that companies have been able ...

there. We're seeing the earnings kicking off with Alpha, Meta, Microsoft today. And we've got that balanced by these trade talks that are just dominating the market performance in Asia, in Europe, and it looks like the futures as well.Where is your focus. >> Morning, Contessa. Our focus is really very much on earnings.We believe that ultimately that's what's going to drive the market, but you can't do that without paying attention to some of these other things, especially trade. We don't know the details th ...