“Those are what you did, every single morning on this show, every single morning on this show. 100,000 people died, Joe and all you did was try to help your friend the president,” Sorkin alleged. “And Joseph, you didn’t panic about anything? Joseph, 100,000 people died. “You panicked about the market, panicked about Covid, panicked about the ventilators, panicked about PPE, panicked about ever going out again,” said Kernen. Kernen went on to outline what he perceives as an overreaction by Sorkin to the Covid-19 pandemic, despite 100,000+ deaths to date. The debate basically went off the rails after that, as Kernen referenced a moment from Tuesday’s broadcast in which he said Sorkin yelled, and added, “You just yelled again!” He conceded he doesn’t know whether he’s right or wrong, but that the questions that investors are posing are valid.

Sorkin continued, “Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! I’m not going to do this with you, Joe!” Sorkin said. “You missed it 100% on the way down! And you missed 100,000 deaths!”

“Joe! You missed it 100% on the way down too!” Sorkin responded. “Why are they smart?! Just because they can see what’s right in front of their nose?! That doesn’t make them smart! It makes them not savvy about the market!” “Why is that the smart people?! They’ve been wrong for 35%!” Kernen responded-referring to the gains the Dow has made since reaching its low of 18,213 on March 23. Sorkin responded by saying that “a lot of smart people” have been wondering how the market could be so high despite the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on the economy. In case you missed what transpired: About five minutes into yesterday’s broadcast Kernen accused Sorkin of being overly pessimistic about the market’s recent rally, and wondered aloud why he seemed to be going out of his way to find negative market indicators. It is like Thanksgiving dinner every morning on Squawk Box, except for no food or alcohol. Is the world stressed? Do we not all have anxiety and concerns? In my long life, I have never seen anything like this, and that’s what we are dealing with as a country, and the Squawk family is dealing with the same thing. Let’s we’ll move on and we will do our best. Kernen: It can be used for good or evil, as we know. I learn from you every single morning and I thank you for that. I want to say this to you, Joseph: You have one of the quickest minds in the entire world, and I respect the hell out of it. W e are having the conversation that’s happening at everybody’s dinner table. T hat’s one way to look at it or maybe civility under the debate the entire country finds itself in right now. Kernen: We’ve been together 10 years, that’s longer than many marriages. Kernen announced that the two had buried the hatchet off air following Wednesday’s broadcast. “Joe and Andrew, I’ll send it over to you.”

“Now for the moment we’ve all been waiting for,” said co-anchor Becky Quick-taking out a bowl of popcorn. At the top of this morning’s edition of Squawk Box, co-hosts Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen addressed yesterday’s on-air argument that ended up going viral.

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