9AM Hour: Memory Chips Rally, Anthropic's AI Boost, Trump's Message on Iran War and Gas Prices 8/17/26

Carl Quintanilla and Jim Cramer led off the show with tech as a market bright spot: Sandisk, Western Digital and Micron rallied after The Wall Street Journal reported Commerce Secretary Lutnick urged Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips. The anchors discussed Anthropic amid reports its revenue has skyrocketed as the AI startup prepares to go public. President Trump's comments on the Iran war also in the spotlight — from his warning to Oman to him urging Americans to accept higher gas prices. Also in focus: The beaten-down names Cramer believes you should buy now, Nvidia's $21 billion SpaceX stake, OpenAI's president on recent executive departures, Disney's CEO on the company's stock slump, Situational Awareness meltdown fallout. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer