Markets and Apple's Rally, Intel CEO Responds to Trump, the President's Fed Vacancy Pick 8/8/25

Carl Quintanilla, David Faber and Mike Santoli led off the show with the broader market’s upward momentum, including Apple's weekly gain of 9% heading into Friday's trading session. In a letter to Intel employees, CEO Lip-Bu Tan responded to President Trump's call for him to resign. The anchors reacted to Trump nominating Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran to fill a vacant seat at the Federal reserve. Alson in focus: What OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC about the GPT-5 launch and the possibility of taking the company public, the software sector slump, the stocks that are plummeting on earnings news, one year into Kelly Ortberg's tenure as Boeing CEO -- the turnaround plan and the stock surge. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer