cantor chairman and ceo howard lutnick joins us to describe the life-affirming atmosphere in the wakeof tragedy. howard, thank you so much for joining us once again. you know i have been part of this so it's absolutely incredible. i want to start with just asking, what is the atmosphere like today behind you and with all the celebrities and traders with sort of the generosity, heart and spirit going on? >> well, we are taking care of about 150 different charities today and we've got so many celebrities, matthew mcconaughey is about to walk in the door. we had saquon barkley. we have had all sorts of people. it's uplifting, it's upbeat and it's exciting. all of my employees are waiving their day's pay and are having fun and raising a lot of money for charity, on such a tough day, they turned it really extraordinarily powerfully to something beautiful. liz: when you look at the numbers, i have to say i have been through so much covering this event year after year, for cantor fitzgerald and gbc, you are nothing short, the entire operation, of a living miracle. having lost so many people

later this morning, we're going to talk to howard lutnick from kanter fitzgerald.2/3 of their employ employees in the attack. and president trump will visit the sight in pennsylvania where flight 93 crashed. the passengers and crew members learned what was happening we'll never forget the -- hair on my neck stands up let's roll the heroism and bravery of the people on that fight they attempted to regain control of the aircraft and all 40 were killed god know where is that was headed >> it was headed to washington the capitol, they believe. >>> meantime, ten years after the 2008 financial crisis, an investing legend has written a book on what went wrong and best ways to avoid another catastrophe on wall street joining us now is ray dalio of bridgewater. he has a new book out. it's getting endorsements by all sorts of luminaries. it's called "a template for understanding a big debt crises." it's out now this is one of the best kind of books. it's available for free. you can download it as free for a pdf. download it on your kindle but it's a look at crises over centu

. >> now, i spoke with the ceo howard lutnick about what has changed in 17 years, and he said that the in size there are business that is they weren't in in 2001, and for him that is really the epitome of rebuilding guys >> it's really hard to believe that it has been 17 years to me. i mean, we've remembered it here because we live in this area, and everybody around the country does, but particularly those who witnessed it, it was so vivid. 17 years where do the $140 million raised over the years of this charity -- where do the proceeds go do they go to the families who were victims, and is the company still involved or in touch with the victims' families, or do you know >> absolutely. >> 658 employees that were lost and their families over the years it's evolved quite dramatically it's gone to relief funds for terrorist attacks, families of terrorist victims. it's gone to relief for hurricanes last year puerto rico, they were talking about how they are going down there to do some charity work down there after today's event. it's really expanded to be just for victims of all sorts of r