you can't -- you know, there's no free lunches. >> you know, joe -- >> go ahead, ken. >> ken langone.cal center so he knows a lot about this, langone medical sglercenter. >> and your point, the federal government pays two-thirds, however it's divided up, the fact is at the end of the day it all comes from the taxpayers and we have to make a decision we're going to spend less or tax more. but you're right about the problem. and i think what we need to do is to address the issues in terms of what can we afford as a society. and that's not a pretty picture because what we're effectively going to say is there are a lot of things that the government can't be responsible for we're broke. and we are broke we're $20 trillion in debt going up every single day. so i think we need to get more specific about exactly what we can do and what we can't do. and i understand this is a very thorny political issue you take obamacare, for example. we've put 25 million people on a health care basis that weren't there before you can't take it away we have to be realistic. we can't take it back, it's too lat

ken langone of home depot and long time finance of various companies is here.ere, rupert murdoch. so, you know, this is, this is a big thing. a lot of power and wealth here. my guess, from what i understand, not my guess, what i'm getting from washington they are here primarily to get out of whatever is going on there. we don't have to rye live the cast couple days controversy involving their brother, donald trump, jr., and meetings maybe under inquiry. they're looking to get away from that a little bit and also to meet with some of the people here who are, most of the people, most tech tycoons, tech moguls, telecom moguls they didn't vote for donald trump as president. it's a way to interact with you know, people that are part of the trump administration which jared kushner and ivanka are, who are from the more progressive wing. so it might appeal to the tech titans here. trish: charlie, why would they want to go through, frankly the pain of being there, right? it is a crowd that has not necessarily been hospitable to them? maybe this is an opportunity to get

. >> she was walking in with ken langone, cofounder of home depot.anted to eat breakfast. connell: bacon and eggs -- we go to blake burman, reporter hes to back we learn something, with you never a dull moment. melissa: there is snake behind you, charlie, watch out. rattlesnake right behind you. >> i break news and get attacked by rattlesnakes an bees. connell: thanks, man. apparently we have to move on for breaking news. talk to you -- >> overly, overly -- melissa: that's what happens when you send a city boy out to the country. fox is learning that former national security advisor susan rice is likely to appear in front of the senate intelligence committee next week. we'll update you with any developments. should be interesting. connell: yes it should. picking up the tab, one woman did paid the bill for a group of 25 california fire-fighters. the woman remaining anonymous, paid the 400-dollar tab, even leaving $100 for dessert. the firefighters after battling of stating firefighters stopped at local denny's, when the kind deed was done. very nice.

and billionaire ken langone who's been a big trump supporter said the political environment was wackyre to be top in mind throughout this conference. tom brokaw is hosting a panel called the country divided, and political leaders from the king of jordan, the president of colombia will also be slated to speak over the course of the next two days. and next several days. but the first panel this morning is on the state of the american economy. so joining me now is a frequent -- >> mini mogul. >> a mogul of the advertising industry, sir martin sorrell, who's been a visitor here -- >> for a few years >> so with politics being such a big topic this year, with jared kushner and ivanka trump expected, what are the topics you and other ceos are watching in terms of the impact on your business of president trump's policy >> obviously the u.s. is the biggest economy in the world 19 trillion out of 72 so what happens in the u.s. really is a key indicator. it's about a third of our business so, i think most business leaders would probably take david's view, or the view of the pro view that if pres

. >> you just did, what was that >> that was some derby -- >> -- anyway >> ken langone tweeted i'd juste to thank us for having us on i don't think this is him. i went to the account. i think i got punked >> i saw one that where he had -- >> it sounded legit. but -- >> i saw -- i retweeted yesterday. i think it was him >> was it really >> looked like kind of a new account. >> yeah. >> no? >> on the- >> i didn't think it was -- >> no it was fine -- >> yeah, i -- >> sorry -- >> you think -- >> g20 okay the g20 is under way at hamburg, germany. world leaders gathering right now. president trump and russian president putin have shaken tand hands in their first face-to-face meeting they're scheduled to have a sit-down meeting later this morning, and you can switch to any other cable channel right now and the analysis of how that handshake went off will probably be talked about for the next 90 minutes. i would say. the expression that they have, whether all five fingers on each hand were involved whether there was any tickling of the palm by either man. >> did he push somebody to get to the f