Latest inflation data saying that 70% of the oil run-up and the energy run-up we saw in the month when retail inflation was moving ahead at an 8.5% clip was the result of the ukraine wear and vladimir putin. ken langone back with us. the home depot co-founder. ken, he s not taking the blame for any of this inflation. that s clear. you know, interestingly enough, many surveys around including one that show as strong number of americans agree with him, constantly blaming this on vladimir putin, you know, on the greedy oil companies is registering. what do you think of that? well, i think it s sad. you can t address a problem until you think you have a problem. we have a serious problem. this inflationary pressure began long before russia went in to ukraine. this is a year ago. go back and look at your clips a