stephen schwarzman is one of trump's key advisors which you've got to give him some credit for that that's campaign easy job it sounds like to be in the lead math tutor for like a wealthy donkey. a good dog. a donkey that will fire you at any moment because he has gas or something but. but there's more trump's son in law and trusted adviser jared questioner has a long history with blackstone's in fact they're one of the largest lenders to him with overboard hundred million dollars of financing which we all could have known if we had just looked at the sponsor label on coasters jacket i mean right right there. but does this really count as corruption or is this just business as usual or a usual right answer that let's check with jeff hauser director of the revolving door project donald trump brokering a deal between saudi royalty and private equity magnates associated with both the republican and democratic party is about as much corruption and self dealing as can be squeezed into a single sentence let's just hope one day and he sends involving trump and cushier includes the phrase fifteen

not the only thing trump is not telling you one of trump's key advisors is wall street titan stephen schwarzman who happens to be the c.e.o. of blackstone you may not know anything about blackstone but you can tell it sounds ominous anyway right it doesn't like the name the name feels like when i was eight years old and first heard guns n roses welcome to the jungle i didn't know who the singer was singing was or why he so desperately wanted me to. but. i could just tell something was not good you know something's off about this fella blackstone is the private equity version of that and. they just really want america to believe that. this private equity giant with donald trump's help is buying up the u.s. infrastructure while our mainstream media and the democratic party freak out over mccarthyism two point zero other nations and corporations are taking over our country but they're not doing it with spies or voting machines they're doing it by simply buying up. are. like. the emperor's drugs or the laws in the resources the burger kings in the breweries the cheesecake factories and the factorie

>> to come together as a class of 110 students and have stephen schwarzman tell you, hey, guys, you are the next world leaders, now's the time to really start thinking about how i want to make that difference. >> you can see the entire documenta docume "a billionaire's best" sunday on cnbc. up next "on the money" a look at the news for the week ahead. and what's hiding in your closet? we're not talking monsters here. how to trade your clothes for cash. [ indistinct chatter ] [ intense music playing ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the gle350 for $579 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. if you have a garden, you know weeds are low-down little scoundrels. with roundup precision gel®, you can finally banish garden weeds without harming precious plants nearby. so draw the line. just give the stick one click, touch the leaves and the gel stays put killing garden weeds to the

not the only thing trump is not telling you one of trump's key advisors is wall street titan stephen schwarzmanho happens to be the c.e.o. of blackstone you may not know anything about blackstone but you can tell it sounds ominous anyway right it doesn't like the name the name feels like when i was eight years old and first heard guns n roses welcome to the jungle i didn't know who the singer was singer was or why he so desperately wanted me to. but.

have blackstone chairman and ceo stephen schwarzman, the tpg ceo, and pimco group cio.loomberg. ♪ emily: kumar headlights grabbing our attention. amazon prime will now be available to low income shoppers at a discount.those with a valid and electronic benefit card will pay $5.99 a month for perks like free shipping and unlimited streaming of movies and tv. some analysts say the move will help and is on better compete with -- amazon better compete with walmart. 20% three fox is diving into videogame. it has acquired aftershock, a company designing mobile games based on the global blockbuster film "avatar." the avatar sequel is due to come out in 2012 -- 2020. the hp discover conference is currently underway. it is the second discover conference since hpe became its own company.we caught up with that enterprise executive president and asked about the company's progress since the split. >> i think we have made huge progress. obviously, if you think about the project -- progress hp ink has made, you can see the results, and the innovation they continue to bring on the marke

well on bloomberg markets, an exclusive completion with blackstone ceo dean schwartz and -- stephen schwarzmanvesting in infrastructure as well. speaking of infrastructure, president donald trump gave remarks at -- is set to give remarks at the apartment of transportation this hour. and at 2:45 eastern, the president is scheduled to hold a joint news conference with the president of new mania -- romania. this is bloomberg. vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm vonnie quinn along with margaret and in london -- mark barton in london. let's look at some of the the newstories in right now. pandora is getting $480 million for a series of cash investments from satellite radio company serious xm. sirius xm. they are looking to become a streaming music service to be for paying subscribers. -- $1.6.6 million billion deal today in data storage. fabrications -- -- dupont favreau's -- elliott management is raising its stake after a , andd takeover by elliott that is your latest bloomberg business flash. four minutes until the end of the section -- session -- and what election, bo

coming up, we hear from stephen schwarzman, blackstone's chairman and ceo.hts on investing in infrastructure. that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg economy. the trump this afternoon president trump meets with his remaining counterpoint at the white house after a news conference trade he will then head to new jersey for the weekend. tolp us into next week is bloomberg's national political repr from our bureau in washington. let me ask you about the legislative agenda. there have been clouds as we talked about earlier in the show casting a shadow over progress on capitol hill. we had a big hearing yesterday trade when it comes to health care, to tax reform, there are things standing in the way of progress. are there any signs on capitol hill of the obstacles to that clearing anytime soon? >> from my conversations with senate republicans, they are inching closer and closer to some sort of proposal they can put on the floor that they can vote on and they can bring to a resolution. senator mcconnell said earlier this we

jasonhat was bloomberg's kelly speaking with blackstone chairman and ceo stephen schwarzman. you need to know for next week's trading week. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: a big drop in the nasdaq and big tech stocks. is coming up? france holds parliamentary elections. italy holds local elections this weekend. scarlet: a huge week for central banks. the fed is on wednesday. we also have the boe, the swiss national bank, and friday, the bank of japan. julia: don't miss this, day to galore. retail sales coming out on wednesday. that will be a big one. scarlet: that's all for "what you miss?" joe: have a great evening. this is bloomberg. ♪ alisa: i am alisa parenti from washington and you are watching "bloomberg technology." president trump welcome to the president of romania to the white house for what officials call a working visit. said he will not let the testimony by james comey the rail his agenda but accused the former f.b.i. director being a leaker. president trump vowed to streamline the permit process for infrastructure projects. he announced a new council aimed at helpi

we have stephen schwarzman on the president's council, doug mcmillon of walmart on the president's counsel on the president's council. ill on musk and bob iger walked out yesterday. bob iger has clearly made a statement through his philanthropy on what he thinks of call. cohn said: is going away on a technological standpoint. how far behind on technology is the president's thinking? jeffrey: the president lives in a dream world that would take us back to the 19th or 20th century. your childhood in detroit, mine in rochester, we are going back to the 1970's? jeffrey: that is his mental image. the mayor of pittsburgh said, no. we want to stay in the paris diamond the court. the president doesn't know what he is doing. i'm sorry tot, say. what is happening is real politics. carried outctory for 20 years by 2 people, david and charles koch. that is why ryan and mcconnell have been championing the spirit because the koch brothers have financed -- tom: electoral votes. why does west virginia listen to jeffrey sachs? jeffrey: 70% of the american public say stay in the paris climate agreement beca