i was invited to have lunch with steve schwartzman in his private dining room. really nice berries and i had some old, ugly piece of cantaloupe. he had a big bowl of berries. i had just come off a campaign trail where i had been through rural missouri where people were dying for health care and trying to get internet, and this guy had the nerve to serve himself this opulent dessert while i was sitting across from him having graham crackers. this is where joe biden can break through. if steve schwartzman is for this guy, he is not for people who take a shower after work. >> andrew ross sorkin, you know what's so fascinating is, we always talk about the threat to democracy, but i would think that somebody on wall street would understand the threat to american capitalism, the fact that donald trump wants to bring all the power into the white house. he wants to pick the winners. he wants to pick the losers. he wants to decide what ceos are guilty of treason. he said it. they are literally choosing a guy who wants to do what orban has done to hungary. >> you're makin

steve schwartzman made that announcement about a week ago. this is pretty notable about the timing of these announcements. and based on the calls in the last 48 hours, things on the fund raisings front aren't necessarily going to go against him at this time. >> when i hear from people on wall street is that it's other reasons that they are supporting president trump whereas they wouldn't have before, but given what's happening in the state of our country, abroad, moving over to his side and no mention necessarily of this, i wonder if it will change now that we have the guilty verdict. brian, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> back to megan as we monitor the clrowds outside the courthouse after he heard from former president trump after the verdict. >> we've just gotten new data from predicted. it's almost like a snap poll of how people are feeling right now. sort of the stock market for political events where people trade share of what they think is most likely to happen. so biden, the probability that he would win this election initially

charles: steve schwartzman is likely to endorse trump coming back into the fold after being outside of it. he is back in and they will all come back in because they see what the biden administration is doing from an economic regulatory standpoint but the business community in terms of voters most voters look at this and say hush money to a porn star, put a guy in jail for that. paying hush money to a porn star. let's say -- neil: i want to be clear, help me get it clear, the people you talk to, one way or the other. neil: conviction will change that, they used to say that about an indictment. charles: fani willis, not exactly an example of -- ellen bragg let's murderers free on the streets of manhattan, tish james, one of the most conflicted people in law enforcement, andrew cuomo overstuff he never got convicted on, no proof on that, sexual harassment because you wanted him to run for governor at the time. >> that here like fans or bywillis having sex with the prosecutor going on vacation together. tish james finding him over a non-crime the bank didn't care about. neil: have doubts a

maria: we've been waiting for this steve schwartzman toby the same thing the largest owner of commercial in the world blackstone and he said rent is going down i see it but we have not seen it hasn't shown up. where the consumer in the spotlight this week with april retail sales out this week you say we should be focused on the luxury goods companies in the consumers that are spreading on luxury goods as well as restaurants, watch. >> received a bifurcated consumer in the low-end consumer really struggling with inflation but yet were seen a different response from some of the luxury consumers in the retail sales report this week i would keep an eye on restaurants because this discretionary spending and that's the first go when consumers want to tighten their belt and stop spending. i think that'll be important for inflation. maria: a great point unfortunately whether eating a home or going to a restaurant the price is up of the last few years, thank you good to see you gina bolvin joining us on markets and the economy. morning movers on the mean stocks, gamestop and amc entertainment up

listen, why is steve schwartzman of blackstone? he wants lower interest rates, what is donald trump keep saying? he will lower interest rates. >> and guess what? the president can control where interest rates are. >> well, he said he wants to take over the bed. he wants to be an autocrat, he wants to be a dictator. so think about all of the bankruptcies he has had in his history, and his business life over the last 30 years. >> please, bankrupt over six times, and as we are watching in this trial, his demand and practice, never pay any of his bills in full, they had better be 20% down or less. that is a business. always great to see you. >>> when we return, this guy just came from a liberty gang, who is talking about the wnba? this guy. >>> president biden was on the campaign trail is kamala harris, i want to go inside the campaign's new strategy when the 11th hour rolls on. on. only purple's gel flex grid passes the raw egg test. no other mattress cradles your body and simultaneously supports your spine. memory foam doesn't come c

. >> stef, i have a totally different question steve schwartzman appears to now be back -- steve schwartzmankstone -- backing donald trump after the january 6th attacks or riots or whatever you want to call them. prior to that, he said he would walk away or step away from president trump and was not supportive of him. do you see a sea change happening when, obviously, nikki haley, was on one side of the campaign for a long time and said terrible things about him and now switched gears what's happening >> we have certainly seen, especially republicans, come around trump now he is the only person in the race he is going to be the gop nominee. we have seen all kinds of people who have been historical republican voters and who have been republican supporters, but r hesitant about backing trump and now willing to look past the issues with him in the past. look past january 6th and get past the person who is the stronger candidate on the one hand, this shows how weak joe biden is currently going into the election cycle. people who have been very critical of the former president are willing to say

steve schwarzman, harold hamm, bill ackman, doing the same thing. annmarie: absolutely. last night you saw the campaign website falter because too many people were trying to logon on friday. what we saw from schwartzman was that she was prepared to come in with cash and bill ackman was prepared to endorse him. sean maguire, partner at sequoia capital, partnering with several of the companies putting $300,000 towards the trump world to make sure that trump becomes president. some of it has unnerved big donors and they will stay behind him. lisa: they talked about one question, whether the u.s. will be a banana republic, but then there is lot in order with 12 jurors that convicted him. what does this do to the establishment institutions? will there be an attack on both sides when a lot of people are casting doubt on the importance of why this case was brought? not so much the legitimacy, but wyatt was tried at a time when people are saying -- ok. jonathan: what actually changed in the electorate? the incoming polls will be closely watched, but coming into this, the old cited from npr's pbs before the verdict, two out of three voters saying that a guilty verdict would have no effect on who they plan to