david rubenstein, there is a libertarian streak here -- does mr. ch believe the libertarian tone can survive in the new republican party? david: he did not address that because he tries to not be involved in partisan politics. he said to me to my surprise i've never been to the white house because i only care about substance and people want me to come for show. i don't want to get involved in politics, so he has never been to the white house and never met a president of the united states and washington, d.c.. it is not come to washington. lisa: it is fascinating, your role interviewing him, cofounder of one of the biggest private equity firms out there -- wall street used to lean republican. does it still? david: i would say traditionally wall street was traditionally more republican than democratic, but i would say that has changed as private equity firms and hedge funds have become more important in many of them are populated by the will that tend to be democrats. lisa: going forward, does wall street, the people you speak to, do they support this

david rubenstein, and we are here at mount vernon, george washington's famous home here to him here with another famous general: powell, stars of four-star general, secretary states, and four-star chief of staff. thank you for coming today. >> thank you so much david have been here before and i've been here with you before. >> as we sit here today in this incredible house, it was thought many years ago. over a hundred years ago that the mount vernon ladies association this association has bought it and how they operate it. but they have no men on their board. can you imagine how anything can work without men on a board? can you imagine how this can possibly happen they have demonstrated that to us for the past couple of feet couple hundred years now. they raised money in the do a wonderful job in this place it's beautiful. and i think you would not be successful if you tried to get on the board. >> i think that's probably true. i also wonder whether, think about this, we've had 200 plus years of as men as president of the night states. have you ever thought about what would happen if a m

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david: hello, i'm david rubenstein and we are here at mount vernon, george washington's famous home and we are here with another famous general, colin powell, also a secretary of state. thank you for being here. secretary powell: thank you. david: as we sit in this incredible house, it was thought hundreds of years ago that this association has bought it and now they operated -- operate it. can you imagine how that worked? secretary powell: they did a great job. they have kept the place looking absolutely beautiful. david: i think is probably true. think about this. we have had 200-plus years with men as president of the united states. what if a woman became president? could they be as good a leader? secretary powell: david, that is a sucker question. there's no reason they can't be. we see them moving up, day after day, within the senate, within the house. now we have the vice president of the united states to be. who will say that she will not be president if something happens or she runs for it? we have four-star female generals all over the place. you've got to treat them like they

david: hello, i'm david rubenstein and we are here at mount vernon, george washington's famous home and we are here with another famous general, colin powell

david rubenstein peer-to-peer conversations. thank you so much for doing this interview.d i have seen the hunger on the streets of new york. how are we different in this pandemic? how are we different out -- after the pandemic? david: his view is that it is amazing in a country as wealthy as ours we do not distribute food very well. who would've thought you would have gigantic food lines in dallas or los angeles with people who are middle-class not having enough food. he is worried about it and what he would like to do is have a white house advisory on food near the president who can focus on food distribution and make sure people have appropriate types of food. he is a great chef, a world-class chef, but he is spending most of his time on humanitarian efforts, including feeding people around the world when there are tragedies in their countries. tom: we have obesity in america because food is so cheap. if i go to aisle five of my whole foods, there is 14 choices of rice, 13 choices of mustard. how do we translate that to an impoverished world? david: that is the problem.