there was reason, prior to the election, prime minister modi's position as prime minister of gujarat,he suggested there he would hope there wok economic reforms underway. there were no really kind of bold economic reform statements that were part of the budget that came out a few months ago. so i think the direction is going to be there. i think we're going to have to be a little bit patient. i think what's going to be very important and what's going to be discussed i think with president obama in this meeting is infrastructure and investment. investment, infrastructure in india, i think prime minister modi, what he did was attracted foreign investment to other countries when he was in gujarat, he needs to do that in india as a whole. >> what will be the take away in the meeting from president obama and prime minister modi? >> to get to know each other and for each one to convince the other that they really mean business. i think the fact that modi accepted obama's invitation to come to washington after this whole business about the visa ban in past years i think that's very encouragi

when i met with the head of ford india, which is headquartered in modi's home state of gujarat, i metof laboratories, and they said they located in gujarat primarily because of modi's leadership. he said he is a straight shooter. he capped the electors young, built the roads he said he was going to build, and in much of india that is not the norm. if we are going to build more infrastructure to sell more caterpillar tractors, we need to have more certainty in the court, more certainty with intellectual property, certainly in india a democracy is much more certain i would argue that even china, which has less property rights, human rights and the like. india has so much potential if they can create some certainty in the rule of law and courts. >> congressman, thank you so much, republican from the 18th district in illinois, aaron schock. scarlet, we have two corporate stories. one is a front and back of the store as well. walgreens. >> which did not go for the taxing version has just reported -- the tax in version just reported earnings. sales of $19.1 billion in line with what analyst

that stems from an incident in the 2002 when he was chief minister of india's state of gujarat.criticized for filing to quell riots that according to a u.s. government report killed more than 1,200 people, the majority of the dead were muslim, modi is hindu. modi has been exonerated three times by india's supreme court notes the "new york times." the obama administration reversed the ban and has been courting modi actively. has modi any qualms about warmer ties with the united states? i asked him. there are many people in the united states and some in india who wish that the united states and india were much closer allies. the world's oldest democracy, the world's biggest democracy. but somehow that has never happened and there has always been these frictions and difficulties. do you think it is possible for the united states and india to develop a genuinely strategic alliance? >> translator: i have a one-word answer -- yes. and with great confidence i say yes. let me explain. there are many similarities between india and america. if you look at the last few centuries, two thing

completely airbrushed away the events of 2002 in gujarat? >> seemingly so.y have now let him in the country. they seem to be making the point we want to move the relationship forward rather than look backward. that suggests to me that the u.s. will not let 2-002 stand in the way. >> is this more of a courtship? who is more interested? >> they are both interested. maybe at this moment the u.s. is more interested because mr. modi is new in office, being courted by lots of countries. in this sense the u.s. is maybe more eager for the relationship to work well. >> what should we look to come out of this business to show whether it went well or badly? >> i believe there will be a series of announcements on economic and scientific partnerships stuff on climate change, but it will be relatively small. i don't expect any big change in policy. the indians are constrained on some things, like trade. they can't really give the u.s. what it wantss. they won't do it in any immediate way. >> with midterm elections just a month away in the u.s., it is down to the wire for

modi was the chief minister of gujarat, where the killings occurred. he has never apologized for or explained his actions at the time. at a counter-protest outside the arena, prachi patankar of the south asia solidarity initiative criticized modi's visit. crooks concern for advancing basic standards of democracy and human rights in india and universally. we believe it is our moral responsibility truth fused to go along with the modi euphoria and voice our concerns and criticisms of bigotry and violence. not doing so not only justifies bigotry, but normalizes acceptance of hateful ideology and future policies. >> a lawsuit was added in u.s. court seeking to hold them to account for the 2002 anti-muslim riots. white house spokesperson josh earnest said it wouldn't interfere with modi's trip cause of diplomatic immunity. >> sitting heads of government enjoy immunity and personal in viability while in the u.s. means they cannot be persecuted or delivered papers to begin the process of a lawsuit. in addition, as a matter of treaty current heads of delegatio

. >> in 2002 , modi was involved in a state gujarat. >> he could have stopped this but for three dayshe allowed the crowds to roam rampant and be killed and be maimed and be in front of children, their parents were killed, their relatives were killed. they were hacked to death. they were burned to death. women were humiliated in the worst ways that can be imagined an killed. and the people who committed these excesses are roaming scot-free. >> justice for india, it is very much for the future that we are here. >> he has sold the package called india, to the world, figuring they will forget what he has done. it is my mother land where my ancestors are buried. how can he forget india? the idea of india is something beyond boundaries. >> and that is it for us on "america tonight." please remember that if you'd like to comment on any stories you've seen tonight you can log on to our website. aljazeera.com/americatonight. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> >>> president obama blames our intelligence agencies for underestimating i.s.i.l., as despite air strikes the terrorist

what he did in gujarat, in terms of infrastructure projects, getting rid of red tape, those things. he claimed it's ambitious, but he'll take that and transfer it across india. it's encouraging for investors who are keen to get into india and invest. it's been extraordinary, the red tape. narendra modi says the rite things and talks about red carpets, not red tapes. it remains to be seen what he can do. he is the one that can propel the economic relationship beyond where it is today. >> you bring up a good point. are businesses optimistic with modi. too optimistic. there was a sense before the election for some of the reasons that michael mentioned. his campaign, he basically campaigned on good knorchance and economic growth. he subjected that there would be economic forms on the way. we haven't seen that material. the budget. there were no bold economic reform statements that were a port of the budget that came out. i think the direction is going to be there. we'll have to be a little patient. what will be important, and what will be discussed, i think, with president obama in the