. >>> earlier we spoke to mark weinberger, a member of president trump's economic advisory council >> it's like a car crash you don't want to look, but you can't turn away. it is sucking a lot of the oxygen out of the air and taking the attention away from some of the folks, and the president in particular the economic team continues to move forward that same week this was happening, we had these 200 plus companies in washington. the secretary of treasury was there, speaker of the house was there, all talking about the economic agenda lots of machinery is moving the issues forward even at the same time this distraction is going on >> i didn't think it was a car crash. i thought he was stonewalling quite hard it was a shame he didn't become more forthcoming on certain elements he said i'm not about to say what the president said in privacy in case the president doesn't want to say anything about this when he's asked about his views onthis how do you think it went for mr. sessions >> washington, for investors, is creating a lot of noise. the ultimate question that u.s. investors and flo

mark weinberger from washington. jonathan, you come to us from london. jonathan: in.ter, not the only issue voters in u.k. care about. immigration and terrorism round out the top concerns. joining me for what's at stake, a cross bench peer in the house of lords and founder of cobra. he joins us from westminster. cobra, manufacturing in the u.k., most of the eu pretty much. when the u.k. wakes up friday morning, what is the optimal outcome for business? the optimal outcome for business is always certainty, and the biggest thing that brexit has caused for us in business is uncertainty, and that uncertainty is going to persist regardless of the results on thursday. of course, with the conservative party, their tax policies are much more business friendly on the whole, however we have had a prime minister who has in sending out antibusiness rhetoric and sentiment. i think this has been a wake-up call for her, this election, that she needs to be closer to business, she needs to listen to business more, and if she is prime minister on friday, i think you will have that goin

joining us right now from aspen is eli's ceo mark weinberger mark met earlier with india's prime minister. >> becky, good to see you. >> what was your takeaway from the meetings with the prime minister >> well, it was a great meeting. we had about 19 i think ceos there and the whole discussion was around how our experiences in investing in india, what could they do to attract more capital, more employees and what barriers were we seeing? everyone was pretty honest, india continues to be a great place to invest. at ey we have 38,000 people there, we're going to have 50 by 2018 it's a fast growing economy. one of the fastest growing emerging markets there are barriers they have limitations and caps on how much you can invest in certain industries those are being removed. they put in a brand new tax system to get rid of a lot of the corruption how that's going to be implemented, it comes in play july 1 a lot of discussion around that. so really good discussion about what can they do better to attract business to india. >> you know, there's a point of contention that was pretty evident during

. >> you know what the greatest part is, is he writes, "from our mutual friend mark weinberg i have learned" he writes. >> stephen: "as far as you are concerned of the recent george washington university student body elections. the important thing is that you cared enough to enter the arena." >> "enter the arena." >> stephen: are you ever going to re-enter the arena? >> no, no. >> stephen: come on. entertainers can be presidents. >> but, you tell me what you thin, because you did one of the most astute, super political shows for years, and that is i think trump-- it's not going to swing back-- it's not going to stay that way, meaning it's not going to open the door for nontraditional candidates. >> stephen: no, no, basically is goes competency, incompetency, competency. >> right, right. ( laughter ) it goes crazy, safe, crazy, safe. ( cheers and applause ) but clinton, bush, obama, trump. it'll swing back. some guy who is, like, governor, next year of nevada -- >> stephen: of any place. really of any place would be nice. >> do we really care at this point? >> stephen: the guy from governor'

weinberger. [applause] >> thank you, mark. finish i wanted to tart off by thanking the gaithersburg book festival and politics and prose, both of which are great venues for writers. and when you spend so many years, in my case over four years, working on a book and people actually want to hear yot talk about it, not just read the book, but hear about what motivated you to work on it and your passions and interest, that's wonderful. and for me, the opportunity to meet readers who want to share in my interests and passions, that's also a special opportunity, so thank you.s, i'm here today to talk about darpa, something that is more associated today with sort of science fiction technology. people who have heard about it,e and for a lot of people have but for some people it's still a rather esoteric agency, they think of it in connection with things like stealth aircraft, with drones that are responsible for the targeted killings in places like afghanistan, iraq, yemen and elsewhere.el they associate it most notably, perhaps, with