>> i mark halperin. >> and with fondest memories. >> happy national peppermint patty day, sports fans. it we're live in washington dc for the celebration of the new hampshire primary centennial. the party tonight we are cosponsoring it because we hear there will be a lot of cheese. not just the spreads. we expect similar jokes this evening. before we get to that the big

news is president obama is asking congress to authorize the use of military force against the islamic state or isis. >> we will continue to work closely with leaders on both sides of the aisle. i believe this resolution can grow even stronger with a thoughtful and dignified debate that the roman commands. i am optimistic it can win strong bipartisan support. >> john boehner struck a decidedly unsupportive note. >> the president point is that he wants to dismantle and destroy isis. i haven't seen a strategy yet that i think will accomplish that. >> mark, one question. will president obama be able to get this authorization passed? >> i'm a big fan of consultation. this seems to be a huge mistake with the president having lots on his agenda. it divides the democratic party and republican party.

you're ready has the authorization he needs and the chances of this passing without a huge effort are slim. >> i think it will pass and relatively easily. if you think back to almost every other military authorization we've ever had in the modern era, they get past. there are schisms in both parties and horse trading but when you have a national security rep, congress comes together. >> i think we should of had more of them. the parties are divided. this takes a president working hand in glove with the leaders of both parties. the democrats are somewhat supportive. boehner and mcconnell are not supportive. boehner has a huge problem. even if you are right and it passes, it will not be easily. the president doesn't have the capital to do it. >> i don't think it will be easy

but i think it will pass by a wide margin in the end. republicans want this to get done. there is a middle road here, the president is probably on it. >> lots of new hampshire talk at the primary centennial here it the museum this evening. it touches on the poll that we did in 2016. and best of hillary clinton with three republican presidents and she beat them all. jeb bush, scott walker, and rand paul 48-41. in new hampshire, as we get closer to the voting, a left ability will be a big issue. looking at the candidates nationally, which ones have the best chance to convince republican voters that they can take on hillary clinton. >> i will sound like a great chronicler and that these matchup stone mean that much

this early. hillary clinton a much better known to gear. but i think you need someone who can break the democratic advantage. that is why jeb bush for marco rubio -- or marco, you need someone to appeal to nonwhite republicans. >> jeb bush and marco rubio. >> i know you think that he is a serious candidate. >> i think the one who has gotten attention that really needs to prove he can perform his rand paul. he can appeal to younger people. the other thing is the electoral college. you've got a take for states away from the democrats and you can't just have the inside straight.

chris christie has a looming possibility to convince people he can compete in blue states. he's going to have to make that argument harder. >> happy birthday to john ellis bush. good news and bad news. the good news is he's about to get a huge birthday present at a wall street fundraiser. tickets went for $100000 per person. a troublemaker just left him because of a bunch of stupid tweets that he stupidly tweeted. is this a happy birthday or a sad birthday? >> everybody is going to have flaps. i continue to say the biggest story is jeb bush's fundraising dominance. i've never heard of a $100,000

hedge fund razor that i can recall. these other people are just getting started. jeb bush is dominating. >> i think it is a happy birthday. he is coming out pretty strong. we have seen in pulling that he has some weaknesses in his candidacy. i think beyond the reason that money is so important is that is the only way for him right now. if you look at his full numbers, you would not think he is very strong at all. >> the other reason is he is not facing pressure to answer questions from voters and reporters right now. with controversies like the guy that left after being there for a couple of coffee. they would be forced to respond. for whatever reason, and a lot of people was a not good reason is not being forced to deal with these things.

he's not having to engage. >> does this mean that he's winning the primary? >> hot republican candidate of the night, not walker, he did his best to look like a president. how would president walker answer questions about presidential things like isis if you believes in evolution? to get away, mr. would be president. >> i think right here. we are on a trade issued. you have seen it those that have commented that goes against common practice. and i'm not going to get into his statement but being that became the focus. it certainly was here. it was probably not the most substantive thing he was talking about here.

i'm going to punt on that one as well. that's a question they should -- a politician should not be involved in one way or the other. >> not as much tilde but what about his failure to engage on foreign policy vaccines, or evolution. >> you can answer brilliantly and people will forget that. you can answer stupidly. it is probably the smart way that is just trying to get out of there alive. >> if he's going to go to the candidate of the work night to candidate of the year, he will have to look moments to prove his presidential leadership. go on a trip where you can show and convince people, put an image that this guy is a leader. a missed opportunity as far as i am concerned.

>> you can easily imagine him answering you goodly. >> it could go bad, but i will say again housing going to prove he can be commander-in-chief. keep them invading over the iowa border. wax you got to protect green bay. >> a limited chance to prove to voters. silly to go over there. he missed a chance. >> if you don't care about brian williams or john stuart what do you care about? many people suspected that williams would be taken to the woodshed and two were announced, it was a little more surprising. he is the guy that has become america's leading political satire is. if he's gone by the end of the year, how will that affect the 20 seen election? -- 2016 election?

>> it's bad for democrats. that's where they could go to sell their book and where a lot of younger liberals got revved up to participate in politics. that for republican authors. he has become, with the exception of 60 minutes, the best ways to sell a political book in the country. assuming the person that replaces him does not have his our power. >> he said that stewart was a really important outlet for getting information out. one of those important media voices. it's good news for republicans to not have to be taken to the woodshed by him every night. i think it's bad for all of us. it will be a less interesting campaign with his absent. >> shows like ours and whoever replaces him, we need to step up. they take very videotape -- they take videotape and try to hold people accountable.

we've all got to work to try to replace that. >> i'm not sure were going to be able to do that. he's pretty good. we will make some news. we will be right back. ♪

>> our guest is jeanne shaheen from the granite state. senator, we are going to do in honor of our new hampshire night here, a candidate guide to how to win votes in your state. something you have done pretty well. start with the most standard political questions politicians get. what is the best place to eat lebanese food in new hampshire? >> it used to be my mother-in-law's. she is no longer with us and so the best places to go to somebody in the lebanese community. there is a great place in salem

where they have lebanese mood. >> what is that place called? >> i can't remember. >> if you google salem, new hampshire, lebanese food, it comes right up. >> and another great place in hampton all's. >> one of the great traditions in new hampshire primary is the town hall meeting. what is the biggest mistake a candidate can make? >> one of the really great things about new hampshire and the new hampshire primary, whether it's a town hall meeting or in somebody's living room is it's an opportunity to really engage with candidates about their vision for the country. to hear and assess it they are. and being genuine, being forthright, being honest is really important. that is what people are assessing.

>> you are a presidential candidate and you are driving 90 miles an hour because you are late for the event. you get pulled over by one of those nice state troopers. what is the best thing to say? >> give me the ticket and i will be on my way. they are fine and keep moving and don't drive miles -- i do miles an hour in the first place. >> one commercial television station, wmur? >> we have another television asian in concord. >> there is competition for the first time. >> we like competition in new hampshire. >> new hampshire foods. what is the food that presidential candidates need to know about? >> maple syrup is very important and to know that there are different grades of maple syrup.

the lighter the grade is generally considered to be better. that's one of the very important products in foods that we have. >> if hillary clinton decides to seek the democratic nomination was the most important thing she can learn from her husband's example? doing exactly what he did and what she did in 2008 when she was running. to engage with voters to know audiences too small or too large. the debate, let people get to know her and what she believes we should do in this country in the future. >> you were a pretty darn good political operative. you are in the car. right before halloween. you are driving for the pumpkin festival. what do you tell the candidate? >> we don't want any student to

get into trouble. we need to get them working in a positive ways of running the campaign. it is a great place to visit. a place that often both democratic and it's a really good place to build a lot of good support. >> give them an idea of how many pumpkins there are. >> thousands. >> it is not an exaggeration. the craziest ring i have ever seen. >> i think it is the biggest can festival the country if not the world. >> you worked for gary hart in new hampshire. what is your fondest memory? >> winning, of course. he beat walter mondale.

he had been a vice president and everybody thought he was going to be the nominee of the party which he alternately was, but not after a very tough fight. we won in new hampshire. because he came in and did what we have been talking about. he had a vision for where he wanted to take the country. >> we planned to bring the interview for her goal and run for your best recipe for lebanese duncans but we are out of time so we will thank you. thanks very much. we will be right back with the republican strategist and democratic strategist because it's never been done before on -- on television. right after the break. ♪

>> we are back at the newseum. two of our favorite political

strategist as part of the purple strategies team. we like them a lot and they will give us real talk and help us with the poll we did in new hampshire. you are familiar because you conducted it. jeb bush at the talk -- top. we will ask you, what are they doing right right now to help your chances? >> jeb bush is running as the ideas candidate. what he's doing wrong is running as the ideas candidate. >> what he's doing well is what his brother did so well. is going to have a pretty big impact because he has all the money in the institutional's or. i don't think he's doing a good job picking his that that will

probably improve as he goes. >> scott walker, the governor of wisconsin. was he doing right and wrong? >> what he's doing right is he's the new face, the fresh face in people that -- someone on the right that people really like. i don't think he's doing anything wrong yet. his moment could have been stronger. >> without doing anything, he just is. is he doing anything to reinforce that? >> he is not washington or the establishment and he does not have the famous last name. people are talking about him. >> he has stopped restraining his enthusiasm. he is getting a little more exciting. scott walker unleashed. >> what is he doing wrong? >> very little. he is drafting off of jeb bush's

shoulder. >> he is pandering is much as he is to the base. rand paul is building a coalition of young people. neil isolationists and libertarians. the strongest getting young people excited. what he is doing wrong is that he is a cause and not us area's candidate for president. >> i agree on what he is doing right but what he is doing wrong is practicing medicine when he says vaccines are a choice. >> he is more about advancing the cause of edom, a noble cause in a country -- letting you see how he would conduct himself. >> time, maturity, taking a stand in a debate.

>> he is not his father's oldsmobile. >> chris christie. >> he has stopped screaming at people and calling them stupid. he seems to have stopped violating the laws. was he doing wrong? i think he's doing fine right now. he's climbing out of the little bit of a whole because of bridge gate and those is that follow him around. i think he's doing ok. >> is trying to stop being the bulldog on your front lawn. you are afraid to let him in the house because he might bite you. he's not doing anything right. the only thing he's got is the tough guy. >> ben carson? >> he is closer to the soul of

the right. he is sticking with his message. [] talking over eachtalking[talking over each other] >> he is appealing to those parts of the party. what will it do him is what has made him. >> argo rubio right and wrong? >> marco rubio is a thoughtful candidate and i thought he was in a pretty good thought and he is backing off which is something he's doing wrong. it is better to be principled than it is to flip flop around. >> we're almost out of time. hillary clinton right? >> i think she's in big trouble.

>> what is she doing right? >> she is waiting. she is illuminating any other candidate. [talking over each other] >> in a minute, jon stewart and the nightly news anchor desk. a match made in heaven. we will be right back. ♪

>> what is john stewart replaced brian williams? we wondered, so we made a promo. >> alleys are not like fashion. they are permanent. it had rock things like integrity. experience. compassion. things change. but what really matters doesn't.

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>> president obama is on the attack against the islamic state. he called on congress to approve his request to use force without committing to use u.s. ground versus. >> our coalition is on the offensive. i so on the defensive end will lose. >> finance minister's met in brussels as greece fights to stave off a cash crunch. the ministers have said to be moving toward a bailout of tension. this comes as thousands of people rallied in athens and from the greek parliament import of