austin peterson, one.t is it. >> thank you. >> go-ahead. >> representing the great state of idaho. we are known for more than our potatoes. we're the gem state because our state is rich with resources. which is probably what the federal government still retains over 60% of our land. we probably cast our ballots as follows. also peterson, one. and the next president of the united states, six. >> the gentleman from indiana. >> the great state of illinois where we send our governor to prison. cast our votes as follows. there'll perry, one. john mcafee, three. austin peterson, four. and gary johnson, 19. [applause] chairman of the state of indiana. found 34d to have people willing to not be at the indianapolis 500 today. there is more than racecars in indiana. there is more than corn in indiana. feldman, one. darrell perry, too. john mcafee, four. austin peterson, nine. gary johnson, 18. [applause] >> iowa. state of iowa chair. our liberties we prize, our rights we will maintain. the beautiful state of i am a

mary matlin. >> i don't even know who austin peterson? who is austin peterson? >> he actually worked for the judge for a long time there at fox. i mean, you are so far up in your -- >> -- i'm way above the judge. >> tell us who he is. >> you are almost like a god. >> thank you. who is he. >> is he a libertarian president for candidate. >> so you may go libertarian? >> i don't know. >> you may go narrowed? you might right in your own name? >> no, i won't do that. >> it's hard for me to believe traditionalist like you would go for hillary clinton. >> no, are you kidding me? >> so she is out. >> absolutely never hillary. >> you don't like trump. are you listening to trump? might he persuade you? >> i don't think he tontle wants to ter persuade. >> is it possible he could win you over to some extent? >> well, i suppose -- i mean, there is enough time, i guess, for me to be hooked on heroin. i might be so strung out that i would be like. >> analogy that we want to make trump heroin but, okay. we will say that you are looking at all possibilities except for. >> there

caller: austin peterson is my guy.yselfformer republican -- conservative to be more my views fall more in line with the conservative views of the republican party, but they have failed me in the past several years. ron paul was the best candidate we had in a long time and they marginalized him. i am looking at the libertarian party because i don't agree with in more than 75 or 80% of their positions, but they represent what the republic of this country stands for. constitution, the right to pursue our own goals and our own means, and to not be so dependent on the federal government. it is a radical group of people because we've become so accustomed to being spoonfed by the federal government for everything that we need. we are overtaxed. we have all these wars that we are constantly getting involved in, and i want to encourage your listeners to go to austin peterson 2016.com and realize that i believe he will win the nomination today. if he doesn't, he is the man for the job in the next cycle. he is energized but more

he austin peterson finished 2nd with 233 votes or 22% of the vote. we heard it from trump now hear from rolling thunder. although if you were in the area you might of already heard them. hundreds of thousands of bikers road their motorcycles down to the national mall. it is the 29th year but as ellen brian reports people riding today wanted to make it career it is not a parade it is a protest. >> reporter: on the weekend where we remember those who have fallen. hundreds of thousands of bikers are showing armed forces went missing in action is not forget 19it is not a parade or a party it is a protest. we need to tell our government we still have people overseas. they need to account for them. >> this year, going to make me cry -- just thinking of beautiful lady. >> reporter: her husband was a prisoner in of war for six years. >> i just lost my husband in january. it is an honor. >> reporter: bruce lost his son who served. >> i did not want my son riding in the hearse he never did that before. i bought an army truck and i carried the casket myself. >>

austin peterson to my left and john mcafee. give these gentlemen an opportunity to introduce themselves and the party of libertarianism. i think a lot of americans are hearing about it for the very first time. john, let's start with you, a lot of people are probably familiar with your antivirus software, but may also be familiar with an episode a few years ago in belize where you wanted for the alleged murder of a man. help us understand that somewhat checkered past and how it translates to a presidential campaign today. >> first off i was never wanted for murder. absolutely false. nevertheless does it matter? >> they questioned you to a dead man. >> they questioned everybody in the neighborhood. i chose not to be questioned. that's neither here nor there. does it matter? with all of us i am not going to be elected president. and i'm not going to speak for you. no one else maybe -- >> you may not be elected president, but the libertarian party is polling well nationally right now. having a significant impact on the results in n

people like austin peterson who runs the website libertarian republic .com.ou have the same name is a star on the film. john: you are a long time libertarian. you have now watch this. >> when you see him getting all of the sons of thousands of young people you know that something like this is being shared. >> this facebook post that says it is in name, that is what we need. maybe the libertarians need our own reality show. john: someone did supply, at no time has the majority been interested in raw knowledge. this we will do more than any lecture. >> they say that it does not take a majority to succeed. i think it was only 3 percent of the people the support of the revolution. perhaps we can have our own. john: almost all the media pushes big government anticapitalist message. here is a clip from the highest grossing movie of all time. avatars billing is a mining company. >> this little gray rock cells from million a kilo. john: to get it they destroy the indigenous peoples land. you guys consumed this. does it not make you mad? >> pop culture gets people goi

austin peterson. [applause] [crowd chanting] larry: mr. austin peterson is owner and ceo of stonegate, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. he was an associate producer of freedom watch. finally, dr. mark alan feldman. [applause] larry: dr. feldman graduated from northwestern with a degree in philosophy. he is an anesthesiologist and practiced at john hopkins for 11 years. i want to welcome you all. these are the 2016 libertarian presidential candidates. [applause] [crowd chanting] larry: contain your enthusiasm. we are going to have each candidate given opening statement for 30 seconds. each will have 30 seconds to answer if he invokes the name of another candidate that candidate will have a 30 second rebuttal. there will be a 60 second close. the first category is the economy. the second will be foreign policy. the third will be social issues, and the fourth will be liberty. i have two general questions i would like to begin with. mr. mcafee. for people who are watching a libertarian party debate for the first time

austin peterson. if there's somebody else, ben sasse.- >> he's lot going on, a wife and kids and saying we should have another option. who else? >> right. i feel like that's a song we probably heard before but, you know, somebody like rick perry, a guy that i would support if he wants to come in off the sidelines. really, the bottom line we want an option on the ballot that is not donald trump that might not be hillary clinton. >> okay. leon, before you go, i wanted to asked about merit garland. you and a number of republicans are saying have to get him confirmed before, you know, a potential hillary clinton presidency. despite, though, i mean, mitch mcconnell seems steadfast in what he's saying about no way. you tell me why you want this to happen. >> well, i mean, look. i consider it to be pretty much inevitable that donald trump will lose in september and the senate and the gop, as well. merritt garland is not the worst option that's available. not a great option but older probably than anyone hillary clinton would put forth and i thi

gary johnson, austin peterson, and software entrepreneur john mcafee. of them would be better than the current frontrunners hillary and donald. but third party candidate haven't done well in american presidential elects. as a thought experiment, let me ask you, if you have to vote for one of the current democratic or republican candidates, who would you vote for? wouldn't vote? you have to vote. i'll list the candidates in the order of how they are doing on election betting odd. that's the best prediction market that gives the best forecasts of what happened in elections. the frontrunner right now is hillary. will anyone here vote for hillary? yes, we have got one. anybody vote for trump. bernie sanders? marco rubio? okay, ted cruz? we got some cruz and rubio. how many say no one because they are all awful? they are all status. the good news is that we are a government of checks and balances. so there is a limit to what bad things these politicians can do to us. maybe our semi free market will allow american entrepreneurs to grow the economy more than p

there is a big presidential debate tonight with gary johnson, john mcafee, austin peterson, the othermary candidate that's here. that will happen tonight at 8:00 p.m. by the end of the weekend, we will have our answer, whether or not bill weld is able to persuade that crucial group of delegates right now who at this point, some of whom are preferring to him as republican-like, a bit of a ter rog tor derogatory term at a libertarian convention. if they can persuade that the best ticket they have p to really get them on the debate stage and make an impact on the 2016 election includes bill weld. >> i want to talk about the libertarian party, the possible impact of the third-party ticket. joining me ron brownstein and also with me is basil smikel. is it not kind of significant we are talking about this today, the libertarian party when we are covering the conference? this means something, right, ron, that we are actually addressing this in a serious way? can they compete seriously? >> the libertarian party has had an interesting kind of canundrum. there is an audience for what they are s

there was, mary matalin backing one well-known person, austin peterson. what do you think of that?m going to wait and see. i haven't endorsed any. they have their convention this week. i would lean toward right now, since i can't vote for a republican or democrat candidate that is leading, that i would look to the libertarians but i certainly haven't endorsed any one of the three. deirdre: we'll keep asking. dr. paul, thank you very much. glad you're here. >> you're welcome. deirdre: cue a small business that says the city of seattle is essentially trying to legislate it out of business. that small business owner will join me. he own as local gun shop. he says that the government is hurting his business. ♪ i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients it transformed treatment as the first cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with

this is for perry, peace, freedom, love and liberty and austin peterson, he was a playwright from missouricaper. if you come a little bit further, you can see the room where the delegates will be gathering to make their final vote tonight, right through here. all of this is going to be filled. they have a thousand delegates this year. that's more than they've ever had before. gary johnson, former gop governor of new mexico is the front-runner, he's polling at about 60% within the party, 10 nationally against hillary clinton and donald trump. the question is who will he take more votes from if he's nominated, trump or clinton. we caught up with him to ask him that question. here's what he had to say. >> there's just so many things i'm 108 degrees with donald trump on, starting offer deporting 11 million illegal immigrants. let's just start with the premise that immigration is really a good thing. we're a country of immigrants. with that said, let's not deport 11 million illegal immigrants. really, it's a craze notion. building a fence across the border is a crazy notion. >> and, alex, the g

she was endorsed by austin peterson. increasing the coalition. >> if you don't take this vice-presidential position, would you encourage gary to continue on or to drop out? >> i'd have a coverage with gary and support him in whatever decision he made. >> yesterday donald trump said that you shouldn't bring up his fascism and won't bring up your alcoholism. i know you said you're going to let that commend ride. are you prepared for a general election campaign where those kind of personal attacks are part of the script? >> absolutely. >> i left my privacy at the door a long time ago. i'm going to let it ride. >> you're going to let it ride. he's not. >> any truth to the allegation? >> i declined. >> how many longer it is going take for you to win over this room to take the nomination? >> well, i think this is going to be a few balance, probably. i mean even gary will to go balance. i think this might be three or four. >> whether did you resolve to quit the republican party and why? >> you have to to be a candidate for a li

austin peterson, a younger upstart libertarian candidate would really do well with conservatives. i've been covering conservatives for a year and i would say he would have a lot of success with that crowd. >> jane, the first run voting shows gary johnson in the lead and based on what happened and the outcome of the presidential debate last night, did johnson appear to be the shoe shoo-in for today's vote? >> he needs to get more gall delegates that they have ever hard. and the crouwd was booing, screm willing, yelling. once you get to multiple ballot, sometimes the third place runner is the one that who comes out the winner. so likely, but nothing sure. >> and i also want to bring in kate to talk about trump and trump university and the documents released of the "washington post" request of the so-called playbook. what will we learn that we didn't know before? >> i think with the release of these documents, these are internal documents that will come out, i think we'll learn quite a bit about its inner working, how it operated, how it recruited students, how many, many things that

austin peterson is owner and ceo of stonegate, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. he was an associate producer of freedom watch. finally, dr. mark alan friedman -- feldman. [applause] larry: dr. feldman graduated from northwestern with a degree in philosophy. he is an anesthesiologist and practiced at john hopkins for 11 years. i want to welcome you all. these are the 2016 libertarian presidential candidates. [applause] [crowd chanting] larry: contain your enthusiasm. we are going to have each candidate given opening statement for 30 seconds. each will have 30 seconds to answer if he invokes the name of another candidate that candidate will have a 32nd rebuttal. there will be a 62nd close. -- 60 second close. the first category is the economy. i have two general questions i would like to begin with. mr. mcafee. watching awho are libertarian party debate for the first time and have no clue what a libertarian is, please tell us what is a libertarian. what is the difference between a libertarian and a conservative? >> is this part of my opening statement? larry: all

he is facing pretty serious opposition from two candidates in particular, austin peterson, who is a conservative actually has the backing of some prominent republican conservatives who are looking for an alternative to trump and then there's also john mcafee who is putting a great deal of his own money into this race. these candidates will debate here tomorrow night, and the delegates here will select their nominee on sunday. pamela? >> ryan nobles, thank you so much for that. and stay tuned. our victor blackwell sits down with the libertarian presidential candidate gary johnson and vice presidential contender william weld at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and what has become a highly contentious race for the white house, some speculate a third-party candidate could have a big impact on what happens in november. joining me to discuss this is rebecca berg with real clear politics. for those never-trump people who want to have an alternative to donald trump, is this man, this libertarian candidate, their best hope? >> well, as gary series himself said in that clip we just saw, he is going to be the only c

youber security experts are have austin peterson, a tv producer. dr. mark feldman.n activistperry, from new hampshire. host: what does the libertarian party stand for? what is your basic mission statement as a party? mr. sarwark: our basic -- our core principle is the idea that every person has a right to live their life and pursue happiness in any way they choose as long as they don't hurt other people or take their stuff. it should not be the governance business how you raise your family, how you run your business, how you choose to relax on weekends. those are decisions for you. i don't know how to live my life as i ought to and i sure don't know how to live someone else's life. we believe politicians have no greater knowledge of how your life ought to be lives. the: as a member of libertarian party, why did you join and why are you leading this political party? mr. sarwark: i joined. i was introduced to the party when i was 12 years old. my father took me to a local meeting. i have never been anything other than libertarian. it seemed right to me. the idea that

you have governor johnson, john a security expert, and austin peterson a tv producer, .ational committeeber those gentlemen of all been vigorously contesting the nomination. >> what does the libertarian party stand for? what is your basic mission statement, as a party? >> for us come our core principles, the idea that every person has a right to live their life and pursue happiness in any way they choose as long as they don't hurt other people and don't take their stuff. governmente the business a razor family, run your business, choose to relax on the weekends, those are decisions for you. i don't know how to live my life, necessarily, and i don't know how to live someone else's life. we believe politicians of no greater knowledge of how your life off to be lived. >> as the chair and member of the party, why did you join? why are you leading this party? >> outage due to the part of another 12 years old, my father took me to a meeting, i've never been anything other than a libertarian. it just seems right to me, there is a humility do it. i don't know what to do with him and else's life,

john mcafee, austin peterson, darrell parry, mark alan feldman . the only candidate who will be dropped from this ballot is kevin mccormick. microphone 1. >> mr. chairman. from virginia. this is a point of information. >> go ahead. thes a matter of tradition, libertarian party has always recognition of a vote for none of the above and all public and internal libertarian party elections. so if you would care to cast a vote for none of the above, it is a valid choice at all times in libertarian party elections. nobodymember, a vote for means nobody is going to make demands on your time, nobody donations,u for nobody will be asking you for petitioning help. >> thank you. is there anyone else seeking to recognize? >> gym full of from michigan. point of information. world, shouldur be not allow kevin cramer some time to speak to the body? >> it is not the rules. we have occasionally asked for suspension of the rules in order to allow someone who has dropped to adjust the body. is there such a request? >> i so move. >> for how long? >> for two minutes. a

i will be voting for a libertarian austin peterson. host: ok. caller: and he's more conservative than donald trump ever thought about being. i see hillary clinton and donald trump as two sides of the same coin. host: and randy, and what is that coin? i mean, what are the sides? caller: extremely liberal. neither one of them have military experience. neither one of them seem trustworthy in my judgment, as far as backing the military. donald trump was draft dodger morals. -- more or else. and hillary clinton, you can see with the e-mails and benghazi. i have no trust in her whatsoever. host: ok. that was randy in indiana. we'll have the leave the conversations there. before we take a quick break, we want to show you an update on president obama's nominee for the supreme court. merrick garland filled out the 141-page questionnaire that is custom for nominees to do and it is on the judiciary committee's website in case any of you are interested in going through it. as for the questionnaire, it is ainly a detailed recitation of garland's legal career

you have obviously governor johnson and austin peterson, tv producer those gentlemen have all been vigorously contesting this nomination. >> what does the libertarian party stand for? what is your basic mission statement as a party question. >> the basic for us as a party is the idea that every person has a right to live their life and pursue happiness in any way they choose as long as they don't hurt other people and take their stuff. it shouldn't be the government's business how you raise your family or run your business or choose to relax on the weekend. those are decisions for you. i don't know how to live my life necessarily as well as i ought to and i certainly don't know how to live someone else's life. politicians have no greater knowledge of how your life should be lived. >> as a chairman of the party, why did you join and why are you leading this political party? >> so i joined, i was actually introduced to the party when i was 12 years old. my father took me to a local meeting. i've never been anything other than a libertarian. it just seemed right to me. this idea that there is a