john avlon the editor in chief joins us. guest: good morning. how do you define what you do to other people when they come to to your site? guest: we are essentially a politics and pop culture site but we do it back with real reporting. we are the alternative to particular partisan sites and content forums that you see some much today. my friend, the journalist to pass away a couple years ago says there are three great beats in american journalism. politics, hollywood, and war. that is what we cover at "daily beast" and the key for us is we focus on scoops, scandals, and secret worlds. we love confronting bullies, bigots, and hypocrites. that is what gives us alive in fighting as a lean and hungry beast. we are aggressive and we like to do real reporting and have fun doing it. host: what kind of stuff do you have and are they committed to find these kinds that you are looking for? guest: absolutely. here, we have about eight reporters from politics and national security. you will be talking to some of them later in the next couple in new york, w

john avlon the editor in chief joins us. guest: good morning.ost: how do you define what you do to other people when they come to your site? how do you set your sights -- set yourself apart from others? guest: we are essentially a politics and pop culture site but we do it back with real reporting. we are the alternative to particular partisan sites and content forums that you see some much today. my friend, the journalist to pass away a couple years ago says there are three great beats in american journalism. politics, hollywood, and war. that is what we cover at "daily beast" and the key for us is we focus on scoops, scandals, and secret worlds. we love confronting bullies, bigots, and hypocrites. that is what gives us alive in fighting as a lean and hungry beast. we are aggressive and we like to do real reporting and have fun doing it. host: what kind of stuff do you have and are they committed to find these kinds that you are looking for? guest: absolutely. here, we have about eight reporters from politics and national security. you will be

first a conversation with editor and chief, john avlon. and then nancy youssef will have a discussion on national security issues. then later, jackie kucinich talks about the religious freedom debate and what it means for the republican party. the washington journal is live every morning on c-span and he can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> here are some featured programs for the holiday weekend, on c-span former state senator from texas, wendy davis. and on easter sunday, the golfing legend jack nickless receives the congressional gold medal for his contributions to the game and community service. on c-span two, on afterwards cornell west on the radical political thinking of martin luther king jr.. and sunday on new and, on in-depth, a live conversation with a reporter from the washington post, ronald kessler. he has written 20 books, including escape from the cia. and on american history tv saturday at 8:00 p.m., lectures in history, charles calhoun on the obstacles faced by ulysses s. grant

john avlon and republican consultant margaret hoover. so first, who gives a thumbs up to what marco rubio did last night? three thumbs up among two people. always good. why impressed? >> more than any other candidate on the republican side of the aisle marco rubio has it. he has that ability to connect with people to speak in an aspirational way that is positive and affirmative authentically and that can actually enroll individuals into his world view as opposed to being anti-hillary anti-democrat, anti-obama negative. he's offering an alternative that is affirmative and can capture the imagination of people because he speaks eloquently and authentically. >> it as you put it is worth 7% in the polls for marco rubio. i know what you're going to tell me it's because it's early, he's going to be out there, he's not known, campaigning. but he's got real challenges here just because of who is in this field. >> he does have challenges. first of all, none of this is a cake walk. the person who is the presumptive nominee is never going to actual