john mcafee, 2.tin peterson, six. and gary johnson, 19. [applause] >> mr. brown. did you say none of the above had one? or was it a no vote? thank you. it was an abstention. washington. >> chairperson, libertarian party of washington. from a state that in four short years has gone from zero to feeling 32 candidates this year in 2016. mr. trainer for the hall, can you tell them where there's candidates are standing right now? there is a good portion right there. >> go ahead mr. trainer. >> from the state that is regularly beating the top two primary and has elected five libertarians last year alone. they truly evergreen state. our very titles are as follows. mark feldman, 1. austin peterson, three. john mcafee, 10. governor gary johnson, 13. thank you very much. [applause] >> west virginia. >> thank you mr. chairman. my name is john buckley. i'm the delegation chair for west virginia. west virginia, the mountain state of his small state was just barely three congressional district. two years ago, we h

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 no

. >>> john mcafee is back in the news.he is going to be in charge of a small company that will do computer security. a publically traded company. that will thrust the eccentric silicon valley pioneer back in the spotlight. mcafee is running for president on the libertarian ticket. we are glad to have john back, as well. >> you are in the news. he's a character. >> he is a fascinating fellow. >> what color will his hair be the next time we see him? will he be in a secret location? >> i will keep you updated each time. >>> later today, maybe we will get a better idea whether or not we are alone in the universe. we know nasa is getting ready to announce the latest findings from its kepler space telescope that was launched to look for life on other planets. it discovered 5,000 planets orbiting nearby stars. the announcement is due at noon today. >>> staying in outer space, did you see it? mercury passed in front of the sun yesterday. that little black dot you see there is mercury. you could see it with binoculars with a solar

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

i do hope they make the right decision and go with john mcafee or one of the other candidates. think that gary johnson is not a great representation of the party. he's a decent man but he does ability to take on the military-industrial complex and nsa, like so many other candidates do. that is the most important issue . i hope that all americans can understand that. the survival of our country thends on the seating of military-industrial complex. how do you feel about bill weld? caller: he's an infiltrator, not to be trusted. i might consider voting for johnson if you were paid up with peterson or mcafee. or the doctor. even darryl that a great job last night. but johnson is a no go. that is sam, calling all the way from alaska. turning to the phone lines, dave wigle is on the phone. he is a washington post political reporter in orlando, florida, covering the libertarian national convention. david wigle, good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. the headline of your story this morning says -- proving up tough sell to libertarians. we just heard from a caller who sa

john mcafee. [applause] mr. mcafee has a degree in mathematics from roanoke college. he is an internationally recognized pioneer in cyber security. he developed the first antivirus protection system. [applause] larry: good luck. mr. dell peary. [applause] born and raised in birmingham, alabama, he has had a career as an author and host in tv and radio. he is cofounder and cochair of new hampshire tea party and owner and managing editor of free press publications. [applause] larry: governor gary johnson. [crowd chanting "gary"] larry: after a successful career as a business he became the republican governor from new mexico from 1994 to 2003. he was the libertarian party presidential candidate in 2012, getting the more votes than any lp candidate in history. mr. 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

this is john mcafee, self-made millionaire, also bills himself the most interesting candidate in theere's something to that. the president or prime minister of belize said he's very paranoid, even bonkers, not really an endorsement there. and we've got some funny delegates here. this is star child. >> this is the bonkers man. >> we're going to have a full conversation later in the hour. i think we are we have you scheduled at 3:15. not right now. we're going to do a run-through. this is ms. starchild, one of the delegates making a choice this weekend. and if you come this way, i can show you some of the other nominees. this is one of the more unconventional candidates. you might remember him from the new hampshire primary. >> came in fourth. >> came in fourth but now running libertarian. not really representative of the party. >> not representative of the libertarian party, thank you. >> we were talking earlier about how kpangtly you keep this on your head. >> it's science. it's a combination of gravity and friction. >> no glu at all. >> no glue. >> that is pretty magical flat form r

john mcafee. [applause] mr. mcafee has a degree in mathematics from roanoke college . he is an internationally recognized pioneer in cyber security. he developed the first antivirus protection system. [applause] larry: good luck. mr. dell peary. [applause] born and raised in birmingham, a career ashas had an author and host in tv and radio. he is cofounder and cochair of new hampshire tea party and owner and managing editor of free press publications. [applause] larry: governor gary johnson. gary"] chanting " larry: after a successful career as a business he became the republican governor from new mexico from 1994 to 2003. he was the libertarian party presidential candidate in 2012, votes than anymore lp candidate in history. peterson. [applause] [crowd chanting] 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 friedman -- feldman. [applause] larry: dr. feldman graduated from northwestern with a degree in philosophy. he is an anesthesiolog

prominent republican conservatives who are looking for an alternative to trump and then there's also john mcafeeg 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 candidate besides hillary clinton and donald trump who is going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. he's the only one thee roretica who will have a path to vic

you have governor johnson, you have john mcafee.ouber security experts are have austin peterson, a tv producer. dr. mark feldman. an 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 hav

john mcafee. [applause] >> i love this.n i first joined the libertarian party, two things stood out. 75% of your men. number two, 99.8% of you are white. shame on you. shame on you. me for never having mentioned it before. nowi have the opportunity to put what little support of grayson, who is a constitutionalist. if you think he does not thenstand what freedom is, you have no idea what it is like to live in this country and black skin. i do not know personally what that is but my wife knows extremely well. by being with her in situations in this world, this country, and story,rs, hearing her watching her family, hearing conversations between various there is lessr, freedom in the skin even today than the skin that most of you occupy. shame on you. [applause] color is not the only quality that mr. grayson has. he is a man of honor, a man of >> time has, expired. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mcafee. next up, mr. darrell. [applause] >> the libertarian party is at a crossroads. one path is clean and cle

you have governor johnson, john mcafee, a security expert. and austin petersen, a tv producer. those gentlemen have all been vigorously contesting the nomination. host: what does the libertarian party stand for? what is your basic mission statement as a party? guest: 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 and don't take their stuff. it should not be the government's business how you choose to raise your family, run your business, relax on the weekend. politicians have no greater knowledge of how your life ought to be lived. host: as chair of the party and a member of the libertarian party, why did you join and why are you leading this political party? guest: i was introduced to the party when i was about 12. my father took me to a local meeting. i have never been anything other than libertarian. it just seems right to me. there is a humility to it. thought the national chair 2014 in columbus because i felt we had been doing the groundwork for 45 years and