host: joining us, stefan hankin a democratic pollster and david winston, republican strategist. how much attention should people be paying to as far as pulling when it comes to the presidential race? guest: it is the only thing they should be watching. for most americans, a little early. for those of us in the beltway and people who are political junkies, obviously, this is what we live and die by. we are still five months away from the first primaries. a long way to go before the general. it is early. want to talk about, fun to look at. but what you are seeing now is not necessarily indicative of what we will be seeing in 2016. guest: i do not necessarily disagreeguest:. there are a lot of things that will change. on the republican side, pulling is critical given that is how fox will select who they support in the debate. it is important for the candidates to be on that stage. the role survey research is playing is critical. host: when it comes to the fox debate and polls will be the deciding factor, what polls are they looking at? what numbers are they looking at? what things

on the next washington journal political strategist stefan hankin and david winston talk about the early stages of the presidential primary race and the latest developments in campaign 2016. also a look at hacking concerns with michael riley. plus, we will take your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal live every day on c-span. the republican presidential candidates are in manchester new hampshire for the first presidential forum on monday at 7:00 eastern. we are providing live coverage of this. the new hampshire union leader ours -- is sponsoring this. following the forum, you can join our call in program or add your comments on facebook and twitter. road to the white house 2016. >> on thursday, general martin dempsey met with military children at a forum hosted by the military child education coalition. he offered advice to those who wanted to join the service. his wife also spoke at the event. general dempsey will retire soon and another general will become the next chair, already confirmed by the senate. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> next,

stefan hankin, democratic pollster and strategist. joining us as well, david winston, a republican pollster and strategist. how much attention should be to polling? be paying guest: it is the most important thing. for most americans, it is a little early. for those of us in the beltway and political junkies, this is what we live and die by. look, we are still 4-5 months away from the first primary for both democrats and republicans. we have a long way to go until the general start. it is early. it is fun to look at, but what we are seeing in the polls now is not necessarily indicative of comewe will be seeing, 2016. side, on the republican polling is critical given that is how they decide who will be in the debate. it is very important for all those candidates to be able to be on that stage. in this particular situation, but where our research is playing is critical. host: when it comes to the fox debate, and the polls will be the factor of getting in the debate, what polls are they looking at? what numbers are they looking at? how do

. >> on the next washington journal, political strategist stefan hankin and david winston talk about the early stages of the presidential primary race and the latest developments in the campaign 2016. also a look at cyber security and hacking concerns with michael o'rielly. we will take your calls and look for your comment on facebook and twitter. washington journal live every day at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. florida center -- florida senator marco rubio was in south carolina to talk about for policy. the 2016 pro -- 2016 presidential candidate sat down with army secretary van hip for a conversation that included the nuclear agreement, isis, and cyber security. this was organized by the group americans for peace, prosperity and security, and as part of c-span's road to the white house coverage. [applause] >> thank you all for being here.