Company this morning, im christi paul. And im victor blackwell. A big announcement coming this hour. Any moment. Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley is announcing hes running for the democratic nomination for president. Yes, taking on Hillary Clinton. Lets take you live to baltimore where omalley was mayor. Here youre looking at federal hill. Well bring the announcements to you live as soon as it happens. Protests are expected there. Cnn senior washington correspondent jed zeleny is there with more. Theres a lot of people who dont know Martin Omalley. Hes got a lot of work to do. Theres no question that Martin Omalley has an uphill battle ahead of him. Not only running against Hillary Clinton and introducing himself to voters in those early states of iowa. New hampshire. I learned a few moments ago that governor omalley called secretary clinton late yesterday to tell her that he was going to jump into the democratic president ial campaign. Saying he was going to run against her. Bu
of course this is not so subtle attack or critique of hillary clinton. he s presenting himself as a new face of the party. he s 52 years old. secretary clinton is 67 years old. that s one of the things in his speech he ll be presenting himself as what he s done in his time as maryland governor leading on a liberal progressive agenda. not expected to go after secretary clinton during his speech. this is about him, introducing himself to voters. we will hear a call for a new moment for the party, a new generation of leadership. and this pac is generation forward. one question to craig, you worked with the governor on his campaign for governor of maryland. guys let s put up this biofull-screen explaining his history and politics. he served in elected office every year since 1991. he s clearly spent more time in political office than hillary clinton and it s been almost 25
live where at any moment former mayor, maryland governor martin o mall were is announcing his official white house bid. o malley making this announcement in the city that he served as mayor for seven years. let s bring in cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny and we have chris moody, senior correspondent for cnnpolitics.com. and national policy strategist craig verona. we ve got people waiting for this announcement. we ve got reports that there were going to be protests although those have not come to fruition. when do we expect to hear from the former governor? you re right, many more supporters here for governor o malley as you can see, than protesters. governor o malley going to present himself as an authentic liberal. a new face of the democratic party. you can see it from the signs and banners that are here. if you can see it behind me for president, 2016 new leadership.