riot something he needs to take on head on because that has obviously been front and center in this very city and people have questioned his legacy as mayor and governor of this state. take a listen. tell me how it is that you can get pulled over in this country for having a broken taillight but if you wreck the nation s economy, you are absolutely untouchable. reporter: talking about the fact there were absolutely no prosecutions of top wall street baron barons after the economic collapse. again, that is the kind of rhetoric we have heard from elizabeth warren. she s not in this presidential race. martin o malley now is and is hoping to pick up votes on the left. you mentioned the baltimore protests. there were some protesters at this event, right? reporter: yes. in fact it s a group called the baltimore bloc b-l-o-c. they are upset with martin o malley saying that when he was mayor of this city his police force was too aggressive in its
race dominated by hillary clinton. hundreds of people gathering in a park in baltimore where he made that announcement. the 52-year-old democrat was the mayor of that city once before serving two terms as governor of maryland as well. ed henry is joining us live with the very latest on the story. welcome, ed. great to see you. good to see you. i m still here at that park federal hill historic in downtown baltimore. what martin o malley is trying to do is find that space on the left that he has been unable to find so far. you mentioned hillary clinton far ahead of him but even democratic socialist senator bernie sanders has been ahead of martin o malley in recent days. what he s trying to do is maybe find some oxygen among the elizabeth warren wing of the democratic party. he talked a lot about economic populism he talked about taking on wall street. in fact even wrapped up that rhetoric about wall street into his comments about the baltimore