WE HAVE A LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT
WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
MARTIN O'MALLEY MAKES
IT
OFFICIAL, HE IS RUNNING FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND THE UNITED STATES.
THE FORMER MAYOR OF BALTIMORE,
AND THE MAYOR OF MARYLAND IS THE
THIRD DEMOCRAT.
HE FILLED HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN
SPEECH WITH POWERFUL LANGUAGE.
DAVID HAS OUR BIG STORY TONIGHT.
DAVID: MARTIN O'MALLEY
OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF HIS LONG
SHOT ODYSSEY TO BECOME PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE HIS
POLITICAL CAREER BEGAN,
BALTIMORE CITY.
O'MALLEY: THE STORY OF OUR
COUNTRY'S BEST DAYS IS NOT FOUND
IN A HISTORY BOOK, BECAUSE THIS
GENERATION OF AMERICANS IS ABOUT
TO WRITE IT.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT IS WHY TODAY, TO YOU, AND
TO ALL WHO CAN HEAR MY VOICE, I
DECLARE THAT I AM A CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND I AM RUNNING FOR
YOU.
DAVID: O'MALLEY TOUTS HIMSELF AS
A LIBERAL CRUSADER WHO WANTS TO
RESTORE AMERICA AS THE LAND OF
POSSIBILITIES.
HE SAYS THE AMERICAN DREAM SEEMS
TO BE HANGING BY A THREAD,
ALTHOUGH A STRONG ONE FULL OF
OPTIMISM.
O'MALLEY: IT IS THE THREAT OF
COMPASSION, GENEROSITY, AND LOVE
THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AS ONE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
DAVID: POLITICAL ANALYSTS URGE
HIM TO PRESENT HIMSELF AS A
CAN-DO EXECUTIVE.
JOHN BULLOCK: I AM BRINGING
SOMETHING TO THE TABLE THAT'S
VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU
HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
I'M GOING TO BRINK BY EXPERIENCE
FROM A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY AND
FROM THE STATE LEVEL -- THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT HE CAN POINT TO.
DAVID: CRITICS CONTEND AS MAYOR,
HIS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICING
POLICY PLANTED THE SEEDS OF
DISCONTENT THAT FUELED UNREST
FOLLOWING THE POLICE IN CUSTODY
DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY.
O'MALLEY SAYS ONE THING DIDN'T
SET IT OFF -- HOPELESSNESS DID,
AND IT'S FELT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
O'MALLEY: FOR US, BALTIMORE IS
OUR COUNTRY, AND OUR COUNTRY IS
BALTIMORE.
MILEAH KROMER: HE DOES HAVE SOME
REALLY GREAT TALKING POINTS,
PARTICULARLY FOR THE PROGRESSIVE
BASE.
DAVID: MARYLAND RANKED NUMBER
ONE IN EDUCATION WHEN HE WAS
GOVERNOR.
HIS SUPPORT FOR SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE EVOLVED AFTER NEW YORK
STATE PASSED IT.
HIS DREAM ACT PROVIDES AN
IN-STATE TUITION BREAK FOR
UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.
HE REPEALED THE DEATH PENALTY,
BUT ONLY AFTER THE NAACP LINED
UP THE VOTES.
HE GETS MIXED REVIEWS FROM THE
ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
MARTIN O'MALLEY OFFICIALLY
WORKED THE POLITICAL TRENCHES
FOR GARY HART AND MICHAEL
DUKAKIS.
LATER, HE WAS ELECTED TO CITY
COUNCIL.
HE PRESENTS HIMSELF AS A
YOUTHFUL ALTERNATIVE WITH NEW
IDEAS.
HE HAD A PARTING SHOT FOR
POLITICAL DYNASTIES.
HE WRAPPED IT AROUND A STORY
ABOUT WALL STREET BULLIES HE
BLAMES FROM RUINING THE ECONOMY.
HE CALLED OUT CEO'S WHO SAY THEY
HAVE NO PROBLEM BACKING A
CLINTON OR BUSH.
O'MALLEY: THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT
A CROWN TO BE PASSED BACK AND
FORTH BY YOU BETWEEN TWO ROYAL
FAMILIES.
DAVID: O'MALLEY TOOK OFF FOR TWO
CAMPAIGN EVENTS IN IOWA.
HE WILL THEN HEAD TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE, ANOTHER EARLY
NOMINATING STATE, FOR A
FUNDRAISER.
ON FEDERAL HILL, D.C., WBAL-TV
11 NEWS.
IOWA VOTERS A HAVE A BIG SAY
IN HIS CHANCES IN THE PRIMARY.
WE SPOKE WITH CHUCK ABOUT WHY
THAT IS.
CHUCK: IOWA WAS
THE STATE THAT
WAS MOST SKEPTICAL OF HILLARY
CLINTON.
IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END
FOR HER EIGHT YEARS AGO.
THAT IS THE PLAY SHE WILL BE
VULNERABLE.
THE VOTARY ELECTORATE IN IOWA AS
A CAUCUS IS THE MOST PASSIONATE
ACTIVISTS, THAT IS WHO SHE HAS
THE LOWEST RATINGS WITH.
IF YOU CANNOT BE HER THERE, YOU
WILL NOT BE HER ANYWHERE.
O'MALLEY WILL NOT STAY ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL ALL WEEKEND.
HE WILL GO TO NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR
EVENTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
YOU CAN WATCH THE EVENT IN ITS
ENTIRETY ON OUR FREE MOBILE APP
UNDER VIDEO AND ON WBALTV.COM.
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WHAT SHOULD THE TOP PRIORITY
BE
FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT?
PROTESTERS GOT INSIDE THE GATES
AT THE O'MALLEY ANNOUNCEMENT
TODAY.
ONE WOMAN WALKS THROUGH THE
CROWD CHANTING, BUT SHE DID
INTERVIEWS WITH MEMBERS OF THE
PRESS SURROUNDED HER.
ANOTHER GROUP USE WHISTLES --
USED WHISTLES TO DISRUPT
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
IF HE COULDN'T GET BALTIMORE
RIGHT, WHAT MAKES HIM THINK HE