Transcript for Sen. Cory Booker announces 2020 presidential bid

We start this morning with another high profile Maine joining the 20/20 race. Cory Booker choosing the first day of Black History Month to announce his run for presidency. Rick Klein is live in DC written the field is getting more and more crowded what can you tells novice. Cory Booker immediately comes in is AF top ranked contender this is the guys we talked about as a potential. Presidential candidate for going back on twenty years now he's only 49 years old he's from Newark, New Jersey he's gonna be there later this afternoon is also on the view. Today at talking about his candidacy. It's intriguing they're only two African American senate there's. On the democratic side both of them are now running for president between him and Kabul Harris. I think the key for Cory Booker is the theme that he talks about unity very Obama ask if you look at some of the things he says he gives a terrific oration a great life story what kind of thought we'll kind of meat can he put on that phones and in the coming weeks and months and what you mentioned as a very crowded field. And candidates are getting out to campaign this weekend who is in visiting those key early swing battlegrounds. Kirsten Gillibrand is out on the trail she announced her exploratory committee a couple weeks ago she's gonna look at overshadowed by some of the other candidates who jumped in since then. We're also going to see senator Sherrod Brown spending some time in Iowa over these couple of days he hasn't announced yet but. Of course no one no one is it has the wonder much about his inhibitions when he's deciding as a senator from Ohio to suddenly visit. Iowa and we're going to continue to see Howard Schultz the the Indy is the former Starbucks CEO who is thinking about running as an independent out on the trail but on the democratic side as this field grows. I think it's intriguing to see how people very threw a lot of them are bringing ideas on the progressive side of the aisle. Thank you so much Rick for a live from our Washington DC.

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