joseph scott pendleton is charged with gillkilling a transgender changed woman. >>> ted cruz announced his candidacy, no exploratory committee or thinking about it. he jumped in. the freshman republican put his credentials on display. >> it is a time to reclaim the constitution of the united states. >> staged at the nation's biggest christian school. the conservative liberty university, the speech took advantage of the optics of thousands of students at the mandatory event. >> i believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of america. that is why today, i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the speech spinning a narrative of the son of a cuban immigrant, who got through princeton and harvard law school by taking a job and student loans. he called for religious conservatives and g.o.p. values. in his two years in the senate he ruffled feathers including the g.o.p. when he bucked conventional wisdom. his 21 hour talk-a-thon filibuster led to a government shutdown on the