>>> in our 2020 lead today
former massachusetts governor
deval patrick announced he's
running for president just 80
days before the primaries begin.
patrick filing for the new
hampshire primary today and
cnn's jeff zeleny reports with
former new york mayor michael
bloomberg also considering a
run, the democratic candidates
are getting more jammed up.
>> reporter: beginning in 80
days, the democratic field
suddenly growing.
former massachusetts governor
deval patrick jumping into the
2020 race today in new hampshire
after saying no to a run nearly
a year ago.
he's been watching the campaign
from the sidelines and believes
there's an opening right down
the middle.
>> it has felt to me watching
the race unfold that we are
beginning to break into sort of
camps of nostalgia on one hand
and big ideas sort of my way or
no way on the other.
>> reporter: talking about two
friends now rivals, joe biden
and elizabeth warren.