cheers and applause ] >> i see our big cities once again shining and beckoning with creativity and enagain newty, with american companies offering american jobs. with your help this message will ring from coast-to-coast, a message of liberty, justice, and personal responsibility. today begins the journey to take america back. [ cheers and applause ] >> to rescue a great country now adrift join me as together we seek a new vision for america. today i announce with god's help with the help of liberty lovers everywhere that i am putting myself forward as a candidate for president of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] >> you have just heard senator rand paul announce he is running for the presidency of the united states running for the republican party nomination to run for president of the united states. joining me now is al jazeera's david shuster, and republican strategist brian murray. quite an interesting speech. >> yeah and i'm not sure it's necessarily done. i think he may have a few final words, so let's keep an eye on that. but he is a libertarian, he is a darling of the