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Here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: calling himself the tell it like it is candidate, new jersey's governor chris christie says he's running for president to in his words, change the world. >> there is one thing you will know for sure i mean what i say and i say what i mean, and that's what america needs right now. >> reporter: at his old high school where he was once class president. he was once a favorite to become america's president, too, but then a hard fall. christie tangled up in scandal after top aides created a massive traffic jam on the george washington bridge apparently as poli...

You want to hear. say it, and then turned around and do something else. when i stand up on a stage like this in front of all of you, there is one thing you will know for sure, i mean what i say and i say what i mean and that's what america needs right now. [cheers] >> after seven years, i heard the president of the united states say the other day that the world respects america more because of his leadership. [boos] >> this convinces me, this convinces me, this is a final confirmation that president obama lives in his own world not in our world. [cheers] the fact is this: after seven years of ...

>> might light things up. dana bash compares him to another candidate whose mouth gets him in trouble. >> reporter: looking for lofty rhetoric not at this announcement. >> after seven years of a weak and feckless foreign policy run by president barack obama we better not turn it over to his second mate hillary clinton. >> reporter: speaking at his high school gym where his three decade old baseball picture is in the hallway, chris christie tried to show where he came from to explain who he is. >> i'm not running for president of the united states as a surrogate for being elected prom king as a...

To that conduct! [ cheers and applause ] here it comes. after seven years i heard the president of the united states say the other day that the world respects america more because of his leadership. this convinces me it is the final confirmation that president obama lives in his own world, not in our world. and the fact is this: after seven years of a weak and feckless foreign policy run by barack obama we better not turn it over to his second mate hillary clinton! [ cheers and applause ]

There are similarities in the brashness, they like to brawl and also are friends. >> they are, in fact that's something i learned when i was in livingston new jersey for christie's presidential announcement. chris christie was a guest at trump's wedding. when it comes to chris christie he doesn't have the economics trump has but what he doesn't have he tries to make up for in swagger and personality. ♪ ♪ >> looking for lofty rhetoric not at this presidential announcement. >> after seven years of a weak and foreign policy run by barack obama, we better not turn it over to his second mate hi...