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Will to supporters in louisville, kentucky, within the hour. he's promising to be a different kind of republican who wants to defeat the washington machine. how is he going to do that? chief congressional correspondent dana bash is in louisville for that big announcement. he's in. the big announcement still to come. what should folks expect to hear from rand paul this morning? >> reporter: that's right. you see the crowd is gathering behind me. they're going to see a series of videos before they actually hear from him or his wife who will introduce him which will lay out a series of aspects of...

Campaigns. when the conversation has changed to isis when it becomes about iran, that puts rand paul in a much different place than he was in his senate career. this is going to be one of the biggest challenges he's going to face on the republican side. >> one last thing, i notice that senator paul has dropped senator from his twitter hand. he's now dr. rand paul. what's that about? >> one of his messages is about crushing the washington machine. he's been a united states senator now for four years. he is going to try to distance himself from washington as much as possible. we saw then candida...

The base as a true conservative. >> too often when republicans have won, we have squandered our victory by becoming part of the washington machine. that's not who i am. >> it's central to paul's campaign,ed claim that he's a different kind of republican one who's savvy about social media and can reach younger voters a libertarian who's questioned drone strikes, and nsa spying and gop military hawks, and he's joined democrats in calling for criminal justice and criminal sentencing reform and restoring voting rights to nonviolent felons. yet on some key issues paul lines up perfectly with the ri...

People in need with his medical practice. but it all comes down to the question of whether or not this former tea party darling can expand even more broadly to win a republican nomination. in many ways rand paul's platform for president sounds a lot like the 2010 tea party creed dough he used to snatch his senate seat from the cg 0 p establishment. >> too often when republicans have won, we've squandered our victory by becoming part of the washington machine. that's not who i am. >> reporter: but any successful presidential run would require a much larger coalition. and paul insists he will bu...

Saying he wants to defeat the washington machine. kentucky republican senator rand paul is running for president. he'll make the official official -- i don't know how many announcements you need but more than one this day in age. just minutes from now right there in louisville, kentucky. on his website today, he said this. i'm running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government. joining ining me to discuss, g borger and ryan lizza. so gloria, early on we have to have an idea already of what a rand paul campaign is going to look like. what do you thin...