Marco Rubio Cites His Youth As He Announced Candidacy
COSTELLO: Hillary Clinton hitting the road. Her campaign now in Iowa set to make its first official stop in just a matter of hours. Clinton will be holding a roundtable with a small group of students and educators at the Kirkwood Community College. Of course CNN will be there to bring that to you live at -- well, we think it'll happen around 2:00 p.m. Eastern. And like any good road trip, Hillary Clinton has also been making some pit stops. I'm sure you've heard about this. Yesterday she ducked into an Ohio Chipotle, it was Maumee, Ohio, near Toledo. And she ordered a burrito bowl and a sweet drink, and her assistant was standing beside her and absolutely no one recognized her. She's totally incognito. It wasn't until the restaurant manager looked at the security cam video that he realized that Hillary Clinton ordered that burrito bowl at that Maumee Chipotle. Who knew? Also last night Marco Rubio became the third Republican to enter the race for the White House, touting his youth at Monday's big announcement. The 43-year-old freshman senator framed the upcoming presidential election as a generational choice for Americans and he took no time taking aim at Hillary Clinton, calling her, quote, "a leader from yesterday." But can the rising star turn a compelling family story and a lack of experience into a successful campaign calling card? Dana Bash is CNN's chief congressional correspondent. She has more for you.</s>DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Carol, it may not have been exactly what Marco Rubio was going for but being in the room for his announcement yesterday, it was very reminiscent of Barack Obama eight years ago, talking about hope and change and the American dream. And the need to move on to a new generation.</s>BASH: 43-year-old Marco Rubio tried to turn his youth and relative inexperience, compared to older candidates, into a plus.</s>SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This election is not just about what laws we're going to pass. This election is a generational choice about what kind of country we will be.</s>BASH: It's a theme the Florida Republican returned to time and again drawing a contrast with Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton.</s>RUBIO: Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday --</s>RUBIO: Began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday.</s>BASH: But Rubio is also drawing a contrast with a Republican name from the past, Jeb Bush, Florida's former governor and Rubio's long- time mentor. Some mutual friends are upset Rubio isn't waiting his turn, which he addressed head on.</s>RUBIO: I've heard some suggests that I should step aside and wait my turn.</s>RUBIO: But I cannot.</s>BASH: In an interview with ABC News, Rubio said his candidacy should not be seen as an insult to Bush.</s>RUBIO: I'm not running against Jeb Bush and I hope he's not running against me. We are competing for the same job.</s>BASH: CNN is told Rubio told Bush he's running because no one else has the story to tell he does, a son of Cuban immigrants with the palpable sense of the American dream which shapes his hawkish world view and small government low taxes conservative ideals.</s>RUBIO: I live in an exceptional country where the son of a bartender and a maid could have the same dreams, and the same future as those who come from power and privilege.</s>BASH: Still Rubio has to overcome some GOP concerns that his government experience is similar to Barack Obama's --</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I don't pay much attention to the pundits claiming that I need more experience.</s>BASH: -- when he became president.</s>BASH: Now traditionally when a candidate announces for president that then move on to barnstorm, all of the early primary states, but Marco Rubio, he isn't doing that. Today he's going back to Washington to his day job because he sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, which, of course, is holding a very important hearing, and perhaps even a vote on the Iran deal -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right, Dana Bash reporting. Thanks so much. In just a matter of weeks we'll know if Ben Carson will join Rubio, Clinton and others in the 2016 race. His campaign telling CNN Carson will make a major announcement in Detroit on May 4th. The spokeswoman says no definitive decision has been made yet. But come one, he'll probably announce he's going to run for president in Detroit. Let's not fool ourselves, shall we? Still to come in the NEWSROOM, Secretary of State John Kerry returns to Capitol Hill today to ask Congress not to interfere with complex negotiations on Iran, but will Congress listen? We'll talk about that next.