Former NY GOP governor George Pataki announces 2016 presidential bid

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former New York Gov. George Pataki is the latest Republican to get into the race for president.

In a video posted this morning on YouTube, Pataki says America needs to recapture the spirit of unity that spread through the country in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was in his second of three terms as governor when the attacks struck New York and Washington, and Pataki highlights his role in New York and the country's recovery in the video.

"We are all in this together. And let us all understand that what unites us is so much more important than what might seem superficially to divide us," Pataki says in the video which includes a logo that reads, "Pataki for President."

Pataki announced his candidacy in Exeter, N.H., which served as the state capital during the Revolutionary War and claims to be the birthplace of the Republican Party.