We declared the state of emergency and I issued the executive order less than 30 seconds after requested by the city of Baltimore.

It's obviously very disappointing to us Marylanders and people who love the City of Baltimore. We -- what started out as peaceful protest with people expressing genuine concern about an incident that took place and was a peaceful incident for six hours or so.

I have declared a state of emergency at the request of Baltimore City. This order deploys the Maryland National Guard in order to help restore order and to end the unrest that we witnessed today and tonight.

He's expected to speak shortly.

I strongly condemn the actions of those who engaged in direct attacks against innocent civilians, businesses, and law enforcement officers.

We're going to put every available asset and as much manpower as it possibly takes to get this under control as quickly as we possibly can.

This is lawless gangs of thugs roaming the streets causing damage to property and injuring innocent people, and we're not going to tolerate that.

It's unfortunate. I had a long discussion with the President about this, this evening. He supports our actions 100 percent.

The justice department was going to be -- the new Attorney General will be coming into the Baltimore that we we're going to sit down and work together to try to see if we can bring calm to the community.

Look, people have the right to protest and express their frustration. But Baltimore City families deserve peace and safety in their communities. And these acts of violence and destruction of property cannot and will not be tolerated.

He said I assume that you and your team will be exercising due restraint, I assure them that we were.