♪ ♪ >> well, it is sunday, there's all kinds of breaking news starting with former new york city mayor mike bloomberg officially jumping into the 2020 democratic race. my exclusive with jenna ellis just moments away as she debates juan williams in what this means for the democratic primaries and the general election fight with the president. plus, new information this hour on the impeachment battle. republican senator john kennedy declaring on fox that democrats are chasing a red herring, not an impeachable offense, while democrat adam schiff just told cnn he will not testify in a senate trial because he, quote-unquote, has nothing to say, and that would turn the process into a circus, he says.

well, republicans feel that schiff should have plenty to say about his team's contact with the whistleblower. hello and welcome to "america's news headquarters" with ed henry. we'll have exclusive reaction from a republican who serves on the house judiciary panel, the next real battleground in this fight. and do not miss our exclusive with energy secretary rick perry. revealing a one-page memo he recently gave the president about his faith in god, very interesting. but first, michael bloomberg finally all in, releasing his first tv ad today touting his story on rising up from the middle class, becoming a three-term mayor here in new york and how he'll use that experience, he says, to defeat president trump. the 37-year-old joins -- 77-year-old joins an already crowded race of democratic hopefuls and enters at a disadvantage, skipping the first four primary states but hoping to take advantage of a muddled field with no obvious front-runner who can actually beat the president. christina coleman is live in our

west coast bureau with the latest. good day to you, christina. >> reporter: touting his middle class upbringing and record as a jobs creator, in in this in light of attacks over his billionaire status. it's no secret he has deep pockets to campaign. the former new york mayor just spent at least $30 million for a single week of tv ads. he says he's here to beat trump and rebuild america. here's how the ad takes on the trump administration. >> stood up to the coal lobby at the outright denial of this administration to protect the only home we have, the growing menace of climate change. now he sees a different kind of menace coming from washington, so there's no stopping here. because there's an america waiting to be rebuilt. >> reporter: bloomberg's team has reserved $34 million for ads and plans to spend as much as $500 million this election. he says he doesn't support a

medicare for all plan. he does agree with the wealth tax, and he wants to work on gun legislation. his campaign says bloomberg will not accept a single political donation for his campaign or take a salary should he become president, but he's still getting slammed by some of his opponents. >> mr. bloomberg, to the best of my knowledge, has very little grassroots support. but he has decided because he's worth 55 billion that he can run for president. billionaires cannot buy elections. >> reporter: now, bloomberg has already filed to be on the ballot in arkansas, alabama and texas, and he plans on focusing on the states holding primaries on super tuesday. ed? ed: thanks for starting us offed today. the president living in new york city for a long time while bloomberg was mayor, here's the president recently giving his potential foe a little -- [inaudible] >> little michael will fail. he'll spend a lot of money.

he's got some really big issues. he will not do very well. and if he did, i'd be happy. there is nobody i'd rather run against than little michael. ed: joining me now, jenna ellis, trump 2020 senior legal adviser and constitutional law attorney, and the man who's smiling on the right is fox news contributor juan williams. [laughter] welcome to you both. jenna, i want to start with you. little michael, i know it's not about nicknames. that alone is not going to make sure the president wins the election. but he used that kind of tactic pretty effectively in 2016 to define his opponents. >> yeah. and, you know, i think that the president here is definitely coming out very strong, and, you know, when we look at bloom berg, obviously, he's jumping in this race just because he knows that the democratic candidates and the field right now is so weak and they're so bad, he's hoping to save them from themselves. we can all agree on that. but he is failing marketing 101

with this ad when he's talking about let's rebuild america? when you want to sell the american people on a solution, you first have to create a need. we already have a president that has rebuilt america. he is making america great again, keeping america great. and so for bloomberg, what is he actually wanting to rebuild? if this is about infrastructure, we already have a president who is committed to that. ed: the president has gotten it done, he talked about it early on. juan, i think jenna makes a fair point about an ad that one of the first things that struck me was all about how he's a job creator. job creation, low unemployment may not be the best mix there. on paper, he seems like a strong candidate. a problemsoever, he says. but the -- problem solver. can a more moderate problem solver survive? >> boy, there's so much in there, i would start by saying in terms of infrastructure, i don't think he's delivered, talking about president trump.

but secondly, that michael bloomberg, i think, would say i'm a real billionaire versus donald trump. and, i mean, bloomberg literally earned billions, created a company that is to this moment extremely successful. and i think he could say that to the american people. in terms of job creation, that's such an interesting eshoo because -- issue because, remember, income inequality is a huge issue particularly for people in the democratic party. and the idea that a billionaire is going to come in and, one, as bernie sanders said in the bite you played, buy this, is very unappealing to lots of people on the left. i don't think the democratic party's all that left. most democrats, according to the polls, are people who identify either as moderates or conservatives. and i think bloomberg knows that. that's why joe biden continues to do so well. i think that's why deval patrick also jumped in. so there are people who are taking shots at joe biden occupying that moderate to

conservative lane among the democratic people -- ed: well, what about that, jenna? i mean, first of all, i don't want to forget when juan mentioned deval patrick, he had an event the other day with about three people. [laughter] i'm not sure there's that many of these candidates that would take that seriously. on joe biden, there seems to be -- if you look at the ukraine story -- maybe there was some fear in the trump camp about joe biden winning michigan, pennsylvania. should he be scared he's not going to get out of the primaries now that bloomberg is going right for his lane? >> i think biden should be scared because of the impeachment inquiry. there's an internal rnc poll that shows a third of democrats are supporting ab investigation into joe biden because all of the evidence of his corruption. and so i think that that should really scare him. but moving forward, i think it's going to be really interesting to see if bloomberg is going to go on his apology tour for being an american exceptionallist and actually earning billions. and so is he going to be

apologetic for that or say, hey, let's rebuild america on what he himself has benefited from? i think he's having a very conflicting message here. i don't think that's going to resonate. and so, again, the democrats are really left without a strong candidate that isn't apologizing for something. ed: i'm glad you mentioned that. i want to revisit that with juan. you took this shot at the president and said, well, at least michael bloomberg earned his money. yes, the president got a head start from his dad k you can go after that, but he ended up learn earning a lot of his fortune -- >> how long did he declare bankruptcy? ed: well, then he came back frit. >> i'm saying -- okay, okay. ed: he got back up off the ground. here's my real question, the tv ad also from michael bloomberg talks about let's tax the rich and shows video of trump tower as if donald trump has more money than him. as you point out, michael bloomberg has more money. how can he beat up on the rich with a straight face? >> he's running for the democratic nomination, he realizes that income inequality

is a huge issue and taxing the rich is very popular at the moment not just among democrats, but republicans saying these people should pay a fair share of their taxes at a time when so many americans feel like it's a struggle to make ends meet. and i think that's what's, you know, so much -- we talk about horse race, who's up, who's down. but if you look inside both the democrats and the republicans in term it is of -- are saying as a populist message we've got to do a better job for the american people, for working class people in this country, and we've got to have a message. and i think when you see michael bloomberg buy $30 million worth of ads, that's astounding to me, out the box, not running in the initial contest. he's saying to those people, i can be a populist. is that salable? i don't think so, but apparently he does. >> and the shorter one is bloomberg's a hypocrite. we don't need that in the -- ed: i asked that to be brief,

and jenna took what juan said in a longer time, they both seem happy about it, and i'm happy to start out with both of you. >> happy to be with you, ed. ed: in the meantime, new information on the impeachment battle brewing on capitol hill. republicans now calling for more witnesses, but house democrats say they have enough evidence to move on to the next stage of their inquiry after wrapping up two weeks of public hearings. >> there are still other witnesses, other documents that we would like to obtain, but we're not willing to go the months and months and months of rope a done in the courts -- rope a dope in the courts. >> now all of a sudden adam schiff wants to refuse to hear from the whistleblower? we need to hear from the whistleblower. he needs to be one of our witnesses. ed: and the white house would like adam ship, in fact -- adam schiff, in fact, to be a witness, and he pushed back on that. kevin corke is live from the white house, our correspondent today who is all over this

story. good to see you, kevin. >> reporter: you're right about that, the committee chair himself, adam schiff, hunter and joe biden, you heard all those names offered on thursday in sort of a potential witness list offered by republicans. and you also heard in that sound bite the whistleblower who, apparently, got this entire process started and who may or may not have been in contact with the adam schiff team. all of that as the backdrop for what could happen as we move forward. and as we take a look at the white house with, you can imagine the folks here have a number of strong opinions about this entire circumstance. they say, listen, even if the democrats have the votes to impeach -- which is not a certainty -- the republicans will be ready in the senate. and they also know that no matter what happens, the white house feels very strongly about the president's position expect faith in the american people to be fair to him. >> if it does go to a trial in the senate, and that is not certain right now, you've got a lot of democrats wringing their hands. many of those democrats, especially the ones who

represent the 31 trump/pence districts in '16, they have to go back home and say i know i promised to lower your drug prices, to keep this great economy going on, i know i promised trade deals, but we're busy impeaching a president, and they're getting blowback for that. i think for those democrats it's not completely certain yet. >> reporter: kellyanne conway this morning on "face the nation," but democrat lawmakers, well, they have a number of trump acolytes in their sights should this, in fact, go to the senate or not. and that includes the president's private attorney. >> are you afraid, mr. mayor, that you could be indicted? >> oh, wow. you think i'm afraid in. >> i don't know. >> you think i get afraid? i did the right thing. i represented my client in a very, very effective way. i was so effective that i discovered a pattern of corruption that the washington press has been covering up for three or four years. >> reporter: i know you're on now, ed, but that was just such

a great sound bite and a fascinating interview, i couldn't help but bring part of it back. one more interesting newing nugget, former national security adviser john bolton has his twitter account back. he quicked that they may be a a-- quipped that they nay be afraid of what i have to say. we'll see about that. don't forget, the senate may or may not get a shot at this because they, while the house could still have more witnesses, in fact, we've heard as much, even if that happens, they would then send the report over to judiciary, and then they'd have to have the votes to impeachment still a long process yet to go, ed. ed kevin corke, still promoting saturday's show. we appreciate you coming in on sunday. thanks, kevin. >> reporter: you bet. ed: we're getting a closer look at the house democrats and their impeachment strategy, sources telling fox the house judiciary committee could soon draw up articles of impeachment against the president. guess what? we've got exclusive republican reaction coming up from colorado congressman ken buck.

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she is now out of the hospital. in the meantime, house democrats weighing the next stage of their impeachment inquiry after two weeks of public hearings that wrapped up. sources tell us these are the four potential articles of impeachment that the house judiciary committee could draw up against the president as soon as next month if democrats go that route; abuse of power, bribery, contempt of congress and obstruction of justice. well, joining me now live is republican congressman ken buck of colorado. he sits on the house judiciary committee. congressman, we appreciate you coming in. >> thank you. ed: as we go through those four potential articles of inpeachment, let's start with whether or not you feel after watching two weeks of public hearings that democrats came close to proving any of those four were committed by the president, that he did anything that's impeachable. >> he absolutely admit not so far. i haven't seen that evidence. i have to say that whether he's acted properly or improperly is something that can be decided in an election, but rising to the level of an impeachable offense,

treason, bribery, high crime or misdemeanor, that just has not occurred. ed: okay. and the other part of my question was, basically, there are some inside the white house who have been telling us over this weekend they're not even sure democrats are going to move forward with articles of impeachment because of some of the arguments you just laid out, number one. but number two, democrats are watching the polls just like you and your republican colleagues are and see independent voters perhaps turning against this impeachment inquiry. how do you assess the odds, the possibility that democrats do not go forward with any articles? >> i think it's absolutely a possibility. i think they have boxed themselves into a corner, and they've got to do something. i think that a lot of the democrats in swing districts, districts that president trump won, often times by more than ten points are really hesitant to get involved or to vote for this impeachment. so i think what you're going to see is people breaking away from speaker pelosi and the effort to impeach the president. ed: so is there, you know, sort

of a third way here? you know, republicans say do nothing, there's some democrats on the left who, as you suggest, are hell bent on impeachment no matter what. is this a third way of maybe a censure of some kind of the president, would you argue for something like that to turn and page move the country forward? >> i think it's important the country moves forward, and i can see the democratic leadership understanding the senate's not going to convict the president on charges that the house has brought. and i think that there is a middle ground, and i think a lot of the democrats, rank and file democrats in the house are going to be asking the leadership to find that middle ground. ed: okay. on the subject of censure, i bring that up in part because, you know, the question about whether the president could be censured, but the democratic chairman of the house intel panel who's led this effort, as you know, adam schiff, there was a move to censure him and how he's handled this. you were one of the few republicans to say, hang on a second, i don't want that to move forward.

do you have any regrets about that now given his performance? as you know, some of your republican colleagues feel especially how he's handled the whistleblower situation that he hasn't been honest and truthful. >> to oh, i don't think there's any doubt of that, but we've had eight censure motions that have passed the house in the last 100 years, all eight have involved criminal conduct, some serious sexual misconduct, some involving tax evasion. but we've never censured somebody for this kind of conduct. i don't think what adam schiff did was censureable, i don't think what president trump has done is impeachable. let the voters of california make a decision on adam schiff and and the let the voters of the united states make a decision on president trump. ed: since you sit on the house judiciary committee, you have this thanksgiving break, you come back to work in early december where the democrats are going to mull whether or not to move forward on any of four potential articles of impeachment. what's your case to your democratic colleagues to find some other way forward? >> i think the reality is the

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♪ ed: welcome back. actor just city e smollett filing a counterlawsuit against the city of chicago. that's right, he's claiming malicious prosecution. this after the city sued him for $130,000 for allegedly faking a hate crime. his legal team is also hitting the two brothers at the center of the controversy saying, quote, other than the brothers' self-serving and fabricated statements, not a single piece of credible evidence independently corroborated their claim that the attack was a hoax. michael j. moore if is a former u.s. attorney, and alex little is a criminal defense attorney and litigation attorney, also a former prosecutor, former assistant u.s. attorney. whole bunch of job titles and now partner -- >> good afternoon. ed: good to see you both. michael, i want to start with you. how in the world can jussie smollett, who basically made this whole thing up, claim it was a malicious prosecution? >> i think his lawsuit's frivolous, i'll tell you that. the criminal case is being reviewed by an outside

prosecutor and is, obviously, causing problems for the prosecutor who handled it in cook county there. so that's going to be an interesting thing. i think it's probably frivolous are, doesn't likely go anywhere. they've already lost in court one time, the state's case can move forward to collect the investigate i costs, the overtime costs, and he should pay that. i mean, this was a, if we're to believe what has come out thus far in the investigation, this was just a pure fabrication to try and market off of it. ed: yeah. >> and i think, ultimately, we have limited resources when you're a prosecutor, those resources are precious, and he took those to try to use them to his own advantage and just lied about it. ed: precious resources, indeed. alex, we all remember the case. this actor basically makes up the idea that a couple guys beat him up and say welcome to maga country, essentially, that this was a pro-trump inspired attack on him. when, in fact, he helped put these guys together to make up the whole, the whole thing,

alex. how does he get off trying to say that he's been wronged here? >> well, ed, you just said he did these things. there hasn't been a trial. i think we're in a post-truth world. you have the president every day talk about hearsay and talk about we haven't proven anything. just city smol lay is using that playbook, and he's using it against the chicago police department. if we want the fight about what the facts are, it looks very clear what he did, and the courts, i think, are going the find that. but i don't think it's unusual for him to make the same argument that the president's making. ed: i hear it was never proven in a court of law, but even you acknowledge that the facts are pretty simple -- >> the facts are pretty simple on impeachment, i just heard you on a whole segment there. the point is this is all in the eye of the beholder. the law lets him do that. ed: yeah. michael, you mentioned kim fox and the mistakes made. is she gave an interview or statement to chicago sun times that said this: though we treated it the way we treated

thousands of other cases, what i realize is i did not handle well informing the public on how and why we do what we do, and i own that. i should have done better at that. it didn't meet the standards that we set for ourselves at the office. how does that weigh in is that enough of a mea culpa in terms of how they've mishandled it? >> no. that's a reach-out for a campaign lifesaver. that doesn't do a thing. at this point in the game what she should have done was communicate with investigators who had looked at the case. and we can talk -- and i appreciate my friend here talking about impeachment, i think that case is well proven. but in this case at least, the real harm here is that he used up resources, but he also, by making these allegations because there are real victims in the country every day of hate crimes and whether that's because of somebody's sexual orientation, because of the alcohol of their -- color of their skin, when you have these false claims brought out and people making false claims, what that has the tendency to do is it makes people who are truly victimized,

people become suspicious of whether or not those claims are substantiated. so he not only damaged the reputation, i guess, of those victims out there, but he also used up resources that he didn't need to take when we could have been using that time and money to investigate true crimes. ed: alex, weigh in on that in terms of the true victims who end up overshadowed by this, but what's a reasonable path forward? >> truly horrific crimes, i mean, you have real victims who are going to be found -- there's going to be skepticism about those cases, and i think you have investigators who really work very, very hard, and they're going to have a harder time proving cases like that in the future. that's a real crime, a real cost. i think, ultimately, at the end of this lawsuit chicago's going to win, they're going to win to make him pay money. the legal arguments don't hold much water. for future folks who try to do what he did here, hopefully, it'll be a deterrent and folks won't try to take advantage of the system. ed: alex, michael, appreciate

you coming in. now to part two of my interview with rick perry. he gives us his take on never becoming president, calling for the elimination of numerous agencies as a gop candidate, including energy -- >> he now runs -- and the new book by anonymous senior trump official. >> none of us got here by accident. i'm a big believer that the god of our universe is still very active in the details of the day-to-day lives of government. you know, barack obama doesn't get to be the president of the united states without being ordained by god. neither did donald trump. ed: that's what some trump supporters say. you believe that. >> well, i -- ed: at this moment. >> i happen to believe that god's used, you know, individuals who aren't perfect all through history. donald trump's not perfect. and i think the christian

teachings and the christians that are around him in his cabinet and in his life are very important. and i hope i've been a bit of a minister, if you will, a person who's been able to share my faith with the president. and in turn, that's been able to make a difference in not only his life, but in the life of -- ed: how so? can you give me an example? the presidents will say he's not much of a christian, he doesn't care about faith. >> here's what i tell people, i say, listen, god's used imperfect people all through history. king david, saul wasn't perfect. i gave the president a little one-pager on those old testament kings about a month ago, and i shared it with him. i know there are people who say -- you say you were the chosen one. and e said you were -- i said, you were. if you're a believing christian, you understand god's plan for

the people who rule and judge over us on this planet and in our government, you were. you didn't get here without god's blessing. i said i want you to look at this, i want you to read it, i want you to, you know, absorb that you are here at this chosen time because god ordained it. and, now, don't get confused here, sir -- [laughter] this is not a reflection that you're perfect and that you're, but that god's using you. and he uses all of us that way. and i think that's my, that's my message. and, you know, i believe it. ed: what did the president say? >> he's a good listener. ed: are you at peace with the fact you're never going to be president, or do you still harbor some ambition in. >> absolutely at peace. as a matter of fact, i'm kind of, like, thank you, lord. [laughter] having watched what i see this man put up with every day it's kind of like, boy, thank you,

lord. it all worked out really well. and actually it did, you know, from the standpoint of what i've been able to do, how i've been able to participate, the progress that we've made in the energy sector and at this agency and true all of -- through all of the different thing we're going to talk about here in a bit. ed: do you feel bad about wanting to eliminate some of these agencies when you're president? [laughter] >> is that the greatest story? i tell people, you know, it's so humorous that, you know, i had that one little brain plot there -- [laughter] ed: moment. >> it was the department of energy, and i got here, and i found that this was the most fascinating, most capable and i think most important agency of government. it's, i -- wisdom is knowing when you've made a mistake and admitting it. [laughter] ed: you made a mistake. >> and i made a mistake. ed: now you made good on it.

>> i made good on it. ed: so something you said about the president too caught my ear because you were talking about perry, go do this, this is what i want. there's a book out this week by some anonymous official somewhere, claims they still work in the government, and that the president's not engaged, doesn't know what he's doing, and he's a danger to country. talk about that. >> listen are, number one, i don't know -- i don't have much, not much, i don't have any respect for people who do this anonymous thing. only way you do it. i know this president. i've seen him up close. he is incredibly focused. he's one of the toughest men that i know in my life. i know what it takes to run for the presidency of the united states. i tried it twice. i know fairly well what it's like to run a big entity. the 11th, 12th largest economy

in the world for 14 years as the governor. i understand the attacks to only degree. i don't know what he goes through every day because no president has ever had to face what he's had to face. the incessant attacks. for him to stay as focused, as disciplined, i'm proud to be a part of that. i'm proud to be working with an individual who understands that the future of this country's at hand, that we've got to have these free market principles, that american energy's got to be out there and abundantly so to give the world a clear message that america's going to be there for them. ed: well, secretary perry e gave me that one-page memo that he handed to the president, and it starts god has an encouraging plan for all of our lives. you can watch the entire

interview online at foxnews.com. he told me you can go to heck, i'm going to texas, davy crockett, and that is where secretary perry is headed. eddie gallagher was on "fox & friends" earlier this morning. ahead, what he had to say about president trump promising he'll keep his trident as a navy seal amid reports the navy secretary wanted to resign. plus, how a living organ donor is changing how patients every life-saving transplants. they'll share their powerful story of giving life. ♪ ♪

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agonizing wait list. one of those living donors, you see the couple there, lisa 'em met wrote about the program in a time magazine op-ed and joins me with her husband neil who is actually the recipient of a kidney from a donor in los angeles as part of what's known as the paired exchange program. good to have you both here today. >> thank you for having us. ed: lisa, why don't we start with how you first got involved in this, and we'll talk about neil's story after that. >> so i first became involved because my husband needed a kidney, and we exhausted all options within our family. his brother tried to donate, i tried to donate. and, ed, as you know, the donor criteria are very stringent to protect the donor's long-term health. his brother and i were both deemed medically ineligible to donate, they will not take a kidney from us. and at that point we were devastated and knew that we had to turn to the public and raise awareness about neil's plight.

ed: neil, talk about the situation you were in. i understand you were, basically, experiencing renal failure. how desperate did the situation get, how worried were you in. >> well, we knew from quite a ways out that it was going to get to the point where i would need a transplant. and there's only a certain point they'll allow you to be tested, and it's at that time that you're also allowed to test your volunteer donors, my brother and lisa. it wasn't until they were ruled out that we started feeling the pressure of, first, needing to go public and then with that process, yielded a great number of supporters. ed: yeah. lisa, you referenced my sister, colleen, i donated part of my liver. for people who have not heard about it, back in the summer. i was concerned, you talked about the screening, it took many months to go through the medical screening and all of that, and i was fearful they were going to tell me you ruled out and she mite not have ooh's

option -- might not have another option. when you were ruled out, where did you turn? >> it was a desperate situation at that point. a lot of panic set up shop in our kitchen, and i knew the only way forward was to turn public and gamble on the magnificence of mankind. and our situation is one in which we rolled the dice and gambled, can and we won. we had lots of people come forward in support of neil. many were tested and, ultimately, which is very rare, two women, two teacher at our daughter's school enrolled at the 'em johns hopkins transplant system through the national kidmy registry, and they both enrolled to be paired donors on his behalf, sparking a chain in which, ultimately, eight people were saved. and i worked diligently to dispel the myth that you have to be a match to save your intended recipient, because both of these women were not ideal matches for neil. but through their donations to strangers, neil received one from a stranger in los angeles.

ed: that's the exchange program. the kidney shortage right now kills 43,000 people a year -- >> correct. ed: the american liver foundation has told me about 3-4 people a day die waiting for a cadaver liver, for someone to die and donate a liver. and very few people actually become living donors. go to living donor.org to find out more. neil, my sister's doing well, how are you doing? >> absolutely fantastic. and i wanted to say that you did an amazing thing for your family. being such a high profile person, you did an amazing thing for so many people. ed: well, i can hear the emotion in your voice. i know what that journey is like. appreciate you both coming in. thanks. >> thank you. ed: all right. hong kong holding its district elections amid months of pro-democracy protests. that is coming up next when visit with jonathan hunt. >> we are facing an extremely challenging situation in organizing this year's

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first district election since anti-government protests began. the elections being viewed as a referendum on public support for the protests. jonathan hunt is on the ground, live as we await the results. jonathan, what's happening? >> reporter: ed, we appear to be witnessing the beginning of what could be a historic sea change in the politics of hong kong. there is absolutely no doubt at this point that the pro-democracy activists appear to be on course for a crushing victory. what that will mean practically speaking in the years to come and months to come is anybody's guess. but there is no doubt that the pro-democracy activists have benefited from a huge turnout among voters. four years ago around 47% of registered hong kong voters under the out for these elections. today it is nearly 70%. here's what it looked like at

the height of the voting, take a look. this is a sure sign of just how invested hong kongers are in this election. this particular polling station has been open for more than eight hours now, and throughout that time the line has been hundreds of yards long. and today's entirely peaceful voting is obviously in stark contrast to the violence we were witnessing just one week ago on and around the campus of hong kong polity tech nick university. polytechnic university. the protesters seemed to take the decision today to put their energies to getting out the vote rather than out onto the streets. if early results are anything to go by, ed, it's paying off handsomely. as i say, this appears to be the beginning of a historic change in the politics of hong kong.

now the pro-democracy protesters will have to decide do we stick, this far, with traditional political channels or to they believe that it is the violence on the streets that has won them this political success. big questions and a very big day for the future of hong kong. ed: big, indeed. we'll see how the chinese government responds, what happens in the days ahead. jonathan hunt, thank you for that support. navy seal eddie gallagher, meanwhile, charging the navy secretary mishandled his case and that it was all about retaliation. a live report on what president trump may do next. that is coming up. ♪ ♪ wow! that's ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar.

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spencer denied the threat that he would step down over the president directive. eddie gallagher was acquitted of several war crimes during his arrest including shooting zillion, murdering and isis fighter with a hunting knife and threatening to kill seals who reported him. the only charge he was actually convicted of was posing with a dead body of the isis teenager. the navy demoted gallagher until president trump reversed that the motion the same day he pardoned two other armed servicemembers accused of war crimes. now gallagher is explaining what trump might mean in that tweet he sent out thursday saying top military brass are being insubordinate, ego driven and gallagher claiming they retaliated against fellow seals to defended him at his trial and is alleging corruption. >> we just filed an id exposing all the corruption that has been going on during my case starting with crying craig miller all the way up to admiral greene. just recently we come up more evidence that will be exposing

next week that the secretary of the navy was actually meddling in my case and trying to get organizations not to support me while i was incarcerated. ed: that does it for the garbage thank you, jackie. he's waiting for the next step. ♪ arthel: michael bloomberg making it official formally launching his presidential campaign today with the tweet and lots of commercials in multiple markets. welcome to america's news headquarters i'm arthel neville. eric: hello, thank you for joining us for it i'm eric shawn with bloomberg late entry into the race comes after weeks of speculation. the former new york mayor and multibillionaire has already filed to run on the democratic primary in several states. christina is live and are less angels burrow following mr. bloomberg's entry into the race. hello, christina. reporter: today bloomberg made the announcement with an ad