will be able to spend thanksgiving at home. jim. 95, the oldest living former u.s. president once held by george w. bush in 94. nick valencia, plains, georgia, thanks very much. well, the anonymous senior trump official who first wrote an open ed and a book about the efforts to check the president is now pledging to come forward and tell more. the anonymous author telling reddit use, i will not keep my identity shrouded in secrecy forever. donald trump has not heard the last of me. there is more to come. other people who are currently serving, and who have left, are also considering adding their voices before voters in 2020. with me now political reporter for bloomberg, francesca chambers, white house correspondent for mcclatchey, d.c. thank you guys for coming on here, tell me about the level of
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
voters elected donald trump, let the voters in less than a year make a decision on whether he gets another term in office. but to taken that away from the voters is going to backfire on the democrats. they re going to lose the majority in the house, and president trump s going to get reelected by an even larger margin. ed: all right. congressman ken buck, we appreciate your insights today, hope you and your family have a happy thanksgiving. thanks. to you also. ed: actor city smollett back jussie smollett back in the news. plus, part two of my interview with the outgoing energy secretary, rick perry. he ll give us his thoughts on faith, president trump and a little reaction to that new book by anonymous who went after the president. rick perry sounds off on that coming up. finish i m your 70lb st. bernard puppy, and my lack of impulse control, is about to become your problem. ahh no, come on.
team has a point. the ability of a local authority, forget federal authorities because that was essentially one of the conclusions of the mueller report, but a local state authority, to charge the president, it s probably not something that can happen. not for separation of powers issue, but under the supremacy clause. under the idea that the federal government is supreme over the state government, and the state government likely, and i say likely, because a court could somehow conclude otherwise. likely could not charge the president while he s in office. danny cevallos as always, great perspective this early in the morning. thank you. rudy giuliani and his two accidental calls, to an nbc reporter. that s later. and in the late night laugh lines, president trump this week says he is going to build a wall in colorado and then later claimed it was all a joke. building a border wall in colorado. and a naval base in idaho.
again, bolton is another piece of the puzzle who would have had knowledge or about some of the events going on here, and with each additional person coming in to testify, the big question is, whose story is this person going to back up? like bolton, will he back up sondland s testimony? or will he back up bill taylor s testimony? so he promises to be a very important piece of the puzz physical he eventually comes in to testify. we are watching closely, the inquiry and the taxes, and the president. and quickly, did the authorities, can they indict him while in office, talk about that a little bit. you have the president s lawyers arguing this week even though the president shot someone in the middle of fifth avenue, he is not going to get into trouble. that is a bad pr argument to make, because even mayor deblasio because if the president said something, we be arrested. and we don t want to think about that constitutional possibility. but in reality, the president s