how can an individual who has been embraced by the city of chicago turn around and slap everyone in this city in this face by making these false claims. >> freon bail and filing a wage of vigorous defense. new details this morning. an officer in the u.s. coast guard facing the judge on drug and weapons charges was suspected o being hauled in cou by the very judge he posted a photo on. a driver pulls up on a side walk to go around a school bus nearly running over kids in its

path. the highly anticipated third installment of "how to train your dragon." "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm marley hall. >> and i'm frances rivera. it was the performance of a lifetime that bewildered many. yesterday, the curtains came crash canning down for jussie smollett. chicago police arrested the actor for allegedly orchestrating his attack. police say he planned the hoax because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted to promote his career. he was booked in jail only to walk free hours later posting $100,000 bail. we've been following the developments. >> reporter: the crash of me eyes onng j rns policeublici reporting a fake hate crime. in court where he has been charged with a felony, the

36-year-old visibly frustrated and rolling his eyes before being released. >> jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. >> reporter: the empire actor said to be upset about his salary so he orchestrated the con. he mailed himself this death threat and paid the brothers with a $3,500 check. scratches on h self-inflicted. the brothers were given $100 for supplies for the bogus assault. a charge.ooperating with police poli . >> he wanted him to attack him but not hurt him too badly. >> he claimed they yelled this

is maga country. >> how do you not believe that? >> the president first sim poe thighsing tweeting, what about maga and the people you insulted. >> responding that mr. smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence. we intend to conduct a thorough investigation. >> what is justice in your eyes? >> absolute justice would be an apology to this city that he smeared. >> reporter: the latest head shot not the one he wanted splashed in headlines. the acting trading the red carpetpor walk. nbc news chicago. the u.s. coast guard accused of planning a terror attack cus. he was arrested on drug and gun charges. prosecutors say he kept a stockpile of guns and ammunition

with a plan that targeted democrats and tv journalists. we have the latest on how the fbi stopped him. >> reporter: coast guard officer appeared in court on drug and weapons charges and suspected of plotting mass murder and targeting democrats and journalists. >> the sheer number and force of the weapons recovered from his residence in this case coupled with the disturbing nature of had is writings appear to reflect snihreat to the safety of our community. >> the coast guard notified enforcement after discovering internet services at work in washington describing himself as a white nationalist on the earth. at his maryland home, the weapons to carry out the plot. 15 firearms, 1,000 rounds of ammunition and supply of human

growth hormone and mused about the possibility of carrying out a b a bio logical attack. his lawyer asked he be released from jail arguing the case was thin and said danger has to be based on facts. hassan will be main in custody for at least two weeks. now accused of plotting to kill them. president trump's long time confidentant was back in the spotlight. in a surprising move, stone took the stand to say why he posted a picture on instagram targeting that didn't win him any points. >> reporter: roger stone is

heading home, not to jail for now and not to a tv studio after the judge ordered had imto stop talking about his case. the judge hauling him to court after the photo showing her with with a target next to her face. he apologized calling it a momentary miss judgement. i took it down because i recognition it could be misinterpret rated. shen' buy it. stone can't say anything at all about the case after saying plenty after pleading guilty to the charges last month. >> they beat me up good. they want to silence me. >> she warned stone. i gave again. this is not baseball. you don't get a third chance. he is still allowed to use social media to raise money for

his defense. the post nearly cost him his freedom. michael jackson's estate has filed a $100 million lawsuit against hbo. the cable company plans to air the documentary "leaving neverland." the singer was acquitted of molestation charges in 2005. the lawsuit says they are breaching an agreement and calls it one-sided propaganda that exploits an innocent man. in response, hbo says their plans remain unchanged and they are moving forward with the two part show march 3 and 4. nike with a shoe blowout on one of duke's star players.

>> reporter: just do it? that did it. up with even former president obama looking on. the nike shoe on his left foot gave up. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: freshman superstar viewed by many as the next lebron james. >> shares of nike falling. >> social media shaming the swoosh. >> without its star player, duke ended up losing. they are calling it sneaker gate. >> sabotaged. >> you think somebody sabotaged his shoe? >> yes. >> nike wishes him a speedy recovery saying we are working to identify the issue. maybe one solution, just glue it. it is a video that will shock any parent with kids in

school. take a look at this. a driver narrowly missed a group of children by barrelling down a side walk to pass a row of school businesses. we have the details. >> reporter: watch as the driver in this sedan impatient with wednesday morning traffic outside of brooklyn elementary driving on to a busy side walk filled with small children stepping off to attend class. could have killed some of these kids. that simple. >> stunning incidents are nothing new and happening eve day. an illegal passing of school buses found 84,000 instances in one day. eight children killed getting on or off the bus in theol year. another example of how one moment of impatience can have

life changing consequences. you know they say you have to take one for the team. this has got to hurt. accidentally scoring a goal with his face. we'll show you that again. a teammate whacked the puck. it hit williams in the cheek first before landing in the net. he had to get stitches before returning to the ice and ultimately scoring the winning goal. i'm sure he'll turn the other cheek when it comes to the next game. >> that is hard core. >> yes, definitel webb is here with the forecast. >> this weekend, the snow is going to be for the upper midwest and portions of the plains here. it will be heavy at times. blizzard conditions are possible

out towards iowa. we have two sides of the system. severe weather will run across the south impacting 18 million people at risk for tore rental rain and isolated tornadoes out your weekend. so two sides to this system, severe weather to the south and more heavy snow for the upper midwest. >> thank you. north carolinad pns an election rerun for a congregational seat. thises com after an investigation of tampering for mark harris's campaign. he is accepted calls for a new

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