nearly three years after jesse smollett reported he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack. he is charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly faking the attack and lying to police about it smollett telling the injury, there was no hoax. he was seen told investigators the noose attackers put over his neck after yelling slurs, throwing police chief on him and saying this is maga country. prosecution star witnesses, two brothers, aspiring actors, associates of smollett, who say he paid them $3500 to stage the attack one testified smollett said he wanted me to beat him up on the stand, spomollett sayingh paid for an exercise plan. police used four different cameras to show the two brother allegedly using $200 he gave them to buy supplies for the attack smollett insisting he is innocent the jury could get this case sometime later today or perhaps tomorrow if convicted, smollett faces up to three years in prison philip >> all right ron, thank you >>> the biden administration taking a stand ahead of the winter games the white house announcing a diplomatic boyc

welcome back spew and let's start with the jesse smollett case.to get pete lease involved. he said i am a black man in america. i do not trust the police. i am also a well-known figure at that time and i am an openly gay man. let's start there. >> well, the main witnesses in the case are also african-american, i believe. why would the chicago police construct this entire case just to get someone like jesse smollett? testimony by two direct eye witnesses saying they conspired with him to commit this hoax. there is no physical evidence that seem to support smollett claim. i think smollett is making a terrible, terrible decision testify on the stand prayed when he gets cross-examined, he is going to be on guard for perjury and for lying to the court which is going to make his case much worse than if he pled guilty and got the plea bargain. spew and he's deftly doubling down on his story multiple times today. he said this is not a hoax, alleged crime. how many of the jury is reading this russian mark and as john said, once cross-examination starts, th

intuit quickbooks live bookkeeping. >>> the former empire actor jesse smollett taking the stand tonight men prosecutors say smollett paid to attack him. cnn's omar jimenez is joining us live from chicago. he's been covering the trial for us. omar, what are you learning about smollett's relationship with these two brothers? >> reporter: well, wolf, his relationship with the two brothers, one of them he called creepy. a person he said he had been friends with for some time. he said that grew into a sexual relationship at points, which bola has denied over the course of his testimony. but right now, we are about an hour into cross-examination by the prosecution. they are trying to hone in on some major moments in this case. one, in particular, when jesse smollett was seen with a noose around his neck that early morning of january 2019 and the prosecutor asked whether he had tampered with the rope to make it look more potentially convincing to police. he emphatically denied that saying no. but did say after he initially got to his apartment, he took it off. but then, was told by one of his

reporter: new testimony from key witnesses in the jesse smollett trial the two brothers he allegedly paid to attack him detailing the actors's instructions to, quote, fake beat him up and saying it was never part of the plan for smollett to go to police >> he said that happened a short distance from here today police don't have any suspects >> the allegations as described to us are horrendous, horrible, and quite frankly, cowardly. now, having said that, he is a victim, and we treat him like a victim >> reporter: an aspiring actor who worked on the show "empire," said he instructed him and his brother who shout racists and homophobic slurs and yell this is maga country and punch him in the face but not too hard. he said to throw bleach on him and put a noose around his neck. smollett seen here still wearing the noose when the police arrived. when news of the hate crime the next morning, he said, say it ain't true i'm praying for a speedy recovery while smollett initially said they were white. >> it felt like minutes but it was probably like 30 seconds >> reporter: he's otherwise alway

do you put jesse smollett on the stand after a lot of physical evidence, after a lot of testimony thatrosecutor i was super excited any time that a defendant wanted to take the stand. why is that? because you're having a layperson step into an arena that's not theirs and be cross-examined by a prosecutor trained to pick apart every part of your story. that is better for the one asking the questions rather than answering them. his defense team has to be thinking about putting him on the stand. there has been a lot of damaging evidence that has come out, both physical and testimonial. you just mentioned the two brothers. and the physical evidence they put in front of the jury. the last-ditch effort that this defense team has is going to be able to put him on the stand and hope that he can give a different version of the narrative offered to them from the prosecution. let's not forget, he is an actor. that is a very important point. at the end of the day, sometimes trials are not always about the xs and os. sometimes they are about the drama, what it is to be in the courtroom and get that

former empire actor jesse smollett took the witness stand today in his own criminal trial. tells us small ed. denied that he staged an anti gay racist attack on himself and insisted that he was the victim of a hate crime. with his mother at his side. former empire actor jesse smollett arrived in court monday his criminal trial in chicago entering day five amid accusations he staged a hate crime against himself in january 2019 as a ploy to gain publicity. smallest defense team , calling the 39 year old to take the witness stand in his own defense. testifying previously did drugs and had a sexual encounter with one of the men. authorities say he hard to attack him. but he maintains there was no hoax and instead was assaulted by them a victim of a racist and homophobic attack. smallest defense attorney says the brothers were motivated to accuse small out of orchestrating the attack because they didn't like him and saw an opportunity to make money still small. it admitted he wrote a check for $3500 to the men, but claims it was for training and nutritional advice. smallest fami

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. >> jesse smollett taking the stand. testifying under oath. >>> school officials in oxford, michigan, under scrutiny the growing calls to investigate their actions before a student opened fire. >>> president biden prepares for a high stakes call with vladimir putin. >>> a ceo fires 900 employees over zoom. and remembering bob dole war hero and american statesman. >>> live from cnbc, the facts. the truth. "the news with shepard smith." >>> good evening covid omicron is spreading the science, however, is still out on how it will impact the pandemic local and federal leaders are taking preemptive action now with new requirements and new mandates but as we all await more data, it's delta that's causing serious problems and remains the most imminent concern. the cdc director says delta still accounts for nearly all new infections nationwide. we're once again averaging about 120,000 cases a day. johns hopkins reports that's the highest total since late september. covid hospitalizations are also rising once again. they've incre

. >>> closing arguments are expected to begin today in jesse smollett's trial in chicago. the former "empire" actor finished his second day of testimony. he again denied staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in january of 2019. he said the brothers that were saying they were paid by him to carry out the assault are lying. he faces up to three years behind bars if convicted. >>> this morning, about 1,400 kellogg's workers remain on strike. the union employees at the company's four u.s. cereal plants rejected a deal that would have provided 3% raises. workers have been on strike for more than two months now. the president of the union says they want to keep fighting corporate greed. kellogg's says that it will now move forward with plans to start hiring permanent replacements for the striking workers. >>> and coming up, space tourism. a japanese billionaire blasts to the international space station overnight. his more ambitious trip already scheduled for 2023. >>> and what would you like -- would you like fries with that, i should say. actor chevy chase takes on a new

her defense argues she made a mistake, prosecutors claim she acted recklessly >>> the trial of jesse smollettony and nearly nine hours on the stand, himself, smollett's fate will soon be in the hands of a injury both sides have rested their case >>> the former "empire" actor faces two counts of disorderly conduct. >>> closing arguments are scheduled to begin today in the federal trial on josh duggar in the 19 kids and counting is accused of receiving and possession child pornography the defense rested the first was a computer expert grilled by the prosecution in cross examination. deliberations could begin's early as today if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison on each count. >>> the kellogg company announced a majority of its u.s. workers rejected a proposed five-year contracti and they would be begin hiring perm 90s replacements they walked off job in december saying they routinely work more than 80 hours a week the company says no deal has been reached, that i have to focus on moving forward. the president of the chapter union said they would hold the line for a fair contract can

. >>> and prosecutors at the trial of actor jesse smollett says he was caught on camera doing a dry runa hate crime. he is accused of fake an attack by two men that worked on the show "empire." he was seen with a clothesline around his shoulders. but it was around his neck when police arrived. >>> from daytime tv to capitol hill, that's the jump that dr. oz hopes to enter as he joins the race for the senate. >> dr. oz jumping into the pennsylvania senate race. >> pennsylvania needs a con s conservative. >> reporter: he says he wants to pick problems. >> doctors are about solutions. >> reporter: he told fox news, washington is mishandling the pandemic. >> remember the phrase, two weeks to flatten the curve. that metastasized into this authoritariani authoritarianism, overreaching. and now, they're overreaching with omicron as you were talking about. >> reporter: he has faced criticisms for his positions on schools. >> the opening of schools may cost us 2% to 3%, in terms of total mortality. any life is a life lost. but to get child into a school, where they are safely being educated, bei

the fate of actor jesse smollett is now in the hands of a chicago jury yesterday, after five hours of closing arguments, the jury began deliberating they will continue this morning the former "empire" star accuse of staging an anti-racist attack against himself. he could face up to three years in prison if found guilty. >>> former minneapolis kim potter, the first witness to take the stand bass the mother drant dwaent da/* daept daunte wright ron alan is in minneapolis with the latest >> you are stopping him, why >> katie bryant, daept wright's mother, arriving at the scene during a traffic stop last april. >> i wanted to protect him because that's what mothers do. >> reporter: bryant the first witness at the trial of former officer kimberly potter charged with manslaughter. she's pleaded not guilty potter's attorney says she fired her gun mistaking it for a taser. jurors seeing new video of her accident >> this is an accident she is a human being. >> reporter: they say potter had 25 years of experience was reckless and throughouted her training, showing the two weapons highlighting t

today was the second day in the trial of actor jesse smollett. in chicago. investigation into small, let's claim of a racist and homophobic attack. fox's matt finn has the details now from the courthouse. testimony beginning today in the trial of actor just the small let the former empire star accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack back in 2019 and then lying about it to police. the lead investigator in the case. taking the stand tuesday, former chicago police detective michael feast, saying there was no rush to judgment in regards to the case, and that roughly two dozen detectives work nearly 3000 hours investigating before they determined it was all a lie. prosecutors laying out their case claiming small it paid a pair of brothers $3500 to carry out the attack, even giving them money to buy supplies, which included a new small it says was placed around his neck. take it off for anything. do i just want to talk to the actor continues to maintain his innocence? with defense, claiming the two brothers attached small it because they did not like him

. >>> another high profile court case actor jesse smollett returned to the witness stand in his trial. his defense team rested the case after they said the attack was not a hoax. he also told jurors that his two alleged attackers who testified against him are liars. they claim smollett paid them $3000 to stage a fake hate crime against them. he says he never paid them any money. he has pled not guilty to six counts of lying on police reports. closing arguments are set to take place tomorrow. >>> a major outage to tell you about right now, amazon's cloud- based operating system suffered a massive outage that has left thousands without access to basic amazon services. the disruption even kept delivery drivers dropping packages. the outage began at 11:00 a.m. muppet still continues to impact apps like netflix, disney+, and more. it is still unclear how many users are directly impacted. coming up at 6:00, a surprising impact on college students. >>> senate lawmakers held a hearing on the complex pandemic induced supply-chain problems that are plaguing the entire pipeline from shipping to

within the last hour, a jury in chicago returned guilty verdicts in the trier trial of actor jesse smollett. on charges he orchestrated a racist and homophobic attack on himself and then lied to police about it smell. it arrived at the courthouse ahead of the jury's announcement. he was found guilty on five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct. he was acquitted on the sixth count. the verdict followed a week long trial, during which small, let himself took the stand and denied that he lied to police. the trial also included testimony from two brothers who said that small it recruited them to fake an attack on him. legal experts say it's likely the defense will appeal. they are working hard to develop any and all options for their clients already complained about the judges. demeanor versus a sidebar that the judge lunged at one of the defense lawyers. the 39 year old actor could face up to three years in prison. the legal experts say he's more likely to get probation and the ordered community service hours. remembering more about the father and son accused of starting to count your fi

. >>> closing arguments is scheduled at the trial of jesse smo jesse smollett. >> much-needed snow forfacts of life" and "different strokes." >> will ganss shows us how it went. >> what you talking about, willis? >> reporter: everyone is talking about live in front of a studio audience. and, boy, was it live? >> it's [ bleep ] over. >> never before in the history of american television has a 99-year-old person used the "f" word. >> reporter: norman lear teaming up with jimmy kimmel once again, this time to bring back "different strokes." >> come here. >> reporter: kevin hart has around and john lithgow as mr. drummond. and peppering in appearances, too. >> this is my room, too, willis. i want to play here. >> reporter: and at least one minor update to the 1979 script. >> hey, willis? >> uh-huh. >> how come vernon always smell like weed? >> reporter: and in the evening's other staging -- "the facts of life." gabrielle union as tootie. >> a little far? girl. >> reporter: jen aniston as blare. >> sure. beautiful people like rock 'n' roll, too. >> reporter: allison coleman as natal natalie

let's go now to chicago where actor jesse smollette back on the witness pan -- stand saying, "there was he is sticking to his story that he was the victim of an anti-gay and racist attack while prosecutors say he staged the whole thing to increase his fame and fortune. cbs' charlie de mar has more from the courthouse. >> reporter: jussie smollett returned to the witness stand in his own defense, maintaining his innocence. during cross-examination, prosecutors asked smolet if he recruited one of the osundairo brothers to fake the attack. to when smollett replied, "as i have said for the past three years. i deny that. that never happened. there was no hoax." smollett admitted he changed his story, first telling investigators his attackers were white, but in later interviews said they were pale skinned. prosecutors asked if smollett thought his story would be more credible if he was attacked by white men. smollett responded, "you would have to ask someone who actually planned a fake hate crime." in january 2019 smollett claims he was assault by two men. who yelled racial and homophobic slu

so that is the story that jesse smollett told night.ice it's fair to say were highly skeptical. the leaders of the democratic party, however, were not skeptical at all. in fact, the story he told was the story they were already telling. that same year, several democratic senators including notably kamala harris in california sent a letter to the justice department. the letter claimed that attacks from white supremacist trump voters were among this country's greatest threats. attacks by black supremacist by contrast were not even a real fact. she lectured the doj sing black supremacist a fabricated term based on a faulty assessment about foul based on a small number of -- in other words, only trump voters commit hate crimes. in the media has been telling us that ever sense. this recent headline from cnn. take from courts service the highest level in 12 years. fbi says. where is all this hate coming from? according to cnn it is anti-immigrant rhetoric. npr covered it at your expense, national public radio, and in their coverage they came

jesse smollett faked a crime. she in jail.ve bannon is responsible for turning around this country and turning it into a reality tv show this man has won the year. none of us are better off for it. that unfortunately is the state of marine makes in 2021. >> it's interesting. because you are absolutely right. this is a guy who has basically got four shirts and none of them fit. none of them i think he laundered. he literally looks like a who hobo. he's mangled to own a president donald trump, he was his sven galli and destroying democracy, he says on his podcast whatever he does, i think he lives for free in some sheik's apartment. i don't know where he makes his money. he has managed to destroy and destabilize the country. i can't argue with you. it's a negative choice. it's accurate. my pick for who won the year kind of off what jason said. i would like to get each of you guy's comments. i would say despite all of our attacks on degrees and the fight to destroy in this multi-cultural experiment that has not worked, i would sa

. >>> in chicago will jesse smollett testify in his own defense.mpire" actor won't say. last week two brothers spent hours telling them how they paid him to be maga supporters in the attack. >>> the statue itself is one of the largest remaining con if he had der rate flag. >>> the dancing grannys performing after nearly half of their blems killed by a speeding driver. the grannys walked in a parade in franklin, wisconsin, on saturday. they had to do it for their fallen friends. >>> the well that delivers 20% of honolulu's water supply shut down. a test found petroleum in the red hill well. they have offered alternative housing to 7 million service members and civilian employees living near joint base pearl harbor. >>> the georgia's governor race about to get interesting. david perdue plans to announce a primary challenge against georgia governor brian kemp. now purdue, a trump ally lost in a runoff election against jon ossoff. trump recently urged purdue to run against couple p who resisted his demands to overturn the 2020 loss. stacey abrams annou

. >> also this morning, we are expecting closing argument in jesse smollett's trial in kraig.victim of a hate crime attack. two brothers testified that they were paid to stage the incident. he faces six counts of felony charge. it was obviously not the george floyd trial, it was the trial of derek chauvin. i misspoke, my apologizes. and big tech, facing tough questions from senators. the wall street journal claiming that facebook and instagram are away of harm that the platform can cause some young tashlg girls. it is one of the reasons that the senate is holding the hearing today. s ldhoing the hearing today. t's all right ♪ ♪ say it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ now listen to the beat ♪ ♪ kinda pat your feet ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ oh, it's all right ♪ tide pods ultra oxi one ups the cleaning power of liquid. can it one up whatever they're doing? for sure. seriously? one up the power of liquid, one up the toughest stains. any further questions? uh uh! one up the power of liquid with tide p

but you know, this is why this jesse smollett story is so important.ted a false hope to divide people racially and politically and the young are watching and listening. he should go to jail for many years for that. it is obnoxious with that man tried to pull off. >> laura: all right. we know you and rebecca are on opposite sides of the political spectrum in your house. you mix it up really politically. come on. all right, raiment. thank you. anyone mosque is not just one of those most successful men and the world, he is being on something out of an active and often astute political observer. on most things. in moments, we're going to play some of the recent comments he made that are getting some attention. [upbeat acoustic music throughout] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laura: one of the reasons elon musk has covered some of a following among conservatives has been its ability to challenge the liberal orthodox that dominates his field. and now his refusal to shy away from controversy that was on full display yesterday at a "wall street journal" summit. first he took on b

jesse smollett is a liar and don lemon can't read.this tragic news is leaving a huge hole in my show when it came to labs, cuomo provided more than a bus full of nitrous upping clowns. shock has left many of us in denial. >> my job has gotten a lot harder having chris gone. the amount of idiotic things he would say on tv made my day so easy. not anymore. merry christmas. >> 5,000 chris cuomo jokes under review. it has been a waste of two hours. >> i'm exhausted. i need to be able to focus all his attention i am making sure it was workout videos. these are [bleep] great. >> is just that he said so many dumb things. i just can't believe we're going to have to cover the news now. >> awaits. so you're saying there is not going to be those lightly and outs between him and don lemon? what are we going to talk about? >> greg: it has been a rough day for all of us. everyone here. let's go to carl bernstein. tell us, is this worse than watergate? >> what we are watching is worse than watergate. are there echoes of watergate in this? and there

welcome back to unfiltered remember actor jesse smollett who fell for this his trial accused of lying isn't going well either. joining me for his reaction weekend co-host pete thanks for joining me. i appreciate it. >> absolutely dan, thank you. dan: so dave chappelle named it justice for juicy isn't turning out like juicy thought so justice may smack juicy right in the face here in this trial if he gets convicted of making this whole thing up. j i think that's exactly what we're seeing. only thing he's benefiting that we're not seeing cameras in the courtroom but off the readouts are every witness that's coming out so testifying that it was a complete fabrication from the beginning. that he wanted them to act as on basis and aggressive as possible to make it look like he was the victim of a hate crime. because his -- most powerful currency is victimology in order, he has to be a victim in order to be more relevant and we learn and know this he sent letter to himself that didn't get enough press so then he said i got to get beat up and make sure it is in a stairwell with a camera to g

a stunning verdict in the trial of actor jesse smollett, found guilty of five out of six counts of felony, disorderly conduct for lying to police, making false reports that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime in 2019, an attack prosecutors said that he staged. we've got a lot more to come on this including whether smollett could get prison time. >>> and a huge decision, a federal appeals court handed a major loss to the former president tonight in his so far completely unsuccessful quest to keep documents under wraps that might reveal what he was doing in the days leeing up to january 6th. a federal judge ruling against him last month saying presidents are not kings, and plaintiff is not president. and now a three-judge appeals court pam has ruled against him as well, again. the court pausing its ruling for two weeks so that the former president can take the case all the way to the supreme court. his spokeswoman of course tweeting regardless of today's decision by the appeals court this case was always dessened for the supreme court. the question is we're the highest c

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. >> jesse smollett has taken the stand to counter testimony that he paid two brothers to fake a racistttack against him. the brothers accused smollett of staging the attack because they dislike the actor and sought to make money by black haling him not to testify against them. >>> the philadelphia flyers fired their head coach after their eighth straight loss the flyers now have one of the worst yards in the nhl an after encouraging start to the season. this is a moment when i would say go, halves, go but their record is similar to the flyers >>> less than 90 minutes left in the trading day. we want to get you caught up across the markets let's begin with bob pisani and determine whether stocks are acting rationally. >> it is in turmoil but not acting irrationally, not with the fed pulling back on liquidity. the whole move here was dr. fauci earlier in the weekend when he said there were encouraging signs in the early data but that's a small quote to base a market rally on. but you see today some of the travel stocks -- some of the stocks have been hit badly delta down 25% in the last

jesse: jussie smollett found guilty for the hate crime and this was just the gift that kept on giving to see it and but the truth was has to come out. he took the stand in his own defense one of the worst mistakes i've ever seen in court. actor should never ever testify in own defense because the jury cannot tell the difference between acting and lying. he testified he would never fake a crime because he doesn't like attention. and actor who doesn't like attention. that is a new one. he played paid the brothers for personal training if you ever heard of anyone hiring to personal trainers? to say 1000 percent i have your back because that's a normal thing to do when people jump you. and then many change the story. do they look pale to you? and the only injury was a scratch. they really jumped him he would have more than a scratch. the motive? he claimed that the they beat him must because they wanted him to hire him as bodyguards because most bodyguards jumped future clients to get hired. this is what he told abc news. >> why do you thank you were targeted? >> i just assumed. i come re

. ♪ ♪ the trial of actor jesse smollett, the former empire star is accused of paying two brothers touments today, the prosecutor told jurors there was quote overwhelming evidence that smell it set up the attack in january of 2019, his defense attorney, said. the case is based on lies and smell. it testified that he was the victim of a real hate crime. a judge in florida has declared a mistrial in a murder case after jurors spent more than five days in deliberations and could not agree on a verdict . the jury had delivered a manslaughter verdict against 27 year old deontay bristles last night, but that decision was rescinded moments later when a juror said she didn't agree. marcellus is accused of brutally stabbing a woman to death. 25 times story of burglary in 2014 . the jury went back to try and reach a decision, but they remained deadlocked. prosecutors gave their opening statements today in the trial of a former police officer accused of killing a man during a traffic stop. in minnesota. kim potter is facing manslaughter and other charges in the shooting death of dante, right. an

also ahead tonight, the prosecutor who got a conviction of empire actor jesse smollett for staging a fake attack, is now facing criticism for how she handled that case. details ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ attorney for how she handled that case, the report found prosecutors handling of the initial case against the former empire actor represented a major failure of operations in details multiple instances of false public statements about the case . by kim foxx in 2019. that's when small that was first prosecuted for staging a fake attack. the report says that some of the office's actions may be violations of legal ethics. fox's office says there was no abuse of discretion. a jury recently convicted small it of lying to police about the staged attack. jury deliberations got underway today in the lane maxwell sex trafficking trial. the jury received the case this afternoon after prosecutors and maxwell's defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments. the british sociali

michigan attorney general offering to help with the investigation rena roy abc news, new york jesse smollettial today the former empire star denied. he'd staged an anti-gay racist attack on himself and then lied about it to chicago police last week two brothers testified the actor paid them to orchestrate a hoax to get publicity, but smollett testified today. there was no hoax and he only paid them for nutrition and training advice. the actor has pleaded not guilty to all charges encouraging vaccinations for young people the san francisco teenager helping his fellow students. despite our new covid variant request for passports are surgic. how far ahead do you need to? if you want one, i'm michael finney 7 on your your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on inside. it's true, with diabetic retinopathy, excess sugar can damage blood vessels, causing vision loss or even blindness. so remember this: now is the time to get your eyes checked. eye care is important to your long-term diabetes management. see a path forward with action

prosecutors have filed charges against more than 700 people in all for taking part in the riot actor jesse smollettthe witness stand today at his trial. the former actor from the tv show empires facing charges following accusations that he staged a racist, anti gay attack on himself. been lied to chicago police about it. two brothers testified last week. small lead who is gay and black , orchestrated the hoax to get publicity. they say he paid them to fake the january 2019 attack in downtown chicago. small let's attorneys argue the attack was real and that the brothers made up the story about a hoax, then asked small lead for $10 million each to not testify against him at trial. cnn fired anchor chris chris cuomo less than a week after being suspended. cuomo was originally suspended after he was accused of helping his brother, former new york governor andrew cuomo, in a sexual harassment scandal. cnn says that more details became public after it retained an outside law firm to investigate allegations against cuomo, but would not elaborate. now chris cuomo is facing sexual harassment accusations of

delivery delibere trial of actor jesse smollett small it is on trial for charges he staged a racist, former star of the television show empire is charged with six counts of lying to police. if convicted, he could. get up to three years in prison. the glide foundation is holding its annual grocery bag giveaway to help people in need this holiday season. all this week, volunteers were so busy working in shifts to pack 5500 bags with food enough to feed a family of four. this morning, volunteers were loading up trucks to get those meals to families. organizers are once again bringing the bags to the community due to the pandemic and say they are still seeing it. increased need for such help. the pandemic is just hit people very hard, obviously widened the widened the gap for those that have and those that don't have. so you know, the need is greater, especially for families. trucks loaded with those bags will go to 14 centers throughout san francisco today, and the food will be distributed to people in those communities. the glide foundation says it is gratefully accepting contributions

former empire actor jesse smollett was found guilty today of five of six felony charges for staging a hate crime against himself in 2019. fox's matt finn reports tonight from the courthouse in chicago, with details on today's verdict. a panel of six men and six women returning a guilty verdict on the first five felony counts in the justice small it hoax hate crime trial the former empire actor found guilty of lying to police on the night of the incident. and not guilty on the six count of lying to police weeks later about being the victim of an aggravated battery . that's because his attackers were wearing masks. the actor stoic as the verdict was read the jurors spending more than a week listening to testimony and evidence from the night small that claimed he was the victim of an anti gay racist attack but ultimately determined he staged the fake hate crime and falsely reported it to chicago police investigators. even after the 39 year old disgraced after took the stand in his own defense. not only did mr smollett lie to the police and. wreck havoc here in this city for weeks on end

she is the one who wanted to let smollett loose. >> jesse: jussie. >> judge jeanine: smollett loose.or her role in dismissing the smollett case the first time. the problem right now is that people are losing faith in the criminal justice system. she is running the cooke county state's attorney office where i believe yesterday they hit a number of 1,000 people murdered since the beginning of the year. 1,000 people. not shot, murdered. this won is not prosecuting real crime. she is inept at what she is doing and she doesn't belong as a prosecutor. she is like a whole host of soros funded prosecutors who don't deserve the name and shouldn't be running d.a.s offices. >> jessica: greg, i'm not sure you will want to pick up on this. i wanted to get out there is the langt wang problem in discussing these cases. so you have a modern day lynching which is a pretty serious thing to say. talking about return to jim crow and also have the modern day almost lynching that seem more accurate and we just had the ahmaud arbery case. when you look at the contrast of them being used equally. >> greg: t

thank you, jussie smollett. jesse: we are going to play some sound of another person on your list.pe. >> if critical race theory is taught in more schools does your on in law make more money yes or no. >> this memorandum has nothing to do with critical race. >> you are saying no? just answer it directly. you have know how to answer a question directly. jesse: he's definitely getting coal in his stocking. >> i think santa is very, very cross with merrick garland, the attorney general. parents speak up at school board meetings because they don't want their children brainwashed by crazy leftists. i'm sure they put in special requests to santa to put merrick garland on the list. he could redeem himself if he would rescind that memo siccing the fbi on parents. >> and we'll wait to see if there is any action on the laptop. next we saw the rittenhouse prosecutor. he was a bad dude. run the tape. >> i was astonished when you began your examination by commenting on the defendant's post arrest silence. that's basic. >> don't get brains with me. >> isn't it true when you would hang out with d

every time going forward. >> dagen: not if you send the message of sending jussie smollett to the -- for a little while. >> jesse: we might not seem any more hoaxes. >> dagen: jussie smollett learn to exploit racial tensions for his own benefit and gain from the very people you just saw on the tv. what he did was, he could get a year or two. first-time offender would get probation but he committed perjury according to andy mccarthy. he could go away for a couple of years. what he did was he pushed and pedaled a hoax designed to rip a country apart that was already tearing at the seams, he threw kerosene on already a burning fire, so i call him a civil unrest arsonist. he was perfectly happy to see chicago, the murder capital of the country and even the rest of the country besieged by violence, go call them smolletts. >> dagen: this will not get solved because they are reversing all of her policies but what can happen as the federal reserve can start hiking interest rates, totally get rid of the bond buying in, reduce the balance sheet because of the economy is really so strong, it can take it, number one. number

jesse: bombshell testimony in the jussie smollett trial. he faked a hate crime. he's facing prison.ett took this to trial. he's still insisting he's the real victim here. january, 2019, he says he left his chicago apartment at 2:00 a.m. to pick a and witch up at subway. two white men dropped a noose around his neck and said this is maga country. but this week the star witness, one of the nigerian brothers who attacked smollett testified the actor told them to fake beating him up. pull his punches, and use racial slurs and the word "maga." he says he went along with it because he felt he owed jussie for helping him with his acting career. the video shows smollett doing a dry run with the brothers. he got caught doing a dry run for a hate crime hoax. even the lead investigators testified that jussie texted one of the brothers. he wrote, i stand with you. i know you and your brother did nothing wrong. now he's saying they beat him up. jussie claimed one of the brothers was gay and watched porn and masturbated in a gay bathhouse. at that time smollett refused to hand over his phone, med