a solid alibi, said geragos.ly couldn't have killed jennifer, and he couldn't have started the fire. how could he have been in two places at once? and as for rosie, the yellow lab who alerted to a gasoline smell on zumot's clothes, those clothes were sent to the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, and they showed no evidence of gasoline at all. >> the atf has a protocol and the atf also put out a protocol that said they put out a protocol that said you never take a dog alert, a single dog alert and draw a conclusion. and, in fact, if the atf says negative, you should not allow in the dog alert. >> so why would people believe the dog over the atf? >> i think once again you get into this idea that people have dogs, they kind of ascribe supernatural powers to dogs. i have two large dogs and one -- having been through a couple of cases with dog evidence, as much as i love my dogs, i'm certainly not going to want to convict somebody and put their liberty at stake based on dog evidence. >> still, as he presented h

you raise a very legitimate point. >> thank you very much. >> geragos has a way with words.ave categorized jack the ripper as a knife salesman. instead of accepting the victory in in the case he gives this press conference, setting off the whole thing. but if smollett said i didn't do it, i'm innocent, he, geragos, has the right to repeat that publicly and not be guilty of a defamatory comment. >> however -- >> let me add one other thing with respect to it. there are two parts to a defamation lawsuit. one, you have to prove that a false statement was made. but two, you have to prove that you were damaged by it. >> they can't get work. >> these three clowns defrauded the city of chicago out of $130,000, at least, worth of police resources with this phony crime that they all committed together. and to -- >> how do you know that, paul? >> well, i know that because the district attorney -- the district attorney has said that smollett was in fact guilty not exonerated of the crime. but he was being treated like other people were and there had been statements by the police and a l

lawsuit is directed at legal team, geragos, claims after charges were dropped against smollett, they did round on news program and podcast, lawyers for brother say that lawyers made false and damaging statements, claiming their representation in personal training business were damaged, they suffered emotional i did stress, today gloria schmidt said they followed direct of a successful actor now they want have clear their names. >> we were asked to do something by a friend they trusted and at end was day that friend betrayed their trust. reporter: geragos, head back, part of statement reads so call lawsuit by brothers is more of lawyer-driven nonsense, and desperate attempt to say relevant and further profit from an attack they admit they perpetrated, geragos said that sued thsuit will be thrown out. >> thank you mike tobin in chicago. >> just ahead, on the "evening edit," socialist gone wild, update on latest, crazy idea to make government bigger, and tax correct or stronger. >> we have breaking news how majority of states now make way more money, double digit growth in tax revenue,

promptly, the geragos law firm allegedly filed something to prevent that.bout bashing and defaming our clients with untruths. i believe this lawsuit will be the first step in showing not only the citizens of chicago, n internationally that chicago is not what they portrayed it to be. we hope that this lawsuit will be the first step in curing the wrongs that were committed upon our two clients. thank you. >> good morning. my name is james tunic and i'm also one of the attorneys representing the chicago brothers. no one should be surprised by this lawsuit, not the law enforcement community, not the legal community, not the chicagoland community, and not anyone from our country. nor should the defendant be surprised by this lawsuit because they know the extent of their false and vicious remarks. nevertheless, we will act with dignity and respect during the course of this federal lawsuit, which is currently in the united states district court as we speak. no man nor any woman is above the law. the complaint is a serious, serious complaint, make no question abou

the city of chicago writing a letter if it proceeds with pending lawsuit against jussie smollett geragosam will demand rahm emanuel and eddie johnson give depositions citing how quote vested they are in this case. chicago demand dollars $130,000 from smollett for overtime they spent on police report that mig's mayor and police superintendent insist was a hoax. smollett was novembered it he didn't pay 130 grand by this last thursday he could be be sued and paid three times the amount. smollett did not pay. this comes as police chiefs demand states attorney kim foxx resign for what they call history of anti-police and how smollett dropped the case. police alleged foxx did not prosecute other solid criminal cases they bring her and even let offenders enter offers without prosecution. >> when officers are coming into my office who has a broken kneecap, one of them almost had their finger bit off and we can't get felony charges? our officers are not punching bags. >> in a statement, kim foxx indicating she is not going anywhere. writing, quote: i was elected by the people of cook county to pu

smollett's defense attorney mark geragos discussed the status of the case in a podcast this weekend. >> the city is saying they want $130. but the case was dismissed and s whatsoever. it is just kind of a grand stand. >> the chicago mayor is asking for a federal investigation and david, tomorrow the police decision. >> begnaud: ileana reporting from los angeles, thank you. a teenager in atlanta knocked on the wrong door and got dpoirld it that is according to police who say the victim had just moved to the apartment complex and didn't really know his way around. it happened friday night. police say darryl bynes confronted 19 year old marian banks and shot him to deathment a witness says the vk tim literally begdz for his life. bynes is now charged with murder. in south carolina, a college student was killed after police say she got into a car that she thought was her uber. samantha josephson was a 21 year old senior. tony dokoupil has more on the man arrested. >> these photos of the last moments 21 year old samantha josephson was seen alive. around 2 a.m. friday morning columbia poli

presidency instead of mark geragos but this has been divided. in part in large part because they've been this way. over the last fifteen years or so and the oas was once dominated by influential leftist governments but i suppose the changing political landscape in latin america has led to more right wing governments in places like brazil argentina colombia which i which which i guess are more in tune with president trumps populist policies so that is way less pretty much found itself out of step with the oas doesnt it. yes definitely been a spoiler was playing a very strong role in it when it had oil money to distribute particularly to smaller caribbean countries and central american countries who voted normally to support the venezuelan position against some of the other larger countries in the oas now of course that as well it doesn't have that oil money and so fewer contributors the porting it but it hasn't lost all support so the oas is playing again a stronger role but is not going to be able to for example mediate as it did fifteen years a

a letter from attorney mark geragos said the smollett team will demand depositions from rahm emanuel johnson. the letterepayment of investiga costs is unconstitutional. the original letter from the city requesting repayment from smollett demands more than $130,000 and threatens if smollett did not pay by the deadline, the city could hit him for up to three times that amount. deadline was yesterday. smollett did not play. police chiefs in chicago suburbs are calling for kim foxx to step down. it's her office that dropped charges against smollett. they say the smollett case is one of many that foxx failed to prosecute. the president of the fraternal order of police say they are upset over cases when cops are injured. >> officers are coming into my office who have a broken kneecap, one almost had their finger bit off. we can't get felony charges? our officers are not punching bags. >> reporter: of all the people to show up in kim foxx corner, rahm emanuel said she should not step down because she was democratically elected but she should answer questions. >> dana: thank you. on another

a letter from attorney geragos, said if the city continues they will demand deposition from mayor rahmie johnson, and your unprecedented attach to file a laws for repayment of vist dpai investigt is unconstitutional. smoleet was notified if he did not pay by thursday, the city would file suit, and he could be subject to 3 times original amount. and police chief, demand that kim foxx steps down, the case one of those foxx refused to prosecute, they get upset about cases where officers were injuryd. >> when officers are coming to my office, who have a broken knee cap. one of them almost had their finger bit off. and we can't get felony charges? are officers are not punching bags. reporter: foxx got support from mayor rahm emanuel, who said she has been elected and should not step down. elizabeth: thank you mike. >> president trump warning against that if u.s. elections a democrat socialist like bernie sanders, we could end up like venezuela. democrat are worried. that it could be bernie versus trump. is bernie the democrat best hope in could trump lynn in a landslide in 2020? that debate

they're looking for punitive damages and they want the geragos team to pick up their legal costs. >> thanks. imagine you hail a taxi, the car pulls over and there's nobody driving. tesla's ceo elon musk says that's his goal for next year. teslas everywhere with no drivers. up next, the details on his planned fleet of robo taxis. human drivers, not included. but first, this just in to fox news. you may know his face but may -- may not know the face but know his name. his name, he's one of the founders of the tax preparation company henry block died. he died of natural causes in kansas city. difficult job. failure is not an option. more than half of employees across the country bring financial stress to work. if you're stressed out financially at home, you're going to be too worried to be able to do a good job. i want to be able to offer all of the benefits that keep them satisfied. it is the people that is really the only asset that you have. put your employees on a path to financial wellness with prudential. bring your challenges. pleasson. your heart's notthing strong enough. my hea

. >> smollett's attorney, mark geragos said it would be unconstitutional to pursue him for recovering00. richard, what do you say about that? unconstitutional? >> it's not unconstitutional. lawyers like to throw that term out there. it's not unconstitutional. the resolution was from the criminal case. this is a civil case. that flowed as a result of his conduct. therefore that whole issue of whether or not it was a sham could probably now be litigated in a civil arena. and remember, o.j. simpson, different burden of proof. you know it could go bad for this guy really bad and he could incur $130,000, $200,000 in legal fees defending himself. pay the money, jussie, move on with your life. rehab your reputation, which has been destroyed. >> you're trying to separate the underlying set of facts resulted in the plea deal. that was essentially the contract between chicago -- >> criminal case. >> and that's what this is about. >> okay. >> prosecutors -- prosecutors fumble cases all the time. in fact one of my dear friends, a federal judge said, they screwed things up. this is screwed up. it'

and i wonder if that's geragos puffing or if this is really an empty can of worms?t being harassed, smollett doesn't owe any money. and it's interesting to me. i mean, it's a very strong response, but again, very consistent with smollett claiming his innocence, even though the state attorney's office said, you know, we're dismissing this, not because he's innocent. we substantiate tand by the inv but because we think it's the fair thing to do. so can he be sued? absolutely. there's a provision under the municipal code in chicago that allows for the collection of restitution by its police department. even absent a criminal restitution order. so he can be sued. and i think this is going to maybe be a door into the transparency that all of us have been asking for. >> yeah. yeah, sara azari, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> i want to get to an update on the breaking news we've been covering this hour. a trump administration official telling cnn that president trump and his legal team are willing to fight the house democratic request. this is coming from house ways

mark geragos, who i think about up to 20 minutes ago was a cnnqu legal analyst, is staking out a prettyssive position here, which is it is all lies, my client is innocent. is that a tenable position for him to take? >> i don't think so. there are very few situations in life that are so clearly obvious in our world.. this is one of them. he has his own problems with his association with michael avenatti. he's had a bad month in these kind of situations, but now his clients are really himself and the woman he was working with in this case, and their problem is, lawyers can say what they want to in the court room, but they are not protected when it comes to what they say outside of the court room, and this is what the problem is for them. all of us are looking quite perplexed, i think, once those charges were dropped, which in and of itself was bizarre, but they didn't just go away and be happy they got away with something, counting their blessings. mr. smollett continuedhi on arguing that this really did happened to me, that all of this, i've never lied, this is all really true, which mea

a lot of the people from washington to work with the campaign >> jussie smollett's attorneys mark geragos glandian say a lawsuit accusing them of defame twog brothers who say they helped the "empire" actor stage an attack against himself is ridiculous. the brothers accuse the lawyers of defamation by continuing to assert they carried out a bigoted attack against smollet >>> federal prosecutors announcing drug trafficking charges against a drug company and two of its executives for the first time ever. rochester drug cooperative is one of the ten largest pharmaceutical distributors in the u.s. that's a cnbc news update at this hour. back over to you, sara and wilf. >> courtney, thank you >>> some news crossing on right yaid the company joining walgreen's in raising the minimum achblg to purchase tobacco products to 21. right yaid saying the changes will go into effect in all stores within 90 days. walgreen's announce nounsed it this morning senator mitch mcconnell, majority leader, has talked about raising his state age from 18 to 21 to buy tobacco products this is all in an effort to comb

mark geragos stated the legal team will mount a vigorous defense and the city owes the actor of an apologyw chicago mayor rahm emanuel and eddie johnson were passionate about the case. a new mayor takes over may 19th and not clear where she stands on the civil suit. >> bill: mike tobin watching that from chicago. 9:33 now. >> president trump: i think north korea has a tremendous potential and i believe that president moon agrees with that and we will be discussing that and even potential meetings, further meetings with north korea. and kim jong-un. >> would you accept a smaller deal to keep the process going? >> president trump: i would have to see what the deal is. there are various smaller deals that maybe could happen. >> sandra: president trump signaling his interest in new talks with north korea saying he is open with a third summit with kim jong-un. let's bring in jim richardson, former governor of new mexico. do you think the president could make progress with a third summit with kim jong-un? >> i believe right now a summit with kim jong-un would not be a good idea. but i did like w