message for people following that attack in chicago. >>> back to santa rosa native and actor jesse smollett. >> the interview happened before before chicago sister station learned that police are investigating whether he and another man staged the >> smollett was supposed to meet with them and did not show. >> what do you think people need to hear the most about the story? >> people need to hear this is the truth. it is just the truth. because everybody has their own idea. some are healing, some are hurtful. but i just want young people, young members of the lgbtq community, young black children to know how strong they are, know the power they hold in their little pinkie. >> it's been two weeks since that night left jesse smollett bruised but not broken. and he is still processing the raw emotions. >> have you ever been threatened before? >> yeah. i get threatened all the time on twitter and instagram and dms. but you know, i'm a public figure. i'm very outspoken. sometimes maybe too outspoken. but it is who i am. you know, so i get the idea of pissing people off. >> police confirmed a lett

about the incident. >> reporter: back on stage in front of a sold out crowd in st hollywood, jesse smollett put on the showam fanse for but also opened up about tuesday's alleged assault in chicago. >> i was bruised but my ribs were not cracked. they were not broken. >> reporter: this photo shows smollett hours after two men attacked him, yelling racial and homophobic concerns. said --g the incidenty >> and above all, i fghtback. >> reporter: chicago police released this people of interest. police have asked smollett and his manager for cell phone records for timelines. he didn't tell security about a assault. authorities say they've yet to uncover any surveillance video of the alleged attack but their investigations ongoing. >> we have no reason to think he's not being genuine with us. reporter: smollett had this message for fans. of what anys else says, i will only stand for love and my hope is that you all will as well. >> rorter: as police continue to search for answers. >> thank you very much. >> morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> a new era has justegun for the boy scouts. for the first time

. >> jesse smollett, was he really the victim of a hate crime? police have questions of the alleged attack. about sexual abuse within the catholic diocese. the names of 45 clergy members accused of abuse were released monday morning. all the accusations were before 1989. six of the men on that list are still alive. some of the victims are not complete. >> as long as they are out there, they are a danger to all children. >> they could have put a lot more names on there and they should have put a lot more names on.>> we've got work to do on this list.>> the survivors network of those abused by priests say the list is not accused people who were not ordained. there have been no credible incidents of abuse since 1988 and no active members face credible allegations. >> police in chicago will have more questions for jesse smollett, the actor on empire over his claims that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack last month. they look at the latest twist and turns of the case.>> chicago police want to interview jesse again. the 33-year-old has

investigation tells nbc news that chicago police are now looking into whether "empire" actor jesse smollett actually paid two men to fake an attack against him. the chicago police confirming in a statement that new information has, in fact, shifted the trajectory of the investigation. smollett's attorneys furious, saying he has now been further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpe jators thatse played a role in his own attack. nothing is further from the truth, and anyone claiming otherwise is lying. the release of grainy surveillance photos from the night of theeg a attack raising questions that smollett addressed in an interview with abc news. >> i don't have any doubt in my mind that that's them. >> reporter: smollett stood by his story, even as the case has faced growingcriny. >> he said, "this maga countryp [ blee]" and punches me in the face. so i punched him back. i noticed the rope around my neck and started screaming. nbc news r: that rop has learned was purchased at a hardware store by the two men involved in the alleged attack. the two men are brothers and smoll

but other than that, very exciting day, embarrassing day for jesse smollett, who is according to police martha: good points on the language. there'ses also the issue of the letter that is unresolved, who put that together and whether or not it came from the two brothers or whether it came from him. those are open questions that we will see as we go through the process in this story. judge napolitano when we spoke about this, said that could constitute mail fraud. there's obviously issues in terms of what is going to be ultimately charged here. you understand -- go ahead. >> we know that the fbi was involved in this early on. with the original threat from the letter. this is where you get into the anonymous police sources. we have heard through the anonymous police sources among the items taken from the brothers' hos was a magazine with letters cut from it. that would match up, be a pretty easy forensic piece of work to do. >> martha: thanks, mike. thank you for watching us. tucker up next. >> tucker: fox news alert, chicago police announce dramatic development in the jusie smollett case

, the future of awesome. >>> cnn has learned chicago police are examining new evidence in the jesse smolletthis after law enforcement sources told cnn that police believe smollett paid two men to carry out a staged attack last month. smollett initially told authorities the men yelled racial and homophobic slurs and at one point put a rope around his neck during the alleged assault. this follows a tearful interview thursday with "good morning america" in which smollett gave a detailed account of the attack and expressed anger about not being believed. >> i'm pissed off. >> what is it that has you so angry? is it the attackers? >> it's the attackers, but it's also the attacks. it's like, you know, at first it was a thing of, like, listen, if i tell the truth, then that's it. because it's the truth. then it became a thing of, like, oh, how can you doubt that? like, how do you not believe that? it's the truth. and then it became a thing of, like, oh, it's not necessarily that you don't believe that this is the truth. you don't even want to see the truth. >> cnn's ryan young is in chicago continu

they have a new information that needs to be cooperated by jesse smollett himself. question about the grand jury. they did not clarify what that new information was. it needs to be cooperated. they requested that he come into the police station to answer follow-up questions. they told me that he was no longer considered a victim in this case. he was not considered a suspect either at least last night. it came after they detained and then released a couple of brothers from nigeria. one of them worked on the show empire. they were picked up at o'hare airport. with the central command. the official source says that they are cooperating with investigators and due to evidence resulting from their interrogations they were released and dropped as potential suspects. they were paid by him to stage of the attack. that it was rehearsed. that they have a receipt for the purchase of a rope that was put around his neck. the official channels have confirmed that none of that. he has now lawyered up. his team said he is anchored in devastated and further victimized by the people w

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issued an statement saying that the idea that jesse smollett has been or would be written off "empire record saying he believes that those two men seen in that image are the men who attacked him. police questioning them here. and they expect to talk to jesse smollett. they have been in communication with him. they expect to talk to him when he returns to chicago. he is scheduled to do that to begin working on the show "empire." now back to you. steve: there are a lot of questions people need the answer to. joanie l. um outside the police station in chicago. thank you. >>> one sheriff is forced to suspend law enforcement over budget cuts. he has a warning for his community. he will join us live coming up next. brian: at top of the hour, if i read the schedule right, sandra smith is supposed to host the show with bill hemmer 9:00 to noon. >> nine to noon. thank you very much. we have big day in "america's newsroom" starting in just a few moments. president trump will address the american people live from the rose garden 10 a.m. eastern time. he is expected to sign the massive spending b

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last tuesday empire actor jesse smollett claims that he was walking home at two am on the freezing coldeets of chicago when he was assaulted. two assailants allegedly beat him, poured a liquid on him, shouted racist and homophobic slurs and put a rope around his neck. authorities have been investigating and scouring surveillance video. they see smollett walking into an apartment complex with a rope around his neck but no assault. chicago fbi and pd have been working around the clock and given the stream nature it has made them skeptical. smollett added a detail he initially omitted. he claimed his attackers yelled this is maga country as they fled the scene. we're glad mr. smollett seems to be doing okay. unlike much period of time media we will not pronounce judgment before all the facts are in. we're not going to entertain these conspiracy theories on the internet. i find all of it hideous. it is hurtful to the country when partisans rush in to create political escape goats for every individual crime or infraction. reality is often more complicated than that. another fact, mr. smollet

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. >>> stunning new details in the jesse smollett case. just smolt. the two men reported by worked on the empire set. >>> tom cruise is apparently making waves while phil mickelsoning his new top gun movie. they say the actor's been acting arrogantly to crew members and even so far as not to look at him or touch him. neighbors say those accusations were unfounded. they said the navy put out guidance telling the sailors to put away phones and not approach actors. adding quote tom cruise and the cast were nothing but graciou pa as the churche francis is prepares for a difficult week. that story and more next. >>> tracking a line of showers and thunder at times moving away from concord skoo into livermore where once the hills south of liver mother we're talk about more snow. what this could mean for your morning commute. sunday mass, as catholics to pray for the success of the upcoming sexual abuse conference. asking for all upcoming sexual abuse conference. the pope spoke to a large crowd gathered in st. peter's square about this week's conference begin

. >> the jesse smollett story. >> dr. phil: did he get caught?d get away with it. >> a lot needs to be researched. >> accused of filing a false police report. >> dr. phil: he's talking about a vicious hate crime where he felt he life was in danger. why is he smiling. >> jesse maintains his innocent. >> dr. phil: tmz posts a quote "i swear to god i didn't do this." when they say "i swear to god"

jesse: the reporters were helping her try it on and yucking it up. you brought up jussie smollett. leged attack, everybody said. no video evidence. then we had an actual attack. out in berkeley where a turning points usa young conservative student was punched in the face. video evidence. let's watch. jesse: right in the kisser. how do you, kellyanne, reconcile these political hate crimes by i believe -- which i believe those are. we have a guy later in the show who got a gun pulled on him for wearing a maga hat. these shade crimes get very little attention. it's so unbalanced. another enablers in the mainstream media should concern everyone. people are hired to deliver the news. not what they hope is the truth, but what is the truth. you just saw a man assaulted. a crime committed against him on the videotape. yet when jussie small let gave his account. none of the headlines said jussie smollett says he was attacked. they said he was the victim of a racive homophobic attack by maga. what's happening is the whole first facts truth truth truth crowd invents their own according to who

course they did others try to distance themselves from this case to the vicious attack on active jesse smollett was an attempted modern day lynching i'm glad he's safe is it time to revisit what you can. about these remarks what is your feeling on potential smokey times general all the information still coming out on the withholding told him if he comes out on the record sources it goes without saying that any victim of a hate crime deserves every bit of sympathy and more including small it if he's story passes the test of a police investigation but progressive america seems to be living out the concept of presumptuous guilt trigger happy and hell bent on bashing arguably the single most hated person in america donald trump. political commentator steve malzberg told us the story shows that the president's critics season every possible on verified claim to denounce and. pin that on donald trump anyway saying that he's created this atmosphere where gays aren't welcome and blacks aren't welcome in and you know it minorities are welcome so the whole thing is hatred of donald trump so these people a

we begin with a fox news alert, tonight empire star jesse's smollett faces jail time. o the set of empire tonight where he reportedly earns $100,000 an episode but police say he staged a hoax about a bigoted attack because he was unhappy about his salary. uc berkeley's police want the public's health tracking down a

jesse, people ask why would smollett do such a thing and i've said we fetishize victimhood.ou a hero, and if you are a sucker for attention, that's the best way, the easiest way to get it. >> jesse: smollett has an album coming out march 2. he might've been promoting that come his show, he speaking about maybe raising his profile in that way. how stupid did he think the police work? that they weren't going to be able to figure this out? what a low opinion of police you have to have to be able to try to pull this off. how cozy do you have to think you are with the media thinking they are going to run interference for you and at this point the media is not even looking for the truth anymore. they are just looking for a story. what's the classic line? don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. they get a good story and in the weaponize it against republicans. it's now a political hate crime and that's when you're motivated by hatred for republicans to frame them. we have seen it with covington, with kavanaugh, with smollett. you went way back in the monologue. duke, uv

we begin with a fox news alert, tonight empire star jesse's smollett faces jail time. smollett returns to the set of empire tonight where he reportedly earns $100,000 an episode but police say he staged a hoax about a bigoted attack because he was unhappy about his salary. uc berkeley's police want the public's health tracking down a suspect, caught on cell phone video. how will the media treat that? another migrant caravan reportedly marching to the southern u.s. order and a brand-new picture of what customs and border protection is doing to prepare for the arrival and the democrats prepare to vote to shut down the emergency declaration. stick around for republican congressman devin nunes. i'm shannon bream in washington. a mountain of new information in the jussie smollett scandal tonight. looking at the media reaction to the latest developments but first the latest from chicago. >> after the smollett legal team came out swinging with a terse statement directed at chicago cops, it reads as follows. "today we witnessed an organized law-enforcement spectacle which has n

. >>> the assault case with the actor of jesse smollett , takes a new term. this has shifted the trajectory of the investigation. marianne rafferty has the report. >> it is calling upon the arrest and the criminal prosecution of the empire star and actor, jesse protesting . this is driving the national headlines. the empire actor who was black and , said he was getting food and us away restaurant when two men yelled slurs and physically attacked him. and added that the perpetrators put a rope around his neck and poured a michael on him before they ran away. >> what happened here, it is horrific. >> there are a lot of moving parts to this. >> after releasing two nigerian brothers without charges, this investigation has shifted and there are alleged information that he paid them to stage the act. >> he has been very cooperative. >> they wanted to have follow- ups and wanted to speakcomment the validity on what has been officially released but there are developments with this investigation. >> we believe that this was a hate crime. >> they denied a report that t

steve: new questions this morning about the alleged attack against "empire" star jesse smollett.coche gibbs in toyota ♪ and the home of the brave. ♪ ♪ steve: yes, today is a federal holiday. it is president's day 2019. you look at the steve henley portrait. he is with us this hour. brian: you will not believe what he is doing. you don't believe what he is putting together. it is not done yet. i cannot believe the quality he is doing it. this mammoth project. ainsley: tell us. are you allowed to talk about it? brian: gavin you want me to mention it? big reveal in 30 minutes. >> tried to get knee in trouble. you knew i shouldn't do that. >> i'm thinking in my mind a lot of america is off. there are a lot of people happening out in their shorts. steve: i don't think so. brian: just hanging out, no shirt. walking around the house, let me watch "fox & friends." i hadn't seen that in a while. i have to get out of house by 5:00 a.m. ainsley: nice of you to work on the holiday. brian: thank you. we're all working. steve: it is president's day. we're doing presidential trivia. ainsley: ye

. >>> police investigating jesse smollett. he fires back against claims it's a hoax. >>> and video shows r. kelly with an underage girl. we'll talk to the attorney about the tape h w he calls it a bombshell of epic proportions. >>> only on "cbs this morning" a rare trip inside america's most restricted air space. >> we are flying near the nation's capital. what you're about to see how the u.s. coast guard intercepts a potential threat. >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> he's prepared to sign the bill. he'll be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time. >> the president set to bypass congress for wall funding. >> declaring a national emergency would be a lawless act, a gross abuse of the power's presidency. >> william barr has been sworn in as attorney general after winning senate confirmation along party lines. >>> jesse smollett staged his own attack as people were questioning persons of interest. >> i'm not sure the police have anything solid. >> attorn

and i also wanted to ask you about jesse smollett, don't know if you heard about that story, , the actor situation from empire who was allegedly attacked by homophobic -- president trump: that, i can tell you, it is horrible. night.seen it last i think it is horrible. it doesn't get worse as far as i am concerned. as far as the people are concerned, many of those people wanted me to stay out, but i didn't want to do it because people were getting hurt. people -- what i think is the worst sin of all is the fact that we are allowing people to come into this country and sell drugs and human traffic, and do all of these horrible things, and if we had the simplicity of a well-constructed beautiful barrier at the wall, they would not be able to come into our country. that, to me, is the great sin everyone knows it works. i watched early in the morning someone trying to justify walls are immoral. if walls are immoral, maybe we should take down all the walls right now. you would see a mess like you have never seen before. so i only say this, i was elected partially on this issue, not as much as

. >>> the two brothers detained this week for the reported attack on empire star jesse smollett have been released. overnight chicago investigators say they're no longer considered potential suspects after they interrogated the brothers. one of the brothers reportedly worked on the "empire" set. smollett said he was attacked last month by two masked men who yelled homophobic slurs at him in downtown chicago. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" what is next for colin colin kaepernick? we talk to prominent civil rights activist dr. harry edwards now that kap and the nfl settled his lawsuit. oss and... ! ...you realize you can totally eat out more? that's yes for less. get the latest spring trends for your home at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices. at ross. yes for less. exactly what you need... yes. ...for your growing family? that's yes for less. everything your pet needs at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices. at ross. yes for less. minute. >>> welcome back. giants fans are still on the edge of their seats. some big news could come at any minute. brisz ha pri bryc

. >> late saturday night his attorneys say as a victim of a hate crime, jesse smollett is angered and devastated by recent reports that perpetrators are individuals he's floor with. he has now been further victimized by claims that jussie played a role in his own attack. nothing this statement says is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise with is lying. >> for views around the world, smollett appears in the tv drama in the united states called "empire" but the story he told in chicago last month may be unraveling. >> reporter: two law enforcement sources with knowledge to the investigation tell cnn that chicago police believe jussie smollett paid two nene orchestrate the assault. the two men who are the two brothers were released without charges friday after they sited discovery of new evidence. they tell cnn that the two men are cooperating fully with law enforcement. smollett told authorities he was attacked by two men yelling out racial and homophobic slurs. says one put a rope around his neck and poured an unknown chemical substance on him. he gave his first detaile

daniel, charlie, francessca, thanks, guys. >>> new today, stunning developments in the jesse smollett case. nbc news now confirms the investigation into the alleged attack against the "empire" actor has indeed shifted. police are looking into whether smollett paid the two men who had been identified as suspects to stage the attack. here is part of a report just a short time ago from nbc's morgan radford. >> i noticed the rope around my neck and i started screaming. >> that rope nbc has learned was purchased at a hardware store by the two men involved in the alleged attack. the two men are brothers and smollett follows their shared instagram account. smollett's attorneys stating, one of these purported suspects was jesse's personal trainer. it is impossible to believe that this person could have played a role in the crime or would falsely claim jesse's complicity. police say that upon searching the brothers' home, investigators found a black ski mask, bottles of bleach and an "empire" script. police sources telling nbc, one of the men worked as an extra on the tv show. a police source

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. >>> police investigating jesse smollett. he fires back against claims it's a hoax. >>> and video shows r. kelly with an underage girl. we'll talk to the attorney about the tape h w he calls it a bombshell of epic

the idea that jesse smollett has been or would be written off empire is ridiculous.remains a core player on this successful series and we continue to stand behind him. a lot of excited reporting yesterday citing anonymous sources but the police putting the brakes on. >> sandra: why is this happening? charles payne has some answers and will be here to break it down. >> bill: rose garden in 19 minutes. the new fallout from the former f.b.i. director's interview on 60 minutes. what leading republicans want to know now. republican mark meadows will talk about that coming up next live. >> this interview that what i've seen suggest that mr. mccabe was hell bent on stopping donald trump not only from becoming president, but trying to make sure he did not stay president. of the united states mint. and as one of the largest us gold coin distributors in the country, us money reserve has proudly served hundreds of thousands of clients worldwide. there may have never been a better time to start diversifying your assets with physical gold and silver. and right now, it's easy to g

thank you for spen [national anthem] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> n new details in the jesse smollett investigation. >ational emergency at the southern border. >> congress had the ability to act and actually stop the president from doing this national emergency. >> the left have ignored what has been happening over and over again. >> walls do not, as the president has claimed, save lives. wall end lives. >> the america i see values basic human decency, not snatching children from their parents because it makes us embarrassing

>> shep, at this hour, chicago police and jesse smollett's crisis manager have not confirmed that jussiee say they want to give him a responsible amount of time to respond to their very important request for a follow up interview in this case. chicago police say what happens next in the coming days largely depends on jussie's actions. it's possible that jussie smollett may stop cooperating with police and police could seek an arrest warrant by taking the case to prosecutors or a grand jury. police also acknowledge that they could -- if smollett stops cooperating, this case could stall. filing a false police report here is a class 4 felony and carry as sentence up to three years and also probational. we want to seat the seen for you, this is the intersection where chicago police say jussie smollett filed the report of the alleged attack. this door here would be the door that jussie used to get in and out of his building, this is where the brother were spotted on the sidewalk. you may have seen that picture many times of the two brothers walking along the street. if you look up, there's a

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jesse: the winner is, jussie smollett on gma. that was a runaway winner. best category.est fight scene. donald trump versus jim acosta. >> that's enough. >> pardon me, ma'am. president trump: cnn should be ashamed of themselves having you working for them. around rude, terrible person. jesse: senator march cove rubio versus radio tv host alex jones. >> don't' touch me. i am asking you not to touch me. i don't want to be touched. >> you will beat me up? jesse: senator lindsey graham versus all the democrats at the kavanaugh hearing. >> what you have done to this guy. this is the most of unethical sham since i have been in politics. and if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you have done to this guy. this will destroy the ability of good people to come forward because of this crap. jesse: and the winner is -- trump versus jim acosta. an honorable mention for the white house intern who had to get her hands very dirty. next calculate gory. most of politically correct. the university of maryland for creating a support group for white

details, two possible suspected arrested by chicago police in connected to an alleged attack on jesse and smollett. police say there's no evidence it was a hoax. he says that the two men attacked him two weeks ago. so far police have said that they have not found surveillance video that shows the alleged assault and battery. >>> there you have it. the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. the dow up 350 points todaye ho straight weekly in. >>> potentially illegal. that's how insiders describe san francisco's efforts to clean up city streets. >> here's our investigative reporter. >> reporter: good morning. you know, we first started looking into potential safety violations last year and now learned that the state launched its own investigation. san francisco public works department is being accused of dangerously overloading its garbage collecting pickup trucks without tying down the debris and nothing is stopping the trash from falling. >> i think it is our job as workers to bring up sety management to make things right and they're not doing that. >> reporter: tonight at 11:00, work there a

jesse -- jussie smollett owes everybody in chicago and apology.g resources from much-needed communities where violence is running rampant out here. jillian: 180 people have been shot in chicago this year. rob: the fbi former top attorney wanted to charge hillary clinton over her private email use but was talked out of it. fox news confirming james baker's admission came in for james baker and the admission in closed-door testimony on capitol hill. >> he continued to battle according to his own testimony with people in his office along with comey, had these arguments going back and forth until the very end. rob: despite calling clinton's email use alarming and appalling he was convinced to change his mind after arguments with senior colleague. the fbi consistently claim top officials agreed james comey's decision to not pursue charges against clinton. it might be falling apart now. jillian: robert mueller's probe is expected to wrap up as early as next week, sources telling fox news recent shakeup that the justice department are a sign the investig

jesse: fox news alert. new developments in the jussie smollett investigation.olice have announced smollett is officially a suspect in a criminal investigation for filing a false report. meanwhile, stony new surveillance video from cbs chicago has surfaced showing two brothers buying what is believed to be a red hat and ski mask the day before the attack. as prosecutors in chicago are meeting with smollett's lawyers. mike tobin outside the criminal court in chicago with the latest. >> this is all happening very fast. you mentioned moments ago, chief communications officer for the chicago pd says jussie smollett is now a suspect for a class four felony, falsifying a police report. we know it's punishable by a maximum of three years. this while we have just learned from people who've been staking out the grand jury room on the fourth floor that the brothers, the osundairo brothers have gone back for round two inside the grand jury room. seemed to be a false start yesterday. people have been staking out the grand jury room saying that brothers are inside at this mo

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now there are serious questions about whether empire actor jess jussie smollett was attacked or it was hoax. the latest twist in the case next. they're our parents... neighbors... loved ones. living with diseases like cancer, epilepsy, mental health conditions and hiv. maybe you're one of them. but new medicare rules could deny access to the latest, most effective therapies... therapies that keep them healthy. are medicare cuts that save less than one percent worth the risk to millions of patients? president trump promised to protect medicare... we need him to keep his word. >>> it was a hate crime or a hoax? law enforcement sources tell name the chicago police now believe that empire actor jussie smollett paid two men to orchestrate an attack on him. smollett's attorneys deny that the actor played any role in his own attack. joining us now to talk about off of this is charles blow. he's an opinion columnist "the new york times" and brian stalter. great to have both of you here. brian, i remember in the hours right after this happened that cnn, our bosses, were advising to bump the bra

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smollett says he's okay after he was allegedly assaulted on a chicago street, an attack he described as racially charged and homophobic. dean reynolds has more. >> reporter: in the statement, jesssie smollett thanksed fans for support. there is pain, he says, i have been working with authorities and have been 100% factual and consistent on every level. despite my frustrations and deep concern with certain inaccuracies and misrepresentations that have been spread, i still believe that justice will be served. ♪ smollett, who is gay and plays a gay musician on the tv show "empire," says he was attacked early tuesday near his chicago apartment by two men. surveillance video did spot two men in the vicinity of where and when smollett says it happened, but no evidence of an assault has been seen. smollett was walking in this two men punched him, shouted gay and racial slurs at him, doused him with some kind of chemical, and threw a rope around his neck, all the while yelling "this is maga" country, a reference to the president's campaign slogan. in the days since, the entertainer has been vilified on social media, called a liar and a fraud, and some news reports have gone from outrig

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statements by the brothers, told them that jesse actually choreographed it and told them what to buy and what to do. that's damning if you're jussie smollett's team. >> it is. damning information. walls seem to be closing in. we have to hold open the possibility there's information that we don't know and not just run with what the reports have been. it doesn't look good. >> let's go to the letter, a week before the attack. it had white powder in it we know it's tylenol now. it has a picture of someone in a noose attacking jussie smollett. now investigators saying he sent that to himself. that's a federal crime. >> right. that's why that other investigation is still open with the fbi. that can really complicate things for him, make this worse. he's got an uphill battle here if there's a defense, i don't know exactly how that will play out. >> trace: you could set of jussie smollett as an example. if for some reason where he gets out -- we're going to give him probation in chicago, if feds might say we're going after this on the letter. >> it's two different jurisdictions. the cases are related by different jurisdictions, different people maki