you know full well jussie smollett planned this, you know full well that jussie smollett thought thisut, must have been hired, delusional, came up with this cockamamie story. you are sitting here, just because he's black, you are trying to defend him. you know it. >> jason, next time, give me another lawyer to challenge because the pastor doesn't know what he's talking about. you know as well as i do, these two brothers are trying to profit from their own misconduct. the pastor -- >> misconduct? >> let me say this very clearly pray that lawsuit will be thrown out. i know you're not a lawyer but ask the lawyer. if litigation privilege, -- >> litigation privilege. >> can i ask the same lawyers of trump committed collusion? you guys are wrong and you are wrong again. >> we are going to left field on that one. how did trump get into this case? we got trump, race card -- i don't believe it. >> these are trump supporter's, that's why. >> jason: supposedly. there was a whole thing based on trying to create the scenario that somehow donald trump and maga supporters. are you trying to suggest,

we are all doing well. >> jussie smollett will be on the show.on: empire's actress says jussie smollett is set to star in the hot tv show. chicago says is going to sue jussie smollett for refusing to pay the city $130,000 and change to cover the investigative cost and the alleged hate crime. kristin tate and culture editor at the federalist, great to have you with us tonight. this is different. of the city goes after him in a civil trial it is a much lower burden than taking us a little, trial. this is what the abc chicago affiliate says. taking the medicine trial carries risk for jussie smollett by extending negative publicity. much of the evidence that would be featured at a can try would be presented in any civil trial required for depositions forcing him for the first time to explain evidence prosecutors demonstrated he was lying. why doesn't he just pay the fine? >> the fact that he wouldn't pay the fine proves this man thinks he's above the law. this ordeal is so important to the people of chicago and the law enforcement community. jussie s

the brothers implicated in jussie smollett's alleged fake a crime suing jussie smollett's lawyer and jussie smollett directed every aspect of the alleged attack. will be forth all the evidence they gathered in public? i am shannon bream in washington. a brand-new interview with donald trump as he tells the washington post he opposes white house aides who have given hours of testimony in a special counsel probe being forced to testify again for democrat lawmakers. allison barber kicks off our coverage. >> reporter: donald trump speaking out, his son-in-law whose name appeared in the mueller report 200 times spoke out earlier today. jared kushner is a recognizable face, his voice less so because the president's son-in-law and senior advisor rarely gives interviews but today he did. >> a chance for redaction. >> reporter: he talked about the mueller report for the first time since it's released and suggesting russia inflated investigations cause more problems than russian attempts to influence the 2016 election. >> a terrible thing but the investigations and all the speculation that hap

members of the chicago police department want her fired for her handling of the jussie smollett case,she dropped all charges after police of the grand jury found he faced his own attack. >> our message is we would like him prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we don't want our officers to have charges dropped. >> reporter: counter protesters led by jesse jackson are backing fox. >> glass out of the wound. >> reporter: smallish was a no-show at the naacp image awards where he was nominated but lost. 's name still top of mind. >> what was he thinking? >> the charges were dropped, we will probably never know all of the details. weaver a lot of information. no one was hurt physically. >> the city of chicago with mayor rob emanuel at the helm once $130,000 restitution from jussie smollett. >> this is the whitewash of justice. >> an interview with the chicago tribune el sharpton blasted romney manual, quote, the reason this is of national significance to me, there is a marked difference between how they reacted to this and how they reacted to the laquan mcdonald case, they were not

up next chicago wants their money back, jussie says no way this story never gets worse, only better. >> [applause] >> they say he staged the attack and they want their money back. chicago, the city, not the band, will sue jussie smollett, to get back the cost of investigation that allege ed attack. i don't know what i just said. they say the attack never happened. jussie was suddenly cleared of the charges by the prosecutor's office and the city gave them until thursday to pay 130 grand in reimbursement costs and he didn't pay so the city wants to file a civil suit and his attorney says his client will be intimidated into paying meanwhile chicago police are calling for city prosecutor kim fox to resign. >> the problem is she's not listening to the law enforcement officials she's making decisions about policies and about public policy, without consulting the law enforcement, and in this county. >> charming man. kim fox says she's not going anywhere, so all sides are dug in no one is giving an inch which means we'll have something to talk about all summer, and i have to go to you, nick

the "chicago sun-times" reporting on this, under the headline, "bizarre jussie smollett jussie smollettget a look at the counter. evidence if the criminal case moves forward. witnesses could be called including state attorney kim foxx. smollett could end up in the witness stand or setting in for a deposition. if you know that happens, we are watching every second of the trial. >> is going to be blockbuster. i'm not a lawyer so i don't know how the legal lease will work. i did lead a lot of this brief. i found it to be very interesting. i think the "chicago sun-times" characterized it right. it is bizarre. the part that struck out to me that was the most bizarre is they go on about jussie smollett lawyers basically accused them of being in some sort of same relationship with jussie and in nigeria, as illegal, which is true, but number one, they live in chicago, and upper two, if you know that you be the case, why would you engage in this hoax knowing that this hoax has real implications where you are from and another part of the world. so there are so many questions i have about this par

♪ ♪ >> sean: new developments tonight in the jussie smollett a hate crime holds as the "empire" actores a fresh new lawsuit in the ongoing saga appeared for the latest from the west coast newsroom, fox correspondent trace gallagher. trace, this never ends. >> hi, sean. yes, it never. the osundairo brothers are suing jussie smollett's lawyer saying they continue to lie, the brothers "led a racist and violent attack against mr. smollett." here is the brother's lawyer, watch. >> the chicago and brothers the truth. spirit if they could have remained silent. but instead, they told the truth to the police, and with their right hand in the air, they told the truth to the grand jury. >> the osundairos state their reputations and livelihoods have taken a hit and they can barely make ends meet. the brothers essay smollett hired them to stage a hate crime hoax and gave them money to purchase certain items, and

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>> clearly, no attorney would possibly advise jussy to do any of this, to say any of this.ny attorney, with any law school experience, and legal experience, could be out one year, please, jussy, go quietly into the night. thank them all very much, and keep moving. now, today, we have the head prosecutor saying she welcomes an inspector and a report for investigating her prosecution. okay, let's see what happens now. because now the drama continues. now, it's not only jussy being difficult, it's the police department being out a lot of money, over $100,000. this is, i mean -- >> dan: quickly, any chance this $130,000 -- mark, ten seconds, any chance that the city gets this $130,000 back, i'll take you and darryl quick. >> yes, without question they should get their money. >> yes. >> dan: we'll see. thanks, guys. appreciate it. we'll be right back with final thoughts and hannity special. >> dan: welcome back to the special edition of hannity, justice in america. unfortunately that's all the time we have left, it's been a lot of fun. thanks for tuning in. if you like tonight's

but then, jussie was arrested for working with them to fake a hate crime. but then the charges were dropped for no reason, and then, jussie said the brothers really did attack him, but they were in whiteface. and now, the story is starting to get weird. ( laughter ) >> the two brothers who allegedly faked the jussie smollett attack are now suing the "empire" actor's legal team. they say smollett directed every aspect of the hoax. the brothers are suing for defamation. they claim they suffered extreme emotional distress. smollett's attorneys have called the lawsuit ridiculous. >> trevor: okay, okay, i don't know who is writing the jussie smollett story but they deserve a raise. this is a storyline that nobody could have predicted. the i can jeern brothers are saying jesse hurt their reputation by saying they aren't scam artists. "how dare you insigneuate we are not committing a scam. this is especially insulting to me as a prince whose family was recently forced to flee his country." ( laughter ) so they're suing, and i'll be honest, if i was jussie, i would

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after jussie smollett hate crime.mike tobin has more. >> fox news has on the departure of a third departure with the state attorney office this is director of external affairs. this comes after the chief ethics officer announced she was leaving the states attorneys office. as the person advised kim fox that she need to step away from the jussie smollett case. the ethics officer is named april perry. she give the recommendation because fox had contact with the family and supporters of jussie smollett while she was still considered the victim of a hate crime. it is now known that fox never formally recruited so. in fact they show she made recommendations to deputy prosecutor handling the case. -- she has always had the support of kim fox. >> we never had an ethics officer in cook county. what i wanted to make sure when i started my term was that any decision i made, even the appearance of impropriety would be vetted by someone other than myself. >> and the integrity unit, a resignation was submitted before the controver

i'm just trying my best. >> you are not jussie smollett's. >> i am not jussie smollett.okay. i'll get my justice. >> jesse: all right, greg. big double standard. >> greg: i think jussie smollett is now going to be a euphemism for something. it's like getting off because you're famous. just pulled a jussie smollett. or jesse, given chris rock said he lost the u. >> jesse: don't talk about it. >> greg: the brothers are suing him because the guy basically enlisted their help and then betrayed them. the hoax is one thing but jussie is a rotten person that he would be entirely okay with those guys going to jail. that's borderline psychopath. i understand the hoax thing, because he was just feeding and what the media was asking for. he knew as a washed up celebrity that if he had become a victim of a maga hat wearing throne, he would elevate victim status new, bigger celebrity. i get what he was doing it but between those guys that he paid to help, no honor among thieves. >> dana: it not only would he be okay with them going to jail but he's ruined their ability to make a livi

todd: the cast of empire. >> they want jussie smollett to return to the show.twork executive saying, quote, we have come to know not just the character jussie smollett portrays but also truly come to know jussie smollett's personal character. he is honest and above all filled with integrity. is united front we stand with jussie smollett and ask our costar, brother and friend be brought back for our sixth season of empire. that letter was signed by six key actors including terrence howard, after lee daniels, the co-creators said the fate of jussie smollett on the show is up in the air. you know that letter will spark a social media reaction. this presence is jussie smollett is honest except to the whole, quote, staging a fake hate crime thing. and other persons as richard says are you sure jussie smollett didn't pen the letter? he is pretty good at writing that. a reference to the allegation to himself. the fbi investigating that. jillian: we will see how that plays out. netflix, people go crazy about this. >> no laughing matter, netflix may use its rights to sh

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jussie smollett is lying.k for a state's attorney in baltimore city, any time you dropped the case, it was because something happened. there is something that happened. >> yeah, favor. >> shannon: people have so many questions. >> the point is that -- >> shannon: people have questions about what did happen. >> that's what i'm saying, something happened that tainted this case. that's what i think happened. it probably happened on the state's attorney side. it could have happened from the police department. >> that's not acceptable. >> let's not forget -- i'm not saying it's acceptable. i'm saying it happens across the country. >> it happens a lot in chicago, though. it happens a lot in chicago. >> you're missing my point. >> we know that the d.o.j. has gone to a number of places in police departments including chicago and others in recent years to try to get to the bottom of the stuff but it sounds like a federal investigation to the district attorney's office potentially on why this got dropped. >> remember, t

nominee jussie smollett. but maybe that's a good thing because it was open season on the embattled "empire" star. >> what the hell was he thinking? you're jessie from now on. you don't even get the "u" no more. that "u" was respect. you ain't getting no respect from me. >> chris rock was there to hand out an award, but unleashed on smollett right from the start. >> they said no jussie smollett jokes. i know. i know. >> i promised myself that today i won't be going into the news on the jussie smollett thing. i'll be celebrating everybody else, and then when i'm back on "the daily show," then i'll go into that again. >> jussie who lost in the supporting actor category didn't attend the awards. >> beyonce! >> and more drama -- the beyhive erupted when actor omari hardwick greeted beyonce with not one, but two kisses. she didn't seem bothered when she accepted her award for entertainer of the year. >> i'm honored to be included among all of you and to be part of a vital, thriving community. >> hubby jay-z was als

. >> no jussie smollett jokes?> reporter: jussie smollett was a no show at the 50th annual naacp awards saturday night. but that didn't keep him out of the spotlight. comedian chris rock roasted smollett during a presentation. >> you don't even get the "u" no more. that "u" was respect. you ain't getting no respect from me. >> i stand with jussie. >> reporter: days after they dropped 16 charges against smollett for allegedly claiming toby a viktm of off a hate crime. in on op-ed fox defended her team's decision saying i welcome an outside nonpolitical review in how we handled this matter, but insuring i and our office have the community's trust is paramount. rahm manual is asking that they cover money for over time. they discussed the status in a podcast this weekend. >> the city is saying they want 130. but the case was dismissed and i think he's got no basis whatsoever. it's kind of a grand standing. >> reporter: the chicago mayor is asking for a federal investigation. and the police union is protesting attorney

some of my siblings as well as jussie's partner and closest friends."on to the ludicrous aspect was the fact that if they're trying to start a paper trail of there being a physical manifestation of damages if they are laying the groundwork for a lawsuit by jussie smollett against the city of chicago, i just hope they are not. what do you think, greg? >> greg: even have to have a tremendous number of people involved in this frame up, like 10,000 people. as someone who does experience night terrors, i experience them without ever perpetrating a massive hoax which embarrasses your family, your coworkers, people who defended you. i can say go screw yourself. he ran up his victim debt card. everyone has a victim debt card. he wants more. he wants to get an extension. you're not getting any more from me. by the way, night terrors, they are bad. i have had them. >> emily: what's the difference between a night terror and are normal nightmare? >> greg: sleep paralysis. you feel like you're awake. >> jesse: i am going to see your "16 candles" analogy and raise yo

with sofi's no-fee personal loan, borrow up to $100k for home projects. ♪ >> tucker: jussie smolletten to pour bleach on himuc and wrap a noose around his neck. maybe trying to boost his careek and stoke race hatred to do it. not the first time he used a b noose. a new music video that was oldeo but recently dug up of jussie smollett showed he used a noose before. matt finn has the latest on this development. >> jussie smollett's 2017 music video shows a president trump mask being run over and a man with a noose behind his neck. similar seems to smollett's alleged hate crime here in chicago. ♪ >> the music shows the president trump mask being run over and said it's a messed up world because president trump is president. a portion of his lyrics read, build the wall, it won't keep us from loving each other. never going to build a wall. jussie smollett reported that his attackers in chicago were president trump supporters who put a noose around his neck and he yelled why would this is maga country. smollett said he was targeted because of his activism against the president. chicago's ma

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because it was heard that contacted kim foxx on behalf of the actor jussie smollett.ove to the fbil of the charges mysteriously dropped, the southern poverty law center deleted from the fbi's list of legitimate sources on hate crimes and conservatives would like the media to quit relying on the group as well. shannon. >> shannon: we will beat that now. trace, thank you very much. critics battling splc and big named companies to quit relying on the controversy organization to decide who should be labeled a hate group. let's bring in tony who is a president of the family research council and hate map and host and thank you both. okay, so a lot of folks will agree great origins. going after terrible organizations like the kkk and this is what they do on the website, monitor hate groups and exposed to public media and law enforcement. tolerance to reduce prejudiced and seek justice for the most vulnerable. tony what is wrong with that? >> tony: nothing if that is what they were doing. somewhere along the way the southern poverty law center morphed into something much diff

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then after jussie was arrested for faking a hate crime, all the charges were suddenly dropped for no the story is getting weird. >> just when you thought the case of jussie smollett couldn't possibly have any more twists and turns, it does -- again. >> jussie smollett told police he was attacked by two men wearing masks. now his attorney says one of them might even have been in white face. >> took me all of five minutes to google -- you know, i was looking up the brothers and one of the first videos that showed up was one of the brothers in white face doing a joker monologue with white makeup on. so it's not implausible. >> trevor: i'm sorry, what? so now jussie's lawyer says he might have thought those nigerian guys were white guys because they were wearing makeup under their ski masks? and she says that makes sense because she saw a video where one of them was in whiteface. now, first of all, that's not whiteface, all right? that's joker face. all right? that's not how white people look. no one sees that and goes, oh, hey, is that kyle? ( laughter ) who gets confused with this? and

he also asked what if jussie is telling the truth?e charges say, he is not telling the truth. sean? >> sean: trace gallagher with the report. joining me now, dailymail.com, has become a friend of mine and he was once a competitor. i never disliked him then except for the second amendment. we will debate that one day. >>xc [laughs] >> sean: i have come to admire your fight, your wit, yourd humor. you are very impressive and i read your stuff all the time. liberals screaming to impeach trump, you had a -- you were on fire. >> thank you for having me and i want to offer my deepest sympathy to jussie smollett. it must be awful to have post-traumatic stress disorder from something that you faked yourself. the poor guy. our hearts go out to him. all those nightmares about did i or did i not give them the right amount of money in the check i paid to stage these guys to do this attack? do me a favor. that got me angry. let's turn to this issue of the report. there are 400 pages but what was the report to set up to be? the report was at a very

>> you're still alive, jussie. >> only because i fought back because i'm the guy mike tyson. >> jussieplease, just stop. >> okay. another k? three k's? like what do you think that means? >> prosecutors dropped 16 felony counts against smollett last week. police accused him of faking a racist anti-guy attack. he continues to maintain his innocence. >> some people think that was too soon. it was such a serious matter. >> it seemed warranted. >>> joe biden's team trying to get ahead of a potential me too crisis before his 2020 race officially begins. we've got the full details next. >>> i'm glad he's clarifying his intentions. frankly my point was never about his intention. >> joe biden's team in damage control after a nevada politician accuses him of inappropriate behavior. >>> police say a murdered college student in south carolina mistook her killer's car for her uber. >> fans are mourning grammy nominated rapper nipsey hussle outside of a store where he was gunned down just hours earlier. >>> and down goes duke in the ncaa tournament leaving just one top seed left standing in the fina

jussie smollett paid them to stages hate crime and they have been blamed by jussie smollett.carlson the whole thing was a hoax. >> he wanted to tear people apart more, not bring them together. they were not homophobic, they were not racist and not anti-trump. rob: those brothers did this. jussie smollett says he is innocent. >> chelsea manning is demanding to be freed, lawyers for the former army intelligence and also requesting she be released after she refused to testify. and with a 30 year sentence commuted by president obama. >> and american-born turned isis bride sits down 1-on-1 with fox news, begging to come back to the us with her young son promising she will be a model citizen. >> reporter: benjamin hall has more from a refugee camp in syria. >> reporter: he talked about her comfortable life in alabama and denied she left isis because the caliphate has fallen, went to a camp in northern syria. you've got to do better than that. you've got to explain why you made this decision. there was nothing except no comment and always that laughter in a plea to go home. >> i wan

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if jussie smollett was poor and black, he would be in jail.he was white and middle class, he would be in jail. class, race and politics. the sequence of events this week, sean. if mike pence did what joe biden did, he would have no liberal insurance. he would be asked to resign. if these parents tried to rig their kids into universities were not liberal and wealthy but they were the parents of truck drivers and welders from bakersfield, they wouldn't be treated the same. i think people -- jussie smollett in particular has jumped the shark. he's taken a very suspect genre of fake crimes and taken it's to absurd. nobody would believe it anymore. there's people with maga hats and they have rope. he added each layer of fantasy to the point that he blew up the whole idea. now nobody will believe this ever again. he's responsible for that. >> sean: real victims. the good point. thank you both. more on creepy crazy uncle joe biden and chick-fil-a not welcome at one new york airport. you continue believe the reason why. tammy bruce, sean spicer are ne

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he oversees the office to drop charges against jussie smollett and the jussie smollett case is one thatecute, they get upset about cases where officers were injured. >> when officers are coming into my office, one of them almost have their finger bit off and we can't get felony charges. our officers are not punching. >> rahm emanuel showed up in kim fox's corner saying she should not step down because she was elected. however she should answer some questions. shannon: thank you. dramatic video from middle east where jonathan hunt is monitoring the shaky cease-fire in gaza. >> we travel to the border today expecting as many others did that with israel and the hamas leadership in gaza actively negotiating a cease-fire agreement, it might be a quiet day. it did not turn out that way. what started out as a relatively calm day on the israeli gaza border suddenly burst into violence. a group of palestinian protesters looked at the fence between israel and gaza, attempted to approach that fence. what they do is set tires on fire. that dark smoke comes from one of those tires. and up skewers th

here is ileana diaz. >> they said no jussie smollett jokes. >> jussie smollett was a no show for his nomination at the 509 annual n.a.a.c.p. image award saturday night. but that didn't keep the empire actor out of the spotlight. >> what the hell was he thinking? >> comedian chris rock roasted smol ed during an award presentation. >> are you justie frr no on you, don't even get the u no more, that u is res from from me. >> others showed support. >> i stand with jussie. >> the continued back 34r5rb-- backlash comes daysagos dropped 15 charges against smollett for allegedly claiming to be a victim of a hate crime. >> cook county states attorney kim foxx recused herself from the caseop ed in the chicago tri beun foxx defended her team's decision staight i welcome an outside nonpolitical review of how we handled this matter. but enshawring that i and my office have our community's trust is par mounted. chicago mayor rahm emmanuel is demanding smollett pay $130,000 to cover the overtime of police officers who worked the case for weeks. smollett's defense attorney mark geragos discussed the

chris rock slamming jussie smollett.ough chris rock said event organizerred warne organi, don't go there. >> said sn no jussie smollett jokes. what ar was he thinking? >> matt is lif live in shaig wih thchicago withthe latest. >> the tension all came to a head today right outside of kim fox's office. the chicago police union protested against kim fox alleging she has a history of being antipolice. she's set known gang members free and they're demanding that she resign after dropping jussie smollett's case. her supporters also protested today arguing that kim fox reformed criminal justice here and she's setting the innocent free. at one point the police had to step in. president trump supporters and fox protesters were chanting she's got to go. >> why don't you stand up and protest rahm emanuel. >> the police in the city are great people, they sacrifice. they put their life on the line every single time they make a traffic stop. >> this is not about fox. this is about you -. >> kim fox is defending her office's decision t

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a new update to the jussie smollett story. jillian: him fox interviewed in the investigation after recusing herself. rob: in full matrix mode to avoid a line drive. jillian: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ rob: complain golf today. jillian: in the last eight minutes when you said that. if we seem excited is because we got new golf clubs. enough of my personal affairs. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. jillian: a short circuit could be to blame, in paris, to help rebuild the 850-year-old landmark, priceless historic relics found in the rubble. rob: a miraculous discovery. a number of relics in this fire. they saved a number and the rooster on top of the spire we watched crumbling down in that video, they managed to find that rooster. jillian: the gentleman in the photo. it is unbelievable the things they are finding. a lot of things have been transported, trying to keep anything they can. rob: the cross was on the floor of the church. they saved the crown of foreigners, and nailing

major developments in the jussie smollettel hate crime scandal.trace gallagher joins us from our west coast newsroom with the latest. >> good evening. fox news can confirm three executives in the office of cook county states attorney kim foxx are either resigning or no longer employed. the executive say it has nothing to do with the jussie smollett case. the timing here is fascinating. let's begin with the most notable departure, chief ethics officer april parry, whoed resigned april 15th to work in the private sector. she's the one who advised kim foxx to recuse herself from the smollett investigation although we later found out foxx remain heavily involved in the case, texting her chief deputy about dropping the charges against smollett, "just because we can charge something doesn't mean wl should. along with perry, the director of the offices integrity unit has also moved on, resigning the day before charges against smollett were dropped. he says weaving has zero to do with the case. today we got toward the director of external affairs is no lo

she dropped all indictments against jussie smollett.ious example of the failure by you and you staff to hold offenders accountable. listen. >> we all stand together in this. are there any questions? sure. >> how come there's no african american chiefs here? >> the call went out to all police chiefs in cook county who wanted to show up. that was their decision. but we certainly made the invitation to everyone. anything else? thank you all for being here. >> no. one more question. >> i'm sorry. i thought that was a no. >> i want to go over some of the particulars. you mentioned the $1,000 retail theft. one of the chiefs said something about an officer safety issue. who were you referring to there? >> i'm referring to the difficulty that states attorney foxx has imposed on our system to let go felonies on dangerous criminals. many times the hoops that we have to go through to get a felony charge and most of the time they're not approved or the charges are dismissed in court without an officer's opinion, without notifying the police agency

one person did defend jussie smollett, blackish actor says i stand with jussie. new rapper, i guess. carley: tes low ceo to rapper. i have to be honest i can say with certainty this is the weirdest thing you will hear all day. elon musk has dropped a rap song paying tribute to gorilla hurambae. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ carley: the cincinnati gorilla killed after boy fell in enclosure. one twitter user says are rich people -- lastly another tweet coming in saying, elon with peak of humanity, i don't know what that means. that song has been viewed over 300,000 times so far. jillian: wow. i have nothing to say. rob: i don't know. jillian: thanks, carley. appreciate it. 26 minutes after the hour, many democrats say they believe joe biden's accuser. >> do you think it's disqualifying? >> i'm not sure that one incident alone would disqualify anybody. rob: so the tone from this weekend has been different than kavanaugh response, is there a double standard here, the panel debates next when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstat

in the meantime a new legal challenge from the actor jussie smollett tonight.te crime attacker now throwing rhetorical punches at his lawyers. mike tobin has details tonight from this story that is ever-changing in chicago. >> good evening. one way or the other we might say jussie smollett and a rear left court room, he is facing a lawsuit from the city of chicago and t might be called a witness in the federal lawsuit that was filed today. the actor was not named as a defendant. they say the attack was a hoax conceived and directed by jussie smollett right out of the use of a noose, bleach and it shouts that this is make america great again country. they claim after charges were dropped against jussie smollett they did the rounds on news programs and podcasts. lawyers spur of the brothers he repeatedly made false reprehensible and damaging statements, they claim the reputation and personal training business were damaged. they also suffered emotional distress. today gloria smith said the two wannabe actors faulty direction of jussie smollett and how they want to

go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. >> sean: jussie >> sean: jussie smollett, the hate crimex. the actor is remaining defiant amid the ongoing fallout. trace gallagher, he joins us tonight from our west coast newsroom. he has the latest. trace? >> not only did jussie smollett miss the deadline to pay the costs for looking into his hate crime hoax, now he's saying he has no intention of paying the fine. the city of chicago is suing him saying the law department will pursue the measure of damages allowed under the ordinance. the city of chicago or the chicago law department will not have any comment at this time. smollett's lawyer said he won't be intimidated and vowed if the city follows through on a lawsuit, they will insist on deposing rahm emmanuel, eddie johnson, and other key players. there was no mention of deposing kim foxx under fire for dropping the charge against smollett. all three police associations in chicago have voted no confidence in foxx and asking her to respond. foxx refusing. even a former prosecutor said foxx owes the public a better explanation for dropp

. >>> plus, jussie smollett who fooled much of the media with his hate crime hoax gets off scot-free.'m howard kurtz, and this is "mediabuzz." ♪ ♪ howard: donald trump jr. has become a highly charged political presence in his own right. controversial, he really mixes it up on twitter, a fierce defender of his father, naturally, and until robert mueller ended his investigation, a constant target of media scrutiny and speculation in the russia probe. i sat down with the president's eldest son in new york. donald trump jr., welcome. >> good to be with you, howard. howard: with robert mueller bringing no further charges, this question: how did it feel to hear yourself with constantly described as being in deep trouble and possibly facing indictment? >> listen, it was less than fun. i mean, i guess the reality is i knew what had happened because i was actually there. while i may have been the catalyst for this, i also realized this was a lot of nonsense that was perpetrated by the democrats and the media and pushed mostly because they wanted it to be true -- howard: but there was an invest