the episode was filmed before his alleged assault hoax and according to show's creator lee daniels the scandal hit the cast hard. >> these past couple of weeks have been a freaking roller coaster. ♪ roller coaster >> in the beginning lee daniels stood by jussie but vented on how the hate crime scandal has affected "empire." >> me and my cast have experienced pain and anger and, um -- um -- sadness and frustration. and really don't know how to deal wit, you know? >> last night's episode was shot before the allege assault occurred on january 29th. >> everything you're seeing happened before the incident. >> taraji p. henson gave us her take of the feeling on the set. >> great atmosphere. >> anything else you can tell us about how you all are dealing with this. >> >> i can't really talk about that. >> jussie was indicted on 16 felony counts in chicago. he pled not guilty and insisted on his innocence since the beginning. his character was written out of the final two episodes. jussie's final episode this season is april 24th the season finale is may 8th. promo for next week hints at a maj

in this instagram post from director lee daniels, who created the series that made the actor famous, you see a wound underneath the actor's eye, which police say was likely self-inflicted. >> all right, steve osunsami joins us now live. steve, these are felony charges. if convicted, what kind of prison time could smollett be facing? >> tom, we're learning he could get up to three years in prison if he's convicted. he's not yet entered a plea on the current charges. he's pleading not guilty on the original charge. tom? >> steve osunsami with that new indictment. all right, steve, thank you. >>> breaking news out of the pacific northwest. a truck crashing the gate at the nuclear submarine missile base. the driver slamming into a pole and facing off against security. marci gonzalez with the details coming in. >> panic at this naval base in seattle. >> is this guy a terrorist? what the [ bleep ] is happening right now oh my god, he's got a child. >> reporter: the driver barrelling through a security gate. >> this guy legitimately just ran the thing, barrier. ran across this, ran into tha

in this instagram post from director lee daniels, who created the series that made the actor famous, you see a wound underneath the actors eye, which police say was likely self-inflicted. >> all right steve osunsami joins us now. steve, these are felony charges. what kind of prison time could smollett be facing? >> he could get up to three years in prison if he's convicted. he's not yet entered a plea on the current charges. he's pleading not guilty on the original charge. tom? >> steve osunsami with that new indictment. steve, thank you. >>> the brutal new storm taking aimosbl tornado. it could be a travel nightmare. a school bus sliding sideways down this icy street in seattle. the storm striking the midwest. then a new tornado threat for parts of the south before the storm strikes in the northeast. here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: a powerful western storm is on the move. slick roads in washington sending a school bus full of kids sliding. in colorado the rockies are bracing for new snow with new avalanche warnings. this is a view above an avalanche that buried multiple vehicle

lee daniels speak out for the first time since jussie's case was called a hoax. >> this was not whatde for. >> wendy williams pushed into the sober house by her husband? new details of her life saving decisions in the midst of her health crisis. david letterman's big regret. >> what he confessed to ellen of his long run in late night. >> new couple alert? lady gaga spending a lot of time with jeremy

one thing that has been interesting to note is that the show's creator, lee daniels, seems to have in public sort of gone through a little bit of this whiplash that other supporters have gone through. initially he was very supportive of jussie smollett on social media. and then later seemed to walk back his comments a little bit when jussie got charged. so perhaps there will have to be a little bit of fence-mending there, some discussion with folks on the show, and a decision about whether or not they're going to reestablish the character on the show. but i wouldn't be surprised to see him return and in fact see people become more interested in jussie the actor and the character on the show given all the attention it's gotten now. >> indeed, a dramatic story, the twists and turns. nbc investigative reporter andrew blankstein joins us as well. andrew, how do we make sense of what happened, with the prosecution dropping a case where the chicago police had been as out front on this case as anyone could have been? >> well, i think we're going to learn a lot more. we had the superintendent

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daniel cowans and kenneth lee are both attorneys from los angeles and are both opposed by california senator dianne feinstein and kamala harris. the republican-controlled senate has broken with long- standing tradition by moving to confirm judges without what is known as blue slip approval from the home state senators. the senators also asked lee to withdraw over his controversial writings on race, voting rights, and affirmative action during college. >> a lot of us were concerned that some schools were using affirmative action to discriminate against asian americans, and obviously at the time i was applying for school, so that was something that was of interest to me at the time. topically apologized at the hearing for his college writings about age -- aides and the lgbt community is saying he's embarrassed by it. senator harris tweeted out today kenneth lee up for a lifetime appointment to the ninth circuit has repeatedly failed to disclose controversial writings, including ones where he defended racist and offensive conduct at cornell. it's disgraceful that the gop is pushing thro

ninth circuit court of appeals in california, the second time the president has nominated daniel collins and kenneth lee after their nominations expired in the last congress. the senate judiciary committee ranking member dianne feinstein harris, bothamala from california, opposed the nominees. later, acting office of management and budget director russ boat testifies on the trump administration's 2020 budget proposal. >> a couple of headlines. in the washington post, wells fargo's ceo faces bipartisan scolding, defends bank's. los angeles times -- the wells fargo ceo's message of contrition and improvement draws bipartisan rebuke. on capitol hill, tim sloan told lawmakers about improvements he says wells fargo has made and the approach to customer service since becoming ceo in on capitol2016,, but he also fas of the house financial services committee who cited examples of what they described as consumer abuse and predatory practices. this runs for hours and 10 minutes.

daniel collins and mr. lee just introduced by senator cotton. neither has had the blue slip returned. i think you understand where i'm coming from on that. there's been alt of consultation from my point of view it's time to move on. in this case mr. i guess it was lee supplemented writings. you turned over 515 pages of writings. we found more. you turned in 61 pages. which is not unusual. i appreciate you doing that. we held up this hearing the first time because we received as materials late from the white house. they missed it by a day. i'm trying to let the white house know that our numbers matter, that to get the background check done we drad it to make sure that was done. we've had supplemental writings submitted from my point of view the process has been fair. may not like the outcome of how this works but i've tried to be sensitive to the idea that the background check did have holes in it and we required a delay to get it done. i'd want that for us. they missed the reporting date by a day. hopefully -- i know they got a lot going on at t

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daniel collins and mr. lee. senator graham: i think you understand where i'm coming from. there has been a lot of consultation. from my point of view, it's time to move on. lee is case, mr. supplemented writings. u turned over 515 pages of writings. 61 pages, which is not unusual and i appreciate you doing that. we held up the this hearing the rst time because we received his materials late from the white house and missed it by a day. so i'm trying to let the white house know that our numbers matter to get the background check down. we delayed it to make sure that was done. we have had supplemental writings submitted, from my point of view, the process has been fair. may not like the outcome of how this works but sensitive to the that the background check did have holes in it and required to delay to get it done. i'd want that for us. missed the reporting date by a day. i know they have a lot going on at the white house, but we are going to hold to the time schedule and supplemental writings have been submitted and we appreciate that. so i feel like from the process point

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overnight, "empire" creator lee daniels spoke out saying he and the cast have felt pain and anger over incident, and abc's alex perez is in chicago with the details. >> reporter: good morning. he doesn't mention smollett by name but says this entire ordeal has taken a toll on everyone who works on the show. ♪ ♪ i'm stuck on this roller coaster ♪ ♪ roller coaster >> reporter: as jussie smollett's character sang his heart out on "empire" last night, co-creator lee daniels says he and smollett's castmates are on a roller coaster of emotions. >> me and my cast have experienced pain and anger and sadness and frustration. i really don't know how to deal with it. >> reporter: lee daniels was one of the first to come to smollett's defense. >> you didn't deserve nor anybody deserves to have a noose put around your neck. but police accused of orchestrating the attack with two friends. last night, smollett returning to the screen on "empire" as the former ratings giant struggles to keep its audience. last week it suffered its lowest mid-season premiere ever in the first episode to air since the c