. >> a one-note band or more embarrassingly milli vanilli and he is performing these songs? >> it's before my time, ari. >> tal, can i fill you in for the milli vanilli? >> i'm here for you. i think rush limbaugh is being a little glib here. does anyone think that he is sitting in the west wing, scribbling on a piece of paper, coming up with policy ideas? no. but that's not what is really being suggested. the problem here is that president trump sort of lives in an echo chamber. we know he excessively watches cable news. he really focuses on what fox news is saying. he pays very close attention. >> right. >> to what the rush limbaughs of the world say. >> do you believe rusch when he says he's not writing the lines? >> i'm sure that president trump is taking his cues from a lot of that sphere. now sometimes -- >> at the national emergency press conference, it's all out in public. >> yes. and some of it ises are just responding to what they criticize. >> right. >> which is just as important as where he is getting his ideas. keep in mind that the reason we got into this whole

[light laughter] now milli vanilli's singing voices, that would be hilarious, and possibly it's true.ing woodstock would certainly fit music history. giving the spice girls their nicknames, i guess somebody had to do it. [light laughter] i don't know, we'll see, but i think it's time you meet trent. >> okay. >> all right, i will call on trent. final answer. >> all right, trent, come on down. [applause] how you doing, man? >> hey, chris, good to see ya. >> how you doing? >> buddy. doing good. >> trent... welcome to this pressure cooker. >> thank you. >> you have been sitting there patiently for a day and a half. >> uh, you didn't even go home last night... [laughter] and now you walk up here with $250,000 on the line. >> yes. >> can you help us out? >> well, i do know a fair amount about music history, but this is a tough one. i gotta tell you. i've, uh, watched the woodstock documentary. i don't remember the names john davis and brad howell. i feel like it's b or d, but i'm just not sure. >> all right, so you wanna talk about confidence a little bit? 'cause i got the "50/50." obviousl

. >> i mean, it literally would be like the hollywood equivalency of a hybrid between milli vanilli and't know what anyone would win from that. >> yeah. we had smollett answering questions regarding his phone records on "good morning america." listen to what he said. >> they wanted me to give my phone to the tech for three to four hours. i'm sorry, but i'm not going to do that. >> why? >> because i have privacy pictures and videos and numbers, my partner's number, my family's number, my castmates' numbers, my friends' numbers, my private e-mails, my private songs, my private voice memos. i don't know who that's going to be to hand over my phone for -- and honestly, by then, inaccurate, false statements had already been put out there. >> joe, what do you think of that as a justification for not just handing over his phone to police to take a look at? >> well, you know, i probably would be apprehensive about just turning my phone over, too. you had an attorney on earlier who also said that her clients often are resistant about turning their phone over and i watched the full robin roberts

that took place in new york city years ago where she was allegedly attacked and lied about it and milli vanilli and really deserved it for their dance moves. we should point out that jussie right now is saying that he feels as if he's twice over a victim and says this is not a hoax, it really did happen. that said, john, if it is a hoax, where does his career go from here? >> just to emphasize what you just pointed out, kendis, these reports are all coming from unnamed sources in the chicago pd and there is a very unhealthy relationship with african-americans in chicago and the chicago pd. but if this does turn out to be true, if this is some form of orchestrated hoax, i don't know where he goes from here, maybe back to civilian life, because his career as an entertainer, as a high profile hollywood star, it would be over. "empire" was planning to kill him off in the current season but they would probably have to kill him off in a maga rally in an upcoming season. >> i don't understand why. i just really don't understand why. >> that's the million dollar question. >> the spokesperson for the ch