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perry said today the evidence against smollett indicates he's not. >>> the special counsel will not deliver his final report on the russia probe by the end of next week after all. we expected robert mueller to william rney general barr his report in the coming dahe but t justice department hasn't made a decision yet whether to release some or any of it to the public. top democrat lawmakers wrote to barrimoday urging to release it. >>> maryland's drivers licenses could be in for a makeover. it's a change some states have already adopted. >> a bill making its way through annapolis adds a new gender option. "m" would stand for male. "f" would stand for female. >> but "x" would represent unspecified or other genders. news 4's darcy spencer introduces us to the family fighting for this change. >> "m," "f" or "x"? >> her 15-year-old recently asked her if they could move from maryland to d.c. that's because the district he option to put "x" instead of male or female ondr your er's license. lu is nonbinary, which means they don't identify as maler female. lu would rather not drive than have to pick a gender to get the license. >> they made it clear this third option on the driver's licen