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i would like to suggest that terrence howard who plays his father on empire, now he may have to serve as a role model, father like figure in real life to jussie. right now something else is going on. i've been in chicago all my life. i've never ever heard of an attack like this. jussie should stop playing games with the people if he's wrong. i owes everybody in chicago an apology due to the fact that we have people that are shot every day in chicago. people that are killed every -- at least every other day in chicago. right now from january 2019 until today we have about 35 people have been killed in chicago. where is the news at about people being killed? he's taking resources from much needed communities where violence is running rampant out here. >> laura: let me just say this to both of you. i'm not interested in his cry for help. i am interested in the cry for help from the family of that one year old child who was killed. jussie's cry for help i'm in the all that thrilled to talk about. i'm not worried about him. he'll figure it out. but i am worried about the people who don't g

. >> laura: meanwhile smollett's empire costar terrence howard is coming to the hoaxters defense, writingnstagram, quote: smollett has been written out of the last two episodes of empire. today a judge said he's allowed to travel out-of-state to meet with his lawyers while he's out on bond on these federal disorder erri disorderly conduct are thes charges. he's due back in court next month. democrats are forcing a vote tomorrow. house speaker nancy pelosi tonight said well it's their solemn duty. >>> all members as i say have taken the oath of office. we would be delinquent in our duties if we did not resist, if we did not fight back to over turn the president's declaration. >> laura: this comes nearly -- after nearly two dozen former republican members of congress, most i've never heard of, penned an open letter to gop law makers urging them to terminate the national emergency. kevin mccarthy, congressman your reaction? >>> i read that letter, too, from those republicans, i didn't know hardly any of them. i had to look them up 12347 they're in the witness protection program. i think ther

terrence howard posting on instagram. jussie i know could never even conceive of something so unconscious or ugly. his innocence or judgment is not for any of us to decide. stay in your lane. >> charged with filing a false police report. detailing the attack in an interview with abc news. and coming up at 7:00 a.m., a gma exclusive. robin roberts interviews chicago police superintendent eddie johnson live in times square. with your gma first look, i'm stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >>> happening today, 58 former senior national security officials are set to issue a statement saying ctual basis for president trump's national emergency proclamation to build a border wall. it includes madeline albright. it's intended to support lawsuits challenging the proclamation. the house is expected to vote on a resolution to block that declaration. >>> new developments about the amazon prime cargo plane crash in houston. amazon confirms the three people on board died. the flight was 30 miles away from it destination when it plung

. >> we saw actor terrence howard of the hit show "empire" come out in support of jussie smollett. >> absolutely. jussie smollett is one of ours. >> meaning that he's african american. he's come out as gay. >> and it's not an african american community and a gay community. black gay men are at the intersection of these stigmatized communities, before "empire," jussie smollett was an advocate for lgbt issues and issues around hiv infection. >> for under represented groups. >> absolutely. he's been in the public for us. he's like cousin jesse, we're waiting for our family member to say something to us. >> you said oftentimes people don't come forward or they have to be convinced to come forward. >> because there's the real possibility they'll be restigmatized at the police department when they go to reported a crime against them. there's still homophobia in law enforcement. in law enforcement departments that don't have active lgbt outreach suffer. and i think we're spoiled in the bay area. my partner is from birmingham, alabama. i walk down the street in birmingham. and i fear for my l

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terrence howard saying, the jussie i know could never conceive of something so ugly.ecide. stay in your lane. smollett, charged with filing a false police report. now the center of a media frenzy. detailing the attack in this interview with abc news. >> he said, this maga country, [ bleep ], punches me right in the face, so i punched his [ bleep ] right back. >> reporter: but police now saying he made the whole thing up, that smollett came up with a plan he planned for weeks. >> when that didn't work, he paid $3500 to stage this attack and drag chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. >> reporter: but overnight, abc news obtaining a copy of a $3500 check appearing to have been written by smollett. on the memo line, five-week nutrition workout plan. sources close to smollett say abel osundairo was training the actor for an upcoming music video. smollett's representatives saying he's innocent. adding that smollett feels betrayed by a system that apparently wants to skip due process and proceed directly to sentencing. now, smollett is due back in court in mar