steve: we are here in chicago. you teach at the university of illinois in chicago. what was it like here in the 60's jack out elizabeth: it was still the largest city in the nation. -- the second-largest city in the nation. it was a city with strong political leadership. the mayor was the head of the chicago democratic machine, but was also a power player in national politics. it helped to drive elections and decision-making in the national democratic party. it was also an extremely segregated city. steve: what was the view of the mayor and how did he view african-americans? elizabeth: it's interesting because they were a significant constituency for him. they were marginalized inside the larger political structure and the democratic party apparatus. it was a conflicted relationship. additionally, as a northern democrat, mayor daley was verbally supportive of civil rights organizing that was happening in the south, to get rid of legal segregation. when i came to conditions here in chicago, he said there were less problems. steve: put this time period into context. y

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but not only this chicago police department. also prosecutors, the illinois state attorneys office should at least explain in broad strokes what happened here. >> and we're being told jussie smollett will be approaching the camera pretty soon, at any moment we'll go to him. do i still have danny cevallos? >> yes, you do. >> danny, what are you expecting to hear from mr. smollett? >> i'm going to expect to hear exactly his narrative from the outset, which was that essentially from him, that he didn't do anything wrong. he has been at least consistent throughout this entire ordeal. and i just want to add that there are going to be calls for transparency after smollett's dismissal here. but i have to warn that in the criminal justice system, transparency is not an absolute good. we have rules for sealing an expungement that protect citizens who are wrongfully charged with a crime. even though we may be curious as to what happened and why the police arrived at this decision, we must also be careful to safeguard the privacy rights of

in the modern history of chicago. i'm wonderering if y you could t give us a sense of what you believe that is so and then we're going to do a clip of a the housey about where fred hampton was killed. on december 4, 1969, 14 chicago polilice officers workig under the control of the states attorney of cook county come at that time edward hanrahan, rated a westside apartment where black panthers were sleeping. and one of those black panthers was the chairman of the black panther party, fred hampton, charismatic young leader who was targeted not only by the police, but by, it turns out, thehe f f. and that raid, which was covered up, was claimed to be a first issued out, was later shown to be a total shoot-in some and then over the e years, as we and others were able to litigate a case in federal court, we were able to show not only that this attacack ons, racist the panthers and its leadership where twowo men were killlled ad many o others wounded, but i its part in paparcelf ththe fbi's p program, , a counterintelligen

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and what about the chicago police department? it is led by an african-american chief, but that doesn't mean it is not part of the wider racist conspiracy. it must be. chicago cops just framed jussie smollett as a liar and destroyed his reputation. for some reason, smollett does not seem to care about that. he says he just wants to "move on." hmm, that is odd. what about the nigerian brothers? last month, both cnn and the "chicago tribune" reported the men had told police they had rehearsed the attack on jussie smollett. was that a lie? will smollett sue them now for defamation? other news outlets reported that police discovered rope, bleach, and masks at the brothers' apartment. apparently smollett's phone records show he was talking to the brothers immediately before and immediately after the attacknt he alleged. what was that all about? well, we could go on and on. but why bother? we know exactly what is happening here. smollett isn't getting off because he is innocent. he is not an innocent. he is something better than innocen

i am a black man from the city of chicago with a heavy heart. what jussie smollett did was a betrayal of the conscience of our country. the fact he used symbols of hate, a news, knowing the dark history our country has with slavery and racism, the fact that he was looking to manipulate the emotions of african americans across the country, the fact that he was looking to ratchet up the vitriol of white americans and black americans against each other no matter what the political party is is not only disturbing an atrocity but the state attorney also helped, aided and abetted this case by dropping it. mlk said something important, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere and this was a betrayal of justice and something the federal government should absolutely investigate at the state attorney level. shannon: there is a bigfoot between the prosecutors, the police department, who wasn't consulted at all and they appear to be caught off guard. i want to read something from the new york post, kyle smith is prosecutors sat in the face of ch

but note to the lengths chicago p.d. went to in their file to ensure he wasn't -- david: absolutely. emily, i have to jump in because we only have about 30 seconds left. but we have to mention tina chen. tina chen was a personal assistant of michelle obama. she also worked with president obama himself. she apparently played a role with kim foxx. there's this text exchange between kim foxx, the prosecutor in chicago, and tina chen. foxx says i spoke to the superintendent about logistics, maybe some deal, et cetera. tina says oh, my god, this would be a huge victory. the question of course, what she means by victory and for whom. is it conceivable that somebody besides tchen in the obama administration from whether it was michelle or former president obama himself, was involved? is that something federal investigators should look into, quickly? >> the investigation should have no bounds. they should look at everyone and anything. i obviously won't say specifically whether someone is involved but yes, they should investigat

what about the chicago police department? it is led by an african-american sheep but that doesn't mean it is not part of the wider racist conspiracy. it must be. chicago cops just framed jussie smollett as a liar and destroyed his reputation. for some reason he does not seem to care about that. he says he wants to move on. that is odd. what about the nigerian brothers? last month both r.kelly and the "chicago tribune" reported they had told police he had read rehearsed the attack. without a live? will he sue them for defamation? other outlets say he discovered rope, bleach and masks and the brother's apartment. apparently his phone records show he was talking to the brothers immediately before and after the attack. what was that all about? we could go on and on. why bother? we know exactly what is happening here. he isn't getting off because he is an ascent. he is not an ascent. he is better is famous. the charges against him were dropped because someone in power called someone else in power and side let him go. none of this

mike tobin is in chicago with the latest. my? >> we are watching that courthouse in barron county wisconsin because jay patterson should have his appearance shortly. the best indication we have of what will happen today in court comes from the suspect himself. he answered questions to a reporter from nbc affiliate in minneapolis. the questions were in a letter that was sent to paterson, and he reportedly answered. one question, what is your plan now? he wrote, "plead guilty. i want her relatives to know that, and not worry about a child." also decant believe what he did, kidnapping jayme closs and kill your parents and holding her until she escaped. the letter said it was really stupid. that he always knew he would get caught and when he got caught he wouldn't fight. nothing, with the intention that she would not be interviewed by police. he also called another local reporter saying that he and jamie spent the 88 days of her captivity watching television, chatting, playing board games, and cooking. he's looking at two counts of m

even by chicago standards, this is pretty chicago." >> i actually agree with david axelrod and rob emanuel, then there is definitely a strange day here. this is not the first time that came foxx has let the chicago police department down. she is one of a new breed of prosecutor, we call them activist prosecutors. she isn't concerned with justice, she is concerned with politics. and she has literally spent in the face of the chicago police, and you can tell the way she blindsided the superintendent of the police department and the mayor. she has waged war against the chicago police, very much like aaron eric holder weaponized during the obama administration against police forces around the corner, foxx has weaponized the department against the police in chicago. >> shannon: as a chicago native, great love for your city there, they have already been through so much because of the jussie smollett allegations, the investigation, all of it, does this reopen the wound and because all new problems? do you feel there is a sense of justice somewhere in chicago? >> you know what, that is a very impo

, the people of chicago. plus he did this crazy thing before when he mailed himself a chemical weapons. he mailed himself a white powder, claimed at anthrax, trying to report back to the police. that's actually a federal crime, to create a hoax. >> laura: i don't think anyone understands this until you said this. i don't think anyone on television has displayed it that clearly but this is not unserious stuff. this is not laugh about it -- isn't it funny, that liberal actor -- has to maybe pay $130,000. what do you do. >> i do not think michelle obama can call the attorney general bill barr and get the charges dropped. >> laura: i don't think that's going to happen expect always great to see you. thanks for stopping by when you're in town. coming up, for two years, house intel chief adam schiff screamed collusion every chance he could, and now his colleagues demand him to step down. i'm going to talk to one of them next. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. so y

three o'clock in the morning in chicago and what white nationalists is. beyond like i thought it would be ridiculous for a person to make that up so. so that's one thing and then we saw that it was a foul play and it could be crazy everyone jumped on the other side but you know again it just it brings it back to the whole idea of victims like real victims are going to be skeptical now because they know the stats that you just put out because they have to live those stats and everybody's going to you know jump back on his side and say you know we got to protect the kid and you know he's rich and he's happily would he's the victim and it still just seems fishy in chicago p.d. you know they were going to look ridiculous even when. interesting what do you say to journalists. have reported what the c.p.d. said. without thought and just kind of kept it going so you know we have to use the right terminology to show that we're just telling the story but there's nothing wrong with you report the story when you tell the story you're telling the story you know alleg

and chicago please. there's a lot of buzz in anticipation of a response from chicago police. they had a weeks-long investigation that they called meticulous. dozens of detectives on this investigation, and they were under immense public pressure. not only here in the city but globally, really, as all eyes were on this case for many week weeks. there were so many theories floating around. finally, andy johnson got in front of cameras weeks ago and they laid out what they consider considers an airtight investigation. they said they traced the osundairo brothers. and that jussie smollett paid them to carry out this attack. they had so many details to support that theory. suddenly all the sudden the prosecutors say they no longer want to prosecute jussie smollett. the judge on that. something to point out is that the cook county state attorney kim fox recused herself from this investigation. there was a major headline in this case. that she suddenly said she could not fairly prosecute them. it was later revealed she had received text messages from a michelle obama former chief of

chicago prosecutors dropped the iearges against actor juss smollett. he claims vindication, while city pice are outraged. jussie: i would not be my mother's son if i were capabl of one drop of what i was accused of. >> do i think justice was served? no. laura: confusion in the house of commons as lawmakers prepared to vote on wednesday on a way bforward onxit. plus, forget the pharaohs -- a new exhibit looks at t of egypt and how female leaders ruled the kingdom. welcome to "world news america." in a dramatic legal u-turn, all the charges against letor jussie sm have been dropped. he had been accud of staging a hate crime against himself. to the anger of chicago's mayor and police chi, prosecutors say they are dropping the charges because they don't see the tv star as a threat to public safety. a warning, this report has flashing images of the start. jussie smollett was a red carpet regular, a tv actor who is now at the center of a real-life drama with a surreal script. back in january, mr. smollett ictim of a was the racist and homophobic attack in ch

this is a crime against the entire city of chicago. e those of us who om chicago are deeply proud of that h city, and t a great deal to see our city for traded this way. --ourate tit is right city portrayed this way. laura: turng to another than theno sooner justice department released a summary of the mueller report -- although you say people are more interested in the smart case -- get the trying to affordable care act revoked. jonathan: is remarkable. the trump administration was working onnoing out parts of this law. it did this turnabout today and set it has all got to because these provisions are so central to the act. urthe supreme said that one of these provisions is the something h-- thumping heart of the act. they said that since the supreme court said that, the body will die with this provision. this ia huge political risk for the trump administration. it is stepping on the president's lines -- this is not the first time that when the president has a really good day -- you have the special counsel's report, michael avenatti,

todd piro is in chicago. reporter: good morning to you, as the sunrises over this embattled city, what shoe will drop. it has been a wild week a wild story from the beginning. the fbi's involvement kays after the cook county prosecutor's office dropped all 16 felony charges against the "empire" actor. with the chicago police union asking the attorney's office to investigate the investigators. prosecutors denying any special treatment to jussie smollett. fox news has obtained an internal memo from within the prosecutor's office asking for other examples of similar cases where charges like smollett's were dismissed. the memo says in part, quote, we're just looking for further examples how we as prosecutors use our discretion in a way that restores the victim but causes minimal harm to the defendant in the long term. amid accusations of special treatment, state's attorney kim foxx is speaking out. >> right now there is a lot of emotion and i wholeheartedly believe that in our work we cannot be driven by emotions

your former chicago pd, what do you think of what has gone down so far? >> i don't think this send the right message to the community or the country. she is right when she says we need to look at facts and the fact that in one direction in that direction is abca6 lied from the beginning and did it for his own personal gain. unfortunately in today's political climate we don't need things like letting somebody off the hook for such a serious offense? ibly23 says we need to look at the facts when they didn't look at the facts, they look have listened to people he was either related to or relationships he had further up the chain? >> i don't think her job is very difficult in cook county particularly with what is going on but nevertheless i do think they made a misstep in this case and when she says look at the facts that needs to be looked at a little closer and that is why the fbi is looking into this. ibly20 we have a next from an internal email being sent around the we are requesting a formal investigation of the state attorney's office regarding high pro

the people of chicago. plus he did this crazy thing before when he mailed himself a chemical weapons. he mailed himself a whitezy powder, claimed at anthrax trying to report back to the police. that's actually a federal crime to create a hoax. >> laura: i don't think anyone understands this until you said this. i don't think anyone on television has displayed it that clearly but this is not unserious stuff. this is not laugh about it -- isn't it funny, that liberal actor -- has to maybe pay $130,000. >> i do not think michelle obama can call the attorney general bill barr and get the charges dropped. >> laura: i don't think that's going to happen expect always great to see you. thanks for stopping by when you're in town. coming up, for two years, house intel chief adam schiff screamed collusion every chance he could and now his colleagues demand him to step down. ,'m going to talk to one of them next. hottest new bistro. wait...and the hottest taqueria? and the hottest...what are those? oh, pierogis? and th

he is a good, solid citizen of the city of chicago. that was the comment made by the prosecutor today. >> reporter: they said twice on camera that jussie smollett paid $3,500 to carry out this hoax. >> the brothers said more than once the check they received was exactly for what jussie said, nutrition and training. they were his trainers. that statement was not true. [ inaudible question ] i don't know where the superintendent got that information. i was not privy to it. and quite frankly, i have not seen that footage so i have no idea where that came from, which is why you should allow investigation and allow the state to investigate a charge before you go to the press. >> reporter: -- testimony of the brothers? >> i have no idea. i don't have information that the state would have as to why they brought these charges. i don't know. you would have to ask the state. [ inaudible question ] the two men who attacked him have indicated that they attacked him. so we already know who attacked him. those brothers have -- well, that's up to the

>> we stand behind the chicago police department and the investigation. they didn't outstanding job. i did a great job with this case and based on that we stand behind their investigation and our decision to charge him. >> laura: looks like he was passing a kidney stone fare. he did not look happy to be doing that interview. >> he looks to be an uncomfortable position. and i was notified by my source at chicago pd who was furious and he said i wanted to go down there and asked jussie smollett if he intends to reimburse the police department for the number of man-hours that we put into this investigation. originally he said that they did in his service and we asked what that was and initially when they came out the conference they said that his community service impact when he was 16 years old. he rainbow push coalition came later on so my question is, if you've set that up before hand by not come out with that right away? it added more confusion to all of this and that just doesn't seem like they care how bizarre this thing looks. >> laura: back to you. i

so, i mean, who would hire him then in chicago? brian: we will see, yeah. in chicago. the hottest place now i believe is in tennessee, georgia does a lot of shooting and los angeles, of course. meanwhile, donald trump and the mueller report, you heard that came out on sunday afternoon. the president quite happy about it, made it clear. i wanted the whole report to come out after the attorney general okays it. the white house says i'm willing to release it. even without looking at it and i'm talking about the 700 pages, not the thousands of pages it's allegedly to be. the president yesterday found his way to the microphone before he met with the republican caucus on the senate side and said this. >> mueller report was great. it could not have been better. it said no obstruction, no collusion. it could not have been better. they and others created a fraud on our country with this ridiculous witch-hunt. i think it went very high up. i think what happened was a disgrace. i don't believe our country should allow this ever to happen again. this will never happen again. we ca

but that is the reality in chicago. todd: 1 hear from romney manual and the superintendent of chicago. jussie smollett, for threatening letter he may have sent to himself before the attack so much more to come. let's talk about the other big story, a version of the mueller report will be released in, quote, weeks, not months. william barr planning to make as much information from the russia investigation public as possible and this, donald trump said, the probe never should have started in the first place. >> what happened is a disgrace, this ridiculous witchhunt where it was proven very strongly no collusion, no obstruction, no nothing. shannon: there will be a series of reviews to make sure no sensitive or classified information is included in the report, the doj has no plan to share an advanced copy with the white house. a record 3700 apprehensions along the southern border in just one day, 100,000 expected this month alone and 107,000 illegal immigrants released into the us since december yet democrats are still fur

the chicago police handled this, handled it very well. that's why they released those records today, to show why they made the arrest they made. >> dana: do you think the federal government should move forward on investigating -- do you remember that letter that they said jussie smollett sent to himself that had a white powder in it. that is a big no, no. do you think that should go forward? >> well, the fbi said they were investigating. we've tried to contact them this week. they aren't talking. they will not talk until they clear the case one way or the other. most definitely should look at it. i think they are. >> dana: clarence page, thank you. boeing just announcing new safety upgrades for troubled planes today. company unveiling new software in those 737 max jets currently grounded world wide, telling reporters they are working with customers and regulators to restore faith in the industry. we will have more on this and reaction from washington later in the show. >>> more ahead on the president's push for major changes to obamacare.

i have no bitter feelings about chicago. i love chicago. chicago has been my home, chicago has been such a great home for "empire." >>> killing obamacare, the trump administration escalating its legal battle against the affordable care act backing a lawsuit that would fully repeal the law. >> we'll take care of pre-existing conditions, folks. remember that. >> i expect us to fight vigorously against this. they are seeking to destroy the health safety net of the united states of america. >> this is potentially a political problem for president trump because obama cacare has become more popular. >> this is a real hit at the well-being, health and financial security of the american people. >> so now you're looking at somewhere close to 25 million people losing their coverage if doj gets its way here. >>> apple! >> inside the tech giant's sweeping star-studded plan to take an even bigger slice out of your daily life and your wallet. >> apple is creeping in our lives even more. >> heavy weights joined tim cook launching new subscription is servi

>> we stand behind the chicago police department investigation. they did an outstanding job and an incredibly professional and phenomenal job of investigating in this case. best of all that we stand behind our investigation and stand behind our decisionou to charge him. >> laura: he looked like he was passing a kidney stone there. he didn't look happy to be doing that interview. >> he is in an uncomfortable position. i was notified by my source at chicago pd who was furious, i want you to go down there and ask jussie smollett if he is going to reimburse the police department for the number of hours they put into this investigation. initially when they came out in theme press conference, they sad that his community service went back to when he was 16 years old being a fine upstanding citizen. the stuff about the rainbow push coalition came later on. so my question is, if you had said that before hand, why not come out with that right away? it just added more confusion to all of this, but that's how it looks. >> laura: the fraternal police wants an

the news has sparked criticism throughout chicago. chicago's mayoral candidates, who are both african-american women, have spoken out against the decision. lori lightfoot, the front-runner in the race, tweeted -- "today's ruling is the latest disappointment in the jason van dyke sentencing, and a sad reminder of the work we must do to create a system that is free of institutional racism and truly holds police accountable for their misconduct, including criminal acts. we cannot build trust between police and the communities they serve if officers who commit crimes are not held to the same standards as other defendants." lightfoot and her opponent, cook county board president toni preckwinkle, both have vowed to reform chicago's police department.

in 2016, there were over 700 homicides in chicago. you have to give credit to its chicago police, they brought the homicide rate down. or they would find bodies on the street riddled with bullets and they write it up as a person who died of lead poisoning. but either way, there's no way they have the money to put 12 or 24 detectives onto a fake crime created by some, you know, celebrity, who decides he wants to improve his name recognition so maybe he can get more money out of the producers of empire, because of millions they are paying him is not enough. i feel sorry for that woman who said that her child's father was killed and the police didn't have enough resources to do a proper investigation, and this $130,000 at least was wasted on it. the city of chicago demands they pay it within ten days and on the 11th day they should file a lawsuit. >> sean: thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. you are not going to believe congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is blaming, or who is she blaming. and we have an update on our frien

it is kind of a chicago doublespeak. the good thing about all of this is that the national media gets a really clear window into how the criminal justice system works or i should say doesn't work in chicago. this is an example of how things work in the city. it is ludicrous. it is ridiculous, but that is the reality of things in chicago. >> martha: i want to play one more sound bite from jussie smollett today he was very clear and how he felt about all of this. he clearly felt that he was vindicated and that he had expressed his innocence all along. watch this. >> i would like to thank the state of illinois for attempting to do what is right, but make no mistakes and will continue to fight the justice, equality of marginalized people everywhere. >> martha: he said he will continue to fight for marginalized people everywhere and i'm not sure what that means in terms of his case. we know the two brothers in terms of the police investigation were found -- they spoke out about what they said he asked enough to do to create t

a lot of people wondering -- >> he abused the city of chicago -- he abused the city of chicago. >> reporter: smollett reiterate the his innocence to fans outside of the courthouse on tuesday. >> i've been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one. >> reporter: the news seeming to catch chicago's top brass off guard. >> it's mr. smollett who committed this hoax, period. >> reporter: the embattled star has always maintained that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by the hands of two men wearing ski masks. the alleged attackers eventually identified as these two brothers. according to police the two men received a personal check from smollett as well as cash to pull off the alleged attack. even the office that dismissed the charges against smollett still questioning his innocence. >> this was not an exoneration. to say that he was exonerated by us or anyone else is not true. >> so you believe he did complete a false police report? >> yes. >> reporter: and even though smollett -- the decision has been dropped, smollett's attorney says it doesn't matter that ci

chicago. a one-minute telling is mind boggling. listen to this. jussie smollett claims he's the victim of a hate crime, beaten, bleached, noose hung around his neck by white guys that said he's in maga country. that's his story. and then police investigated. they said he's an evidence and a liar and he's the criminal, that he staged the attack because he's unhappy with something about his show. then a grand jury indicts the actor and singer on 16 counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. along the way, police are accused of leaking information, hospital workers are fired for accessing his records. today cook county prosecutors pull a stunning reversal. they drop all the charges, seal all the evidence and close all of the records. they cite his community service and saying the city keeps his $10,000 bail. smollett claims vindication. the mayor calls it a white wash of justice and a sham. the police superintendent says smollett is hiding hide secrecy. if anything like this b

>> this morning chicago mayor rahm emanuel says jussie smollett is a liar who abused the city of chicago. bill. >> bill: thank you, matt finn on the streets of chicago today. thank you. >> sandra: in the wake of charges being dropped against jussie smollett new calls for the fed to investigate the role of prosecutors in this case. martha maccallum will join us live next. plus this. >> paid for by the clinton campaign. took the document, dressed it up. took it to the secret court to get the warrant to spy on the trump campaign is how this whole crazy thing started and those people who did that are the ones we need to investigate and hold accountable. >> bill: jim jordan demanding answers, as bill barr lays out a timetable for the release of the report. rick scott weighs in on that and his thoughts on the new white house push to dismantle obamacare. about 50% of people with evesevere asthma k? have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. fasenra is designed to target and remove these cells. fasenra is an add-on injection for people 12

reporting from chicago. you and bob deuc cusack were tag earlier, i think that is to big of a number. i am going under. melissa: i'm going over. "bulls and bears" starts now. david: breaking news, you are looking live at grand rapids, michigan, the president will arrive later this hour for his first rally since the release of the mueller report, president trump was first republican to win michigan in almost 30-years in 2016, democrat made some big gains in the midterms, since then, gm, ford, fiat-chrysler announced big investments in michigan. president spoke about this before leaving the white house this afternoon. >> one of the reasons we're going to michigan we brought back so much industry, so many car companies, we're happy. >> will that be enough to turn the tide back to republican? welcome, this is "bulls and bears," i am david asman, joining me, susan lee, jonathan hoenig. and gary. and michigan g.o.p. chair laura cox, she is in grand rapids, how important were these auto company investments in movin

olay. >> here we are in a little room in a chicago police station. reginald potts is under arrest for the murder of nailah franklin. the detectives are certain they have their man. but mr. potts? >> i adamantly deny that i was ever there, period. >> reginald potts appears to be insulted they even ask. >> and i can tell you you're lying. >> nailah? he was nowhere near her, he said, the day she vanished. >> i was not in her apartment on the 18th, period. >> or her apartment building? >> or apartment building. >> of course they told him they had evidence. >> distinctive bentley in her [ bleep ] parking garage or building. >> that's it. >> and i can tell you, that's a lie. >> a police frame-up, to which the detectives said -- >> reginald, do you understand about videotapes? there's cameras. >> yes, including nailah's apartment building. and there is reginald, plain as day with nailah. arriving and leaving with her on that very day she disappeared. >> so you knew he was there? >> yes. >> but reginald? doubled down on his denial. >> i am certain that i am

the shock of his chicago police, all 16 counts against him. you remember weeks ago the chicago police said the actor had made up the whole hate crime allegedly to advance his career. >> jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. >> martha: the police

. >> melissa: live in chicago with more. matt? >> melissa, one of the more explosive to veltman's in this saga is when the cook county attorney kim fox recused yourself during the height of the investigation. it was revealed that kim fox was text messaging with michelle obama's former chief of staff, tina chen. chen persuaded kim fox to convince chicago police superintendent eddie johnson to turn his investigation over to the fbi, because the smollett family was concerned about alleged false leaks. the state attorney here did try to convince the superintendent to abandon his investigation michelle obama, former toughness michelle obama former staffer tina chen text of the state attorney saying, "i want to give you a call on behalf of jussie smollett and family, who i know. their concerns about the investigation." kim fox responded, "spoke to the superintendent earlier, he's going to make the ask. trying to figure out logistics. i will keep you posted." chen responded, "omg, this would be a huge victory." chicago police tell fox ne

john hendren al jazeera chicago. the philippines has officially withdrawn from the international criminal court it began the process to leave last year after the hague based court launched an initial examination into president george a go to touch his drug war thousands of suspected drug users and dealers have been killed since the crackdown started in twenty sixteen cadman is an international human rights lawyer he says details he will find it difficult to untangle him self from the i.c.c. process. one of the points of being a member of the international criminal court when when you agree to sign up. to its jurisdiction if you withdraw that that withdrawal is suspended for a period of twelve months afterwards that is in effect to prevent situations just like this where where a state is accused of war crimes crimes and they withdraw to shield themselves from prosecution though the whole point is that you cannot be permitted to do that so the i.c.c. will continue and will have jurisdiction over prosecuting the preside

eddie johnson/chicago police superintendent:"do i think justice was served? no. what do i think justice is? i think this city is still owed an apology."prosecutors have not given a detailed explanation for why they abandoned the case --saying in a statement that the decision was made after "reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case" --joseph magats/cook county, first assistant state's attorney:"we dropped all charges based on the fact that he's done community service and that he forfeited his bail."lead prosecutor joseph magats later said that smollett had no previous criminal record .... joseph magats/cook county, first assistant state's attorney:"our priority is violent crime and the drivers of violence. jussie smollett is neither one of those."but magats -- also stressing that dropping the charges did not exonerate the actor.reporter: "do you think mr. smollett did what he was charged with doing?"assistant prosecutor: "yes. // we stand behind the cpd's investigation in this case, the great work -- the tremendous work that they did in investigati

ryan young is live in chicago with the breaking news, ryan. you have some fresh reporting on this overnight into what now appears to be a federal investigation. explain. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely. we were looking into this yesterday. in fact, some sources were telling us this could happen that the fbi and doj could start looking into this case. we weren't at the point to report it. then you have this tweet from the president who basically confirms what we've been talking. fbi and doj to review the outrageous jussie smollett case in chicago. it's an embarrassment to our nation. if you think about this over the last few days so many people have been upset about how this sort of went away. there's a 16 count indictment that was just sort of dropped. an emergency hearing. so many people had questions about this. it sort of spiralled on. let not forget that jussie smollett reported at the end of january. that he was coming back from the subway when two men attacked him. threw a noose around his neck. wearing red hats screaming this is maga coun

you're looking live at the courthouse in chicago. a look back at february 21st with the police superintendent, eddie johnson announcing the charges against smollett. >> i'm left hanging my head and asking why. why would anyone, especially an african-american man, use a symbolism of a noose to make false accusations? how could someone look at the hatred and suffering associated with that symbol and see an opportunity to manipulate that symbol to further his own public profile? how can an individual who has been embraced by the city of chicago turn around and slap everyone in this city in the face by making these false claims? >> sandra: and matt finn is live at the courthouse in chicago with the latest. we remember that moment when they laid out the charges against smollett, 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly committing a hate crime hoax. and now what are we learning at the courthouse there, matt? >> with that said you have to wonder now how chicago police feel because so many people here and really nationwide consider chic

he stated chicago. -- stayed in chicago most of the time. he was in his bathroom at 10:00 in the morning because he was not going into his office. for a while, the state still had airplanes. -- i remember there was a three day veto session take them tod fly, springfield, and at four, he tuck leave to go home to his kids in. he just did not want to do the work. there are people who ask for clemency petitions. he let thousands pileup because he was not acting on them. by the time he got in this other trouble which partly became -- he ended up having a fight with his father-in-law. he blew the whistle on someone who ran some kind of want for mercuriels, and he jumped -- shut down this done. father-in-law told tv stations, what is rod doing, if they pay him $25,000 to his campaign, he will appoint them to something? that is how the process started. started to break about the tapes and the tapes are what killed him because he sounded so self-indulgent. he did not want the job. he wanted to earn money later. he called barack obama's senate seat th

made his way from texas to california to kansas to chicago. made a home in chicago, after he got his green card. he petitions for us and we joined him. this is known as the family system of migration to this country. >> how was the decision for your mom to come to the united states? what was its like your and for you as a nine-year-old. >> a rick decision. but reuniting with our dad, who was working in chicago, who was supporting us, sending money back home, visiting us as much as he could, was stale i think a difficult time for my mom and for us because we would be have him around so my mom did everything to raise us well to take care of us to provide for us, so it was a bittersweet moment because on the one hand we were reuniting with my father and ordinance i was tough to leave our small village where my mom was very well-known. used to sing in the choir, helped many people learn how to read and write in the towns around ours so she was a very loved person so leaving was difficult, mose-or-of up loafing my little dog in the village. still m

who happened to be in chicago. and he heard about the uprising of the activity that was going on in springfield. and he wrote an article for a magazine called the independent. and william english ralig. in it, his final question was, who can step forward to help right the wrongs that happened to the black residents of springfield, and the culmination of that founded the naacp? >> in the years following, what did springfield do? >> nothing. nothing was done. >> why do you think it wasn't? >> shame, shame, shame. a race riot in the home of springfield, illinois, home of abraham lincoln? we don't want anyone to know about that. i'm sure that's why. it's a black spot on springfield's history. whoever would have thought that there would be a race riot in the home of mr. lincoln? plus, it was in the north. usually you associate race riots to be in the south, and lynchings in the south. but no. this was in the north. you know, it says we should learn. remember our history or else we are condemned, something like that, to

do you feel like there are two justice systems in the city of chicago? >> i don't believe there's much of a justice system at all in chicago at this point. the criminal justice system is on life support. i don't think that's because of the police officers, although a lot of people on the left, you know, constantly attack the chicago police department, but i think this gives an important window for the national audience to see how the public institutions in chicago often function which is to say that they don't function very well at all, and, you know, this is a violent city and there are a lot of people -- mr. smollett saying that he protects marginalized people and those things, well, you know what? that's what the police do. that's what the police do every day. they go into whatever neighborhood is out there, whatever group of people it is and they try and enforce the law fairly and equitably and so -- no, i think that -- you know, there's a tremendous loss of faith. mayor emanuel spoke very passionately yesterday condemning this decision and we certai