I believe the election should be called. A remarkable about facing, a congressional candidate who thought he won is calling for a new election. Why. And will he even run. Such a saga. Good morning, welcome to early start. Great to be with you. Thankful that you are watching. It is friday, february 22, 4 00 a. M. On the east coast and we start with sm start with Jussie Smollett. He is accused of staging a supposed hate crime against himself. After posting a 100,000 bond, sm smolletts first order of business was a meeting with the cast and crew of empire. Everyone expected him to come clean, bare his soul and ask for forgiveness. The source says that he did apologize for any embarrassment he caused them and then to shock of some people, smollett proclaimed his innocence blaming the legal system and the media. But Chicago Police painting a very unflattering picture. Jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. Im left hanging my head and asking why. Why would anyone especially an africanamerican man use a symbolism of a noose to make false accusations. This publicity stunt was a scar that chicago didnt earn and certainly did not deserve. I only hope that the truth about what happened receives the same amount of attention that the hoax did. A remarkable press conference in chicago there. Prosecutors and even the judge struck the same outraged tone. Nick watts has more from chicago. Reporter this was just a bond hearing, but it was an extraordinary bond hearing. The state laid out an intricate detail their case against smom o smom oig. The state says he orchestrated the entire thing, he hired the two brothers, he told them to attack them, he told them to buy a rope, to make a noose, to put it around his neck, to buy red caps which in the end they didnt wear those red caps that would have looked like the make America Great again caps. There was a change in the plan in which bleach was going to be used instead of gasoline during the simulated attack. Smollett then drove the brothers home and provided them with a 3500 personal check. Reporter he also took them to the scene of where the passenger was going to take place. He pointed out a security camera, told them that will capture this attack and actually when he first spoke to police, smollett drew their attention to that camera. Turns out the camera was actually facing the other way and did not capture the attack. Now, the judge had some very, very harsh words. He said listen, of course there is a presumption of innocence until proven guilt, but if this is true, this case is utterly outrageous. And he spoke particularly about that noose that smollett allegedly asked these brothers to put around his neck and he said that symbol conjures up such an evil in this country. Now, smolletts lawyers were in court, the legal Team Released a statement which reads in part that today we witnessed an organized Law Enforcement spectacle. The Police Superintendent of chicago was very angry, he said that Police Officers here are pissed off. Now, motive . That Police Superintendent said that alleged Jussie Smollett was upset that he wasnt getting paid enough for appearing on empire so that is why he sent a threatening letter to himself and orchestrated this attack. Back to you. Nick, thank you for that. A federal judge says that roger stone crossed the line but that he can stay out of prison as long as he keeps his mouth shut. Judge Amy Berman Jackson tightening the gag order, she ruled that stone may not speak, tweet, post or otherwise comment in any way publicly about the investigation, the case or any of the participants, period. Her order came in response to stone posting this picture on instragram. Weve blurred out her face, but in the upper corner, it looks like there are cross hairs next to her head. Stone tried to explain it as a celtic symbol. She said roger stone fully understands the power of words. Stone did apologize again saying this is just a stupid lack of judgment. I regret it. Judge jackson he replied thank but the apology rings hollow and today i gave you a second chance, but this is not baseball. There will not be a third chance. Michael cohen is in washington preparing for a high stakes week ahead. President trumps former fixer spent several hours thursday inside the Senate Intelligence committee secure spaces. That is unusual for a witness the panel has already interviewed as part of its russia probe. Next week cohen will be interviewed by the Senate Intel Committee behind closed doors on tuesday. Wednesday he goes public before the House Oversight committee and then thursday back behind closed doors to talk to the house intelligence committee. One big question hanging over his appearance is what he can say and what he will say. In public, he is not expected to testify about the ongoing russia investigation. But questions could come up around the edges like the failed moscow trump tower project. And whatever happens, it will make for a very interesting split screen. Some of cohens testimony overlaps with the president s summit with kim jungun. And on a related note, an irs analyst has just been charged with leaking confidential reports about Michael Cohens bank records, those records reveal that cohen sought to profit from his close relationship with the president. Labor secretary alex acosta was a federal prosecutor in g florida when the Justice Department reached a plea deal with jeffrey epstein, a palm beach billionaire accused of sexual abusing as many as 36 underage girls. Thursday it was ruled that they broke the law by not discussing the plea with victims as required. And acosta gave epstein the deem of a lifetime, no trial, just 13 months in prison. The plea greagreement effective shut down an Ongoing Investigation hand granted immunity to any potential coconspirators. Earlier this month republican senator ben sasse says the Justice Department says they opened a review. And now there will be new locations in the ninth congressional district. Mark harris was under scrutiny for hiring a political on which differenwhich on which difference beingop accused of fraud. Hair rigs says rris scissors ha it, but he now favors a revote. Knowing what i know now and hearing what ive heard, it is very concerning and i would have obviously never gotten into this. Thr through the testimony and i have listened to, i believe a new election should be called. This is a dramatic reversal from harris earlier position that the elections board should certify the results that had him winning. Harris did not commit to running in the new election, he says he is struggling with memory recall and confusion because of two recent strokes. The father of the alabama woman who joined isis is suing the Trump Administration over her u. S. Citizen ship and fighting for her to be allowed back into the country. At 19, she traveled to syria and married an isis fighter. And now five years later, muthana regrets what she did and wants to return to the United States with her young child. But President Trump tweeted that he wont allow it. Secretary of state mike pompeo reiterating the president s message in an interview thursday. She is a terrorist. She is not a u. S. Citizen. She ought not return to this country. Is that because she was the daughter of a diplomat . Thats right. To clarify, children born in the understand to diplomats do not get citizenship. A family representative says that hoda muthana was born a month after her father was discharged from his position. But the government says he still had diplomatic immunity and that would mean no birth right citizenship for her. If she is allowed to return, muthana is willing to surrender to any charges. She married three isis fighters, widowed twice, has a small child, but she very vocally on social media denounced her american citizenship. I think she burned her passport on camera. And renounced everything that is america to fight against it. So that is the background there. The white house says some 200 u. S. Troops will remain in syria after the planned withdraw of american forces. They say they will help with logistics, calling in air strikes. They hope to encourage countries such as france and uk to keep their troops in syria. In december President Trump ordered a full and rapid withdraw of u. S. Military declaring isis defeated. That statement has been contradicted by his National Security officials. And Lindsey Graham has been fighting for some kind of presence in syria. 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At the moment, march 29 is brexit day deal or no deal and as you say, there is currently no deal in place. To ensure that this breakup happens in a smooth orderly way. No deal in place to ensure the eu and uk can continue cooperating across a range of important issues, that they can continue trading and doing business and sending goods smoothly across each others borders. It is widely accepted that the economic consequences of a no deal scenario would be devastating in the short term at least. Whose fault is that . Well, a deal has been negotiated, but the British Government and eu spent two years working on it and it was rejected by the british parliament. And so at this crunch point, you are hearing open frustration expressed by very senior eu officials. Take a look. Every time they have voted, the majority against something, either no deal and this will have terrible economic and social consequences both in britain and on the continent. Reporter both sides are still talking. The british go. Is trying to find a compromise. But at this late stage, with the clock ticking, senior eu and british officials and politicians increasingly believe that this no deal scenario looks more and more likely by the day. You talk about the economic and social consequences, what are they . Is it rotting chicken at the borders, trucks that complaint cros cant cross, a lack of food and drugs . What is the worse Case Scenario . All of what you have just described. There is a lot of concern about being able to move things smoothly across the border both in and out, stuff that britain really needs and relies upon. The impact upon business. That would be pretty exextreme because a lot of supply chains cross your eu borders frequently. The impact upon brings, upon life, upon hospitals being able to function. These sorts of things. All of this is in significant doubt if they are not able to come up with an agreement in the next few weeks. All right. Phil black, thank you, sir. Jussie smollett back on the set of empire. What he told the cast and crew after being accused of faking a hate crime. [cell phone rings] where are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Where are you . Its very loud there. Are you taking a zumba class . Why would anyone especially an africanamerican man use the civil bombli symbolism of a noose. The police chief is angry, the judge calls it vile. Jussie smollett back on the set of empire, what he told the cast and crew after being charged with faking a hate crime. And get ready for the split screen of a lifetime, Michael Cohen on capitol hill preparing to testify while the president has his second meeting with kim jungun. Another trump cabinet member in hot water, why a decade old plea deal could be trouble for the labor secretary alex acosta. I believe the election should be called. A remarkable aboutface in north carolina, a congress allege candidate who thought he won is calling for a new election. Why and will he even run again . Welcome back to early start. Im boris sanchez. Nice to have you this week. Im christine romans. Lets begin with this, in chicago Jussie Smollett apologizing but not for the crime he is charged with. Cameras swarmed the empire star as he left court accused of staging a supposed hate crime against himself. After posting 100,000 bond, smolletts first order of business was a meeting with the cast and crew. A person who attended this meeting tells cnn everyoeveryon smollett to come clean. He did apologize for any empi emembarrassment he caused them, but he proceed claimed his innocence hand blaming the legal system and media. Chicago police paint a different portrait, very unflattering picture. Jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger much racism to promote his career. Im left hanging my head and asking why. Why would anyone especially an africanamerican man use symbolism of a noose to make false accusations . This publicity stunt was a scar that chicago didnt earn and certainly didnt deserve. I only hope that the truth about what happened receives the same amount of attention that the hoax did. Prosecutors and everyone t s struck the same tone. Nick watt has more. Reporter this was just a bond hearing, but it was an extraordinary bond hearing. The state laid out in intricate detail their case against Jussie Smollett. The state says he orchestrated the entire thing, he hired the two brothers, he told them to attack him, he told them to buy a rope, to make a noose, to put it around his neck, to buy red caps which in the end they didnt wear those red caps that would have looked like the make America Great again caps. There was a change in the plan in that bleach was going to be used instead of gasoline during the simulated attack. Smollett then drove the brothers home and provided them with a 3500 personal check. Reporter he also took them to the scene of where the attack was going to take place. He pointed out a security camera, told them that will capture this attack and actually when he first spoke to police, smollett drew their attention to that camera. Turns out the camera was actually facing the other way and did not capture the attack. Now, the judge had some very, very harsh words. He said listen, of course there is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty, but if this is true, this case is utterly outrageous. And he spoke particularly about that noose that smollett allegedly asked these brothers to put around his neck and he said that symbol conjures up such an evil in this country. Now, smolletts lawyers were in court, the legal Team Released a statement which reads in part that today we witnessed an organized Law Enforcement spectacle. The Police Superintendent of chicago was very angry, he said that Police Officers here are pissed off. Now, motive . That Police Superintendent said that allegedly Jussie Smollett was upset that he wasnt getting paid enough for appearing on empire so that is why he sent a threatening letter to himself and orchestrated this attack. Back to you. Nick, thank you for that. Michael cohen is in washington preparing for a high stakes week ahead. President trumps former fixer spent several hours thursday inside the Senate Intelligence committees secure spaces. That is unusual for a witness. The panel has already interviewed him as part of the russia probe. Next week he will be interviewed by the Senate Intel Committee behind closed doors tuesday. Wednesday he testifies publicly and then back behind closed doors to talk to the house intel committee. One big question hanging over his appearances, what he can say and what he will say. In public he is not expected to testify about the ongoing russia probe. But questions could come up around the edges like the failed trump tower moscow project or the buzzfeed article that told him to lie to Congress Something that the special counsels office has denied. Whatever happen, it will be an interesting split screen. Some of his testimony overlaps the president s summit with kim jungun next week. One related note, an irs analyst has just been charged with leaking confidential reports about Michael Cohens bank records. Those records revealed cohen sought to profit from his close relationship with the president. Another trump cabinet secretary in trouble, this time labor secretary alex acosta. He was a federal prosecutor in florida 11 years ago when the Justice Department reached a plea deal with jeffrey epstein. He is a palm beach billionaire accused of sexual abusing as many as 36 underage girls. Thursday a federal judge ruled that acosta and the Justice Department broke the law by not discussing that plea agreement with victims as required. In november the miami herald reported that acosta gave epstein no trial and just 13 months in prison. The plea agreement effectively shut down and on going oig fbi probe and granted immunity to any potential coconspirators. Earlier this month ben sasse says the Justice Department told him it opened an investigation into how doj handled that case. Acosta says he welcomes the review. North carolina board of elections voting to order new elections in the ninth congress allege district. The republican candidate mark harris was under scrutiny for hiring a political operative accused of election fraud. The board investigated claims that leslie dallas ran an illegal scheme. Harris says his campaign was not aware of that, but just one day after his son testified that he had warned his father about dallas, the candidate says he now favors a revote. Knowing what i know now and hearing what ive heard, it is very concerning. And i would have obviously never gotten in to this point. Through the system ive listened to over the past three days, i believe a new election should be called. It was a dramatic reversal from harris earlier position that the elections board should certify the results that had him winning. Harris did not commit to running in the new election. He said he is struggling with memory recall and confusion because of two recent strokes. The coast guard lieutenant suspected of plotting mass murder first drew attention when he used Work Computers in the alleged planning of a widespread domestic terror attack. Christopher hasson is being detained. He was arrested last week on drug and begun charges. Federal prosecutors say that that is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. The government alleges hasson is a self described white supremacist who maintained a hit list that included prominent democrats and journalists. The father of the alabama woman who joined isis is suing over her u. S. Citizenship. Hoda muthana is from hoover, alabama. As a college student, she traveled to syria and married three isis fighters, two of them were killed. Now five years later muthana says she regrets what she did and she wants to come home. President trump tweeted this week he is not going to allow that. Secretary of state mike pompeo reit rated the president s message in an interview on thursday. She is a terrorist. She is not a u. S. Citizen. She ought not return to this country. Because she was the daughter of a diplomat . Thats right. To clarify that, children born in the United States to active diplomats, they do not get birth right citizenship since diplomats are under the jurisdiction of their home countries. But a family representative says hoda muthana was born in new jersey a month after her father was discharged from his position as diplomat. If she is allowed to return, muthana is prepared and willing she shenandoah to s she says to surrender to any charges. Officials say troops in syria will help with logistics, recognizance and calling in air strikes. They are trying to encourage Coalition Countries like france and the uk to keep their troops in syria. And in december youll recall President Trump ordered staff to execute the full and rapid withdraw of the u. S. Military from syria declaring isis had been defeated. That statement has been contra ikts d contradicted by National Security officials. And part of the reason james mattis ultimately resigned. Imagine you are old, living alone and surviving on frozen wheels without a microwave. Firefighters in florida helped a woman down on her luck. At the end of a long day, its the last thing i want to do. Well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. Its an allinone so its ready to go when i am. The cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. And the pad absorbs it deep inside. So, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. Plus, its safe to use on all my floors, even wood. Glad i got that off my chest and the day off my floor. Try wet jet with a moneyback guarantee a new report shows existing home sales fell again in january. 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They say the 51yearold had been walking on the sird de of highway after a vehicle that he was in lost control and hit a guardrail. Boeheim says he is heart broken and is cooperating with the investigation. A Syracuse Police chief says so far it appears to simply be a tragic accident. Google is completely eliminating its practice to force employ yis to settle disputes in private arbitration. An earlier pledge was to do away with forced arbitration in cases involving Sexual Assault claims. That was one of the changes that employees demanded back in november when 20,000 staged that google says the new policy will take effect march 21st. If you just found out you are spending the next half century in prison, youd probably be upset too. A client attacked his attorney after receiving a 47 year sentence. Brockler got punched in the face and bitten. He tells the Washington Post that they were hoping for less than 20 years but when the judge says 47, chilton snapped. The sentence was for assaulting his girlfriend and setting fire to an Apartment Building. He will likely see additional charges attacked on to that. Brockler says chilton is a former client at this point. Snow falling in the west, a lot of it in places where it doesnt snow much, in l. A. And are more than a fun stunned celebrities taking selfies in the unfamiliar what is the word . Snow. Gamblers in las vegas rolling the dice in driving in unfamiliar snowy conditions. It does snow in flagstaff every winter, but they have had two feet just since wednesday night. In the east more than 10 Million People still under a flood watch. Derek van dam has the weekend forecast. Good friday morning boris and christine. We have an extensive flood threat blanketing much of the deep south today including the Tennessee River valley. Look at nashville, birmingham, north of atlanta and jackson, we have an excessive amount of rain continuing today. Its been like that for the past several day as wave after wave of moisture comes in from the gulf of mexico. But that is going to continue today and into the first parts of the weekend as well. Across the northeast, our storm system has exited, well stay dry today for new york and boston. We do however have a fullfledged winter storm developing across the Northern Plains and upper great lakes. More on that in a second. Here is our 7 day forecast for new york city, 45 degrees today, our continues into the weekend but a chance of rain and temperatures take a nose dive from there. Here is the wet weather across the deep south, snowfall in the rockies and upper midwest, thanks to the storm system churning across the four corners with advisories and warnings for much that region. Back to you. A Spacex Falcon 9d rocket streaking into the night sky at cape canaveral. 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Some eu leaders are saying this is a mess and the clock is ticking. Reporter yeah, thats right. March 29 is brexit day. Deal or no deal, that is when britain leaves and at the moment there is no deal. Barely even the prospect of one, no deal in place to ensure that the divorce happens in an orderly smooth way. Essentially that scenario would result in a hard border suddenly appearing and it means that the goods, people, money would no longer be able to move freely between britain and the eu. Economies on both sides of the English Channel are built significantly around maintaining that sort of access. And so the economic consequences would be devastating. Now, who to blame for this . That depends who you talk to, but at this late stage certainly hearing a lot of frustration from European Union officials because a deal was negotiated but then rejected by the british parliament. Take a listen now to the sorts of comments were hearing from brussels on a regular basis. Because in parliament there is every time they have voted, the majority against something. No deal would happen and this will have terrible economic and social consequences. British Prime Minister theresa may is still talking to the eu hoping to smooth out some of those areas within her negotiated agreement that parliament doesnt like. She still hopes to get it through the house of commons before that deadline. She has the option of asking for an extension for the brexit indicate to date to be bumped back, but she has shown no interest in doing that because she believes that it could be used as leverage. It is a high risk tactic and that is why increasingly you are hearing people both in the uk and eu say the no deal scenario looks increasingly likely. High risk and potentially with awful ramifications. Phil black, thank you. The United States gearing up for the second summit between president and kim jungun. Officials say that the u. S. Is looking for major steps from north korea to fulfill the commitments it made during last years summit in singapore. At this point it is not clear whether north korea has made a decision to denuclearization and an official says the u. S. Is engaging the country in diplomacy because there is a possibility that it will. It will be followed by expanded talks. And venezuela bracing for a possible conflict ahead of the oppositions push to deliver humanitarian aid. Self declared sbir rim president juan guaido saying that the desperately needed supplies will make it into the country one way or another. But embattled leader Nicolas Maduro who sees it as a trap to oust him has vowed that emblock that aid to his own people. Venezuela has the worst economic crisis in its history. The u. S. Has pledged 20 million to help the country, and that has translated in to three deliveries of air cargo to a border town in colombia and there have been disputes on the ground there on how to get that aid in and whether the government will actually let it in. What a mess. Global stock markets are mostly hire as day two of high level trade talks between the u. S. And china take place in d. C. Today. You can see european markets are all higher. On wall street, leaning higher this morning ahead of the trade talks. There are high hopes here. The president is scheduled to meet with the chinese vice premiere this afternoon. The clock is ticking toward the march 1 deadline. The two sides have to move quickly if they want to reach a deal because any tariff changes, they need to be put in the federal register, this is important for Worldwide Business forks global trade. Think of the ships out there full of goods, coming to u. S. Ports and it is unclear what kind of tariff rates they will somewhe have to pay. It was not a good day for kraft heinz. Wrote down the value by 15 billion. They posted a 12. 6 billion loss. They cut the dividend by 36 . Sales were up 1 in the Fourth Quarter and the ceo blamed this on higher than expected manufacturing logistics costs. Kraft heinz also says it is under investigation by the s. E. C. , the s. E. C. Declined to comment on that. Consumer reports pulling its recommendation of the tesla model 3 citing reliability issues with the car. Consumer reports tesla buyers more satisfied, but many reported problems with the model 3 including loose body trim and glass defects. Tesla pointed to its overall Customer Satisfaction rating from Consumer Reports and says it had corrected many of the problems found in that survey. Teslas stock closed down almost 4 after this report. Five other cars lost Consumer Reports recommendations including the rdx and bmw 5 series. Early start continues right now. Why would anyone especially an africanamerican man use a symbolism of a noose to make false accusations . The police chief is angry, the judge calls it vile. Meantime Jussie Smollett is back on the set of empire. What he told the crew after being charged with faking a hate crime. Get ready for the split screen of a life time, Michael Cohen preparing to testify while the president meets with kim jungun