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Sight." the hit records were crafted -- not just the suggestion, not just looking back it seems like youre ready, perhaps thats cajoling a younger woman into doing something shes not ready to do. this was clearly saying age isnt nothing but a number. here i am with a beautiful teenaged girl. what are you going to do about it? for 30 years, the answer has been from the community, from the music industry, and from various law enforcement agencies were not going to do anything. >> and hes denied, d...

Jamilla, before we see this, you know, states attorney in cook county, you know, hearing the word of more than one county within the indictment arrest warrant, how are you feeling? >> im just -- im overwhelmed. i think a lot of us that participated in this documentary series including the director believe that this moment could finally bring something resembling justice to r. kellys victims and accusers. and when kim fax came out and said im looking for stories, you know, if theres something we ...

Arrest warrant. >> you know, ive been literally attached to my phone because breaking news is coming in like every two seconds. i cant even keep up. the no-bail is not a surprise given the fact that we have such a long history of rumors, of victims coming forward and attesting to r. kellys abuse, whether psychological, physical, sexual. court issuing a no-bail arrest warrant is essentially saying theyre concerned that hes a flight risk. the fact that he has access, hes very rich, hes very fame o...

Of sexual assault. he denies the allegations. jessica dean joins us with more details. jessica, how is this going to play out? >> reporter: what were hearing is the house and justice committee will be the ones holding these meetings, and in these meetings, both the accusers will have a chance to testify and to talk and tell their side of the story. theyve both been very public saying they want that opportunity to do so. were also told that lieutenant governor justin fairfax will have an opportun...

Real violence gets real attention. >> so thats what youd want to see him do if and when eventually that is the truth that comes out. and you know, not only are hate crimes up around this country, reverend, but when you look at chicago -- i know you talk about this, violent targeted toward gay people, you know, african-americans is a real problem. i was reading about -- you pointed this out, but the two trans women who were murdered. those are still unsolved. and you know, lawyers ive talked to w...

Smolletts behalf last night that read the, quote, today we witnessed an organized law enforcement spectacle that has no place in the american legal system. the presumption of innocence, a bedrom in the search for justice -- bedrock in the search for justice, was trampled on at the expense plaintiff smollett and notably on the eve of an election. mr. smollett is a man of impeccable character and integrity who feels betrayed by a system that wants to skip due process and proceed directly to senten...

First tape was recorded. to have heard the stories for years, years. to juxtapose that with jussie smollett being charged in a matter of days, right. it didnt take that long to figure out that maybe something wasnt right with this story allegedly, that weve been asking for decades to pay attention to the stories of these black girls -- >> why do you think it took so long? >> because they were black. his victims, accusers, have been black girls, not class mobile black girls, not famous black girl...

Most of the information. when you have two young men that are giving you a statement and you can corroborate that statement with all the evidence you just mentioned in addition to the documentary evidence and the electronic evidence, you have video evidence. you can see them moving around, going to the places, thats very, very powerful. they will attack the only people they can attack, the accusers, the police. thats playing itself out. we are used to that. there is enough evidence to move forwa...

Governor fairfaxs accusers now demanding in a discussion for the rep of the session. vanessa ties and blessing politicians on both side of the aisle in a statement reading, "the virginia general assembly has remained silent and has taken no action whatsoever in response to her allegations even after a second woman, meredith watson, came forward." while lawmakers in both parties have responded with words of concern, they have utterly failed to ask." its been nearly three weeks since both accusers...

Good lawyer can muddy up the watters and confuse the jury over. >> heather: do you expect the same outcome? do you think this will rise to the level of impeachment? >> i think that politics is going to come into play. i think the report will come in. there may be another indictment before or after the report. i think that there is going to be a lot of people around the president that are now being prosecuted. there might be some embarrassing information but i dont think there is any way that the...