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Received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation. weve reached out to the cast members attorney to request a follow-up interview. let me remind our viewers what jussie smollett said on thursday when he broke his silence on this attack publicly and said this. >> i see the attacker masked, and he said this [ bleep ] country punches me right in the face so i punch it back. it was very icy. i noticed the rope around...

The empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation. weve reached out to the empire cast members attorney to request a follow-up interview. those individuals were two nigerian men, one possibly appeared in the show, empire, as an extra. they were picked up on wednesday wednesday. they were released friday night, police saying that they are not keeping them as suspects. pete: before we get to the attorney, they brought in the guys they thought were guilty. this is code talk fr...

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The summit was held on pressure of pope francis to take action. its symbolic of the churchs gnaw approach. >> its no longer acceptable. >> plenty of eyes in the summit in a couple of days. >> new details emerging in the alleged racial and homophobic assault of star, what investigators are now saying about the case. >> as a gave man you are considered to be weak and im not weak. you turned a family recipe into a brewing empire before prohibition took it all away. i promised our family id find you...

Questioned in empire case have now been released without charging and detectives have additional investigative work to complete. that statement came just hours after chicago police said that they have probable cause to believe the two men did, indeed, commit a crime but whatever the two told investigators appears to have been enough to change their mind. the two men are apparently brothers, they are originally from nigeria and police say at least one of them worked on the set of the fox tv show ...

[inaudible] >> empire actor jesse standing by his story that he was the victim of a racial and homophobic attack last month but amid new developments, hi, jonathan, whats the latest. >> hay, laura, chicago police department spokesman tells me today jesse is still, quote, the listed victim in this case, but the two men who were identified by police just yesterday as potential suspects in the assault have now been released and are apparently no longer suspects with the chicago police spokesman say...