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Police. joining me now with the very latest from the trial is cnn correspondent omar jimenez. smollett was on the stand today for hours. the prosecution pressing him under cross-examination on key details of his story. tell us about that, please. >> reporter: yeah, don. so the day ended during cross-examination, and jussie smollett, for one, denied tampering with the noose seen around his neck after the alleged hate crime attack in january 2019 to make it look like a more serious lynching. howev...

He staged a violent hate crime attack against him then lied about it to police. heres out omar jimenez. >> reporter: jussie smollett testified for about five hours on monday. things ended with cross-examination or in the middle of it, i should say, where jussie smollett denied tampering with the new oose see around his neck in january of 2019. he tried to make it look more like a serious lynching. pictures were shown side by side when he first walked into his apartment building with it around hi...

Occasionally paid up to $200 for cocaine. claims that the brother denied under oath. special prosecutor why he chose to stop cooperating with police saying he did not turn over phone data, medical records or take a dna swap. he testified he is a famous person with a lot of sensitive info on his phone and wanted privacy. smollett was asked why he didnt call police after the alleged hate crime attack. he testified he is a black man in america who doesnt trust police. he also briefly mentioned that...

Sector workers to get vaccinated by december 27th now confirmed in 20 states, while the delta variant drives a surge in hospitalizations our exclusive inside the icu being pushed to 200% capacity. also tonight jussie smollett taking the stand at his trial. what the actor told the jury about the brothers hes accused of paying to stage a hate crime attack on himself. plus, new details about the parents of the alleged michigan school shooter what were learning about their time on the run. polic...

Encounters that, again, bola denied at previous points in testimony. but that he also felt they had to sneak away from ola, which he testified to happening at many points which is important, of course, because one of the defenses main theories is that homophobia could have been a potepoe ten driver or motive in what they say was a real hate crime attack. >> omar jimenez in chicago for us with the latest. finally tonight, washington is shonerring a legendary u.s. senator and 1996 republican pre...

My watch. i will spend money to counter that. its amazing. its wild. >> trump is so upset. youre absolutely right, everything is about trumps ego. he is so upset he said he would rather see stacey abrams in that seat. he may get his wish. lets not forget how formidable she is. she turned them blue for the first time in 30 years. he may very well get his wish to get brian kemp out. i dont know if that means perdue is in. >> thank you very much. great to see you. the parents of the accused michi...

A man who says he was told to fake a hate crime attack on the actor justice smollett has taken the stand and testified smollett had an idea for two maga supporters to attack him so he could put it on social media. >> two brothers allegedly faked the racist and homophobic attack back in 2019. prosecutors say smollett staged it to enhance his hollywood profile. cnns omar jimenez has been following todays testimony in chicago. >> reporter: the witness told jurors jussi smollett had this crazy idea ...

>> bret: a woman testified today she had repeated sexual contact with disgraced financier jeffrey epstein when she was 14 and that ghislaine maxwell was there when it happened. the witness was the first of four alleged victims to testify against maxwell at the start of her trial in new york. she is facing charges she recruited and groomed girls for epstein to sexually abuse. she denies those charges. breaking tonight, the lead investigator in the jussie smollett case is trying to refute the defe...

The cdc showing a new alert to all adults. get a booster shot as soon as possible but questions mounting how soon until omicron is discovered in the u.s. and can it evade the vaccine? also tonight opening statements in the sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell, long-time confidant of jeffrey epstein. who is the first witness to take the stand? jury selection on the trial of jussie smollett, the actor accused of staging a hate crime attack on himself. new video of former new york governo...

Manipulation. in chicago, jury selection is now complete in the trial of actor jussie smollett. the former empire star is accused of staging a fake hate crime attack to persuade his producers on the show to take a separate earlier threat that he received more seriously. smollett has pleaded not guilty to six counts for allegely making the false police reports. disgraced founder elizabeth holmes will be back on trial today in a criminal fraud trial. she testified she was raped in college whic...