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Would be a bad thing to do. and every now and then the president suddenly comes to the realization, wow, this isnt tv. real things will happen. and im one of people whos glad he backed off of this. i think it would have been a disastrously bad idea. but i think he did it in the most destructive way possible. and were going to be paying the price for this kind of backing and forth for a while to come. things will get worse -- they will get worse before they get worse. but i think that this is not...

The erroneous rumors that was put out there in the beginning was just that. this investigation didnt turn in the direction of mr. smollett being a defender until the 47th hour that we had those two individuals in custody. so one more hour we would have had to let them go. we may not be here today. the states attorney didnt drag anything. we needed to put the case together. these things take time. this isnt tv. this is real life so it takes time. >> superintendent, there were a lot of leaks in th...

This investigation didnt turn in a direction of mr. smollett being a defendant until the 47th hour that we had those two individuals in custody. so one more hour, we wouldnt have had to have let them go. we may not be here today. so we need to put the case together. these things take time. this isnt tv. this is real life. so it takes time. >> there were a lot of leaks in that case. >> who is to say that the leaks came from us? just because they are leaks, it doesnt necessarily mean that it came ...

Fine. for the latter, there are consequences to the huge mechanism of responses that is put in place when you file a false police report and you allege a crime or you send a letter with a threatening letter to a corporation building that deploys a hazmat team. for that come he could face up to ten years in prison. i want to point out what i loved so much about the superintendents comments. >> greg: eddie johnson. >> emily: he brought it back to the real world. there are real world" is on the hub...

>> [ inaudible ]. >> listen, we have a great relationship with our federal partners. and we certainly need to have a good relationship with our states attorneys office, which we did. so again, you all have to remember that the erroneous rumors and innuendo put out there in the beginning was just that. this investigation didnt turn in the direction of mr. smollett being a defend until the 47th hour that we had those two individuals in custody. so one more hour, we would have had to let them go. w...

Work. trying to contact as many people who know him. friends, neighbors, colleagues, co-workers, looking into his background. does he possibly have something like post-traumatic stress disorder or some other mental problem thats leading to this? a lot of this is just going to be good old fashioned fugitive work at this point. the fact that so quickly into this case they had his name and his vehicle description is a huge head start that you dont often have in a homicide case. >> and yet, it seems...