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Brothers were released. >> innocence prevailed, my guys are walking home. they are not charged. they are not suspects in this case. >> smollett story is that on january 29th, was attacked in chicagos neighborhood, that despite attackers shouted racist and homophobic slurs at him. one attacker told him versus maga country. dr. zachary quinto tweeted that he had the pleasure of reading with jussie smollett in the play "take me out," about a gay baseball player. the list of those who took out their...

>> we have the presidential authority to do so. congress has the statutes. we feel like we are on solid legal ground to do this. >> democrats in congress say they will introduce legislation next week after their return from this weeks recess to block the presidents emergency declaration. white house officials this week suggested if congress would have passed such a measure, president trump may, for the first time, use the power of his veto pen to kill it. bret? >> bret: more on this with the pan...

Our buildings, saves taxpayers money, create the jobs for our community, and lowered our carbon footprint. >> nearby booker had competition from kamala harris. [applause] >> i just want to say that right here, right now. its because she doesnt say whether she regrets reacting to the jussie smollett case, by reacting, "this is a modern-day lynching." >> what to eat? >> saying it is a modern-day lynching, -- sorry. jussie smollett. >> okay, so i will say this about that case, i think that the fact...

>> bret: chris, for the presidential politics, it gets a bit sticky. cory booker tweeting out right away, "this was an attack on actor jussie smollett was in attempted modern-day lynching. for those in congress you dont feel the urgency to pass the lynching bill, i urge you to pay attention." "this is an attempted modern-day lynching. no one should have to fear for their lives because of their sexuality or color of their skin. we must confront the state. they were confronted by those tweets. >> ...

The street. >> now anger is directed at smollett. >> if it is found that smollett and these gentlemen get in some way perpetrated something that is not true, they ought to face accountability to the maximum. >> bret: in illinois, falsifying a police report is a felony with a maximum penalty of three years in a $25,000 fine legal experts say maga criminal criminal background, nonviolent, if charged, convicted, would probably be looking at probation. bret? >> bret: mike tobin in chicago. thank you...

Tmz reported that the smollett case is headed to a grand jury but chicago police say you can talk about a grand jury until they have one more talk with the actor. >> chicago police say they no longer consider jussie smollett, an actor from the drama "empire," a victim, and how they are pushing for a follow-up interview. smollett, however, is holed up with his prn legal team, releasing a statement that there are no plans to meet with chicago police today. smolletts attorneys will keep an active d...

And hes experienced, widely regarded, even among democrats, even though many of them voted against him, and fully empowered to deal with this. he also knows bob mueller very well. i have to believe that he, too, understands that this thing, sooner or later, it has to mind up, and something has to be made public. >> bret: wheel cover and about how it comes out. next up, did the actor who said he was attacked by pro-trump thugs actually set the whole thing up? a curious story of jussie smollett. �...