he followed up with other similar comments. the original tweet wasn't to everyone's taste, but the "chronicle" says it racked up 2100 likes and more than 200 retweets. chicago police say a letter containing white powder was sent to the set of empire days before jussie smollett says he was attacked by two men earlier this week. the powder turned out to be aspirin. police have met with a neighbor who says she saw a suspicious man with what appeared to be a rope standing outside the being a torpactor's apartment buildin. smollett's family is condemning the incident calling it racial and home phobic hate crime. and intense prison hostage drama all caught on surveillance video. take a look at maximum custody inmate timothy munk using a prison made blade to take a librarian hostage at buckeye prison in tucson, arizona.