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This is surveillance video from the store where the two men the brothers purchased the ski masks, the sunglasses, hats they wore in the attack allegedly. so investigators say this was set up by the actor himself and this is part of the reason they believe that. >> thank you. joining us now brian setter. you have gotten a statement from jussie smollett's attorneys. what are they saying? is mark an attorney? >> he was reported to be in talking to work with jussie smollett. it's unclear if he's actually agreed yet. right now his existing attorneys are speaking out saying, like any other citizen, ...

>> it is a lot of things that come together to make it difficult to talk about. >> absolutely. and you talked about all of them. and brian, we saw this again, back to two summers ago with fox. and the settlements and nondisclosure make it impossible for the women to come forward. and he's so powerful, now the women say, he was a rain-maker. they didn't want him to ruin their careers. this is how it works. absolute power corrupts absolutely. >> lisa bloom, one of his lawyers, had a deal, a financial deal with him for one of her books. all of those kinds of relationships in hollywood. >> and in ...

New this morning, meryl streep calls the sexual harassment and misconduct by harvey weinstein disgraceful. in a statement to the huffington post she said in part, she's appalled. those of us who worked -- work he championed like hers and those good and worthy cause he supported and the intrepid women who exposed this abuse are our heros. amen to that. and it follows the news he had been fired from the company he cofounded and his brother who sits on the board joining us now. brian setter, host of reliable sources, brithank you for being here. i think we both reacted to it in your news letter o...

♪ ♪ (cheering) ha! holiday inn express, be the readiest. and welcome back. i'm frank sesno feilling in for brian setter. a reporter was body-slammed by this man, greg geneforte. he was elected after the attack.

Internet, do you view yourself in anyway like an internet troll, sort of just spreading fake information, saying fake stuff? >> no, well, that's -- >> internet troll, i don't think that's what i'm doing has nothing to do with an internet troll. >> paul, i appreciate your time. thank you for being with us. >> sure thing. >> joining me now is brian setter. he says it's satire? >> some people just want to watch the world burn. >> he has website headlines like obama signs executive order banning the pledge of allegiance in schools. with the right to free speech comes a moral responsibility, and th...