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Night. one person says to the surprise of everyone there, smollett defiantly stuck to his story of innocence. the star is facing a felony charge for filing a false police report. >> now this meeting coming just hours after prosecutors laid out a timeline that they say shows smollett orchestrated his own attack. authorities say that he paid two brothers $3,500 to stage an assault in order to advance his own career. chicago's police superintendent was angry and he's calling or smollett to apologize to the city. cnn's ryan young has been covering this story for us since it broke. he joins us live...

Ahhh! rakuten! brian: back with a fox news alert. empire actor jussie smollett now in police custody as of this morning. he reportedly turned himself in at 5:15 a.m. chicago time after making a statement to police. ainsley: his arrest comes hours after he was named an official suspect in the alleged hate crime attack

We begin with breaking news. jussie smollett in court after he's accused of staging a hate crime against himself. last month, smollett claimed two masked men beat him up, put a noose around his neck and yelled homo phobic slurs. the police superintendent says the detectives have the checks smollett used to pay them. >> the empire actor, jussie smollett, took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. i'm left hanging my head and asking why. why would anyone, especially an

Forward. >> reporter: we should also mention all of this coming as a group of women who created mute r. kelly have stopped his music from being played on radio stations and have managed to have some of his concerts cancelled. this as the grand jury has convened. >> thank you very much for the update on that disturbing story. now to this. two law enforcement sources are casting doubt on empire actor jussie smollett's allegations of a hate crime. >> and women who escaped sex trafficking to create a new beginning. here's today's impact your world. >> i was trafficked out of an apartment. severa...

Donald trump addresses the crisis in venezuela warning against the dangers of socialism. >> years of socialist rule have brought this once thriving nation to the brink of ruin. this will never happen to us. jillian: debbie desousa shared her thoughts on the president's speech in miami. >> donald trump was correct, socialism is the opposite of freedom and democracy. the only people that benefit are the government elite. jillian: donald from slammed the venezuelan president nicholas madero for blocking humanitarian supplies from entering the country. rob: two brothers question the alleged attack...