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Something, video that shows what police are calling potential persons of interest. but they need the public's help in identifying them. actor and singer jussie smollett is best known for his role in the television series empire, where he plays jamal, a black singer who is gay. smollett is also black and gay, which may have been the motivation for an alleged attack against him in chicago. police say they are investigating a possible hate crime against the actor with the help of the fbi. authorities say the empire actor reported tat the crime happened at about 2:00 in the morning tuesday when tw...

And expanding their search area for video police have found something, video that shows what police are calling potential persons of interest. but they need the public's help in identifying them. actor and singer jussie smollett is best known for his role in the television series empire, where he plays jamal, a black singer who is gay. smollett is also black and gay, which may have been the motivation for an alleged attack against him in chicago. police say they are investigating a possible hate crime against the actor with the help of the fbi. authorities say the empire actor reported tat the...

The side lines. why not stay there? >> dana: sounds like you'll have to come back and tell us more. alex, ben, thank you. >> thank you. >> dana: we'll talk more about howard schultz and 2020 when he joins me. governor chris christie all going to be here. make sure you watch or set your dvr. breaking news. empire actor jesse smolett assaulted in chicago. matt, is any of this confirmed? >> reporter: dana, disturbing story developing right now. chicago police say that empire actor 36-year-old jussie smolett was attacked by two men wearing ski masks. the men beat the actor r shouted homo phobic ...