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Police. joining me now with the very latest from the trial is cnn correspondent omar jimenez. smollett was on the stand today for hours. the prosecution pressing him under cross-examination on key details of his story. tell us about that, please. >> reporter: yeah, don. so the day ended during cross-examination, and jussie smollett, for one, denied tampering with the noose seen around his neck after the alleged hate crime attack in january 2019 to make it look like a more serious lynching. however, he did tell jurors that he took that noose off at one point but put it back on before police got...

He staged a violent hate crime attack against him then lied about it to police. here's out omar jimenez. >> reporter: jussie smollett testified for about five hours on monday. things ended with cross-examination or in the middle of it, i should say, where jussie smollett denied tampering with the new oose see around his neck in january of 2019. he tried to make it look more like a serious lynching. pictures were shown side by side when he first walked into his apartment building with it around his neck and after police officers arrived sometime later. and smollett did tell jurors he took off t...

Occasionally paid up to $200 for cocaine. claims that the brother denied under oath. special prosecutor why he chose to stop cooperating with police saying he did not turn over phone data, medical records or take a dna swap. he testified he is a famous person with a lot of sensitive info on his phone and wanted privacy. smollett was asked why he didn't call police after the alleged hate crime attack. he testified he is a black man in america who doesn't trust police. he also briefly mentioned that during the investigation he got a text message from don lemon saying chicago police were not beli...

Sector workers to get vaccinated by december 27th now confirmed in 20 states, while the delta variant drives a surge in hospitalizations our exclusive inside the icu being pushed to 200% capacity. also tonight jussie smollett taking the stand at his trial. what the actor told the jury about the brothers he's accused of paying to stage a hate crime attack on himself. plus, new details about the parents of the alleged michigan school shooter what we're learning about their time on the run. police interviewing the person of interest whose art studio is where they were arrested. the diplomat...

Encounters that, again, bola denied at previous points in testimony. but that he also felt they had to sneak away from ola, which he testified to happening at many points which is important, of course, because one of the defense's main theories is that homophobia could have been a potepoe ten driver or motive in what they say was a real hate crime attack. >> omar jimenez in chicago for us with the latest. finally tonight, washington is shonerring a legendary u.s. senator and 1996 republican presidential nominee. bob dole will lie in state at the u.s. capitol on thursday, following his death ...