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Changing circumstances as we see different trends in immigration and migration. >> well, the other big news headline today -- state department spokeswoman heather nauert is out as u.n. pick for ambassador. mike viqueira is at the white house with more on all this. mike, with a good morning to you, my friend, what happened here? >> reporter: good morning to you, alex. yeah, this individual, heather nauert, went from the sofa at "fox & friends" to the podium at the state department and president trump had tapped her to be the next a.m. bambassador the united states to the united nations. now t...

Inaccurate, false statements had already been put out there. >> joe, what do you think of that as a justification for not just handing over his phone to police to take a look at? >> well, you know, i probably would be apprehensive about just turning my phone over, too. you had an attorney on earlier who also said that her clients often are resistant about turning their phone over and i watched the full robin roberts interview and i had to say, if this interview wasn't real, he deserves an oscar for best tv interview because it was engaging and very believable. when you take jussie on just his ...

Influenced her decision. we begin with explosive, new details this morning. the alleged attack on actor jussie smollett. the chicago police department investigation has now shifted into whether or not the actor paid two men who were questioned to stage an assault. joining me now, nbc news correspondent kathy park. good morning to you. this is just a sad story any way you look at it, but can you give us the latest on this probe? >> alex, you're absolutely right. i mean, if you've been following this story ever since it broke on january 28th, there seems to be a new twist and turn every single...

Or would falsely claim jussie's complicity." talk about all of this, the public perception of this probe and what this adds to it, because it seems, john, that this investigation is becoming more confusing to the general public, i mean, by the hour, right? what does this mean for smollett and his public image? >> you know, alex, this whole story has had more twists and turns than an episode of "empire," and i like a lot of people am ready for the season finale. i want answers. i want results, without a cliffhanger. you know, i, like so many people, posted messages of concern and compassion whe...

Innuendo, all of it has created so much doubt and so much scandal. i don't understand what a person would gain from fabricating a story of this magnitude. >> right. >> i mean, it literally would be like the hollywood equivalency of a hybrid between milli vanilli and twanna brav lee and i don't know what anyone would win from that. >> yeah. we had smollett answering questions regarding his phone records on "good morning america." listen to what he said. >> they wanted me to give my phone to the tech for three to four hours. i'm sorry, but i'm not going to do that. >> why? >> because i have priv...