mark opr mark o'meara is a former defense attorney. thank you all for being with me. faith, just starting with you, as you're hearing some of these details come out and also apparently jussie smollett's body language, shaking his head, deep breaths. obviously his family is in the courtroom. what are your thoughts so far? >> so far? i find that this is going to be a troubling case, i think, for jussie, if he continues along the road that he has been before he was accused. he has every right as a defendant to amount an aggressive defense. we have not heard his side since he has been accused, but based on all of the trickles of information and corroborating -- seemingly corroborating evidence that keeps coming out that would support these two brothers in what they've been saying, i think that his strategy going