cnn s omar jimenez is working this story for us. reporter: surrounded by cameras, actor jesse smollett arrived for the first day of jury selection in a case he thought was over in 2019. i like nothing more than to just get back to work and move on with my life. reporter: whether he can will, soon, be in the hands of the newly-chosen jury. sel selected in a little over six hours before moving right into opening statements. smollett had been best known for his scenes in the fox-tv show empire. but in january 2019 any weapons or anything inside the apartment? reporter: it was his alleged role in a reported hate crime that drew the spotlight. the gay black actor appeared on police body camera saying two attackers put a noose around his neck, even doused him with bleach in chicago. put bleach on me. okay. reporter: he told abc news he
involved. but at the same time we do have an ally and i want to stick with an ally that in many ways has been very good. martha: president trump making a lot of news and an extensive and wide-ranging interview with our own chris wallace this weekend. here to react and now, guy benson and marie harf, cohost of the fox tv show, benson and harvey. marie, what did you think of that answer? we now know that cia has concluded in their assessment that mohammed directed the government to complete the killing. trump has been hesitant to accept the conclusion of the cia on a number of issues. we know he wants to work closely with the saudis but it s disappointing that he seems to be overlooking the intelligence assessment because he has made some calculation about what is in the national security interest of the united states
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