Marketed men beat him, yelled racist slurs at him, put a rope around his neck and splashed him with a chemical. Hes black, openly gay and a star on empire. Investigators say they couldnt find any video of an attack. But they released images of two persons of interest as they put it who were in the area around the at the time of the alleged assault. Last week Police Arrested two nigerian brothers. Investigators described them as suspects. But then released them after questioning. Whatever they told police raised new questions about smolletts story and investigators say they want to sit down with the actor again. Smollett has denied reports that he staged the attack and slammed people that dont believe him. Mike tobin reporting. Hes live in chicago where the investigation is taking place. Mike . Chicago police say they no longer consider smollett to be a victim of a hate crime. They want a followup interview with him. His team says not today. A short time ago, a statement was released fr
he recognizes that this problem has been festering for decades. now, you re saying to yourself, wait a minute. there s money the president can get right away. $1.37 that congress gave him. $600 million in the forfeiture fund. $300 million in the department of defense anti-drug program. he can get that money right away. there s another $2.2 million that they can reprogram in the dod. that might take longer. shep, the only money that he need that emergency declaration for is the $3.6 billion in the military construction budget. a chance he may not get his hands on that until the supreme court rules on them. shepard: thanks, john. kelsey barris was engaged to be married when she disappeared months ago. she had a daughter and now her fiance is in jail accused of murder. and kelsie barrett s murder says