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
Dominate the night . That follows night one matchups of senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, longtime allies and two of the most ideologically aligned candidates in this race, but with warren now rising in the polls, will the gloves finally come off on the stage . Make no mistake, this is also make or break time for the majority of the candidates on the stage. Remember their name. Just enough to give them a boost in the polls or throw money their way. Thats what they need to qualify for the next round of debates in september. Im joined by an allstar Political Team of analyst this is evening, democratic strategist angela wry, jen psaki, Clinton Press secretary joe lockhart, democratic strategist on the clinton gore campaign, paul begala, mia love and former South Carolina house member bakari sellers. Lets get this started, guys. Biden clearly surprised when harris attacked his record on bussing last go around. Lets listen to the reaction and harris response. I thought we were f
Moments ago. 34. 5 million. Thats 34 million in the three months that began with a heart attack. I want you to compare that to a good quarter from now former front runner pete buttigieg. He is not in the stratosphere of sanders right now. Were also seeing remarkable images of the destruction and the damage inside of the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Iraqi Security Forces have regained control of what is americas largest embassy after iranianbacked protesters tried to storm it in two days of continuing clashes. Well bring you there and bring you a live report from iraq in just a moment. But lets begin with what berman just laid out. A big number for a brooklyn guy on the 2020 race. Cnns ryan nobles is here. Its all the accent, clearly. You know, weve been accustomed to Bernie Sanders bringing in big, big fund raising totals every quarter, but i have to say even this number shocked those of us who have been covering his campaign from the very beginning. Lets look at the numbers once again. T