Glor cbs news has exclusive photos of maintenance issues that have grounded dozens of southwest jets. It doesnt bode well for the safety of the airline. Huge winter storm moving east. More than 200 million americans are in the path. Snow and sleet have caused treacherous Road Conditions for travelers. All of the buses stopped, its terrible weather. Glor good evening, im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight in chicago where police are looking for jussie smollett. Our cbs chicago station, wbbm, obtained Surveillance Video of two brothers who they say were hired by smollett buying items to help stage an attack. Dean reynolds is on this story. Reporter in a stunning twist, jussie smollett, the 36 yearold actor, is now charged with Disorderly Conduct after filing a false Police Report about an attack he alleged happened to him in chicago on january 29. The offense is a felony and could carry jail time. Smollett has refused for days to meet with police dete
Of a bias attack. Detectives are pushing to bring the case before a grand jury. All this while smollett resists repeated questions for a followup interview. Mike tobin is live outside criminal court in chicago. Mike . Reporter this, dana, is where were keeping an eye on the grand jury. This is all where the brothers made an appearance. They are shaping up as key witnesses in the case that is building against smollett. Their attorney was seen going in and out of the grand jury yesterday, and then the process was suddenly halted. Also abruptly, the states attorney for cook county, kim fox, suddenly recused herself from the case, but not her office. Her office said it was due to the potential appearance of bias. I have never seen it before. Where someone recuses themselves personally, but the office doesnt recuse themselves. Its really unusual, especially when theres no explanation out there for the personal recusal. Its not as she was going to try the case herself. Reporter high profile
Is rattling the trump white house, which has built its stonewalling strategy around executive privilege. Invoking it to stop testimony of, say, star witnesses from the Mueller Probe like don mcgahn. Heres the thing about that strategy. You know i try to keep it real and accurate and fair with you. Well, heres the thing. The executive privilege strategy, it might look secretive, it might even look a little guilty, but invoking white house privilege for the white house counsel, that can be totally legally valid. It at least creates a legitimate fight in court which can take a lot of time. But the news tonight is say little different. The democrats hatching an end run around that valid strategy. They are also turning to put the heat on witnesses who never worked in the white house, and thus have no claim to white house privilege. Zero. Including convicted felons Paul Manafort and rick gates, trying to get their testimony. Plus advisors like Cory Lewandowski who we know dished to mueller a
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