victim who is in need of support by police and investigators as well as the citizens of this city. heather: chicago s top cop slamming jussie smollett for damaging race relations and potentially harming others by stealing police resources. what toll has this case taken on the city? joining me from chicago is anti-violence activist peter harmon. thank you for joining us. we are looking forward to talking to you this morning. reporter: an honor to be with you. heather: i want to get your overall response, the different news conferences. you heard him speaking could. he was not happy about what jussie smollett had done. is making a good point but chicago police department leadership assigned 12 or more detectives to investigate the jussie smollett case. at the same time how many police
the dnc introducing the candidate affirmation form in august after complaints the 2016 election when sanders fired hillary clinton for the nomination. despite being an independent. all democratic candidates will be asked to sign these new agreements. she once called the alleged attack against jussie smollett and attempted modern-day lynching a democratic senator kamala harris is reversing course. the empire actor is facing felony charges after prosecutors say he staged a hate crime attack in chicago as a political city stunt. jussie smollett and lawyers deny those claims. harris, the 2020 hopeful, spoke out saying this. i m sad, frustrated and disappointed when anyone makes false claims to police. donnelly divers resources from serious investigations but makes it more difficult for other victims of crime to come forward. conservative leaders are demanding an investigation into
israeli spacecraft is on its way to the moon to make history. 5, 4, 3, 2, one, zero. heather: space x blasting off from cape canaveral, florida, launching a privately owned spacecraft which could complete his real s first ever lunar landing. the falcon 9 also brought an asian satellite and experiments will spacecraft for the us air force into orbit. always cool to see that. the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. chicago s top cop slamming jussie smollett for wasting the police s time. jussie smollett paid $3500 to stage this attack and trash chicago s reputation in the process.
people get beat up for real in chicago, nobody gets pimps lassoed and where he got allegedly beat up nobody is homophobic in chicago. chicago has one of the longest lgbt queue communities in the united states. nobody s pouring bleach on anybody in chicago putting a new surround anybody s know. jussie smollett was dead wrong the way he premeditated what he did but he is taking the attention away from the real victims of violence in chicago. i agree with the superintendent when it comes to that statement. let s talk about how detectives are assigned to other unsolved murders. heather: i can tell you are angry too. apparently returns to be set at is saying he is innocent. thank you. the time is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. kamala harris splitting with democrats who want to tear down the wall. we can t have open borders.
feeling heather: good morning. i ve got a feeling today is going to be a good day because it is friday. here is a live shot of new york city. you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. thank you for starting the day with us. it will not be a good night for jussie smollett. these are he back to work on the set of empire hours after posting $100,000 bond, facing felony charges for filing a false police report in an alleged hate crime hoax. mike tobin has more on why prosecutors believe this was a big publicity stunt. reporter: police in chicago say actor jussie smollett staged his own hate crime because he was unhappy with his salary. the empire tv star was charged with a felony for making a false police report, arrested and appeared in court. the judge did not mince words with jussie smollett calling it outrageous for conjuring up evil