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very beginning. omar, what s the very latest there today? yeah, kate, we re watching to see if jussie smollett will take the stand and right now the defense called its fourth witness on the fifth day of try. they are currently cross-examining a man who worked security at a nearby hotel and significantly he said that he saw two men running away from the scene around the time when this alleged attack would have happened and shown a flashlight in one of their faces and said that one of those men was white. at least that s what he says he saw. now, that s significant because, of course, that comes in contrast to what we ve heard over the course of this trial, specifically when two brothers who have worked on the show empire testified that jussie smollett recruited them for this alleged scheme because he didn t believe the show empire which he was formerly a star of was taking an alleged hate letter that he had received seriously enough. at least one of them who had
omar, you ve been in the courtroom today. what s happening inside there. yeah, jake, the jury selection process is well under way. we ve got six jurors seated so far. and about the over 30 that have faced questions from the judge up to this point. the judge is the only one doing the questioning of these jurors, and he s been asking things like, have you heard of this case, which some prospective jurors have said they haven t. he s also heard if they ve seen the show empire. of course, the show he used to be a star of. some have answered yes. some have said no and also whether they ve been a part any of civil rights organization. that process is ongoing but this goes back to january 2019. that s where things began with jussie smollett told police he was attacked by two men in downtown chicago, that they hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him as a black and gay man, that they poured a chemical substance on him, put a noose around his neck. chicago police investigated and they said