| By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News | |
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| Good Thursday afternoon from the Nightly newsroom. | |
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| Watch us this evening at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT on NBC, or check your local NBC station listing. After the broadcast, access Nightly News video on NBCNightlyNews.com or the NBC News app. | |
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Jussie Smollett's bail set at $100,000 after arrest for allegedly staged attack
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| Actor Jussie Smollett appeared in a Chicago courtroom this afternoon, where a judge set his bail at $100,000 and ordered him to surrender his passport, after he was arrested this morning for allegedly paying two men to stage an attack on him and falsely filing a police report claiming he was the victim of a hate crime last month. Miguel Almaguer is in Chicago for us following all the latest twists in this bizarre case. | |
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- Smollett's motive?: Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Smollett was trying to drum up publicity, because he was unhappy with his salary on the TV show "Empire." First he allegedly sent a threatening letter to himself, and when that didn't get the attention Smollett hoped for, police say he orchestrated the attack. Smollett told police attackers beat him, used racist and homophobic slurs, poured a chemical on him, and tied a rope around his neck. He also said that the attackers shouted, "This is MAGA country," a reference to President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
- The "attackers": Investigators accused Smollett of paying two brothers $3,500 to stage the attack, and also said they have the check he wrote out to them. Both men were questioned and released in the case, and are now considered cooperating witnesses. The two punched Smollett "a little bit," but the scratches and bruising on his face were most likely self-inflicted, police said.
- Police anger: Supt. Johnson blasted Smollett at today's news conference, accusing the actor of wasting police resources, taking "advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career," and dragging "Chicago's reputation through the mud."
- Trump weighs in: After the news conference, President Trump tweeted "@JussieSmollett - what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA." When news of the purported attack first surfaced, Trump called it "horrible."
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Chicago Police Chief: Jussie Smollett faked attack 'to promote his career' |
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Roger Stone hit with gag order after inflammatory social media post about judge
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| A federal judge ordered longtime Trump ally Roger Stone to refrain from making any public statements about his case, after he posted an image of that judge with what appeared to be crosshairs next to her head on Instagram. | |
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| Stone apologized in court for what he called an "egregious, stupid mistake." But U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson wasn't having any of it. She told Stone she didn't find his explanations credible and couldn't keep his story straight. Jackson made it clear that if Stone violates the media gag order, his next stop is jail. | |
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| The FBI arrested Stone last month on seven charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, including five counts of making false statements, one count of obstruction, and one count of witness tampering. Stone has pleaded not guilty. | |
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| Hallie Jackson is following the case, and will have late details on tonight's broadcast. | |
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Vatican begins historic summit on Catholic clergy sexual abuse
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| Our Anne Thompson is at the Vatican tonight, where Pope Francis opened an unprecedented summit today on the sexual abuse scandal that's rocked the Catholic Church. | |
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| "The holy people of God are looking at us and expect from us not simple condemnations," Francis told the gathering nearly 200 global church leaders, "but concrete and effective measures to put in place. We need to be concrete." | |
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| Abuse survivors are not permitted inside the summit. Instead, the church leaders viewed video testimonies from those who say they were abused by predatory priests and other clergy members. | |
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Driver accused of running over family after confrontation over smoking
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| A young pregnant mother was killed when a driver rammed his car into a family of eight in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven north of New York City, police said. Jason Mendez has been charged with one count of second degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. | |
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| Witnesses said it began when the father of the family asked Mendez not to smoke a cigarette around his children. An enraged Mendez then plowed his car into the family, then reversed, and drove into them again, according to court documents. | |
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| The family's 32-year-old mother, Melissa DeLoatch, was killed. Her husband and the six children were rushed to the hospital with broken bones and other injuries, police said. Morgan Chesky will have more details in this shocking crime tonight. | |
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Nike under fire after shoe blowout in college basketball rivalry game
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| Duke's Zion Williamson suffered a minor knee sprain in Wednesday's match-up versus arch rivals North Carolina, when one of his Nike shoes blew apart at the seams just seconds into the game. | |
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| Gabe Gutierrez has the fallout tonight for the company after the incident that left the crowd in disbelief, including former President Barack Obama, who was sitting courtside and could be seen pointing and saying, "His shoe broke!" | |
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———Duke Blue Devils forward Zion Williamson (1) reacts after falling during the first half against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Rob Kinnan / USA TODAY Sports via Reuters | |
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| Today marks 54 years since the assassination of Malcolm X. He died at the age of 39 after three gunmen rushed him during a speaking engagement in New York City. | |
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| In this NBC News video, old clips look back at some of the highlights from Malcolm X's speeches, as well as Martin Luther King, Jr. reflecting on his death. | |
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———Black Muslim leader Malcolm X holds up a paper for the crowd to see during a Black Muslim rally in New York City on Aug. 6, 1963. (AP Photo) AP | |
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