All charges dropped and record wiped clean.  Actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with disorderly conduct for filing a false police report about being the victim of an alleged hate crime has been cleared, but the story is not over. Prosecutor Joe Magats, who dropped the charges said they did not exonerate Jussie.  Aamer Madhani, reporter for USA Today, joins us from Chicago to discuss why charges were dropped.

Next, attorney Michael Avenatti has been arrested and charged in NY with trying to extort Nike of more than $20 million, as well as charges in CA for bank fraud and embezzlement. Avenatti claimed to represent an AAU coach who had evidence the Nike employees paid off some players and demanded payment himself or make the news public. Kendall Baker, sports editor at Axios, joins us for what’s lost in the headlines, the dark side of college basketball bribery.

Finally, the CBD boom is here and the FDA is having a hard time keeping up.  CBD is a marijuana and hemp extract that does not give you the high of THC and it is blurring the lines between a drug and a dietary supplement.  It is being positioned as a cure all and put in shampoos, ointments, drops, and more. Sarah Owermohle, healthcare reporter at Politico, joins us for how the FDA plans to handle CBD.

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