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David: the man the caller is referring to is the assistant director who yelled cold gun. this anticipates the prop was safe -- indicates the prop was safe before it was fired and, clearly, that wasnt so. that according to the affidavit. here to get into it, attorney eric guster joining us now. this is a horrible tragedy, and we dont want to point any fingers, but could it turn criminal? >> im not sure -- i dont think it will turn criminal. it will definitely be a civil liability issue. whenever ...

Negligence -- case there was negligence somewhere, and they have to determine whose it was. david: who is liable? >> likely the production crew, the owners of the set and anyone who hired and supervised the person who was in charge of the gun. one claim that we have in civil litigation is negligent hiring of supervision. and when you have guns on a set, that person must be well trained to make sure that live rounds are not in guns. david: yeah. >> and in this particular if case, there was a live...

Just getting started and will sue his estate. >> in the civil case, the plaintiffs in those cases certainly have a right to now seek to have the estates assets frozen and ensure that they in some way can get the benefits of the assets that are contained in his now estates assets and portfolio. >> just yesterday, a new york federal court unsealed hundreds of pages of court documents alleging new details of second yule abuse claims against the -- sexual abuse claim against the 66-year-old. and the...

On the civil side, it is preponderance of the evidence where they have to prove he was more likely than not guilty of doing something to them. and the criminal case against the other people are beyond a reasonable doubt when charges are brought against any of his co-conspirators in his case, im sure the states and federal courts are looking at that as well. arthel: eric guster, thank you very much, eric. >> thank you. eric: i like that eric. some top capitol hill democrats are calling for the se...

Well, its not clear. thats the way his lawyers want things to remain. his lawyers want to keep financial records filed with the court under seal. prosecution said it does not object to keeping that information private and this morning a federal judge granted a motion that epstein filed to keep his money matters secret. dana? >> dana: all right. thank you very much for that david lee. lets bring in our panel. emily compango and eric guster. can i start with you on the question of the bail hearing...

Store. and that brings us to todays stunning developments. jussie smollett set to appear in court next hour accused of orchestrating this whole thing. we have retired lapd sergeant cheryl dorsey with us and eric guster, a civil and murder trial attorney. thanks so much for joining us. cheryl, you did not believer th this from the beginning. tell us why. >> i spent 22 years in a uniform as a patrol officer, so im accustomed to people lying, and im accustomed to seeing them go to great lengths in ...

Time and the truth would be known, so now here we are. there is a price to pay when you make up this kind of foolishness and you waste the resources of police personnel, fbi personnel, and more importantly, you besmirched the character of chicago police officers who i know by and large are there to do the right thing and are doing the right thing of the. >> >> eric, police say they have evidence from the two brothers. they have the check that smollett used to pay them. as an attorney, how do you...

A real workout which is exactly how eric guster im envisaged. now we can jog while doing something thats good for the environment and for future generations. we have to get up this hill. no people ski here in the winter. but ive soon had my fill of pill maybe because of the heavy garbage bag or because its been an hour since we started. either way im an exhausted from the southeast. we all manage and then we did something good so naturally we posed at the top of a goal for a group photo touting ...

Notice, it says you have 60 days to clear it up. in my experience, day to day, you can go to a court, cite hardship, make arguments, et cetera. >> shannon: youre talking 100 days total from the time of the judgment, or the license is gone for good if you havent made any reparations. when i put this case out to social media, and our viewers who are the jury in these cases, there was a lot of tough love out there. people saying, if you cant handle this, dont drive a car, dont break the law, dont b...

Time for night court. on the docket tonight, jokes over the long lines and ir fewer yati yating bureaucracy. the poverty law center going after the north carolina dmv, that enforces a law that automatically revokes drivers licenses that doesnt pay fines. the poor casey anthony waste appreciate dollars on traffic tickets. they want the licenses revoked to be restored and the law blocked. lets talk about it with tonights league will eagles, eric guster, and doug burns, former federal prosecutor. w...