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that wraps up the hour for me. im jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. im lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and right now were watching for a major decision set to come any moment now about the deadly shooting on the set of the movie "rust." its been 15 months since cinematographer halyna hutchins was struck and killed by a live round fired from a prop gun by actor alec baldwin. now...

versus what lawmakers are willing to do. im going to talk to a key republican negotiator next. >> and the fbi stepping in after an overnight arrest near the home of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. well have the latest on the shocking threat. >> plus, pro golfers putting their reputations on the line for a paycheck. some say is blood money. ready to key off with saudi arabias new lead, ignoring the countrys record on human rights and the murder of a "washington post" columnist. >...

It, can you dive a little bit more into these two charges and how different they are? >> these are -- the involuntary manslaughter charge against alec baldwin is the primary charge and then you have a firearms enhancement. thats not a stand-alone charge. its something if the jury finds through a special interrogatory, when theyre filling out the verdict, they get an additional question, in this case it will be, do you find that alec baldwin used a firearm in the commission of this offense? if th...

Released a 63 page report taking issue with krasners tenure highlighting issues which included a key declining correc race, firearms cases being withdrawn or dismissed and a high staff turnover and he sought to link those issues to the citys ongoing gun violence crisis. shootings and homicides were on the rise. criminals are emboldened by a lack of arrests and failing prosecutions. makes sense to me. i remember former philadelphia police commissioner john timdy documenting there is a revolving n...

Defense. are your surprised by the jurys verdict here? >> first, im no longer surprised that a defendant in a high-profile case took the stand, only because in the last year weve seen it in virtually every single high-profile case, and not just firearms cases. there is a massive trend under way in high-profile cases, and defendants for the first time maybe in the history of our criminal trials are feeling confident about taking the stand. that doesnt change the fact that everything is about cred...

Name, the reason this line sparked a lawsuit is simple, she did face dozens of men during her decorated career. final word to you, ethan. >> again, a fictional book and a fictional series. importantly, shes also late in her career. in terms of damages, it could be nominal damages in this case because she has not completed according to chess.com since 2019 for it yet to have actual damages to prove here in addition. >> shannon: i love it. ethan has done his homework. well see what folks at home t...

To perform as an assistant united states attorney working for attorney general meece and that is the way i trained my assistance when i became united states attorney. and if confirmed, that is the way i will lead the department of justice. in my over 14 years in the department of justice, i tried cases personally of every kind. drug trafficking, very large international smuggling cases, many firearms cases, other violent crimes, a series of public corruption cases of quite significance. financia...

Duty. that is the way i was expected to perform as an assistant united states attorney working for attorney general meese part of my career. n that is the way i trained my assistant when i became united states attorney. and if confirmed, that is the way i will lead the department of justice. in my over 14 years in the department of justice, i tried cases personally of every kind. drug trafficking, very large international smuggling cases, many firearms cases, other violent crimes. a series of pu...

To perform as an assistant united states attorney working for attorney general meese for part of my career. that is the way i trained my assistants when i became united states attorney. and if confirmed, that is the way i will lead the department of justice. in my over 14 years in the department of justice, i tried cases personally of every kind, drug trafficking, very large international smuggling cases, many firearms cases, other violent crimes, a series of public corruption cases of quite sig...

Black men who vote -- >> when you read these through, when you read these convictions, i have no idea the race of the people on these laiss, dana, they did some bad stuff. >> shannon, youre right. they do did some bad things. and i think at this point, its somewhere around 170 so of these repeat offenders, these felons wlo have been released back into the streets or had their sentences shortened. and in some cases, those very pardoned. theyre back out there full and free. look, heres the problem...