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potential candidates to fill that special master role and outline their limitations. as for the investigation, a senior doj official tells nbc news this ruling does not halt the probe into the potential mishandling of classified documents. well dig into the legal implications of the judges ruling in moments. also today, mixed emotions in uvalde, texas. students are back in school for the first time since the tragic may shooting at robb elementary. parents dropping off their kids, jus...

Issue 1 on Ohio's 2022 general election ballot will allow voters to determine if judges should be required to consider public safety when setting bail amounts.

Four kids who were killed, seven others injured. this is devastating for so many. so how do we get to this point? were talking about this fugitive apprehension team was deployed to try to bring the parents of this alleged gunman, this child into custody, and the judge today set bail at $500,000, even though they seem to have been on the run for a few days. so does that even seem right under these circumstances? bail, no bail, or is it an issue of how much? >> i think the judge did the right thin...

Arraignment, starting the process where you are entitled due process. a notice and opportunity to be heard. you have an opportunity to appear, be notified formally of what the charges are against you. ant ear formal plea. have the judge set or not set bail and go home. there is not any fireworks in terms of massive arguments made. opening statements. closing statements. impaneling after jury. it starts the process. it is a judge that presides over the proceedings. prosecutor, of course, has the ...

Then after that, she said, mr. cosby, you must have no contact with your complainant or alleged victim in this case. and at one point he had to sign papers. and the papers were brought to him on the conditions of the bail and she reiterated, you must have no contact with your complainant. and he said, no contact with -- and those were the first words we heard he spoke. she said no constant with your alleged victim. okay. then she said, if you do anything and not in compliance with this bail, it ...

Pennsylvania. again, just to bring you up to speed, the legendary comedian charged this morning officially with aggravated indecent assault, a few hours later, he appeared before a judge there, the judge took his passport, set bail at $1 million. adam reiss still on the scene there. youre outside the courthouse. is that correct? >> reporter: thats correct. thats correct, craig. he came here 2:30 right on the dot as expected. it was a very short, brief hearing. he walked in. he almost tripped on ...

Happens regularly in high profile cases. they want to get him in, get him processed. do everything by the book and by the law. get him printed. set bail. get him out. if he is free to go and they took away his passport, he is clearly an flight risk. from there probably back it lto angeles to his home. sit down with his lawyers and plan. >> thank you so much. >> youre welcome. any time. >> next here, the wealthy teenager wap tocaptured while o run is fighting extradition to come back to the unite...

This one, warrant for your arrest is usually issued by the grand jury. and if you dont show up, that warrant can be used to cause your arrest in the future. however, the d.a. has said hes been in contact with the defense attorneys. so in that situation, usually a voluntary surrender is arranged and i would still expect cosby to show up. if prosecutors have given him a bye for showing up on his own arraignme arraignment, that would be unusual. and that would only be if he couldnt get to pennsylva...

Courthouse. >> very first criminal charge he has faced amid all these different accusations. 50 or so that have come forward. gene jean casarez seeing it with her own eyes. and putting you on the spot from the police perspective, we saw the pictures of mr. cosby leaving this small quaint courthouse headed in his black suv down the road to this police department where we know, obviously, saw his mug shot. there you good. fingerprints. what else happens typically? i dont care if youre bill cosby o...

Now and danny savalos. two top attorneys. gentlemen, we have a lot to talk about. danny, beginning with you. im curious, apparently inside this courtroom, mr. cosby did not enter a plea. can you tell me why? >> so this is just a preliminary arraignment. the very first appearance before the where bail is set. going forward, this defendant will next have a preliminary hearing. that is scheduled very, very soon. it has been scheduled and thats the hearing where the common wealth must show, not beyo...