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A summons charging former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with misdemeanor forcible touching was...

Paying some big prices. the laws are the laws. and the supreme court would have to be bending a hell of a lot of them if they were to allow some of this behavior to continue. >> carl, harry, i really appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much. >> thank you. breaking news ahead. a new criminal complaint filed against former new york governor andrew cuomo. details of that ahead.

>> in terms of the seriousness of this charge, it's described in the complaint as a class a misdemeanor, forcible touching. we know that technically the potential penalty here is a year in prison, which means it's a serious thing. can you give us some sort of sense of context as to how serious this is under new york law, and if he were convicted of this offense, what would be a likely sentence, not just a possible sentence? >> any criminal charge is a serious thing, and as you say, he's facing time in jail, and that makes it even more serious. but in a case like this with a defendant who hasn'...

Andrew cuomo. francie, thanks for coming on tonight. i want to throw it to you, what do you make of this? >> it is really interesting, tucker, the thing that struck me the most about this at this point is apparently the police officer filed the summons or these charges, misdemeanor charge, against the former governor without permission of the district attorney's office, and so they were not supposed to be filed yet, these charges, so i don't quite understand how that happened. i feel pretty certain the district attorney would have made it very clear when she wanted the charges filed, so that i...

I want to throw it to you, what do you make of this? >> it is really interesting tucker, the thing that struck mr the most about this at this point is apparently the police officer filed the summons or these charges, misdemeanor charge, against the former governor without permission of the district attorney's office and so they were not supposed to be filed yet, these charges, soo i don't quite understand how that happened. i feel pretty certain the district attorney would have made it very clear when she wanted the charges filed, so that is the first thing that strikes me. the second thing is...