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PROGRAMING OR RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US. WE JUST WANT TO GO OVER THESE CHARGES THAT JUST CAME DOWN AND WITHIN THE LAST HOUR THE SUMMARY OF THE CHARGES, ALEC BALDWIN, TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AND HE HAD READ TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. DAVID HALL’S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GUILTY PLEA FOR NEGLIGENT USE, A DEADLY WEAPON AND WILL BE SENTENCED SIX MONTHS OF PROBATION. NO CHARGES AGAINST DIRECTOR JOEL SOUSA. LET’S IN JOHN DAY AGAIN, OUR LEGAL EXPERT HERE AT KOAT. SO, JOHN, AGAIN IS ALL JUST COMING DOWN JUST MINUTES AGO. LET’S REHASH AGAIN JUST IN CASE PEOPLE ARE JUST JOINING US RIGHT NOW. WHAT THIS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE MEANS. WELL, IT MEANS NO ONE HAD AN INTENT TO KILL SOMEONE. BUT THE FACT IS IS THAT THEIR ACTIONS WERE SO NEGLIGENT THAT SOMEBODY DIED AND IT HAS TO RISE ABOVE SIMPLE, SIMPLE NEGLIGENCE TO THE LEVEL OF NEGLIGENCE. AND THE FACT THAT THAT THE D.A. HAS DECIDED TO CHARGE THE. AND ALSO ALEC BALDWIN MEANS THAT SHE WANTS TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT. GUNS ARE DEADLY SERIOUS. DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER IT’S A FILM OR SOMEONE’S BACKYARD THAT. AND I THAT LANGUAGE IN HER ISSUED MEDIA RELEASE WHERE SHE REITERATED THAT THAT’S THAT THEY’RE FOCUSING ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF PLAYING AROUND WITH GUNS AND THEY WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE. AND JOHN, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WE HEARD ABC NEWS JUST MENTIONED A PRELIMINARY HEARING. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT PRELIMINARY HEARING. A PRELIMINARY HEARING LIKE A MINI TRIAL WHERE THE PROSECUTOR PRESENTS ITS EVIDENCE TO A JUDGE. IT’S NOT A GRAND JURY WHERE THEY HAVE A SECRET MEETING WITH 12 PEOPLE. IN A PRELIMINARY HEARING, IT’S OUT IN THE OPEN. THE PROSECUTION, THE EVIDENCE TO A JUDGE AND THE JUDGE DECIDES IF THERE’S PROBABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CASE AND THE DISTRICT COURT. JOHN, I WANT TO TOUCH ON DAN ABRAMS. ABC’S EXPERT, WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER PENALTY IN NEW MEXICO COULD BE UP TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON. BUT ALSO THAT THE D.A. ADDED THIS EXTRA ELEMENT OF A FIREARM IN MEANT SO THERE COULD BE SOME SERIOUS TIME BEHIND BARS BECAUSE OF THIS. YEAH THE FIREARM ENHANCEMENT ADDS POTENTIAL FIVE YEARS TO ANY CHARGE. NOW THE REALITY IS IS THAT APPARENTLY NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ANY CRIMINAL HISTORY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET DIFFERENT WHEN WE GET TO A SENTENCING, GOING TO BE UP TO A COURT BUT. THE FACT THAT THERE’S A FIREARM ENHANCED MEANT ADDED TO IT AND NOT SURPRISINGLY BECAUSE THERE’S A FIREARM USED. BUT THAT COULD ADD FIVE YEARS TO THE NORMAL 18 MONTH SENTENCE FOR A FOURTH DEGREE FELONY. AND MANSLAUGHTER. AND JOHN, LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE CHARGES. YOU KNOW, ALEC BALDWIN SAYING EARLIER IN PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS THIS CAME DOWN THAT HE WAS NOT EXPECTED TO BE CHARGED WITH ANYTHING CRIMINALLY. YOU SURPRISED BY TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT? NOT I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TRYING TO TAKE HER TIME AND BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS. I THINK BALDWIN’S EFFORTS AND STRATEGY OF TRYING TO SPIN THIS EARLY ON, OBVIOUSLY DIDN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND IT CERTAINLY MAKES THEM LESS THAN I THINK. IT’S CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE WANTING GET OUT THERE AND SAY, I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG. BUT I THINK HE MADE SOME STATEMENTS WHERE HE SAYS, WELL, PEOPLE IN THE KNOW HAVE TOLD, I’M GOING TO BE FINE. I’M IN THE CLEAR. AND FROM A DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE, JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA. ALL RIGHT, JOHN DAY, OUR LEGAL EXPERT, JUST GOING OVER THESE CHARGES THAT JUST CAME INTO OUR NEWSROOM WITHIN THE LAST HOUR OR SO. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS RUSSELL FILM SET SHOOTING CHARGES JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY FROM THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, GOING TO BE GLASSES WORKING ON IT BEHIND, THE SCENES RIGHT NOW. SHE’S GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF FULL REPORTS FOR YOU. COMING UP AT 11:00. WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO JOHN DAY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE BREAK DOWN THIS EMAIL THAT CAME FROM THE DISTRICT. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE TODAY AT 1145, SIX AND TEN. THANKS FOR WATCHING.