sky for tracking china suspected surveillance balloon as its sales across the united states. the pentagon says another balloon is making its way across latin america. the latest reaction from the white house and why the military hasn t shot it down plus cooperate or face more charges the manhattan da s office reported ultimatum to jail trump organization cfo allen weisselberg can prosecutors flip the longtime exec against his former boss later, ron desantis this week making his priorities crystal clear his government working to make access to guns easier, while making access to some books harder. we ll dive into his latest controversial proposals all of that more, that is coming up. a good hopefully warm saturday morning to you, i m kati phang thanks for starting your weekend with us. right now there s a balloon that the united states military says it is for chinese surveillance and it s still in the air over the united states four days after it was first spotted. so just how
good afternoon, i m erica hill. we begin with these stunning announcements for many people. alec baldwin set to face two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of his film rust, cinematographer halyna hutchins was, of course, killed. the set s armorer hannah gutierrez-reed also facing those involuntary manslaughter charges. the new mexico d.a. in announcing the charges noting that, quote, no one is above the law. cnn s josh campbell is live in santa fe, cnn entertainment reporter chloe melas and jennifer rodgers joining me in new york. josh, let s start with you. you spoke a short time ago with the d.a. what more did you learn about the charges and evidence? yeah, district attorney mary carmack-altwies told me this didn t come to one single piece of evidence and know that based on the state investigation that cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed by a round fired from the pistol that alec baldwin was holding but the d.a. saying that
data, who knows what kind of penetration into our classified systems and maybe taking. we just don t know. and that s the real risk here, that china is clearly by sending this balloon, over our territory, it s aggressively seeking to gather information on the united states and on how our military operates. so joel, let s talk about getting this thing out of the air. you are correct, some people have an exceptionally response, which is shooting up into the area, and for people to understand, this blood is currently out about 80,000 feet. that s above where aircraft fighters, fly it s above where commercial airlines, fly so shooting a gun up in the air is actually just really unsafe. but let s just say that the united states yeah exactly. so let s just say that the united states shoots down this balloon, does that escalate things though in terms of diplomacy with the country of china? he, it does, really, i value the way you re describing this. this is 80,000 feet up in the
preliminary hearing but then you go to the producer side and talk about this loose culture and weren t enough checks being done and the checks that were supposed to be happening weren t and all that but he s not the only producer so that kind of says to me, how are they going to prove this criminal negligence if he doesn t have it as an actor and he s not the only one that has it as a producer. is he a special producer? he was there on set. i m looking forward to what they are going to prove. this is an aggressive charge and i m not sure they have it. to follow up, do you see a scenario where there would be additional charges? against another producer? yeah. i doubt it because even that, i mean it s criminal negligence. it s not as much as intentional homicide but has to prove he breached a duty of care and did something dangerous. texting while drive something a good exam of this kind of charge. shooting a gun up in the air and comes down and hurts someone. you have to do some
i was a translator, help me get in, help me get to america, help me get my siv, my visa to get out of the country. and the taliban would come through. at one stage, this one fighter lifted his gun up in the air as if he was going to start firing rounds so we had to run and take cover. listen, you really get a sense the house of cards the whole system was. the military, house cards come down. this is not the taliban 20 years ago. it s not clearly on the streets right now. exactly. let me bring in my next guest, democratic congressman seth moulton in massachusetts who served two tours in new york as a marine corps officer. he has been sounding the alarm his entire career advocating bringing afghan translators who helped united states and others back to the united states by streamlining the special immigrant visa program. on the night kabul fell to the telegram, congressman moulton