that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and right now we re watching for a major decision set to come any moment now about the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. it s 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 a new mexico district attorney is about to announce whether any charges in the case will be filed. i want to get right to nbc s vaughn hillyard in new mexico. what do we know so far? reporter: yeah, lindsey, we re talking about a tragic case here in which there was a certain level of intelligence, several layers of negligence on the part of alec baldwin and individuals who were a part of the crew on this western set here of rust which was being shot just outside of santa fe. but the ext
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Government had informed state Election Officials that russians tried to target Election Systems in 21 states in the leadup to the 2016 election. Of course, the other thing we know the u. S. Deterrence campaign isnt working based on the reporting of the daily beast that russians trying to infiltrate the emails of staffers of senator claire mccaskill. They were sunsuccessful. Thats why they say there need tos to be a coheercherent strategy can i ask you, though, about the mood in that building behind you there, geoff. In terms of the headlines that involve former trump Attorney Michael Cohen and the Trump Tower Meeting and russia and his allegations that President Trump knew about that meeting in advance. Whats the mood there . Reporter well, a source close to the president described
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