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
optics. it can help the prosecution sway them to not bring charges because after all, if you don t have a complaintent, it makes it harder to bring a criminal case. but settling with a victim does not absolve you from criminal responsibility. the prosecution can go forward and prosecute. you see it all the time in domestic violence cases where the victim doesn t want to go forward, but state law may require the prosecution to go forward. look for alec baldwin to start amassing experts. this is going to be an expert case. and ultimately a battle of the experts. they re going to get an armorer, somebody who knows stunts, they re going to get a prop expert. they re going to need experts to educate the jury while alec baldwin is the last person who should have known he was handling a live firearm that other people should have known. you might see a motion by baldwin to sever his case, to split it off from the armorer so they re tried separately. i m not so sure he would want to