the bombshell from the "rust" investigation alec baldwin will face charges for the deadly shooting on the movie set. the potential sentence for the actor if convicted silent no more president biden speaks out about his kf confidential documents controversy. dialing up trouble for t-mobile we'll see what's next after hackers stole data from over 35 million customers. his harmonies helped folk

rock soar to new heights david crosby dead at 81. and a vacation turns into a rescue mission the military cadet who raced to save lives after an avalanche. good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. new details in the "rust" shooting investigation actor alec baldwin is set to be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the debt of halyna hutchins. the film's armorer, who was in charge of the weapons, will also be charged >> i was the one holding the gun, yeah. >> reporter: with prosecutors calling his actions on the set of "rust" criminal disregard for safety, alec baldwin now faces involuntary manslaughter and a firearm enhancement charge for his role in the death of cinematographer halena hutch nls. the bombshell announcement means that if convicted on all

charges, the famed actor could face up to six and a half years in prison. >> the gun was in his hand when he pulled the trigger, and that was the main action that killed halyna hutchins. >> reporter: prosecutors say baldwin is culpable as both producer and the actor who held the gun that killed hutchens >> i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off >> reporter: authorities now say they do not believe baldwin's statement the gun misfired >> alec baldwin said he never pulled the trigger on the gun that fired do you believe that? >> that's not true and we know that from the fbi lab report that gun would not have fired without the trigger having been pulled >> reporter: calling the announcement a terrible miscarriage of justice, baldwin's attorney says we will fight these charges and we will win. >> do you think someone should go to prison over all the evidence you've reviewed >> prison is not necessarily the goal what i want is justice for halyna hutchins and people to

take responsibility and accountability for what their actions or inactions lided to. >> reporter: after sorting through a trove of evidence, the da d.a. is also charging the armorer, which her attorneys call the result of a very flawed investigation. >> their was >> this was something more than mere negligence, people acting recklessly people not doing their jobs. violating all the standards that we all have tofollow if we hav a gun in our hands >> reporter: prosecutors say dave halls, the assistant director who looked at the gun before it was given to baldwin, cut a plea deal with the d.a after agreeing to testify. >> he's not out to get anyone. he's going to testify to the truth. >> reporter: a movie set tragedy and now real-life consequences for the actor, the armorer and

assistant director who authorities say should have all prevented the deadly shooting. matthew hutchens, the victim's widower says he supports charges and that quote, no one is above the law. we expect those charges to be filed by the end of the month, meantime, the district attorney does not have an answer to the critical question of how live rounds ever ended up on the set. back to you. >> miguel, thank you new this morning another day, another scandal for the truth-challenged gop congressman george santos. earlier this week, a brazilian drag pomererformer posted a phof herself and another drag performer whom she says is santos, santos appears to be dressed in a red dress or strapless top. then there's this video from a pride parade in 2007 nbc spoke with the journalist

seen here interviewing santos, and he says he's very confident it was santos. santos denied the allegations saying that he was a drag queen or performed as one are categorically false. president biden returned to the white house late last night after visiting storm-ravaged california where he vowed to provide federal support for the recovery efforts while the president was focussed on the deadly storms, he couldn't avoid the questions swirling about his handling of classified documents brie, president biden finally answered questions about the controversy. what does he have to say >> reporter: good morning, frances. president biden did break his silence and says he has no g regrets with how he dealt with the situation. it has been a week since a special counsel was appointed to investigate. here's what the president told reporters. >> we found a handful of

documents were failed, were filed in the wrong place we immediately returned them over to the archives and justice department we're fully cooperating and looking forward to getting this resolved quickly i think you're going to find there's nothing there. i have no regrets. i'm following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. that's exactly what we're doing. there's no "there" there >> reporter: and while president biden referred to a quote handful of documents, we still don't know the exact number of documents that were discovered and the white house has also not explained why they waited two months to tell the public that the classified materials had been found the president has pafaced growi criticism from republicans and his own allies an advisor to the white house counsel's office said officials are trying to explain what happened without compromising the investigation, and that is a difficult balance to strike. frances? >> brie, thank you america is maxed out the country has hit its debt

limit and the treasury secretary is taking extraordinary measures to make sure the government pays its bills until june but what does this mean for you and your wallet? if laiwmakers cannot strike a deal >> reporter: the debt ceiling. only two western countries have one, us and denmark. why does it exist? you may know if you saw "hamilton" ♪ a financial diuretic ♪ >> reporter: a system was made where the government would borrow to buy stuff. the constitution lets the congress have spending power and the white house used to have to ask every time they needed to borrow more, but in world war ii they changed that, kind of making it like credit card cap can you charge up stuff but you even eventually have to pay the bill.

if you don't, massive red flags. it's not just politics it's going to have a real impact on your life because tax revenue, the money the government gets from the taxes we all pay that' that's not enough. if the federal government can't borrow money, they can't pay for anything else. members of the military can't get checks neither can social security recipients the lights will go off in federal buildings, literally because the companies won't get paid even the threat has sent interest rates soaring in the past >> it affects every aspect of american life. >> our thanks to hallie for that breakdown the. now to a major announcement from the supreme court this morning. investigators announcing they could not determine who leaked the draft of the decision to overturn roe versus wade more than it's months ago

officials interviewed everyone focussing on law clerks and permanent employees. they checked phones and browsing history but came up short. returning to the cross-country storm that left california under water it's leaving a trail of destruction destruction as it barrels across the u.s. in nebraska drivers stranded in whiteout conditions. and in colorado, semi trucks piling up on treacherous highways, causing numerous crashes. meanwhile, further south, a tornado ripping through columbia county, arkansas and today the storm will reach the northeast where 10 million are under winter alerts. >> let's bring in michelle grossmann who is tracking it all for us hope you have a happy friday, good morning. >> so far so good. we looking at snow this morning in portions of the interior northeast into new england 10 million people under winter alerts, winter alerts in the

four corners that's our next cross-country storm. can you see alerts in the four corners and the central plains but the northeast first, 10 million people impacted. a winter storm warning for portions of new england and radar showing us snow is falling, that's the blue also some rain, that's the green, the yellows, the originals. and this is our next storm we're going to see show storms increasing across the gulf of mexico tomorrow we're going to see heavy rain along the gulf coast states, snow intees. 83 in miami. it's a cold one. you need your coat, glove, scarves in the midwest temperatures below freezing. all right, we made it to friday

we're going to take a look at the weekend forecast in just a bit. >> looking forward to that, thank you. now to our shot of the day on a special day for one college basketball player. >> across the timeline to warren, from the logo got it go, birthday boy, delivers >> you heard it right there, yesterday was marcus warrick's birth day, and he celebrated by draining that buzzer beater from the logo, and it was enough to lift northern kentucky over cleveland state, 57-56 a birthday he will never forget. we're back in 60 seconds for the manhunt for an aont.rsis and the harmful effects of anti-lgbtq legislation on queer youth. celebrating together. ♪ ...without letting anything keep you apart.

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turned into a rescue mission a military cadet jumped into action to save skiers from an avalanche. >> oh, my god, oh, my god! >> never seen anything like that in my life >> reporter: a second year vmi student, eric gottman, was enjoying christmas with his family in the alps because christmas afternoon is when the unimaginable happened in the snow. g they were on an outing when -- >> holy crap >> reporter: an avalanche started and buried people in the slopes that's when they leapt into action to do what they could to help they skied to the location and found about a dozen people scattered. >> one was buried up to his neck he was the first person that we all thought hey, we should go dig this guy out of the snow, make sure he's at least alive. >> reporter: the young men did not stop there after rescuing one person they attempted to help others buried

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right now at 4:30, a major shake-up in oakland. police chief leronne armstrong is placed on administrative leave, and we have reaction from city leaders and the police officers association. a live look outside, and we are finally going to have clear skies in the long-term forecast. we are tracking temperatures and just how many layers you may have to consider when you're heading out this weekend this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire tv, apple tv and online. and we made it to friday. happy friday to everyone out there this mornin