baldwin himself pulled the trigger and as hard as it might be to believer, this is the third such deadly incident involving prop firearms. in a moment, new word on working conditions on set, specifically whether safety protocols were followed. >>> first, though, the call to county 911 which was obtained by cnn affiliate. usual warnings about difficult content apply. >> fire and ems. >> bonanza creek ranch we have had two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun. we need help immediately. >> okay. bonanza creek ranch. stay on the phone with me. we are going to get some help. okay? don't hang up. okay? just one second. >> it sounds like somebody else is calling for two ambulances. >> everybody should be -- we need some help our director and our camera man -- camerawoman has been shot. >> so was it loaded with a real bullet? >> we don't -- i cannot tell you that. we have two injuries from a movie gunshot. >> okay. we are getting them out there, already. just stay on the phone with me. >> okay. >> no, no, no, i am a script supervisor. >> how many people were injured? >> two that

today baldwin tweeting from the account he shares with his wife, there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of halyna hutchins. i am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. these tragic accidents on movie sets have happened before. >> is that gasoline i smell? >> reporter: actor brandon lee, son of bruce lee, was killed in 1993 on the set of the movie "the crow" when a fragment of a dummy bullet became lodged in a prop gun which fatally wounded him. shannon lee posting on her brother ease twitter account, our hearts go out to the family of halyna hutchins and joel souza and all involved on the set of "rust." no one should be killed on a set, period. >> have we heard from the families of those who were shot? >> reporter: not joel souza who possibly is still in the hospital, but we have heard from the husband of halyna hutchins who spoke out to insiders saying, quote, i don't think there are words to communicate the situation. by all accounts the 42 year old was a rising star in the film world, but also

on the "rust" set, alec baldwin thought he was firing a cold gun during rehearsal. director joel souza told investigators baldwin was sitting on a wooden pew, cross drawing his weapon, and pointing the revolver toward the camera lens when he heard what sounded like a whip and then loud pop according to the search warrant affidavit. souza was shot in the shoulder and hutchins was killed. >> the first thing that went wrong is that they used a gun that was dpabl capable of having live ammo put in it. >> reporter: on the "rust" set, there were concerns the armorer or person responsible for prop weapons was 24-year-old hanna gutierrez. on a podcast last month, gutierrez said she had recently finished her first job as head armorer on a film titled the old way with nicholas cage and that her father, an industry vet, had been teaching her about guns since she was 16. >> i was really nervous about it at first and i almost didn't take the job was i wasn't sure if i was ready but doing it, like, it went really smoothly. >> reporter: a crew member on the set of "rust" calls out

, and alec baldwin shoots someone. i could definitely see that person a had some criminal liability in terms of even something as -- as -- as significant as manslaughter. but, you know, as your previous guest discussed, you know, even on a low-budget film, it's complicated how proves move around, who's responsible. and the district attorney is going to have to do a very thorough investigation of how this weapon got -- got into a deadly situation. at this point, we don't even know, as far as i am aware, that there was an actual bullet in the chamber. >> yeah, we don't. >> it may be that a -- a blank could have caused a lot of damage. so, all those facts really have to be developed before you can decide on criminal liability. but criminal liability, as the da said, is certainly -- is certainly possible. >> the district attorney also quoted by "the new york times" as saying that the investigation would probably take weeks, if not months before getting to the point of charging anyone. how complicated just a legal question

baldwin taking possession of it. so, we are hoping to get further information on exactly why they were there and how they got there. >> so, are -- are -- are they boog being cooperative? i mean, the people who would have direct knowledge of that? can you say? >> right now, we have been getting in contact with mr. baldwin and mrs. gutierrez. mr. hall -- to mr. halls, to my knowledge, has retained legal counsel and will work through his legal counsel to hopefully get a further statement and clarifying statement in reference to what happened. >> and, sheriff, there were some reports that crew members were using live rounds for target practice on the set. can you confirm that? >> we have heard that from different sources through the media, through social media, and other sources that that took place. there's no indication that -- that that has happened. we don't have specifics of where that took place and when it took place. and we -- we would encourage anybody with that information to come forward to the sheriff's offic

let me read for you what alec baldwin wrote on twitter. "there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of hitch hitch, a wife, mother, and deeply admired colleague of ours. i'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred, and i am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. my heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved halyna." that's the first statement we're hearing from alec baldwin on what is truly a tragedy all around. we'll have much more on that coming up. we'll be right back. for mike's retirement party. worth is giving the employee who spent half his life with you, the party of a lifetime. wealth is watching your business grow. worth is watching your employees grow with it. principal. for all it's worth. got directv stream. now we can watch live tv and on demand. serena... scary movie... serena... scary movie... serena williams ready to serve. ahh! quiet, please. triple match point ser

more alarming revelations on the deadly shooting on the set of an alec baldwin film. new details on what the crew was doing hours before a cinematographer was killed. >>> blame game. fullback ceo mark zuckerberg trying to blame the media for the issues facing his company as congress weighs how to regulate them. >>> and dave chappelle says he's willing to meet with trans community but has a list of demands. >>> thanks for being here. i do want to begin with disturbing details about the tragedy on the movie set of alec baldwin's new film. the wrap is reporting that crew members on the film "rust" were doing target practice with live ammunition just hours before baldwin was handled one of those guns that accidentally killed cinematographer halyna hutchins. also cnn has learned the film's assistant director, according to an affidavit, is the person who handled baldwin the gun. he was fired from another film production just two years ago over a gun incident. cnn's lucy kavanagh is live with what is happening. what are you hearing today? >> reporter: well, we know as you me

had regularly been handing the gun to alec baldwin. at least that's the way i read it. that's not the normal procedure. the first a.d. should be out of that chain of custody. the gun goes from the armorerto the actor before a scene. so that -- i want to know if that was the case. >> dutch, thank you very much for coming on again. paul, thank you as always. really appreciate it. >>> i want to turn to breaking news on capitol hill, democrats are down to the wire. another deadline they themselves have set. with little time left to reach a deal on president biden's spending bill before he leaves for europe tomorrow. senate democrats unveiled overnight a new billionaire's tax proposal to help pay for biden's sweeping domestic agenda. senator joe manchin, a key voice in all of this. he just laid out his position after meeting with the president. let's go to capitol hill. lauren fox is there with the breaking details. lauren, senator manchin just spoke to reporters. he's expressing some concerns. what's the latest? >> just as quickly as senator ron widen of the finance committ

on a movie set, the armorer defending her role in the tragedy that led to the fatal shooting by alec baldwin. >>> and one step closer. the fda could soon authorize a vaccine for children as young as 5, leaving only the cdc to weigh in before we see younger kids get vaccinated. >>> thanks for being here. we begin with breaking news, which is president biden is about to meet with french president emmanuel macron in rome where he will conclude his -- after which he'll conclude his first day of meetings in his high-stake trip to europe. relations between the two countries, the u.s. and france, are strained after france declared a crisis of trust last month, i'm sure you remember, over a u.s. deal to sell nuclear-powered submarines to australia, undercutting another deal with the french. things even devolved to the point where france recalled its u.s. ambassador for the first time in history. and already today, president biden met with pope francis at the vatican for a lengthy 90 minutes. the white house says the second catholic u.s. president hand the pope discussed a range of issues including t

at this hour with kate baldwin starts right now . >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate baldwin. another miss, the jobs report, disapointsing. off the mark by hundreds of thousands of jobs. president biden set to speak on this this hour. >>> economic calamity avoided for now. the senate extends the debt ceiling avoiding a disastrous default, but only for weeks. and is democrats still can't agree on their ambitious spending programs. >>> and rounding the corner, positive signs on covid, more positive signs. fewer case, more vaccinations, mandates pushing more people to get the shot. but those same mandates are forcing some people to choose between the shot and their job. thank you for being here. at this hour, we're standing by to hear from president biden. set to deliver his first public remarks on the september jobs report just out. and it was a major disappointment. the report showed the u.s. economy added just 194,000 jobs last month. some economists actually expected it to be more than twice that number. a report is even worse than the last disappointment, which was just the

." >>> breaking overnight, the actor alec baldwin accidentally shoots two people with a prop firearm on a movie set, killing one of them. new details this morning about what investigators found in a florida nature park while searching for brian laundrie. >>> and as nicaragua soon heads to the polls for election, the critics and opposition leaders are being thrown to jail. i speak to one of nicaragua's silenced voices. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom." with isa soares. >>> hello, everyone. it is friday, october 22nd, and we begin with breaking news overnight in the united states. police say actor alec baldwin was holding a prop gun on the set of his upcoming movie "rust" when it discharged, killing the film cinematographer and injuring the director. an investigation is currently underway. cnn's sarah sidner has all the details for you. >> reporter: a real tragedy unfolding on a movie set in new mexico. we are told by the sheriff's department in santa fe county that their investigators say it appears that a scene was being filmed in this new movie called "rust." a

it seems to be what alec baldwin was saying just after the incident. >> yeah. there's a lot of hot gun, cold gun, live gun, warm gun, whatever. there's a lot of, you know -- there's guns that have nothing in them, guns that have blanks in them, guns that have ammunition that kills people in them. a gun that's capable of taking live ammo shouldn't be on-set. when we say that we're going live, you know, in hollywood, we mean whatever we had planned to do, we're actually going to do it now. we're not rehearsing anymore. so if we're, you know, supposed to blow up the car, okay, everyone, we're going live. the car's going to blow up. boom, right? okay. we're going live. we're handing out guns that have blanks in them so we're not rehearsing anymore. there's no way that anyone would expect that when they said that they were going live, they actually meant that they were using live ammo in an unmodified firearm. >> to be clear, in your work history, would you have ever used live ammunition for any reason? >> i have used live ammunition because i do shows for discovery

an assistant director handed baldwin by a prop gun and yelled cold gun meaning it did not have live rounds. the actor fired it while rehearsing a scene and hit and killed a cinemaing t ing to gra. the assistant director didn't know it had live rounds. this is thsis the 1911 call. listen . several crew members had quit the production due to safety concerns including gun safety protocols. lucy kafanov picks up the story. >> reporter: alec baldwin says he is fully cooperating into the investigation in the fatal shooting on the set of the movie "rust." >> two people accidently shot. >> reporter: officials say they are still in the initial stages of their investigation into what led to the fatal incident chen baldwin discharged a prop weapon onset. and the director joel souza rushed to a local hospital with injuries. and director of photographerity was pronounced dead. police continue to interview witnesses and are looking into what type of projectile was fired from the prop gun commonly used on movie sets that aren't without their own risks. >> prop weapons do have a dangerous factor to them e

baldwin distraught in the sheriff's parking lot after questioning. the investigation remains open and active. no charges have been filed. a prop firearm should shoot only blanks. >> with a blanch k round you ha everything that you have in a real round. you don't have the bullet at the end of it, you get the flash, the recall, the explosion, but you don't get the beauty flying out. that doesn't mean that a blank round is safe. >> reporter: hutchins posted this video the day before on the day of horse riding. one of the perks of shooting a western. born in ukraine, hutchins started out as a journalist and then moved to the u.s. to study and work in the movies. named a rising star in 2019 by "american cinematographer magazine." she was 42. >> she had this immediacy, this realism, as well as an eye for beauty. >> reporter: a sight like this rare but not unique. brandon lee was shot on the set of "the crow." after a live round stuck in the barrel. in 1984, actor john eric hexum jokingly put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. the pressure and waddin

now, alec baldwin was wearing western-style clothing. again, this is for an 1880s period piece film. police say the clothing was stained with blood. they confiscated it for the investigation. we know from sheriffs they were combing every inch of the film set. they have been interviewing witnesses, they gathered electronic material, any film from iphones, ipads, anything that could help them piece together exactly what took place that fateful thursday afternoon. lucy cavanaugh cnn, accan you recollect, new mexico. >> for more on the legal fallout from this tragedy, we want to bring in a former federal prosecutor and president of west coast trial lawyers. and he joins me now from los angeles. it's really good to have you weigh in on this. look, everybody understands this was obviously a tragic accident, but even so, at this point do authorities have to look at the fact that there may be some criminal liability here, and that charges are possible? >> no question, paula. even tragic accidents give rise to criminal liability when there is gro

now, alec baldwin was wearing western-style clothing. again, this was for an 1880 period piece film. police say the filming appeared to be stained with blood. they confiscated that as part of their investigation. and we know from sheriffs that authorities have been combing every inch of that location, that film set. they've been interviewing witnesses. they've gathered electronic material, any film of iphones, ipads. anything that could help them piece together exactly what took place that fateful thursday afternoon. lucy kafanov, cnn, albuquerque, new mexico. >> reporter: "rust" cast member hayes hargrove told cnn he had no direct knowledge of the events that led to halyna hutchins' death, but he said movie sets by nature are dangerous environments. he also said a bright, striking fierce mother was killed and alec baldwin's life is forever ruined. we've seen the photos of alec baldwin appearing distraught over the death of halyna hutchins, and although the shooting was an accident, one legal analyst says that he may face legal liability

now, alec baldwin was wearing western-style clothing. this was, again, for an 1880s period piece film. police say the clothing appeared to be stained with blood. they confiscated that as part of their investigation. and we know from sheriffs that authorities have been combing every inch of that location, that film set. they've been interviewing witnesses. they've gathered electronic material, iphones, ipads, anything that could help them piece together exactly what took place that fateful thursday afternoon. lucy kafanov, cnn, albuquerque, new mexico. >> "rust" cast member hayes hargrove told cnn that he had no direct knowledge of the event that led to halyna hutchins' death, but said that movie sets are by nature dangerous environments. he also said a bright, talented, striking, fierce mother was killed and alec baldwin is forever ruined. meanwhile, dave hall is the assistant director on the film and said "rust" was the subject of complaints over safety during two other productions in 2019, according to maggie gal, a light maker and pro

and it was handed to alec baldwin. and then he discharged it. but the more concerning it really is. and while there is no bringing back halyna hutchins and alec baldwin has to live with what he tragically accidentally did, there is a real concern over liability and whether corners were cut and whether the camera crew that walked off in the morning was replaced by non-union workers. were the people who were being replaced as experienced, as knowledgeable and as careful as the people who were there beforehand? >> well, cnn has not been able to confirm this reporting. producers for baldwin for "rust" say they were not aware of any official complaints concerning gun safety on set. they will continue to cooperate with authorities in hutchins' death. meantime attention is turning to dave halls, the director of the film. josh campbell reports. >> reporter: we are learning new details about the person who handed alec baldwin the prop gun on the day of the fatal shooting here in santa fe. assistant director dave halls who was on set that day had been involved in another incident two years ag

and this photo of hutchins surfaced showing her inside a church in the "rust" set where alec baldwin was rehearsing. they said it is the last photo of hutchins before she died. it is unclear when the photo was actually taken. now more focus is turning toward the district attorney's handling of the case. cnn's josh campbell has that part of the story from santa fe. >> reporter: we are learning new details about the status of the state's investigation into that fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins by alec baldwin. the district attorney's office telling cnn it remains an active investigation. they have not yet ruled out any potential criminal charges. of course, one key question has been liable, whether authorities will be holding any one person or group of people actually responsible for her death. officials tell us that that investigation is underway at this hour. we are also learning new details about what authorities found on the set of that shooting. according to court records, we are learning that the sheriff's department found three pistols as well as boxes of ammuni

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the county sheriff said the gun fired by alec baldwin shot a suspected live round killing crew member halyna hutchins and injuring the director. >> that is up to the testing. right now we're going to determine how they got there, why they were there, because they shouldn't have been there. we would consider a live round a bullet live because it did fire from the weapon and obviously caused the death of mrs. hutchins and injured mr. sousa. >> meanwhile, court documents released wednesday revealed the film's assistant director admits he failed to fully check the prop firearm before handing it to baldwin. and two crew members tell cnn that the lead armour on set had mishandled weapons during a previous film project. cnn's josh campbell has more now on the investigation. >> reporter: isa, we are learning new details about the circumstances surrounding that fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. they suspect it was a live round of ammunition inside a gun fired by actor alec baldwin that ultimately resulted in her death. now, there are a number of questions that remain, specific

baldwin remembered her as his friend on a tight-knit crew. he and his family were in vermont when the paparazzi tracked them down. a visibly upset baldwin took their questions and called for new safety measures on film sets. >> would you ever work on another film set that involves firearms? >> i couldn't answer that question. i have no sense of it at all. i do know an ongoing effort to limit the use of firearms on film sets is something i'm extremely interested in. but remember, something that i think is important, that is, how many bullets have been fired in films and tv shows in the last 75 years? this is america, how many bullets have gone off in movies and on tv sets? probably billions in the last 75 years and nearly all of them without incident. so what has to happen now is we have to realize that when it does go wrong, and it's this horrible, catastrophic thing, some new measures have to take place. rubber guns, plastic guns, no live -- no real ammunition on set. that's not for me to decide. it's urgent that you understand, i'm not an e

alec baldwin's lawyer, if he's any good, i'm sure he is, has told baldwin you should not say anything at all. if you have to say something, don't say anything about the substance of the case. you can see alec baldwin struggling to find the right balance between wanting to address the situation but not saying anything of substance. >> he did say it was a freak occurrence, quote, one in a trillion. patrick, there were safety concerns on the set, and previous safety complaints against the film's assistant director david halls, who handed the gun to baldwin. do you think this tragedy will lead to reforms on movie sets? >> i think there is two really important factors here. one, as you mentioned, this assistant director had been pulled off of a set in 2019 for an eerily similar situation. so clearly there is an investigation here in this particular instance. but, yes, i do think this is already leading to reforms in so many different areas. we have seen multiple shows now, states they're no longer going to have live ammunition or gun -- real guns, they'll do everything in post. we're seein

baldwin fired a prop gun on set during production of the movie "rust" accidentally hitting hutchins. she was know announced dead at the hospital. the film director was also injured. these photos show a seemingly distraught baldwin after the shooting and a short time ago he tweeted this. quote, there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of helena hutchins, a wife and mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. i'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and i'm in touch with her husband and offering my support to him and his family, my heart is broken for her husband, their son and all who knew and loved helena. step stephanie elum is covering the development and you have breaking news from the local prosecutor in new mexico. what is happening. >> because we have not heard anything about whether or not charges would be filed. we know the investigation is very much open. and that they continue to talk to witnesses there in the sante fe area. but the new statement from new mexico first

the pain that alec baldwin must be feeling. obviously alec baldwin doesn't necessarily shy away from controversy in the past in his career. we know that there have been these, you know, provocative moments and just to see him at the center of this, i mean, everybody, you know, look, he's somebody who is a cross generational celebrity. my kids, of course, know who alec baldwin is because of his depiction of trump. we all have known alec baldwin throughout his career, and it's just jaw dropping to see him at the center of this. >> yeah, it is, but keith made good point about the safety checks gone through. we have done set visits to different shows, television shows in particular where they handle firearms, and we do know on those sets you're not allowed to point, you know, those guns at anyone. there are checks and rechecks every single time someone is handling those guns, so we don't know what happened here, but we do know that as an industry practice, especially after what happened with brandon lee on "the crow," there has bee

as he handed the gun to the actor, alec baldwin, he yelled, quote, "cold gun", the assistant director did not know live rounds were in the prop gun. so are those the people that would look at, the assistant director and the armorer. >> i think those are two the people people. if that is true that baldin was hand the the gun and told cold gun, i don't think he's in any criminal danger. but those are people who are responsible. one of things that we ask as lawyers as prosecutors is what was the duty of care that this person owed. obviously the armorer is the person responsible for the safety of the gun and that is different than the responsibility that a camera person or an audio person would have. much more serious and i think there is real questions about the qualifications of the armorer and the way the assistant director handled those firearms. >> about alec baldwin, as an actor, it sounds like from all we know at this moment, that he is not responsible. he was handed what was told to be a cold gun and just practicing his part in this movie. but he was also a producer on this film.

after alec baldwin was told it was a quote cold gun with no live ammunition before it went off. one crew member and eyewitness blamed her death on negligence and unprofessionalism, and questioned the experience of hannah gutierrez. he wrote quote to save a dime sometimes you hire people who are not fully qualified for the complicated and dangerous job, and you risk the lives of other people who are close and your lives as well. cnn's lucy kjoins us from san jose. what more are you hearing about the previous gun incidents we are hearing on sets? >> cnn has learned that assistant director dave halls was the subject of complaints over safety as well as behavior on set on two different productions back in 2019. sources tell cnn that these complaints include a disregard for safety with gun safety, and pyrotechnics, things like having exit lanes, and fire exits being consistently blocked and also reports of inappropriate sexual behavior. now cnn spoke to maggie gold, a prop maker and a licensed pyro technician. she told cnn halls neglected to hold safety meetings and announce a weapon

is there some or should there be some onus on baldwin to check that? should he have checked it? >> in my experience, most of the actors that i work with will sit with me and we will check the weapon before the weapon goes onset. is it their responsibility? in some way it is, but the majority of that typically falls on either the armorer or the prop master handing them the weapon, which did not happen in this situation. >> i understand you have a prop gun to show us what that check should look like. can you give us an idea? >> yes, i do. okay. this is a prop nonfiring weapon. i'm going to be keeping it pointed in a safe direction during the demonstration. >> okay. >> with the weapon like the one they were using on set, the more historical weapons, they have a built-in clearing rod, which is right in here. >> okay. >> that rod gets pushed from the front to the back of the weapon, and you can see -- let me open the port here. you can see the rod extend past. that tells me there is nothing in that particular chamber. you would advance to the next chamber, repeat the process with the

. >>> we are learning multiple major red flags on the set of "rust" in the days before alec baldwin shot and killed cinematographer halyna hutchins. detectives seized spent casings, ammunition boxes, loose ammunition, also ammo in a fanny pack. >>> also a veteran prop master is coming forward saying that he rejected a job offer to work on the film because of multiple safety concerns. they included the decision to merge the jobs of armorer and assistant prop master. >> i turned the job opportunity down on "rust" because i felt it was completely unsafe. i impressed upon them there were great concerns, and they didn't really respond to any concerns about that. >> cnn's lucy kafanov is in new mexico. members of the crew were using these guns with live ammo hours before hutchins was killed. >> reporter: that's right, cnn has not been able to independently verify that reporting about this live ammo that was used for basically shooting cans or whatever it might be, the practice is called plinking. but we do know from the inventory list that was listed in the court documents obtained by cnn that

that should have been probably what alec baldwin was drilling with. apparently he was practicing a complicated cross draw maneuver, which is not common, where the holster would be on the opposite side and you draw across your body. that should have been probably what he was practicing with. it's interesting that there were 500 rounds removed from the set, whether they were live ammo, blanks or dummy rounds. what a dummy round is, it's basically an inert round. there's no gun bo prouder. sometimes they're filled with bbs so you can share them and hear what they sound like. i'm curious to find the breakdown of how much of each type of round was available on that set. >> scott, you point out the number there of rounds, this is a western. 500 rounds. is that an atypical amount regardless of the breakdown? >> i've been on sets where you can pop 100 rounds in a day. it's not that difficult to do. so if they were -- if this was for the whole production, it's possible. i don't know what the script is like or how much gunfire there was. that is not uncharacter

baldwin which should have indicated it was safe to use. in the newly released search warrant i should say the deputy on the scene describes conversations with halls and gutierrez. these are not exact transcripts. these are the conversations ass deputy remembers them but in his interview with halls, i'm going to read you a portion, it says during an interview with david halls when the detective asked david about the safety protocol on set in regards to firearms, he advised i check the barrel for obstructions. most of the time there's no live fire, and she, referring to hannah gutierrez opens the hatch and spins the drum, and i say cold gun on set. now, david advised when hannah showed him the firearm before continuing rehearsal, he could only remember seeing three rounds. he advised that he should have checked all of them, but didn't, and could not recall if she spun the drum. the detective also spoke to hannah gutierrez. she told him, according to the a affidavit that on the day of the incident she checked for quote dummies, blank bullets

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baldwin. he's very profession a.m. he's very safe, very courteous, so i can't imagine what he's going through right now, but things like this don't happen on movie sets usually. i think there's maybe been a couple of instances over the many, many years that films have been in production since the '20s that something like this has happened. >> when you talk about this unknown, right, we don't know if it was a live round that was fired. >> we don't know. >> nothing definitive there, but could something other than a live round been fired out and seriously hurt or obviously killed somebody? >> well, i don't know what range the gun was at, how far the -- how far away the gun was from the young lady that was killed. it is very hard to get killed by a blank, at least a professional movie blank. the blanks that we use are just a crimped casing so the only thing in them is powder which is what simulates the flash and a western the smoke from guns so the worst people ever got is a powder burn which would be irritating but certai

the big question still was alec baldwin handed a loaded gun? and major mistakes. police now revealing how they lost track of brian laundrie at one point thinking his mother was him. resources, money, time all wasted as the lone person of interest in gabby petito's death got away. we begin with elizabeth cohen and this key vaccine meeting going on right now. elizabeth, walk us through what's happening today. the data they are looking at and what happens next. >> anna, all eyes right now on this advisory committee. vaccine experts who advise the u.s. food and drug administration, these are outside experts. they have no skin in this game. they are just wanting to look at the data, so let's look big picture at the same data that these experts will be reviewing and have been reviewing today. so pfizer did a large clinical trial with children ages 5 to 11, and what they found was that the vaccine was 90.7% effective at preventing children from getting sick with covid-19. what they did is took more than 1,300 children in the trial and gave them the vaccine, followed them

baldwin. >> this shooting happened last thursday on the set of baldwin's new movie, "rust," being filmed in new mexico. but for almost a week now, it has been unclear what exactly was fired from that weapon. the sheriff in santa fe today provided this explanation. >> so what was fired was not a blank or a dummy? what do you consider live? >> we would consider the bullet live because it caused the death of ms. hutchins and injured mr. souza. >> as we look at one of the last images of halyna hutchins and the crew prior to the shooting, 100 live rounds and suspected live rounds were recovered from the set. the d.a. is not ruling out criminal charges and they have now hired a firm to investigate. let's go to stephanie elam. you were at this presser. what were you hearing? >> reporter: the district attorney made it clear that the investigation here is ongoing, but she's not ruling it out because they're waiting for testing. also worth noting that the sheriff did say it's a suspected live round, that they want to test it, but they do believe they have the right firearm in their kcustody right

there's a chance that alec baldwin could face liability as a producer on the film. you know, after listening to the d.a. there, what is your sense based on what we know? do you see criminal charges potentially coming and if know for whom? >> well, she's absolutely right about two things and this is a tragedy and should not cave to pressure. it must be the actual evidence but saying, that erica, the evidence seems to be pointing towards extraordinary negligence. if it's a criminal peru, you're talking not only about nefarious conduct of someone intentionally or putting the live ammunition and rounds into a gun there are also ways to charge for even accidents, and nobody wants that to come about because, of course, if things are truly accidents as new mexico will tell you, they do have answer accusable homicide statute that says if somebody has been involved in an otherwise lawful activity and they have acted reasonably, they should not be convicted of a crime. however, that word reasonably, erica, is why this is such an important case to look at, because when it come

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only on the firearms aspect. >> so law enforcement hasn't ruled out potential consequences for alec baldwin. and i'm curious to get your thoughts on how that process is supposed to play out. when an assistant director hands an actor a weapon, does the actor have a responsibility to check it? should the actor have some kind of responsibility in that situation? >> i can't really speculate on that. that's more of a legal question than an armorer question. all i can say is the first thing in conjunction with the armorer responsible for the safety on set. i don't know what occurred in that specific situation, and i'm not a legal authority to assign any kind of blame. >> sure. i'm just curious, in your experience on productions that you've worked on if you've noted that there's a special procedure in place for the actor to then verify that the weapon they're using is, you know, safe. >> sure. our guidelines dictate that anyone in the vicinity of the firearm, be that the actor or the cameraman soar someone working a sound boom, but they have the right to inspect the guns themselves prior to using

baldwin, according to the affidavit, took the gun and fired. halyna hutchins, the 42-year-old director of sincing to raffi, a rising star by all accounts, she was shot in the chest, suffering a fatal wound. airlifted to a hospital, pronounced dead on the scene. the director, joel souza, was right behind her. he was shot in the shoulder. he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. we don't know the status of his condition. alec baldwin's western-style costume, according to authorities, appeared to be stained in blood. authorities do tell us that he is fully cooperating with the investigation, fred. >> and then, the armerer, the person who handles weapons on a set and in this case for the movie "rust" was on a podcast, that armerer office a podcast just last month. what did she have to say? >> reporter: yeah, well the affidavit names her as hannah gutierrez. we understand that she is quite young, 24 years old. she was trained by her father, the legendary gunsmith thel reed, who started teaching her how to use prop weapons when she was just 16

alec baldwin was wearing his western-style costume. he was inside the church, presumably preparing to film a scene. we understand according to the affidavit the assistant director was outside of the building, three prop weapons were laid out on a cart, prepared by the armorer, the person in charge of the prop weapons. the assistant director grabbed one, walked inside the structure, handed it to alec baldwin and shouted "cold gun", which is meant to indicate there are no live rounds in the weapon. we understand that alec baldwin took the gun and fired, miss halyna hutchins was shot in the chest. she was pronounced dead upon arriving to the hospital where she was airlifted. the director of the film, 48-year-old joel souza was shot in the shoulder ands was taken to a local hospital. we're not sure about his condition, but presumably he is recovering in hospital. alec baldwin's western-style costume was covered in what appeared to be blood, according to the affidavit. he changed out of those clothes and according to the sheriffs here, he h

we begin this hour with new details in the deadly shooting on an alec baldwin movie set. moments before the shooting, an assistant director for the film "rust" handed baldwin a prop weapon and yelled "cold gun," indicating that it was safe according to a search warrant by the santa fe, new mexico, sheriff's office. baldwin then fired the weapon not knowing actual live rounds were inside the gun, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins and injuring director joel souza. cnn has more from santa fe. >> reporter: after alec baldwin says he's fully cooperating in the investigation into the fatal shooting on the set of "rust." >> the ranch has two people accidentally shot. >> reporter: officials say they're still in the initial stages of their investigation into what led to the fatal incident when baldwin discharged a prop weapon on set. director joel souza rushed by ambulance to a local hospital with injuries. the film's director of photography, halyna hutchins, was pronounced dead after being transported via helicopter to the hospital. police continue to interview witnesses an

we understand that alec baldwin fired that prop weapon. we understand that halyna hutchins, who was just 42 years old, she was the head director of cinematography here on this film, she died of her injuries, was shot in the chest, airlifted to a santa fe, new mexico, hospital, and died, pronounced dead on scene. the director, 48-year-old joel souza, shot in the shoulder, potentially still recovering in hospital. we don't know his whereabouts at the moment. authorities say no charges have been filed. they are still investigating this case. fred? >> and then lucy, there are reports that several crew members had safety concerns before that shooting. what do you know about those? >> reporter: yeah, it's interesting, prior to thursday's incident, several crew members actually quit the production over concerns over safety conditions, some of them were related to covid, some of them were related to working conditions, things like having to drive 50 miles to albuquerque, away from santa fe, to stay leading to long hours. but some of the concerns w

we begin this hour with new details emerging in the deadly shooting on the set of alec baldwin's film "rust." cnn is warning about past allegations involving the movie's assistant director david halls. two people who worked closely with him tells cnn that he was accused of several safety complaints on two productions back in 2019. also today, new photos just in to cnn showing baldwin meeting with helena hutchins husband and son in new mexico. in a statement the actor said his heart was broken for them and he's fully cooperating as police investigate. helena hutchins died there from the gunshot wound there on the set. cnn correspondent lucy kafanov is in santa fe, new mexico. lucy, what more are you learning about the safety issues and accusations? >> reporter: that's right, fred. we remember from the affidavit, the police affidavit, that david halls was listed as the assistant director who picked up one of the three prop weapons left outside of the structure where the team was filming that fateful thursday by the head arm oher. he picked up the gun. he walked it into the building. he

baldwin shouting dold weapon which should have meant no live rounds. cnn has been told that david halls was the subject of two complaints on several productions back in 2019 including disregard safety protocols for guns and pyrotechnics, things like fire lanes, for example, and exit being consistently blocked. that's the word used by one of the sources. instances of inappropriate sexuality behavior. one pyrotechnician said that he neglected to hold safety meetings as consistently failed to announce the presence of a firearm on set to the crew. that's usually standard procedure for safety on sets like this. she tells cnn that, quote, the only reason the crew was made aware of the weapon's sprens because of the assistant prop master demand that david acknowledge and announce situation each day. now another crew members told cnn when halls did have the safety meetings he was quite dismissive and short. he questioned the need to have them in the first place. now, we have reached out to mr. halls to try to get a reaction to some of these allegations. we hav

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we're going to know a lot more about what it means when alec baldwin calls himself a producer. it's very common for actors to get producer credits, and they don't actually involve themselves in the day-to-day operations of the film. but you know, those are questions that are going to have to be answered. which of the producers were actively involved in management and which of the producers were investors or people who are getting what you call vanity credits, they want to be able to call themselves a producer at a cocktail party. those are the things we have to find out about in the future. >> fascinating. at the same time, bottom line, it's all so very sad. jeff harris, thank you so much for being back with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. take care. >> thank you. >>> and we're back in a moment. i just became eligible for medicare, and i'm already confused. i just called humana; i talked one-on-one with an agent who suggested a plan that fit my life. you should call too! so i did. turns out an all-in-one humana medicare advantage plan includes coverage for hospital stays, doct