alec baldwin taken after the incident. he appears obviously, he is distraught. who wouldn't be. tell us more about what you're hearing from alec. >> what we're hearing from him are his tweets that said he's in touch with her family, that he -- there are no words to describe how he's feeling and let's be honest. like you said before, people are politicizing this. there is no politics in this. this is hollywood movie making. it was make believe. it was pretend that went really bad. i can't imagine what is going through his mind. i know that people on the set are in shock. the guilds are bringing in people to talk to the people onset who witnessed this. all they were going to was to witness a rehearsal and see them block shots and they witnessed the most unthinkable tragedy. >> halyna hutchins, her agency said she's a ray of light. she has a husband and son. >> what is wonderful, this was a second career for her. she started off as an investigative journalist from the ukraine. graduate of afi. we just reported that afi set up

and where was that gun before it was handed to alec baldwin? >> you know, they are out in the desert and i mean is it possible -- i guess it is -- that some people -- listen, i don't want to speculate or go too far afield here but people were using it as target practice? or using it to -- as, you know, live rounds to shoot target practice and maybe forgot something in there? i don't know. >> i mean, obviously, someone put a live round in there for whatever reason. i don't know like you said. target practice. did they go hunting? were they, i know, rehearsing? why they'd be rehearsing with live ammunition, i don't know. but obviously, someone -- you know, a human being put live ammunition in a gun that should not have had live ammunition. and then, they told the actor, alec baldwin, it's safe. it's cold. you're okay shooting this prop gun. >> the los angeles times and other media reports that -- that crew members -- that they quit production due to conditions and safety concerns, including gun safety protocols and listen, everything is being inv

called it when he said he called gun, and handed it to alec baldwin he distrusted. and the noticeable reporting, the gun expert who had been on movie sets as an armor himself, it was a possibility since they were in a rural area, where they target practicing, and possibly trying to show the actor how to be more authentic and so on, just so the audience knows, cnn has not confirmed the reporting, when asked by the rep for comment, they referred back to the previous statement, though we were not made aware of any official complaints concerning weapon or prop safety and said, we will be conducting the internal review while production is shut down, safety concerns, and my correct? >> the day of the shooting, resigned the night before, not only safety conditions, problems, people working long hours, and the more we learn about what was going on, 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 of reliability and whether corners were cut and

alec baldwin is also a producer, not the only producer on the show. what liability could he be looking at if any here? >> yeah, don, my view right now is alec baldwin in his capacity as an actor does not have any liability. i think the standard norm we've heard from various experts is if you're an actor and handed a gun and told cold gun, you're entitled to bank on that. as a producer, what role did he do? not all producers are created eq equal. if he was directly involved in the hiring of people that may have had red flags and management of that site, he could have liability. it's more likely going to be civil liability for someone in that position but very serious issues here. >> prosecutors and police have already gotten a search warrant executed by the sheriff. does that tell you anything or is that just standard operating procedure, pro forma? >> that does tell me something. to get a search warrant you can't get that on a whim. you have to as a prosecutor and police officer write out probable cause. you have to write an affidavit and bring it to

. >> the producer, who alex baldwin is, ultimately will share in liability. alex baldwin is facing a situation in which he's the person who has the weapon in his hand at the time it discharges, and he's also a producer on the set who is responsible for everyone on the set. >> this evening is going to be about halyna. >> reporter: in downtown albuquerque, a candlelight vigil. many of the mourners part of the film and television industry. >> there is grief tonight as people mourn the passing of 42-year-old halyna hutchins, but there is also outrage and unanswered questions about how this tragedy, how this senseless shooting could have taken place. >> i just hope all this talking does something and we get the changes that we need for a safe set. i'm sure you know we were about to strike this past monday for safer conditions, and if the world didn't believe us about what's going on, maybe they believe us now. people should be able to go home after performing their job. >> yeah. a child should have a mother. >> reporter: lucy kafanov, cnn, santa fe, new mexico. >>

alec baldwin was holding the gun while rehearsing a scene. president joe biden on the campaign trail in virginia stumping for terry mcauliffe, the democratic candidate for governor with just one week to go before election day. the race is neck in neck. >>> and covid-19 now a leading cause of death among police officers. why are are so many refusing to get vaccinated now? we're going to try to get some answers tonight. first, the latest on the investigation into that fatal shooting on alec baldwin's movie set in new mexico. here's cnn's lucy kafanov. >> the first descriptions of the fatal moment when alec baldwin killing the film's director of photography, 42-year-old halyna hutchins. >> two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun. we need help immediately. >> court documents released sunday revealing chilling new details of what happened inside the building on that fateful thursday. the film's director joel souza telling investigators that baldwin was sitting on a wooden pew during commercial, cross drawing his weapon and pointi

is it the person who handed the weapon to baldwin, is it baldwin himself? we're learning from that man himself he failed to properly inspect that weapon for safety purposes. >> as i said when we introduced you, you spoke with the santa fe district attorney today. this is a big investigation, hundreds of pieces of evidence to go through, lots more people to interview. did she give you any sort of time line? >> you know, she said this is something unlike anything they've ever seen here in new mexico. but she said they will be working this as they do other investigations that's methodically going through each piece of evidence as she tries to render her decision in the prosecution. she also says she's aware of outside pressure, people wanting her to hurry-up and render a decision. she said she's not being moved by that pressure. she'll do this in her words by the book. and what will be the ultimate driver to possibly bring charges, take a listen to what she said. and so as of this point would you say there's any particular time line on making that decision abo

baldwin. the weapon is functional and fired a live round killing ms. hutchins and injuring mr. souza. >> he said investigators recovered what they believe to be additional live rounds on the set. >> the actual led projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr. souza. we regard this specific spent casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by mr. baldwin. we have recovered what we believe to be possible additional live rounds on set. >> so many questions raised during this press conference, and in this case, i don't know. it may turn on the answers. we'll see what happens. why was there so much ammunition, live ammunition on a movie set? how many live rounds were there? and was there a lack of seriousness about safety on this particular set? there is a lot to be answered. there is a lot of breaking news tonight. we want to get to the news happening in washington d.c. first on capitol hill. i want to bring in jessica dean and whit

we see alec baldwin in the picture as well. we believe the director, joel souza, also in this photo. we see some sort of rehearsal or some sort of scene about to be shot. it does look like there is yet another person that's interacting with alec, and i don't know who that person is. we don't know when this photo was taken, but, yes, that crew member does say that they believe this is the last photo taken of halyna hutchins alive. but, yeah, it just looks like a typical day on-set, which we know that, you know, last week, it was anything but typical. >> yeah. court documents are revealing that there was, nischelle, ammunition lying around the set. last night sharon waxman from thewrap.com told us they are reporting crew members were shooting at targets the morning halyna was shot. >> right. >> what does that all say to you about how this set was being managed? >> well, if that is, in fact, the case, what it's saying is the set was being mismanaged. i have talked to so many people in this business that work on procedural dramas,

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baldwin. we have recovered, what we believe to be additional live rounds on set. >> so many questions, and this case, may turn on the answers. why was there so much live ammunition on a movie set? how many live rounds were there? and was there a lack of seriousness about safety on this set? there's a lot to be answered. a lot of breaking news. want to get to the breaking news from washington, d.c. first. want to bring in jessica dean and arlette sines. jessica, there's been so much movement on this spending bill tonight. it seems like negotiations are changing at the minute. >> they are. it was a whirlwind of activity. they are looking for a top line number. how they're going to pay for that. the revenue and how to pay for it. and the provisions that would be going into this bill. we'll start with expanding medicare. you saw bernie sanders. you had the clip at the begins of your show. i asked him, what assurances he got from president biden. you heard him say, it's not the president that's the

this prop gun that alec baldwin was apparently holding, it was obviously fired. they're trying to figure out what kind of projectile came out of the gun. but there was also the director of this film that he was working on called "rust" that they are filmed. 48-year-old director gerard soza has also been hit. we don't know what -- we don't know anything about any details about his condition. but we do know that the director of photographtyy has been kille on set in this seemingly freak accident. we are unsure exactly how this all happened and why it may have been -- this prop gun may have been pointed at the director of photography. we don't know how exactly the director of the film was shot. but we do know that alec baldwin was really, really happy about being back on set in person. he posted on instagram a photo of himself working on the film. and almost disturbingly now because of what's happened there's a picture of him where he's got what looks like fake blood on his torso. he's saying, just happy to be back on the set. and that's sort of all we've heard from

it had alec baldwin as a name. he was also attached as a producer. frances fisher as a name. jensen ackels as a name. there were working actors on this movie, so you can understand if there's a young actor that gets a break, they just want to try to make a name in this business and they might be quiet to a lot of things that some other more experienced veteran actors should speak to. i have not heard any of those other actors really speak to that. we have heard crew members talk about working -- walking out. we have heard crew members talk about environments that they believe are unsafe, but we have not heard any other actors. that's shocking. i hadn't heard that sound, don, and that's shocking if, in fact, that is the case, that this actor was in these situations and in these scenes like this and felt that unsafe on this project. >> nischelle turner, always appreciate having you and your perspective. thank you so much. nischelle turner of "entertainment tonight." thank you for the news about the letter that you guys got. thank you so much. >> sure. >>> so take this, so the m

baldwin. >> they are the focus of the investigation, so they're the focus. >> reporter: halls, the set's assistant director, told detectives he did not thoroughly inspect the weapon before giving it to baldwin, according to court documents. he could only remember seeing three records. he advised he should have checked them all, but didn't. in addition, the documents show gutierrez, the film's armorer, told detectives no live ammo is kept on set. a statement roundly contradicted by the sheriff. >> we regard this specific spent casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by mr. baldwin. we have recovered what we believe to be possible additional live rounds on set. >> reporter: all is quiet today on the set just outside santa fe, as we begin to learn new details about the factors prosecutors will be focusing on in determining whether to bring criminal charges. including how live rounds got on the set in the first place. >> i can't believe that that happe

alec baldwin in the background. you see him dressed in a cowboy hat, western hat. i want to bring in josh martin and aretha. >> gosh, what else do you know about the investigation? >> hi don. the officials tell me it remains active at this hour, they have not ruled out any criminal charges. that's important because we have been wonnedering that question. will any person or a group of people be responsible for the death of haylana hutchins. >> given all the information that's coming out, there is allegations that there were bullets on this set because there was a lot of ammunitions on the set and perhaps crew members were engaged in some kinds of target practice on their down time shooting guns with active bullets in it. if those allegations are correct, i am not surprised at all, we heard all these allegations down about relax safety policies they were not followed and everyone someone that was considered for the job, he didn't take the job because he saw red flag and trouble waiting on the set. all of those allegations are not surprising at all. the district attor

alec baldwin in the background. you see him dressed in a cowboy hat, western hat. i want to bring in josh campbell and areva martin. hello to both of you. josh, the district attorney says they're not ruling out criminal charges. what else do you know about their investigation? >> hi don. we're learning new information about the status of the state investigation here, don. an official with the district attorney's office tells me it's active at this hour. that they have not ruled out any criminal charges. that's important because we have been wondering about that question of liability. will any person or a group of people be responsible for the death of halyna hutchins? an official here with the district attorney's office saying their work continues and trying to sort that out. >> what is your reaction to the possibility of criminal charges in the case not being ruled out? >> not surprised at all, don, given all the information that's coming out, there is allegations that there were bullets on this set because there was lots of ammunition on the set and perhaps crew

. >>> the armorer on the movie set where alex baldwin fatally shot a crew member is breaking her silence. she says she has no idea where the live ammo came from. >>> multiple revolvers, a replica and firearm seized from the set of "rust," grabbing photos, ammunition, spent blank round and ammo. joining me is the sheriff of santa fe county. thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> so listen, there is a lot here. there is a lot here. i think the real question is where did that round come from? >> well, i think that's the focus of our investigation. how the round got there, who brought it there and why it was there. those are the questions that we want answered. i think that's the focus of our investigation. >> and no one has any clue about how that round got there? because you have all of these items, tell me about the items that you found and there are still more to the search on the set. >> right. so the third search warrant that we did was yesterday. we did search the prop truck and there were several firearms that were seized from the vehicle along with more ammunition and righ

i feel terribly badly for alec baldwin. a nice man. i know him. he's a good guy, a good actor. a great professional. and he was given that gun by an a.d. who then proclaimed it was a gold gun. that's something is very rotten in the state of denmark. i don't understand how then the director and the d.p. would then stand in the line of the shot. that's very peculiar to me. i don't understand that. >> even if there is nothing in the gun. even if there's nothing in the gun. you you just don't do that. you know there is a heightened danger. stuff happens. when you work 12, 14 hours a day and you rush, rush, rush. things happen. things are forgotten. who knows? how that live bullet came into the gun is another mystery. but it could have happen. who knows? apparently there are rumors they are doing live shooting on the set at tin cans or whatever. i have never been on a set when that happen. not ever in 60 years in this business. have i known of a crew or whoever it was doing live shots on a set. sps absolutely unheard of. >> they were saying there was possibly, they were practicing o

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