recovered from alec baldwin? >> as of right now, there were three firearms that are located on the set within close proximity to the incident. we're still going to determine -- we'll send the firearm that was fired by mr. baldwin to the crime lab and do a functionality test. obviously it did fire a live round. the other weapon is a single action .45 revolver. that up with looks like there is some modification to the cylinder. it may not be functioning but that will be determined by the crime lab. the other firearm is a plastic, n non-functioning revolver. >> can you talk about tensions on the set? obviously there were people who were around the accident, members who may have been drinking the night before. can you talk about that and was there tension around that? >> i won't talk about specifics, but we are aware of today rumors or those statements that have been made, and we're going to do the best to track those down. >> you're obviously responsible, sheriff -- sheriff! [ inaudible question ] >> there was a sea

baldwin shot the weapon. he took the gun, and he fired, and that is when something pierced the chest of halyna hutchins, killing her when she was transported to the hospital, airlifted to the hospital. also wounding the director, joel souza. we do understand that mr. baldwin is cooperating with this investigation, but it's going to be a little while longer before we have more answers, answers that so many here and, of course, miss hutchins' family are desperately waiting for. back to you. >> lucy, thank you so much. and the sister of halyna hutchins has released a statement on the cinematographer's death. sorry. >> that's okay. in an interview, she says, i cannot comprehend her passing. i loved her very much. i was very proud of her. she was my role model. we were always close and remained in touch despite the distance. this loss is a great grief for our family and i see how hard it is for our parents. hopefully time will ease our heart ache. we hope that for them, but we all have experienced loss and we know

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 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. >>

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 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 office. >>

who is actually responsible, is it the person that handed the weapon to baldwin, is it baldwin himself, that will be a question from the district attorney. we're learning from that man himself, he failed to properly inspect that weapon for safety purposes. >> 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 that this is something unlike anything they have ever seen here in new mexico, but she said that they will be working this as they do other investigations, as methodically, going through each piece of evidence as she tries to render her decision in the prosecution. she's aware of outside pressure, people wanting her to hurry up and render a decision. she's not being moved by the pressure, she's doing this by the books. we're getting indication about what it is that will be the driver in her decision to possibly bring charges. take a listen to what she said. >> and so as of this point, would you say that there's an

and really this impacts baldwin, how might such an incident impact you? he did this, j.d. vance, why? presumably because he thinks it will help him win supporters. he did it to win votes. in other words, the cruelty is a feature of his candidacy, not a bug. vance is seemingly following the playbook of donald trump, whose response to the death of secretary colin powell a few days ago was to issue a statement attacking powell. following similar attacks that he made against the late john mccain and the late john dingell, after they had died. violations of basic decency, ones we see repeatedly with the republican party's embrace of individuals such as congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from georgia, her reaction in 2018 to a deadly fire in the western united states was to go on facebook and speculate that wealthy jewish americans might be using lasers to cause the fires to make money somehow. a deranged anti-semitic conspiracy theory. nuts. one that was brought up by congresswoman liz cheney when marjorie taylor greene started berating cheney on the house floor this week. no

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

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

steve, that gun baldwin used was referred to a prop gun. is there any reason why a live round might have been inside the gun's chamber? if not, are there any firewalls in place on the film set to ensure that doesn't happen? >> well, there's no reason to have had a firearm that was capable of discharging live ammo on the set. anything that an actor touches is a prop. so if an actor touches their cellphone, you know, it becomes a prop. but when we say prop gun it means that as a gun that's beenmicically modified so you cannot put live ammo into it. only blanks can pit into it. >> okay, we're having some issues, steve. go again, sorry. we were having some issues. it was hard to hear you and you were pixilated. go again. >> okay. so i was just saying that a prop gun is a gun that's been specifically manufactured for shooting blanks, not bullets. in fact, the bullets won't fit into a gun that's been modified properly, only blanks will fit into it. and that's a safeguard to ensure that live ammo is not loaded into guns that are used on set. so if

with the revolver like what alec baldwin was using, there are chambers. there is the possibility that there was a piece of debris stuck in the chamber or in the barrel. and if the weapon wasn't checked properly before it was brought to set, there's a very good chance that that projectile is what exited the barrel if it was not a live round. and that's something that we'll find out soon, i hope. >> i think is really crucial because you are pointlining out doesn't need to be a live round because the gun would be able to -- just the speed, right, that the projectile itself would function as -- as a -- a bullet, in essence. now, we have learned, to your point about whether it was checked, that the assistant direct or on this film, dave halls, had been fired for a gun incident in 2019 that injured a crew member. and that year, someone who worked with him on another project complained he consistently failed to announce the presence of a firearm on set. so, what do you make of the fact that -- that this is the person who handed the gun over to alec baldwin, give

alec baldwin -- how does alec baldwin. he was handed what was called a cold gun. and he was rehearsing a scene. isn't this really about the guy who said it was a cold gun when, obviously, they didn't check or know what they were checking for? and the armorer who may have had live ammo on the set? >> not necessarily. when i was in the marine corps, i was taught when handling a weapon. if you need to point it at someone, you need to intend to kill them. if someone hands you a weapon and tell you that it's cold, is trust by verify. you need to verify that gun is safe. if you look at basic gun safety, you treat a gun as if it's loaded. you never point it at someone and you don't put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to pull it. right here, we know alec baldwin, from what we know, didn't verify there was no rounds. why were there rounds in there? it's simple to open the gun up. you can see it. there never should have been rounds in there. for this -- trying to figure out what the line of sight is going to be, et cetera. he has the duty and responsibility. it

alec baldwin thought he was firing a cold gun. instead, it was a shot that proved fatal. director joel souza told investigators that baldwin was sitting on a wooding pew and pointing a revolve toward a camera lens when he heard a loud pop. she was shot in the shoulder and hutchins was killed. >> the first thing that went wrong is that they used a gun that was capable of having live ammo put in it. >> on the rust set, the armorer responsible for prop weapons one 24-year-old hannah gutierrez. on a pod cast last month, she said she recently finished a job at head armor 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 because i wasn't sure if i was ready, but doing it, like, it went really smoothly. >> a crew member on the set of rust calls out the armorer's level of experience and made claims of the producers cost cutting in a public facebook post writing, there is no way a 24-year-old woman can be a professional armory. to save a dime sometimes, you hire people

baldwin accidently shot and killed with a prop gun. now new details could shed light on how this fatal mistake happened. >>> dr. anthony fauci says 28 million young children could be eligible for the covid vaccine very soon. the fda's vaccine advisers meet tuesday on the pfizer dose for kids ages 5 to 11. this morning dr. fauci laid out the time line. >> so if all goes well and we get the regulatory approval and the recommendation for the cdc, it's entirely possibly if not very likely that vaccines will be available for children from 5 to 11 within the first week or two of november. >> and in washington, two trump allies feel the pressure from the january 6th probe. the justice department is weighing criminal charges for, one, steve bannon, after he refused to cooperate. the other jeffrey clark has agreed to testify. clark is a key architect of trump's behind-the-scenes efforts to overturn the election, and he'll be grilled by the house select committee on friday. the committee is also ramping up efforts to follow the money behind the

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

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

baldwin then fired the weapon not knowing actual livun

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

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

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

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

>>> new developments in the alec baldwin movie set shooting. sources telling cnn the assistant director on the film "rust" faced previous complaints about safety and his behavior on two previous movie productions. >> we have an industry-wide safety committee. it's bulletin number one. firearm safety. >> actor alec baldwin saying his heart is broken after meeting with halyna hutchins' grieving husband and son. >>> deal or no deal? as we enter a crucial week in washington, president biden hosting senators manchin and schumer at his delaware home in a push to finalize his spending bill. >> we have 90% of the bill agreed to and written, we just have some of the last decisions to be made. but it's still bigger than anything we have ever done. >> these are big bags of discarded medical gloves. many, filthy dirty. they are part of a global supply chain aimed at countries worldwide. >> we don't know what they were, where they came from. some of them had blood stains. >>> i am pamela brown in washington. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." in mexico, to

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

cnn has just learned the assistant director who handed that gun to alec baldwin had been fired from a previous movie after a crew member was injured in a gun incident. >>> hello. welcome to "the lead." we begin with our tech lead. and the damning fallout from the facebook papers. a vast trove of newly leaked documents from inside the social media giant. these records were provided to journalists by facebook whistleblower frances haugan and provided alarming new insights into how the company has repeatedly failed to stop the spread of extremism or hate speech or illegal activities on its platforms. the documents suggest facebook executives care far more about keeping you engaged and addicted to scrolling. as one expert calls it, an addiction engine. cnn's donie o'sullivan joins me. one of facebook's high-profile failures was the stop the steal rally which ultimately became, of course, the deadly january 6th insurrection. >> that's right, jake. and we are learning from the documents that there are so many missed signals, really missed warnings when it came to the stop the steal movement

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

. >>> and the actor alec baldwin says he's fully cooperating with police after he fatally fired a prop gun on a movie set. one staff person is dead and another wounded, and baldwin says his heart is broken. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we begin with the breaking news on the house investigation into the january 6 capital insurrection. a key witness is now expected to testify under oath before the select committee as early as next week. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is working the story for us. evan, he take it this would be the first trump administration official to appear before the committee, a trump administration official who was actually subpoenaed. >> that's right, wolf. we've had testimony from jeffrey rosen, who was then the acting attorney general in the trump administration. he appeared for about eight hours of testimony. but he appeared voluntarily. so did rich donoghue, deputy attorney general at the time. this is a big deal for this reason. jeffrey clark was having conversations with the f

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

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

someone was in charge of the gun that baldwin pulled the trigger on. and someone else handed it to him and told him it was cold, meaning no live ammo. you could also ask, why were they even using a real gun in a rehearsal? why wasn't it a fake? why wasn't it just a rubber thing? they were just blocking out a scene. tonight we're learning more about what is knowable at this moment r ppoint, those two crew members. the rookie armorer, the one in charge of the weapons, she had doubts about her own capabilities and expressed them openly on a podcast just last month, talking about the movie she worked on right before this one. listen to hannah gutierrez. >> i was really nervous about it at first, and i almost didn't take the job because i wasn't sure if i was ready. but doing it, it went really smoothly. dad has taught me everything, but a lot of things, you know, i kind of caught on by myself -- >> observation? >> yeah, just observation, watching him do things or just knowing how the firearms work. i think loading blanks was the scariest thing to me becaus

so i don't think alec baldwin has potential criminal liability here. i do think he and the production company be sued civilly for money damages however. >> thank you both. >>> well up next, crunch time in the commonwealth. the candidates pulling out all of the stops in virginia with national implications. and the last time he went to eye baseball game he was booed so what could we expect tonight when donald trump showed up at world series in atlanta. we're going to go there live. >>> plus kids 5 to 11 years old could get covid shots as soon as tuesday. a top doctor answers your questions. hearing is important to living life to the fullest. that's why inside every miracle-ear store, you'll find a better life. it all starts with the most innovative technology. like the new miracle-earmini, available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small that no one will see it, but you'll notice the difference. and now, miracle-ear is offering a thirty-day risk-free trial. you can experience better hearing with no obligation. call 1-800-miracle right now and experience a

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

. >>> tragedy on a movie set in nickname after alec baldwin involved in a deadly shooting. police say baldwin fired a prop gun and killed the film cinematographer and wounded the director. . >> it happened on the upcoming western called "rust." production has been shut down for the foreseeable future. an investigation is under way. a spokesman called the incident an accident. joining us is steve any elam and sandra gonzalez. lay out what we know at this point. >>> sure, john. starting with the timeline. we know this happened just before 2:00 p.m. local time yesterday, according to the santa fe county sheriff's office. they said they were responding to a 911 call for someone who was saying there was a shooting on set. we know that this happened at the bonanza creek ranch on the movie set of the western "rust" that alec baldwin is not only starring in but a producer of. there were two individuals who had been shot. and the way they put it in their statement from the sheriff's department, it was discharged by alec baldwin. that left two people shot, including 42-year-old direc

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

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

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

an assistant director handed baldwin a prop gun and yelled, cold gun. that isl lingo for a weapon tha doesn't have ammunition. he pulled the trigger and it hit the cinema tog ra fehr in the chest, killing her. there are reports several members of the crew quit production over safety concerns just before the accident. nick watt has more. >> accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun, we need help immediately. >> this is the set the director was injured. the director of photography, helena hutchins, was killed. two individuals were shot on the shot of rust, according to the santa fe, new mexico, sheriff's office when a prop gun was discharged by alec baldwin. he was disstraugt in the parking lot. no charges have been filed. a prop firearm should shoot only blanks. >> with a blank round, you have everything that you'd normally have in a real round. don't with the bullet on the end of it so when it fires, you get the flash, the bang, the recoil. the explosion, but not the bullet flying out at the end of the gun and that doesn't mean that blank rounds ar

alec baldwin's upcoming film that was filming in new mexico. police say a prop gunfired by baldwin killed the film's cinematographer and wounded the director. a spokesperson for the production called it a tragic and devastating accident. >> filming has been shut down for the time being. photos have appeared appearing to show baldwin distraught after he was questioned by the santa fe county sheriff's department. no charges have been filed. and officials say the investigation remains open and active. joining us now is tessa mentes at kobv tv in new mexico who has been covering this story. there is so many questions here, tessa, about what happened. what can you tell us about maybe the weapon, what this was. do we know anything? >> so at this point, brianna, and thank you both for having me this morning, all we know is that it is a prop gun. the questions remain as to what the projectile was that was discharged from the gun. there has been comments, unconfirmed reports, that we received into our newsroom very early in all of this that a potential

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

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

the scene in which baldwin was to fire the weapon happening after lunch. but the gun was ruled safe before lunch. the film's director couldn't confirm to detectives if it was checked after everyone returned to the set raising the question about the allegation the crew was using prop weapons for target practice. >> it's not something that they'd participate or something that's allowed and any crew member that's on a project that that is partaking is putting themselves by allowing that to happen and others at risk. >> reporter: now cnn has reached out to the production company behind "rust." in light of this reporting from the wrap. they referred back to the previous statement basically saying that safety is the utmost importance. they are doing their own internal investigation and they received no official complaints about prop safety and weapons safety on the set of "rust." also worth noting is that the state of new mexico said that they had not received any official complaints either before this tragic accident on the movie set. >> stephanie elam in santa

you could hear the pain in alec baldwin's voice there. it sounds like he's frustrated by the media attention that he's getting no matter where he goes, which is understandable. but people are asking for answers in all of this. any further developments today to report on? >> not since yesterday, jim. but you did notice baldwin did mention he's talking to the cops every day. that matches what the sheriff's office has told us here. a source telling our colleague that investigators have been talking to baldwin. he has answered the phone. willingly answered questions when they have had follow up questions. at the same time, yesterday morning, we heard from the armor, hannah gutierrez, in a statement through her lawyers. the statement says she has no idea how the live round got on to the set and that safety is her top priority and in response to that, the sheriff here told can understand last night that he would like to have a follow up interview with reed to clarify. specifically talking more about how live rounds could have possibly gotten on

. >>> new details in that deadly pop gun shooting involving actor alec baldwin. what we're learning about how the entire thing played out. >>> and the warning signs from america's truckers to say the industry is in desperate need of drivers. how they're working to close the gap including getting more women and minorities behind the wheel. >>> and a pretty dire warning from the white house. why climate change could be a threat to national security. ♪ >>> saturday, october 23rd. thank you so much for spending time with us this morning. so, we begin with the renewed efforts to get the youngest people vaccinated against covid-19. a new report from the fda finding the benefits of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine outweigh the risks, particularly to children, ages 5 to 11. >> yeah, there's a lot of parents like me, christi, that have been waiting for this news. while cases have been trending downward recently, this last week alone, 131,000 children were diagnosed with covid-19. and more than 637 children have died from covid-19, since the start of the pandemic. now, health e

that's what they will be looking at for baldwin. for halls who passed the gun for him, different standard there. he was on the firearms safety end of things. and it was his job to make sure baldwin was getting a gun with no live ammo. and the armorer becomes the other potential target in the case. the sheriff kept talking about the key to this case is who put live ammunition in the gun? and the armor her, she's the person in charge of checking the guns every day, securing the guns, as joey said. and, obviously, that was not done. the standard is did you do something without due carry and sir couple inspection. if you did that, that gets voluntary manslaughter. the question is, will it rise to that level? >> it seems like there are so many layers here where things went wrong. from there being live ammunition on the set to the fact we learned cast members were blinking, they were shooting beer cans, to did the a.d. or the armorer check the gun. does anyone in an oversight role who may be aware there have been problems, what responsibi

baldwin was being followed by cameras. he was with his family, and he stopped his car to get out and talk to paparazzi, really taking his time but being careful not to say anything that would affect the ongoing investigation. the person you see next to him, the woman there with her phone out, as well, is his wife. here is all four minutes of the interaction with paparazzi. >> i will -- >> what do you want to know? >> what's the correct state of what's going on with the case -- >> i'm not allowed to make any comments because it's an ongoing investi investigation. i've been ordered by the sheriff's department in santa fe, i can't answer any questions about the investigation. i can't. it's an active investigation in terms of a woman died. she was my family. she was my family. the day i arrived in santa fe to start shooting i took her to dinner with joel, the director. we were a very, very -- excuse me -- we were a very, very, you know, well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened. now, i've

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

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