and why light pollution the interference caused by towns and cities is making it more difficult to see the stars. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood actor alec baldwin is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, after a gun he was handling on set went off, killing the cinematographer halyna hutchins. the armourer of the film, rust, who was responsible for the weapon, will face the same charge, after the gun that baldwin fired was found to contain live ammunition. ms hutchin s family have released a statement saying they support the charges. sophie long reports. the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins in the moments after she was shot. it was during rehearsals on the set at the bonanza creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th century western they were filming became all too real. alec baldwin was holding the gun that discharged the bullet that killed her. he was also one of the film s pro
assistant director, who is reported to have told alec baldwin the gun was saved has pleaded. the charges all relate to negligence, nothing intentional. they are not trying to show that any part of this was not accidental. they are just trying to show they were not exercising caution and care in how they handled the gun. care in how they handled the nun. care in how they handled the i un, . ., care in how they handled the nun. . ., . ., , care in how they handled the iun, . ., . ., , ., care in how they handled the a u“. . ., . ., , ., ., gun. the criminal charges are a devastating gun. the criminal charges are a devastating blow gun. the criminal charges are a devastating blow for gun. the criminal charges are a devastating blow for alec - devastating blow for alec oldman who is said to have been heartbroken by the incident. halyna hutchins he is survived by her son and her husband. sophie long, bbc news. we can now speak to clark aposhian who s chairman of the utah
as cnn s stephanie elam reports, newly released documents show the assistant director who handed alec baldwin the gun told investigators he did not check all of the rounds loaded in the weapon before the deadly shooting. the facts are clear. a weapon was handed to mr. baldwin. the weapon is functional and fired a live round killing ms. hutchins and injuring mr. souza. reporter: the gun fired by alec baldwin and killing director of photography halyna hutchins on the set of rust held a suspected live round. the actual projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr. souza. until it s proven by the crime lab it s a suspected live round that was fired. reporter: the sheriff suspecting some of the 500 rounds of ammunition recovered are live but only one of the recovered guns appears functional. the other weapon is a single action army .45 revolver.
that is one question we all wanted to know. we now have that answer. josh, given your experience as a former fbi agent, how long does it take to process evidence in a case like this? i know this is a very unprecedented or care type of case or circumstance. are we talking about days, weeks, months? well, there are two parts there. investigators can look very quickly and determine whether it s an actual real bullet, something you would buy in a sporting good store, or the type you would find on a hollywood set. here we re talking about volume. i believe there were 500 rounds they found, so they ll be sorting out, which are supposed to be on a movie scene and which are live rounds? we re talking about potential liability here. the one question we have is how that live round made it into that gun. was there some kind of negligence? we know who handed alec baldwin
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