had you to prosecute. here is her answer. i think it was the totality of the circumstances. that this was a fast and loose set and that nobody was doing their job. there were three people that if they had done their job that day, this tragedy wouldn t have happened and that is david hall and hannah gutierrez reed and alec baldwin. if they had done their basic duty, we wouldn t be standing here. reporter: now attorneys for alec baldwin as well as hannah gutierrez reed, the armorer on the set, they have maintained their client s respective innocence. they will try to fight the charges. now interestingly, the third person that the d.a. mentioned, david halls he handed that gun to alec baldwin. he has pleaded guilty already. and so what we r charges is that those charges will be filed according to the d.a. by the end of the month. they will then issue what is called a summons. there isn t an arrest but both reed and baldwin will have to
attorney in this case, mary carmack altwies and she has been giving some idea of the nature of this prosecution, how prosecutors intend to go ahead in bringing this case. she said that there was a sense of complacency, a lack of safety standards on the set of this film rust. she said it was a fast and loose set, as she put it, in which nobody was doing theirjob. and she expressed incredulity, incredulity i have to say that is shared by many here in hollywood that a real gun was used rather than a fake one. she said had people on the set been doing their basic duties, halyna hutchins would still be alive. and she said that together it amounted to negligence, which crossed over into recklessness. and in the words of the special prosecutor who was appointed by ms carmack altwies, this case demonstrated criminal disregard for safety.
set. that there were live rounds on set, they were mixed in with regular dummy rounds. nobody was checking those or least they weren t checking them consistently and they snow got loaded in a gun and handed over to alec baldwin. he didn t check it or didn t do any of the things that he was supposed to do to make sure that he was safe or that anyone around him was safe and i pointed the gun at helena hutchins and he pulled the trigger. you talk about safety on the set. was there one thing that was done oar one thaing that was sad that sealed it for you, that they should be prosecuted. this was a fast and loose set and that nobody was doing their job. there were three people that if they had done their job that day, this tragedy wouldn t have happened and that is david hall and hannah gutierrez reed and alec baldwin. if they had done their basic duties, we wouldn t be standing here. the state officials did a report signed by the chief medical investigator saying
we ve heard these charges a little bit earlier on, and there s a lot to get through here. bit earlier on, and there s a lot to get through here. we ve been hearing “ust recentl get through here. we ve been hearing just recently from get through here. we ve been hearing just recently from the get through here. we ve been hearing just recently from the district - just recently from the district attorney in this case, mary carmack, and she s been giving some idea of the nature of this prosecution, how prosecutors intend to go ahead in bringing this case. she said that there was a sense of complacency, a lack of safety standards on the set of this film, rust. she said it was a fast and loose set, and which nobody was doing theirjob, and she expressed incredulity shared by many here in hollywood that a real gun was used rather than a fake one. she said had people on the set been doing their decent duties, halyna hutchins would still be alive. she said that together, it amounted to
gutierrez reed will each get two counts of involuntary manslaughter. in october, 2021, baldwin was holding a prop gun when it fired a live round hitting and killing 42-year-old halyna hutchins. a prosecutor says baldwin is being charged for pulling the trigger, and as a producer of the film. i think it was the totality of the circumstances that this was a really fast and loose set, and that that nobody was doing their job. there were three people that if they had done their job that day, this tragedy wouldn t have happened. that s david halls, hannah gutierrez reed, and alec baldwin. if they had done their basic duties, we wouldn t be here. josh campbell and chloe malas is here. josh, you spoke with that district attorney. fantastic interview by the way. what did she say about what led to these charges? reporter: i appreciate that,