top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. the family of the cinematographer killed on the set of rust, said they support the criminal charges that will soon be filed against actor alec baldwin. today the district attorney in santa fe announced that baldwin and the armorer, hannah 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 wou
victor. this comes down in her view to negligence. these are serious charges, involuntary manslaughter against both baldwin and the set s armorer, and she says that looking at various pieces of evidence including alec baldwin in her view pulling the trigger on that weapon, there s been debate about that. alec baldwin has previously said he never pulled the trigger on that gun, but law enforcement here sent that firearm to quantico at the fbi laboratory. they conducted a forensic exam to determine with the gun c cocked, this revolverer, there was no way to not pull the trigger. she also talked about a pattern of unsafe practices in her view on this set, and there s been this question about what role does an actor have, and actually assuring the safety of the set, and that the gun that they re handed is actually free and clear? we ve heard alec baldwin, for that matter other actors saying that is the role of the armorer, someone else. when a actor is handled ed a we, they trust that is a