official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome to the programme. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico in october 2021. sophie long reports from los angeles. just under two weeks ago, we learned that they were intending to file these formal charge. this has now happened and along with that several documents have been filed to the court, a statement of probable cause and really detailed what the alleged or how a debt ledge alec baldwin had failed in his duty of care both as an actor and producer. he faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter and the reasons they say put forward accusing him of not receiving sufficient training ahead of filming,
two years and so much has changed, now the junta saying things have not returned to normalcy, casting doubt over plans for elections and ending a state of emergency? yes, i think the plans for the elections were always pretty shaky given that the military controls perhaps only half of the country. and there is a state of civil war in much of myanmar, includingjust state of civil war in much of myanmar, including just over the other side of the river. it looks peaceful over there but has been fighting on and off consistently since the coup. that applies to much of the country. there is a lot of doubt and the message is, is that the military suggest that the election in the end may not be called for august. this matters to the military regime because how they managed to pull off an election it would have been riddled with flaws. it was being hammered already across the world but had they pulled it off, they hoped to pulled it off, they hoped to pull countries inclined to start dealing wi
waving their passports. they got through the taliban checkpoint center at the gate at the u.s. military controls, they are waving their passports, we are americans, left us in, and they were turned away. and a colonel who is witnessing this from afar says we are bleeping leaving american citizens behind pit he could not believe it. i have talked to soldiers and their friends on the front lines, the soldiers wanted to turn the key on the gate and let americans in. the state department and their command chains would not allow them in. and everything that was going on they are debunked what the biden administration is telling the american people on television. sean: so the military has to take orders from the commander in chief. already one guy that got in trouble for speaking out about this failure. we have retired generals that find this whole thing abhorrent. nobody is being held accountable. joe is patting himself and everybody else on the back. but we are now in a situation.
meanwhile, there are americans waving their passports. they got through the taliban checkpoints. they are at the gate that the u.s. military controls. they are waving their passports. we re americans. let us in. and they were turned away. and a colonel, who witnessing this from afar in a command center says, we re bleeping leaving american citizens behind. i the soldiers wanted to turn the key on that gate and let americans in. the state department and their command chain would not allow them and everything that was going on there debunked what the biden administration was telling the american people on television. sean: so the military has to take orders from the commander-in-chief who already had one guy that got in trouble for speak being out about this failure. we have retired 90 plus admirals, generals, that find this whole thing abhorrent. they have spoken out. nobody is being held accountable. joe is patting himself and everybody else on the back.
today at six, the desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, and life, under taliban rule. to escape afghanistan, some in the crowds at kabul airport hand over their children to us marines, to at least get them on flights to freedom. others begged western embassies for travel papers. these people have no real information about what they can do to leave afghanistan, but they are desperate. in fact, they are coming to us, asking us, is it true? will the canadians give me a visa? the fact is, most of these people will never get one. the uk says it will continue to help people escape, as long as the us military controls of the airport. we are the lucky ones, we made it. there are lots of people who really need help. but one young afghan boy who did