shooting on the side of the film rust after a prop firearm was discharged by alec baldwin. over the course of the last few weeks, it seemed that this is anything but a straightforward incident. there are reports of multiple rounds of live ammunition on the set, contrary to the industry protocol. there were reports of members of the crew walking offset in protest over safety standards just the day before halyna hudgins lost her life. even reports of potential sabotage raised by solicitors for the armour on this film set. now alec baldwin has come forward to say he didn t pull the trigger, which raises the question, if he didn t, who did? was this an accidental discharge? how did this happen? and it seems from what we ve been fed so far by the abc network that alec baldwin doesn t go very far in answering that particular
someone put a live bullet in the gun that wasn t supposed to be on the property. our north america correspondent, david willis, is in los angeles. here s his assessment of how the interview will be received. i remember bringing you the initial reports of this incident in the desert in new mexico, just under six weeks ago. at the time, it seemed a tragic but ultimately quite straightforward incident. i ve got with me here at the initial report from the santa fe new mexico police department, and it refers to a shooting on the site of the film rust after a pf°p site of the film rust after a prop firearm was discharged by alec baldwin. now, overthe course of the last few weeks, it seemed that this is anything but a straightforward incident. there are reports of multiple rounds of live ammunition on the set, which is contrary to the set, which is contrary to the industry protocol. there
we would consider a live round a bullet live because it did fire from the weapon and obviously caused the death of mrs. hutchins and injured mr. sousa. meanwhile, court documents released wednesday revealed the film s assistant director admits he failed to fully check the prop firearm before handing it to baldwin. and two crew members tell cnn that the lead armour on set had mishandled weapons during a previous film project. cnn s josh campbell has more now on the investigation. reporter: isa, we are learning new details about the circumstances surrounding that fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. they suspect it was a live round of ammunition inside a gun fired by actor alec baldwin that ultimately resulted in her death. now, there are a number of questions that remain, specifically how did a live round of ammunition actually make its way onto a set. i posed the question to the sheriff. he said that very much remains
conference where we expect to hear more about a fatal movie set shooting involving alec baldwin. all of the details for the death of hutchins is on the table. the movie s assistant director, dave hall, said it was a cold gun holding no live rounds, beforehanding it to baldwin. was the prop firearm holding live bullets or blanks, and what was the situation. let s go in and listen to what they have to say about what kind of charging, if any, will be filed. they said everything is on the table, including the possibility of criminal charges.
demanding of biden to use all of his power and influence to to get passed the freedom to vote act, the john lewis voting rights advancement act, and d.c. statehood as soon as possible even if that means getting rid of the filibuster. and of course, obviously, the president is maybe, started to move a little bit on that. but but has not as of yet. i want to ask you about one other thing, alyssa, because i don t know if you heard rachel the cinematographer who was on before you came on. but she was dust just her loss and outrage at what happened. talking about halyna hutchins who was killed obviously when alec baldwin discharged that prop firearm. um, you know, when we were having you on tonight, was thinking about, you know, your experience with this. found a video of you in 2008 holding a gun in scenes, right? you have been around guns on sets. you have dealt with this. um, and rachel morrison, who i just mentioned the oscar-nominated cinematographer. she just told me there