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
conspiracy theory. opening statements were delivered for stewart rods in a courtroom today. they re accused of plotting to overthrow our government by force on january 6, 2021, among other crimes. all five have pleaded not guilty. three other members of the oath keepers have pleaded guilty to the sedition charge, as part of plea deals. two more sedition trials are scheduled to take place this year. but this is the first time in over a decade that federal prosecutors have argued that americans plotted to violently oppose the u.s. government. they re opening statement featured videos capturing the oath keepers actions at the capitol that day, along with messages and other communications among the defendants. stewart rhodes himself never entered the building on january 6th, but he was videoed on the capitol grounds. the doj has a recording from rhodes from four days after the attack saying his only regret is that the oath keepers should have brought, rifles, end quote on januar