alec baldwin is facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter tonight, the 2021 rust movie set shooting. cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed when she was struck by a live round of ammunition that was fired from a prop gun. held by eligible when. the movie s armorer, hannah gutierrez, will also be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. baldwin s attorney says the actor feels blindsided. and is gearing up for a fight. i want to start with cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, entertainment reporter, chloe melas, they ve both been covering this story since the beginning. let me begin with you here, josh, you actually spoke thud to the dea intent on bringing these charges. what are you learning about these charges? you know, laura, i spoke with the district attorney and the special counsel here in the first tv tv interview since those charges were announced. and what the dea said specifically, this basically comes down to, in her view, negligence. negl
your program yesterday. we say good morning. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we look forward to finding out about rust. a day of reckoning for alec baldwin. new mexico prosecutors will announce whether charges will be filed. bill: the announcement will come in a written statement. there will not be a press conference. it comes about 16 months after that incident. baldwin was pointing a gun at a cinematographer when it accidentally went off and killed her. dana: investigators released body cam video of the deadly shooting last year. baldwin said it was a tragic accident and his conscience is clear. i feel someone is responsible for what happened and i can t say who that is. i know it s not me. honest to god if i felt i was responsible i might have killed myself if i thought i was responsible. bill: matt finn kicks off the coverage leading it off in los angeles for the moment of truth for alec baldwin. matt, hello.
first our top story del rio once again the hot spot in the migrant crisis. customs and border protection says in less than a week agents in del rio have encountered nearly 7,000 migrants from 79 different countries spotted and lost track of more than 3,000 known gotaways. arrested 13 criminal aliens including three felony sex offenders. blocked 74 cases of smuggling. all that in just six days. now people who live there are just at their wit s end. we ve seen and hear about increase of criminal behavior at the border. the issue we run into it has increased so much and see how the local law enforcement officers hands are tied because of the resources being exhausted. so it is like the community is already gave up. dana: welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, good morning. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. investigators in california still trying to piece together who is behind a cold blooded murder. the killing of six members of a family includ
which keep our loving the 43-year-old pop singer to police at the time of his are being stopped to a vet. he only had one martini when he was arrested. his next virtual court appearance is scheduled for july 26, hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield a dangerous he waived is growing across the us, leaving more than 100 million americans are under heat alerts. this weekend, many cities including washington, dc, could eclipse record temperatures over the next three days with highs in the upper 90s, even triple digits. joining me right now, cnn correspondent polo sandoval is joining us from brooklyn, trying to keep it cool there. and meteorologist lisa rafah from the cnn weather center in atlanta. good to see you both. all right. polo, you first, how are people handling this heat it s so hard to escape this heat. fred, especially if you don t have any air conditioning, of course for some of the youngest of those roughly 100 million ame