haylna hutchins dead. authorities are looking for any charging decisions. the actor and producer of the f film says baldwin is not responsible. to get more background, here is natasha chen, then joey is with us on the other side. two people accidentally shot. reporter: for the first time since cinematographer haylna hutchins was shot and killed on the set of the movie rust, actor alec baldwin described exactly what he thought happened on october 21st. in an exclusive interview with abc news anchor george stephanopoulos, baldwin says he never pulled the trigger on the gun he was holding. i let go of the hammer, bang, the gun goes off. reporter: he recounted the rehearsal moments before the gungun fi fired, saying hutchins was telling him how to position his hand, holding it just off scene. i said, cop the gun? she said yes. i start to cock the gun. i m not going to pull the
the day s other news: us lawmakers have approved legislation to continue funding the government until mid february, averting a shutdown. the vote came late on thursday, after a small number of republican senators tried to delay the measures in a protest against president biden s vaccine mandate for businesses. and we ll have more on that in about 20 minutes. top us military official, general mark milley, says he is a little bit more concerned about the risk of russian action in ukraine than he had been previously. he said that ukraine s sovereignty is important to the united states and nato. general milley declined to speculate on the type of action the us would take. the american actor, alec baldwin, has said he does not feel guilt about accidentally shooting dead a cinematographer on a filmset, because he does not feel responsible. in an exclusive interview with abc news anchor george stephanopoulos, the actor said he d assumed that a gun he was holding
dead a cinematographer on a filmset, because he does not feel responsible. in an exclusive interview with abc news anchor george stephanopoulos, the actor said he d assumed that a gun he was holding during a scene rehearsal did not contain live bullets and described how the shooting had affected him. i don t want to sound like i am a victim. again, we have to clear victims here. is a victim. again, we have to clear victims here.- a victim. again, we have to clear victims here. is this the worst thing clear victims here. is this the worst thing that clear victims here. is this the worst thing that ever - clear victims here. is this the l worst thing that ever happened to you? worst thing that ever happened to ou? , , , to you? yes. yes. because, i think back to you? yes. yes. because, i think back and to you? yes. yes. because, i think back and i to you? yes. yes. because, i think back and i think - to you? yes. yes. because, i think back and i think about i think back and i
looking at the date on that. it s 13 years ago tomorrow he gave that speech. he could have give an similar speech. today or tomorrow. because of the way that this country is. and as i talk back, the thing he was most concerned about with the rech republican party, john mccain s choice at the time of the running mate was sarah palin. he didn t think she was ready for the job and he was worried about what her candidacy meant for the party. and, again, things got even more entrenched on that line. that s for sure. you re right. he could have said everything we just heard from 13 years ago could be said today and perhaps even more important that we hear it once again. dana bash, always appreciate it. thank you. thanks, erica. joining us now on the phone is former abc news anchor as well as a longtime personal friend of general powell and someone who covered him for a number of years, sam donaldson.
Noxolo Grootboom may have retired as an anchor but she s not done Beloved SABC isiXhosa newsreader Noxolo Grootboom has retired her lyrical language skills after 37 years with the broadcaster at least those she used on air. As she tells Leonie Wagner, she still has a message to impart Champion of Xhosa culture Noxolo Grootboom chose to be photographed in Venda dress to thank the president. Image: Masi Losi
A three-person glam squad towers over Noxolo Grootboom. One is doing final touches to her makeup, another is fixing her clothes and a third is going over her interview schedule for the day.