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injuring another. police say baldwin fired a prop gun during the filming of rust, the name of the film, in new mexico. the film cinematographer died and the director was wounded. no charges have been filed. police are investigating. we are also following new developments in a very different story. president biden s domestic agenda. speaker pelosi is at the white house this morning after cnn s town hall last night where the presidents revealed specifics of the negotiations with democratic lawmakers on his massive spending plan. the president also made his most forceful comments yet in support of scrapping the senate filibuster in order to protect voting rights. much more on that and the path forward in washington in a second. but we begin with the breaking news. stephanie elam is live in los angeles following all of this on the deadly movie shooting involving alec baldwin. stephanie, what is the latest that you re hearing this morning? reporter: there s still a lot ....
posting on twist they are are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of helena hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. i m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred, and i am in touch with her husband offering my support to him and his family. my heart is broken for her husband, their son and all who knew and loved helena. cnn s stephanie elam joins us now. stephanie, this is just so tragic for everyone involved. what more do we know about how this happened? yeah. there s no way to get around that part of it, ana. what we do know is according to the santa fe county sheriff s department is that they got the call just before 2:00 p.m. that there was a shooting on the movie set. they responded to two people shot. we know that hutchins was airlifted to the university of new mexico hospital where she was pronounced dead. we know that director joel souza was t ....
tweeted this. quote, there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of helena hutchins, a wife and mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. i m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and i m in touch with her husband and offering my support to him and his family, my heart is broken for her husband, their son and all who knew and loved helena. step stephanie elum is covering the development and you have breaking news from the local prosecutor in new mexico. what is happening. because we have not heard anything about whether or not charges would be filed. we know the investigation is very much open. and that they continue to talk to witnesses there in the sante fe area. but the new statement from new mexico first judicial district attorney said it is unclear if charges will be filed but said we will look into all facts with great discretion and have further information ....
detail. the committee is essentially broken up their investigative teams into different groups with specific areas of focus. one of those groups which they ve labelled the green team, is specifically looking into the money trail. they want to know who funded some of these rallies that took place on january 6th and in the days leading up to january 6th to see if there s any coordination between the former president, the trump campaign and others to see if that played some role in contributing to the violence and chaos here on capitol hill on january 6th. the committee members telling us specifically that they want to know who paid to bring the travel for people to get here to washington for hotel rooms, bus trips, et cetera. they believe that there is something that they can learn about this money trail and how it contributed to what happened here on january 6th. also yesterday we saw a conspiracy theorist and republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, republican ....
a good friday morning to you. craig melvin here getting ready for a busy hour. hollywood tragedy. officials say actor and producer alec baldwin fired a prop gun and killed one movie crew member and injured another. what authorities are learning this morning about how all of it went down. and any second now the white house covid-19 response people will be holding a briefing. the briefing comes at the start of a new chapter in our pandemic fight. we now have three booster vaccine options, and we also have new guidance to follow on those boosters. covid protocols are still a flash point in parts of the country. we re on the ground in texas where the governor and the dallas mavericks are facing off over covid requirements for fans. also this hour, president bide en s economic agenda is back in the spotlight. the president pulling back the curtain, giving an inside look at the negotiations over his party s spending bill. you can sense the urgency with the president holdi ....