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 taken 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 at a l
set. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. the battle over the nation s debt ceiling is upon us. the united states just hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion. and that means that the treasury department must now begin to use a series of what is called extraordinary measures to avoid default. extraordinary measures that are no longer so extraordinary since they have been they ve had to be used so often. this is a completely avoidable problem that falls entirely on congress to raise the debt limit. something that republicans with right now refusing to do without cutting spending to the actual bills that have come due, by the way. democrats say that is not on the table. if the u.s. defaults, it will cause absolute chaos in the global economy. christine romans is standing by for us with this. kind of saw this one coming, christine. but we have hit the moment. what happens now. so, kate, the clock starts now. once the u.s
Announcement. you say that hannah gutierrez reed and alec baldin has been charged with two counts. those are two counts and the alternative. when this goes in front of the jury, they could be guilty on both but since they are alternative they will only be sentenced as to one count. the first part of the involuntary that we ll be charged is that they acted with without due caution and circum speck shun. but they were on duty and should have done or not done something that didn t happen on the set. meaning they should have checked the bullets and the gun. they shouldn t even been using a live gun. they use have been using a rubber or a plastic gun and all of this shows there was just this complacency, lack of care on that set, and it is more than negligence. and i would say it rises to recklessness. the other is goes hand in hand with a misdemeanor, a petty