country. we made that mistake. i made that mistake. president biden unveiling yet another new covid strategy as the omicron variant hits the united states. can it help in this new one? alec baldwin speaks out on the shooting of the movie rust. he said he never pulled the trigger. she was sold into marriage to a 55-year-old man while the cameras were rolling. they speak to cnn exclusively about this. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. it is friday, december 3rd. we begin with the united states president joe biden s new winter plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic. now, he outlined the approach as now five u.s. states are reporting cases of the fast-spreading omicron variant. california, colorado, hawaii, minnesota and new york. the president s plan relies heavily on vaccines with boosters for all adults and shots to protect kids. tougher restrictions you can see on your screen on international travel as well as 60
can you see that, can you see that? now let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer, the gun goes off. more now from cnn s lucy kafanov in denver. reporter: christine, laura, good morning. this was an emotional, raw interview after alec baldwin describing what happened before as well as the moment in which cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed. he described rehearsing a scene in which he draws a weapon and says he pointed it just to the side of the camera as hutchins instructed him to do. he said he cocked the gun asking whether she could see it and then let go of the hammer when the weapon discharged. baldwin insisting he never pulled the trigger. well, the trigger wasn t pulled. i didn t pull the trigger a. so, you never pulled the trig sner no, no. i would never point a gun and pull the trigger. that was my training. on day one of my instruction in this business, they said don t take a gun and go click, click, click. you imp
by everyone who worked with her and admired. i m sorry. admired by everybody who, um, who worked with her. the trigger wasn t i never pulled the trigger. you never pulled the trigger. no, no, no. . i would never point a gun at someone and point the trigger. that s the training i had. you never point at someone and pull the trigger. you re holding onto the handle. how good that. do you see that, do you see that yeah, that s good. i let go of the hammer, bang, the gun goes off. everyone is horrified. they re shocked. it s loud. they don t have their ear plugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. cosmetic rounds. nothing with a charge, flash, nothing. she goes down. i thought to myself, did she faint? the notion that there was a live round in that gun did not dawn on me until probably 45 minutes to an hour later. at the end, she was laying there. she was there for a while. i was amazed at how long they didn t get her a car. they
notified. i think what we assumed from the very beginning is that this virus is already in the united states. so now we know the vie are us is here. the big message for everyone is that if you have not been vaccinated, now is the time to get vaccinated. about 18% of adults in this country have not been vaccinated. folks over age 5, currently available population for vaccine in this country, only about 75% of the population have received at least one dose of vaccine. so now is the time. this is the incentive for everyone to be vaccinated. the other flip side of this is the more robust response you have to your vaccine the better you are likely to be protected against this variant. and that s where boosters come in. so if you ve been vaccinated, time to get boosted. we have only boosted 23% of the folks in this country who have been fully vaccinated. so there s a long way to go. so the message is, yeah, the variant is here. we don t know if it s going to outcompete delta. we do
i asked the fbi and the secret service cyber assistance to help our computer crimes and cyber folks to run these to ground and identify people. sheriff michael bouchard, it is sick. i m sorry you have to deal with it. we appreciate the work you re doing. thank you for being with us this morning. thank you. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, december 3rd. i m brianna keilar with john berman. alec baldwin says he has nothing to hide. we re hearing from the actor in a raw and emotional first interview since the deadly shooting on the set of his film rust. the tragedy took the life of cinematographer halyna hutchins. baldwin tells abc news at first he didn t even realize she had been shot. he recalled the moment when the gun went off. she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with and admire d. sorry. but admired by everyone who worked w