good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, october 29th. i m brianna keilar with john berman here. and chris cuomo is standing by in rome, where president biden is meeting with pope francis. they are discussing a range of issues, including poverty and the climate crisis. the climate crisis is at the heart of the biden agenda. it s where the biggest chunk of money is actually allocated now. there s no question the president and the white house still focused on getting that plan passed away a whirlwind and probably somewhat unfulfilling locations. that still hangs in the balance. that s not where the president is right now. he s in with the pope in this historic meeting. let s get right to chris cuomo outside st. peter s square. chris. even though, john, we don t know exactly what s happening, i have to believe the pope is not going to give advice to president biden to change the name of his spending bill. we are with cnn chief national
in a tight governor s race what the results could reveal for democrats and republicans. plus the person responsible for guns on the set of the film rust is now speaking about the incident for the first time as authorities underline they ve got some questions for her that they need answered. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. breaking news in the health lead. the shot clock is winding down. parents are one step closer to getting their young children vaccinated if they want. moments ago the food and drug administration granted emergency use authorization of pfizer s covid vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. and now the drug company can start shipping child sized doses to pediatricians, pharmacies and vaccination sites where the shots will be administered. the cdc still needs to greenlight use of the vaccine. and as nick watt reports, that could happen as early as tuesday. pfizer can start shipping vaccine doses for those younger kids 5 to 11 because the fda just grant
seems like donald trump confirmed he will be coming to virginia. we are excited. todd: careful what you wish for. terry mccall of predicting confident as donald trump teases a last minute appearance in virginia. where the race stands as early voting continues. jillian: charges on the table for alec baldwin. talking to a weapons expert about what went wrong on a hollywood movie set when a prop gun fired and killed a cinematographer. todd: so many questions. watching fox and friends first thursday morning. jillian: we start with president biden s efforts to salvage the attacks and spending plan as democrats hold out little hope for party unity. todd: the president prepares to face world leaders without a victory under his belt. reporter: president biden may have his suitcase packed for your but hopes to bag a deal in two spending packages with last-minute stop by the leader this morning. his democrat counterparts less optimistic. i think we ve got revenue and everything e
this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone, i m alisyn camerota, it s the top of the hour. i m victor blackwell, a just released affidavit reveals new details about how guns were handled on the set of the alex ba alec baldwin movie rust, a local prosecutor said no one has been ruled out for criminal charges in the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins, you re looking at what may be the final photo on set of hutchins. this afternoon, the d.a. and sheriff had a news conference, the first one on the case. as the man who pulled the trigger and a producer on the movie, does alec baldwin himself face the potential of criminal charges. all options are on the table at this point. i m not commenting on charges whether they will be filed or not or on whom. no one has been ruled out at this point. the sheriff also revealed that investigators extracted the suspected live round that he believes killed hutchins from the shoulder of joel sousa, the director of the rust, a
the set. how the the man s family feels who is in the hospital and alec baldwin. i mean, it s just a tragedy. a tragedy, all the way around. and it should have never happened. yeah. think about the history of the movie business and how, i mean, it s only happened this is the second time this way. there was a third one but john eric, remember, in the 80s? right but he put a gun up against his head and the blastability and burnability of a blank was enough to cause him a mortal wound. brandon lee. this is the same thing. i saw his sister on your show. somebody confused the ammo. now, look, let s start with what s obvious. there is no reason for bullets on a movie set. none. it s make believe. but they are real guns. and sometimes, people use them. um, and forget about murderous intentions. they use them. they target practice. they do whatever they do. now, you have an issue with the custody and the chain of custody and the responsibility of the ammunition.