it has offered further visa waivers to additional third countries, and we will continue our engagement with these countries to limit this state sponsored smuggling. and queen elizabeth has been back at her desk at windsor castle and working after spending a night in a london hospital. the hollywood actor alec baldwin says there are no words to convey his shock and sadness after he shot two people with a gun being used as a prop on the set of his new film. halyna hutchins, who was the film s director of photography, died, and the director, joel souza, was injured. detectives have questioned mr baldwin, but say no one has been arrested. the bbc s peter bowes is in los angeles. he explained how people in the entertainment industry have been reacting. well, the shock and sadness expressed by alec baldwin really does reflect the mood in hollywood. today, disbelief that something like this could happen, that a prop gun and they still don t know the details of exactly what happene
the hollywood actor, alec baldwin, says there are no words to convey his shock and sadness after fatally shooting a crew member on the set of his latest film with a gun being used as a prop. halyna hutchins, the movie s director of photography, died from her injuries, a second person, the director, joel souza, was wounded. detectives have questioned the actor, but say no one has been arrested. sophie long reports from los angeles. halyna hutchins described herself as a restless dreamer and adrenaline junkie. the 42 year old was considered by her peers to be an exceptionally talented cinematographer. i met her at a film festival, and within just a few moments of talking to her, i felt like she had such a strong vibe, such a sense of commitment to art, and like the sort of integrity of wanting to make cinema, that i wanted to work with her. she was on set at the bonanza creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th century western they were film
the questions remain as to what the projectile was that was discharged from the gun. there has been comments, unconfirmed reports, that we received into our newsroom very early in all of this that a potential live round of ammunition was in a gun. i want to make it very clear, though, i know for me and for a lot of people in our newsroom who aren t so familiar with prop guns on movie sets that are supposed to have blanks, especially in these western movies, blanks are still very dangerous in certain situations. so that continues to be the main focus of the investigation as far as what kind of projectile was actually discharged from that prop weapon. was it a blank that just malfunctioned of some sort? or was there something else inside that prop gun? there are very meticulous and intricate procedures that go into these prop guns. we have spoken to many local movie crew members here in new mexico who have worked on multiple sets, who are actually prior law enforcement, they re