loaded revolver that went off shooting and killing cinematographer, helena hutchins, the director joel sousa, suffered a gunshot to the shoulder and survived. we got the boat right here that they did this. i think the answer all your questions is what's in joel shoulder, is it a rock or is it a boat? i can actually show that to you. i suspected somebody put alive round. no, and that was he says, the gun never should have been loaded with a live round or yeah. and that he was told it was safe to use. it's a point. baldwin insist clears him of wrongdoing. but prosecutors disagree. the actor and the films amara honda gutierrez reed, are facing 2 counts of involuntary manslaughter. we need more units on criminal defense attorney. rachel, vice is a connected with the case, but says the charges aren't about intense the charges all relate to negligence. nothing intentional. there they are not trying to show that any part of this wasn't accidental. they were just trying to show that they were not exercising caution and care. we're going to baldwin's team comes to charge a miscarriage of justice. the

he discharged it, it hit alena hutchins, the cinematographer, also joel sousa. the 1st director was wounded. hutchins died shortly thereafter from a chest wound up. baldwin has claimed repeatedly that he would never have fired the gun. he said it misfired somehow when he cocked the hammer of this sort of antique cold, 45 revolver. but he settled with the family of lena hutchins aah! last year for an undisclosed sum of money. what happens next? it will be that there will be clearly legal proceedings underway of taking place in santa fe new mexico. and these charges of a negligent a homicide will be, will be brought before a jury. ah, and more on this tragic incident. a sort of really unprecedented in modern hollywood a will who will unfold at that time? have think dance developments and not as i think story. thank you very much. ra violence for joining us that from los angeles. now is when the forces have shot and killed 2 palestinians during a raid and the jenin refugee camp unoccupied west bank a death take a number of palestinians killed by israeli forces this

no charges will be filed for the director joel sousa. in these initial reactions, huge news here, alec baldwin has already settled -- he and other producers of the film with the widower, the family of halyna hutchins. but big news here in terms of the criminal aspect now. >> reporter: right in the case of alec baldwin, alec baldwin has denied that he pulled the trigger of that colt .45. but the forensics team, when they did an investigation, they said there was no way possible that the functioning of that gun could have fired without him pulling the trigger. as for hannah gutierrez reed, she was the armorer in the case. she was the individual who put the ammunition inside of that firearm. now, gutierrez reed said to her defense there should have been no live ammunition on the set of "rust" and that is where she filed the lawsuit against the likes of the ammunition supplier who she said wrongfully sent live ammunition. that is still an outstanding question at play. but what the district attorney is doing is bringing involuntary manslaught

baldwin in the lead role and joel sousa, who was wounded in the shooting, returning as director.porting that the project will have new safety protocols including safety supervisors and no live ammunition. hutchins' husband who will now executive produce the film as part of a wrongful death settlement even stating back in october he intended to have all the original principal players on board. those prospects now seemingly unclear. the family's attorney this week saying, we support the charges and fervently hope the justice system works to protect the public and hold accountable those who break the law. >> nothing about these charges or expected charges prevents alec baldwin from being a part of the movie. >> reporter: months after the incident, baldwin asserting to our george stephanopoulos he did not pull the trigger. >> it wasn't in the script for the trigger to be pulled. >> well, the trigger wasn't pulled. i didn't pull the trigger. >> reporter: baldwin's attorney reacting to the charges saying, the actor relied on the professionals with whom he worked who assured him the gun

joel sousa told investigator that baldwin �*s was sitting in this church area in the set and practisingccurred. they say they handed the gun to him and it was a cold gun, meaning there were no live rounds. hutchins was killed by a live round inside the gun. alec baldwin did various interviews in which he said he didn't even pull the trigger. the led to several lawsuits. he allege there is negligence of his crew members of. she was talking there about the film rust armour, hannah gutierrez—reid, and there is a statement from hannah gutierrez—reid's legal representatives, saying that hannah is and has always been very emotional and sad about this tragedy and, but she did not commit involuntary manslaughter. these are very fall —— these are a result of a flawed investigation. "we intend to bring the full truth the light and we believe hannah will be exonerated byjury." that is a statement from hannah gutierrez—reid's attorney. the jury at the inquest of a young blogger has concluded she died from suicide contributed to by neglect. 26—year—old beth matthews ordered a poisonous substance fro

revolver discharged firing off a live round striking and killing hutchins and injuring director joel sousalieve and ultimately decide you had a strong enough case to bring charges against both hannah and alec? >> they were not doing the things that they should have been doing in order to have a safety conscious and certainly with gun, a gun conscious movie set. >> reporter: according to court gutierrez-reed handled the gun before it was handed over to baldwin. >> do you feel guilt? >> no, no, i feel that there is -- i feel that -- that someone is responsible for what happened, and i can't say who that is, but i know it's not me. >> reporter: months after the incident, baldwin told our george stephanopoulos that he did not pull the trigger. >> it wasn't in the script for the trigger to be pulled. >> well, the trigger wasn't pulled. i didn't pull the trigger. >> reporter: prosecutors say otherwise. >> the trigger had to have been pulled, so alec is wrong. >> reporter: lisa torraco, the attorney for assistant director halls, who helped arrange his plea deal, says her client now has closure. >

hutchins was fatally shot, and the film's director, joel sousa was injured. baldwin maintains he didn't pull the trigger but an fbi forensic analysis determined it could not have gone off without the trigger being pulled. >> she disarms, we go to lunch. she hands me the revolver. they arm me. and you're assuming, as we have done every time that it's a cold gun for the rehearsal. she cleans it out every time, and checks that the rounds are all cosmetic rounds or nothing in the chamber. she hands me the gun. i'm assuming she's done it the right way. i put it in the holster, pull it out slow. we're rehearsing. turn, dock the pistol, goes off, and she hits the ground. >> in a statement, baldwin's attorney said quote, mr. baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun or anywhere on the movie set. he relied on the professionals with whom he worked who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. we will fight these charges, and we will win. baldwin and the movie's production company settled the wrongful death lawsuit with hutchin's family in

reminder, according to a search warrant, the director of the movie, who was also injured in the suit, joel sousa there's going to be strong winds as well in scotland and across the north sea coast. elsewhere, the winds will ease, top temperatures between 3—7. into tonight, then, plenty of dry weather and clear skies, although it is going to be icy in parts of scotland and the west as well. temperatures dipping down to below freezing, minus 5 celsius in some parts of scotland, and those winds do still ease, although staying quite strong tomorrow across the north sea coast. into friday, then, a bit of mist and fog first thing, and a widespread frost as well, but it will be turning milder over the next few days. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. towns and cities are set to receive more than £2 billion worth of funding in an attempt to reduce regional inequality. rishi sunak insists it's the north of england and wales who will benefit the most. actor alec baldwin is to be charged with involuntary manslaughter over a fatal film set shooting. train operating companies make their "best and final