and i'm told his brother stephen baldwin. i even showed up in court today. so it was quite, they've been full day and of course things are just going uh, flowing along very quickly. i think people are wondering if they would be able to get through jury duty or injury duty actually picking a jury on tuesday. would it be tuesday and wednesday, but audrey is set and ready to go wednesday morning. now baldwin says he had no idea this gun had real bullets in it. how's the prosecution going to try to prove that he acted negligently to? well, you know, it's going to be hard because the other day they had a special hearing before the trial where the judge made 2 rulings. number one that you could not refer to, alec baldwin, is a producer. you're not allowed to lean on that as a factor in this case at all. he's only here as an actor. and number 2, you can't show video that was taken during rehearsal. when he was saying, hurry up, hurry up, let's go, let's go telling them to redo the scene very, very quickly. they want to use that video course to make it look like thi

baldwin's wife, hilaria, and his brother, actor stephen baldwin, seated behind him. in opening statements, prosecutors disputing baldwin's claim that he did not pull the trigger on the gun that killed cinematographer halyna hutchins in october 2021. >> he pointed the gun at another human being, cocked the hammer, and pulled that trigger in reckless disregard for ms. hutchins' safety. >> reporter: and prosecutors telling the jury of 11 women and 5 men that evidence will show a pattern of recklessness on set. >> you will hear about numerous breaches of firearm safety with this defendant and this use of this firearm. >> reporter: today, baldwin's lawyer calling the deadly shooting a tragic accident, but arguing that baldwin did not commit a crime. >> alec took the gun from those charged with its safety. he did not tamper with it. he did not load it himself. he did not leave it unattended. it was an actor handling a prop. >> reporter: the defense saying firearm checks were the responsibility of the film armorer, hannah gutierrez, and the assistant director in charge of sa

baldwin now facing a jury in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchens on the set of the western movie "rust" nearly three years ago. his wife, ilaria, and his brother, fellow actor stephented behind him. >> you'll hear the words "prop gun." you'll learn a prop gun is this real gun. it's not a toy. it's not made of rubber. it's a real gun. >> reporter: the high-profile case under way in santa fe, the picturesque capital of new mexico. the trial just 20 miles from where the shooting happened. its harrowing aftermath caught on cameras worn by first responders. baldwin is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter in hutchins' death. >> one of the main problems that afternoon of october 21st was that the defendant didn't do a gun safety check with that inexperienced armorer. >> reporter: at issue is whether he was negligent in handling the prop gun that killed hutch.s, who was married with a young son, while baldwin was rehea rehearsing for a shooting scene. this video filmed hours before hutchins was killed. baldwin has pleaded not guilty. he says he did not know the gun was loaded with a live round and claims he did not pull the trigger. if convicted, he faces up to 18

your sense of things right now as this trial is getting going absolutely that is his brother, stephen baldwin behind him and his wife, hilaria baldwin. >> so family support there in the courtroom as we just heard from the prosecution's opening statement, they are really going in hard with evidence of this gun. you may recall that earlier this week, jim, in pretrial hearing during that there was a big legal victory for baldwin in that the judge ruled that his role as a producer couldn't come up. now, why that is significant is that the prosecution had intended to tell the jury that as a producer that baldwin carried more weight and had more responsibility for safety on set, then if he were just an app so now we are seeing them pivot to really going in on the gun since they can't talk about alec baldwin's role as the boss. so to speak, as a producer, we heard that the prosecutor said that it's not possible that this gun didn't go off if the trigger wasn't pulled and we know from an interview at cnn also, a big interview at abc that was widely seen that alec baldwin had said, i did not pull the

she was in tears being comforted by stephen baldwin. alex brother. now, of course, on the other side of this case is a family of halyna hutchins. they've obviously been devastated this cinematographer who was killed and that's really what makes these negligence cases so difficult. the emotions so raw, no one is disputing that this was an accident. but what prosecutors have said all along is look, this is new mexico law. we have to hold someone accountable as what they're seeking to do all right. >> josh campbell, good to have you there. thank you so much sara. all right. thank you, john. in less than an hour in american, mother busted for carrying ammunition into turks and caicos is due in court. sharitta grier is one of several americans detained under the territory's strict gun laws. this year alone, bringing firearms or ammunition is strictly illegal in those territory. she ended up pleading guilty to mistakenly bringing a couple of rounds of ammo into that territory in her luggage after pressure from american officials and other cases involving a

baldwin. there was also his brother stephen, his sister, beth, everyone on the baldwin side in tears. at one point, baldwin himself, alec baldwin was being comforted by his own attorneys. he just left here just a short time ago each day in court, he has been arriving in a convoy with his family, with his lawyers well, years after this, he left without taking any questions. we reached out to the prosecution to determine whether or not they will be providing any type of comment we haven't heard thus far. the same goal because for the family of halyna hutchins, their representative attorney gloria allred's has been in court every day representing them, but wolf just a stunning, stunning development here on friday, we had expected this case to go at least another week. again, he had been charged with involuntary manslaughter. the penalty if convicted would have been 18 months in prison. alec baldwin will serve no oh, jail time. this trial is over. wolf. >> the judge has dismissed this entire case with prejudice, meaning that prosecutors could not bring back a very, very significant develo

>> it was enough for the judge to throw the case out as she made a ruling, baldwins family, including his actor brother stephen, and their sister huddled in tears behind the defense let's table. baldwin left court without speaking to reporters. the importance of the evidence was misconstrued. >> the prosecutor addressing questions about the certain letdown for the family of the victim, halyna hutchins, whose relatives followed the case from their home in war torn ukraine did you let the hutchins family done no, we didn't. we did every you think humanly possible to bring justice to halyna into her family and we're proud of the work that we did. again, we disagree with the court's decision, but we after respect it and fred, despite the news yesterday, as you mentioned, attorney all read gloria allred, who represents the halayna hutchins family. they say that they will proceed with a civil lawsuit against alec baldwin, but of course, as it relates to any criminal penalties against the actor that is now off the table. the way the judge ruled here, she dismissed the case. and what's called with prejudice, which mea

>> it was enough for the judge to throw the case out as she made a ruling, baldwins family, including his actor brother stephen, and their sister huddled in tears behind the defense table baldwin left court without speaking to reporters. the importance of the evidence was misconstrued. the prosecutor addressing questions about the certain level lockdown for the family of the victim, halyna hutchins, whose relatives followed the case from their home in war torn ukraine did you let the hutchins family done know? we didn't we did everything humanly possible to bring justice to halyna into her family and we're proud of the work that we did again, we disagree with the court's decision, but we have to respect it and it's so important to remember in this case, there was a victim who was killed, halyna hutchins, the cinematographer, now, acclaimed attorney gloria all red is it's a representative of the hutchins family. >> she has been in court throughout this trial. she just spoke to us a moment ago and mentioned that there are still civil lawsuits underway against alec baldwin she told us that for the family, this is

it was enough for the judge to throw the case out as she made a ruling, baldwins family, including his actor brother stephen, and their sister huddled in tears behind the defense table. baldwin left court without speaking to reporters. the importance of the evidence was misconstrued. >> the prosecutor addressing questions about the certain letdown for the family of the victim, halyna hutchins, whose relatives followed the case from their home in war torn ukraine. did you let the hutchins family doing know? >> we didn't we did everything humanly possible to bring justice to halyna into her family and we're proud of the work that we did again, we disagree with the court's decision, but we have to respect it. >> and the way in which the judge ruled here is critical. she dismissed alec baldwin's indictment with prejudice, which means the prosecution cannot retry him. alec baldwin is a free man. josh campbell, cnn, santa fe, new mexico i really remarkable turn of events. let's bring in cnn legal analyst joey jackson to discuss though it's always great to see you. so the case thrown out because the prosecution wi

>> it was enough for the judge to throw the case out as she made a ruling baldwins family, including his actor brother stephen, and their sister huddled in tears behind the defense table. baldwin left court without speaking to reporters. the importance of the evidence was misconstrued. the prosecutor addressing questions about the certain letdown for the family of the victim, halyna hutchins, whose relatives followed the case from their home in war torn ukraine, did you let the hutchins family done no, we didn't. we did everything humanly possible to bring and injustice to halyna into her family. and we're proud of the work that we did. again, we disagree with the court's decision, but we have to respect it just got as you mentioned, this case cannot be re-brought and that's because of the way that the judge ruled here. >> but interestingly, despite the fact that alec baldwin won't be facing criminal charges, he's not completely free of all legal liability. i spoke a short time ago with gloria. all read who is a representative for the family of halyna hutchins? she said, regardless of what happened on friday

baldwin with sara sidner. john berman is out today. this is cnn news central. >> happening today, a defiant president biden back on the trail as our colleague stephen collinson this morning sums up where his campaign is right now. quote, biden's critical news conference didn't end his reelection, but it showed why it will be so hard for him to save it as soon as biden finished speaking last night, three more democratic lawmakers called for him to step aside, including the top democrat on the house intel committee, congressman jim hime. >> imagine that three months from now, we get another performance like there was in the debate right before the election. do you want to take that risk? i don't. >> well, overnight, cnn exclusively learned former president obama and former speaker nancy pelosi have now expressed concerns with one another about biden's ability to win in november. more on this in just a bit. but first, let's bring in cnn senior white house correspondent kayla tausche. how is biden himself feeling about his performance last night in that press conference, sarah, i spoke with several white house officials and campaign officials last night in the w