." >> 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 with her. the trigger wasn't pulled. i didn't pull the trigger. >> you never pulled the trigger? >> no, no, no, no. i would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger ever. that was the training i had. >> you just pulled -- >> the hammer as far back as i could without cooking the -- >> you're holding on to the hammer -- >> i'm showing, do you see that, is that good? yeah, that's good. i let go of the hammer and bang, the gun go. everyone is horrified, they're shocked. it is loud. they don't have their earplugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. cosmetic rounds, nothing with a charge at all, she goes down. i thought to myself, did she faint? the notion that there was a

baldwin, has given his first full interview since the fatal shooting of the cinematographer, halyna hutchinsun which killed ms hutchins in october.

baldwin, director joel souza and halyna hutchins were rehearsing the scene. >> i'm holding the gun where she told me to hold it, which was right below her armpit, that's what i was told. i don't know. this was a completely incidental scene. it was an angle that may not have ended in the film at all. and i cock the gun, and i go, can you see that, can you see that, can you see that, and she says -- and i let go of the hammer and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer and the gun goes off. >> at that moment. >> that was the moment the gun goes off. >> it wasn't in the script for the trigger to be pulled. >> well, the trigger wasn't pulled. i didn't pull the trigger. >> so you never pulled the trigger. >> no, no, no, no, no. i would never point a gun and pull a trigger at someone. that was the training i had. you don't point a gun at someone and pull the trigger. >> and hall was watching and agrees that alec did not pull the trigger and that his finger was outside the trigger guard. >> 911, what's the location of your emergency? >> the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed

actor alec baldwin insists he did not pull the trigger in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchinsand the winner is.... the turner prize goes to a traditional irish pub with a twist. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. some of the biggest names in tennis have thrown their support behind the women's tennis association after it said it will immediately suspended all tournaments in china. the head of the wta has told the bbc the decision was taken because chinese authorities have failed to address sexual assault allegations made by the doubles star peng shuai against a former vice premier. courtney bembridge has the latest. it's been a month since peng shuai posted on social media accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the post was quickly taken down and she disappeared from public view. photos and videos like this released by chinese state media were supposed to show her safe and free, but did little to allay concerns for her safety. there were concerns she was filmed under duress. and now, the women's tennis association has pulled the plug on l

baldwin, has given his first full interview since the fatal shooting of the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, on the set of his film, rust. mr baldwin told abc he did not pull the trigger on the gun which killed ms hutchins in october. tens of thousands of people in the north of england are preparing to spend a sixth night without electricity — after storm arwen left infrastructure badly damaged. energy networks say at present there are around 30,000 households still without power. 15,500 of those are in the north—east of england, 7,000 in the north—west, and 7,500 in different regions of scotland. power has now been restored to almost every home in wales — as our correspondent fiona trott reports. another day and another problem. if we can move all this here... engineers from across england trying to restore power in northumberland. we've been without power since about, oh, seven o'clock on friday night, and we've coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they're from bedford as well. in neighbouring county durham, a visit from the energy

he did not pull the trigger in the fatal shooting on set of his colleague and cinematographer, halyna hutchinsand, amid tensions with china over taiwan — the us carl vinson finishes its biggest ever annual drills in the region. our correspondent�*s on board. the f35—c is the us navy's newest, most advanced and of course most expensive fighter aircraft. this is its first deployment outside the us, and there is no surprise it has been sent here to the western pacific. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the women's tennis association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in china. it said it had taken the decision because the chinese authorities had failed to address sexual assault allegations made by the doubles star peng shuai against a former vice premier of the country. with the latest, here's courtney bembridge. it's been a month since peng shuai posted on social media accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the post was quickly taken down and she disappeared from public view. photos and vide

actor alec baldwin insists he did not pull the trigger in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. and, orphans of the storm, the seals swept away from their mothers during storm arwen now being nursed back to health. hello and welcome. south africa has recorded a sharp increase in coronavirus infections which have doubled across the country since monday. health officials say the newly discovered omicron variant may be fuelling the surge, although it isn't clear how many of the new cases it accounts for. 8,500 covid infections have been registered in south africa in the last 2a hours. officials there say omicron is "rapidly becoming the dominant variant", after the country became the first to detect the highly mutated new variant last week. since then omicron has been identified in two dozen countries. on wednesday the united states identified its first omicron case. the centre for disease control is reportedly looking at a number of other potential cases. in europe, portugal has at least 13 omicron cases, the united kingdom has more than 20, spain, germany and austria have fewer

he thought the husband of halyna hutchins, matthew, should have been able to file a lawsuit first. don. >> just a mess all around. lucy will continue to report on it until we get the answers. > joining me now, sharon and a propmaster. alec baldwin is asking how a live bullet ended up in that gun. watch this and we'll talk. >> as far as i'm concerned, someone put -- the investigation's going to find that someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property. this is the thing i hope the sheriff's department doesn't give up on, follow it to ends of the earth. where did that bullet come from? somebody brought live rounds, plural, on to the set of the film and one of them ended up in that gun. if the bullets didn't come on the property, we wouldn't be having this conversation. >> i mean this is still under investigation, sharon, this fatal shooting. but this was a stunning interview. he didn't even know he had shot her, thought she had fainted. what stood out to you? >> that was headline of the story we put out on "the wrap" about this. he thought

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he did not pull the trigger in the fatal shooting on set of his colleague and cinematographer halyna hutchinsfining moment for abortion rights in the united states, as the supreme court hears the most important case in a generation. and, on board the uss carl vinson — at the end of the biggest ever annual naval exercise — between america and its allies in asia. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. our top story today — the women's tennis association says it is suspending all tournaments in china following the disappearance of star player, peng shuai. ms peng disappeared for three weeks after accusing a top communist official of sexual assault. with the latest, courtney bembridge reports it has been a month since peng shuai posted on social media accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the post was quickly taken down and she disappeared from public view. photos and videos like this released by chinese state media it was supposed to show her safe and free but did little to allay concerns for safety. and now the women's tennis association has p

he is insisting he didn't pull the trigger and he is not to blame for cinematographer halyna hutchins' death. there are new details in the investigation of the michigan high school shooting the sheriff revealing two teachers reported concerning behavior from the suspected shooter hours before the attack that left four students dead and injured seven others. we want to get to the coronavirus virus first off. here is what president biden says about the challenges ahead. >> this is a plan that he think should unite us. i know covid-19 has been very divisive in this country and has become a political issue which is a sad commentary. it shouldn't be but it has been. now as we move into winter and face the challenges of this new variant this is a moment when we can put the divisiveness behind us i hope and do what we haven't been able to do enough of through the whole pandemic. get the nation to come together. >> i want to bring in andy slavitt a former biden white house senior adviser for covid response and also the author of "preventible the inside story of how leadership failures, selfis

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. >>> plus, this morning, actor alec baldwin, very emotional, as he talks about halyna hutchins, the cinematographer who was killed after a prop gun he was holding went off on the set of his film "rust." >> she was someone who was loved by everyone, who worked with and liked with everyone, and admired -- sorry. admired by everybody who worked with her. >> well, we'll have much more ahead on what he says happened in the moments just before the gun went off. and what he makes of the lawsuits that have been filed. >>> also new detail about the michigan high school shooting that left four students dead, seven others injured. prosecutors say there is, quote, a strong possibility the accused shooter had the gun in his backpack as he and his parents met with school officials, just before the attack. the big question this morning, could his parents face charges as well? >>> let's begin with cnn chief business correspondent christine romans and cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. christine, let's begin with you. again, another miss on -- a big miss on the forecast for these numbers.

he got very emotional when he spoke about halyna hutchins.. >> she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with her and admired. i'm sorry. but admired by everybody who, um, who worked with her. >> so in response to that, matt, and to what joey said, maybe he felt compelled regardless of whatever the circumstances, whatever exposure he had, that he had to say something because he feels so awful about it. how do you think he came across in the interview because this is still an ongoing investigation as joey pointed out? >> absolutely. baldwin is an emotional guy. he always has been. i mean it's gotten him into trouble in the past. i think this is a guy, remember, who pulled over on the side of the road and did an interview with paparazzi a couple weeks ago. so he is just an impulsive guy. i think he probably said, you know what? i know there's an ongoing investigation. i know this could potentially be bad for me. i want to do it anyways. he also has an interest in the public sphere of getting this

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halyna hutchins lost her life on october 21st. she was 42.ld you possibly say to him? >> i didn't know what to say. he hugged me and goes, i suppose you and i will go through this together, he said, and i thought, well, not as much as you are and his little boy was there who is 9 years old. i have six kids now. i have my older daughter ireland but of the six kids that hilaria and i have, i have a 9-month-old baby. our youngest 8 and this mother doesn't have a mother anymore. and i know that in my life i'm with my kids and i'm doing quite well with my kids. my kids and i are having a great time right until my wife walks in the room and then i become invisible. my kids all go and they jump on top of their mother and this boy doesn't have a mother anymore. and there's nothing we can do to bring her back. and i told him, i said, i don't know what to say. i don't know how to convey to you how sorry i am and how i'm willing to do anything i can to cooperate. >> reporter: two crew members have filed civil suits. one alleges that producers failed to

. >> halyna hutchins is the cinematographer. >> halina hutchins was born in ukraine 42 years ago. >> make sure we don't see people walking around, like walking there. >> she originally was an investigative journalist before turning to cinematography. >> halyna's instagram bio reads, restless dreamer. adrenaline junkie. cinematographer. she's married and they have a 9-year-old son. you can see them on her husband's instagram. >> in 2015, she graduated from afi, american film institute. and then a few years later in 2019 was listed as a cinematographer on the rise. >> yeah, it's a passion for sure. >> yeah. >> once you get the bug, you can't get out of it. >> i wrote and directed a movie called "archenemy," and halyna was my cinematographer on that film. halyna's confidence was a kind of, like, quiet self-assurance. she would laugh a lot. she was very sort of calculating, collected person who also had a deep reservoir of emotions. >> let's continue with that. >> she was, you know, working really hard to establish herself in the film industry and in particularly really a male-dominated b

>> and what of halyna hutchins, the woman whose life was taken? >> she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with liked by everyone and admired -- >> now, alec baldwin, nothing off limits. >> you described it as a one in a trillion shot. and the gun was in your hand. do you feel guilt? >> are we ready? phones off? >> good. >> alec, thank you for doing this. you -- you haven't said much in public since that tragic accident. why -- why speak out now? >> well, i think that -- there's a criminal investigation that could be a while. there's all kinds of civil litigation. and i thought there were a number of misconceptions, most of it from sources i really wouldn't concern myself about, but a couple that i did concern myself about where there were these authoritative statements about this is what happened. the sheriff's department hasn't even released a report to the d.a. yet. and the reason i wanted to sit down with you is 'cause i really feel like i can't wait for that process to end in february, march. i mean, i'm not asking them to speed

the actor describing for the first time to george stephanopoulus, the moment he shot halyna hutchins saying he was following her instructions and never pulled the trigger. >> she's guiding me through how she wants me to hold the gun for this angle. and i draw the gun out and i find a mark. i take the gun and i start to cock the gun. i'm not gonna pull the trigger. i said, "do you see that?" she goes, "well, just cheat it down and tilt it down a little bit like that." and then i let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer of the gun, the gun goes off. >> reporter: today the santa fe district attorney, who could prosecute this case, reacting to those games. >> you can see he is devastated by what happened. i think we can all see that he was not expecting that to happen, didn't want that to happen. there's no evidence that this was intentional. this was clearly an accident, but perhaps a criminal accident. just because something is an accident doesn't mean that a criminal act didn't occur. >> reporter: alec baldwin told abc news he doesn't believe he wi

baldwin, has given his first full interview since the fatal shooting of the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, on the set of his film, rust. mr baldwin told abc he did not pull the trigger on the gun which killed ms hutchins in october. now, it's time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain — yes, it's �*nftrees�*. a one—minute covid test, and that's no gag. we'll take a call from the past — if we can lift the handset. and it's mars, it's the moon, it's the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today's teaser? go on, then! right — what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they've all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain — the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that's currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on crypto currency. so the blockchain is

he did not pull the trigger in the fatal shooting on set of his colleague and cinematographer, halyna hutchinsd a defining moment for abortion rights in the united states, as the supreme court hears the most important case in a generation. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the women's tennis association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in china. it said it had taken the decision because the chinese authorities had failed to address sexual assault allegations made by the doubles star peng shuai against a former vice premier of the country. with the latest, here's courtney bembridge. it has been a month since peng shuai posted on social media accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the post was quickly taken down and she disappeared from public view. photos and videos like this released by chinese state media were supposed to show her safe and free but did little to allay concerns for safety. concerns for her safety. and now, the women's tennis association has pulled the plug on lucrative t

baldwin, has given his first full interview since the fatal shooting of the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, on the set of his film, rust. mr baldwin told abc he did not pull the trigger on the gun which killed ms hutchins in october. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. what kind of republican party will be fighting for control of the us congress in 2022 and attempting to regain the white house in 202a? in large part, it'll hinge on donald trump. right now, he remains the dominant political figure on the american right. but american conservatism faces other defining choices, too. not least whether the time has come to break up the unprecedented power of america's tech giants. my guest is colorado republican congressman ken buck. do today's republicans have a coherent worldview? ken buck in colorado, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr buck, it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i think it's fair to say you characterise yourself as a freedom loving libertarian republican, a man who opposes big government. corporations — the most succ

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 implement the firing of the gun. don't do that. >> reporter: baldwin doesn't blame himself for what happened. he said he believed the weapon was safe. he did not typically check the guns for safety himself. saying, quote, an actor's responsibility is to do what the prop armorer tells them to do. he stressed multiple times he once answered how a live round ended up on the set. take a l

fe tell me it's been established, the gun was in baldwin's hands when it discharged, killing halyna hutchins. now, they both say they have to wait for the fbi to examine that handgun and analyze the ammunition found on the set. david? >> all right, kaylee hartung, who has been covering this case from the start. kaylee, thank you. and of course, george's full interview tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc and then streaming on hulu. >>> we do have new reporting here tonight after that deadly high school shooting in michigan. tonight, the prosecutor now revealing new details on how the 15-year-old suspect allegedly obtained the gun that had just been purchased by his father on black friday. and tonight here, the faces of the four students who were killed. seven others injured. one student still in critical condition. and the growing focus on the gunman's own parents. could they now face potential charges? abc's trevor ault from michigan tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as the oxfoord community mourns, the oakland county prosecutor now revealing new details to us about how the suspect a

he said halyna hutchins was one of the loveliest women he'd ever worked with and she was as admired asme for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. it really has been a week of temperature changes, up and down. but today, we are in a slightly milder wedge of air, so less cold, i should say, for many bits milder in the south. but with that, a lot more cloud and outbreaks of rain. you can see the pressure chart looks pretty messy. quite a few weather fronts around. we've got more weather fronts poised to push in to bring some wet weather at times but we are in that less cold air through today, as you can see here, particularly for england and wales. but the cold air will make a return for the weekend. for the rest of today, it stays pretty cloudy for most of us, quite damp across southern areas. probably the best of any brightness will be across north—east england and scotland. here, lots of showers pushing to western scotland and we will see a batch of rain moving into south wales and south—west england later on. temperatures will reach 11 or 12 degrees across the south, little b

, we regret to tell you she didn't make it. >> he spoke about the conversations he's had with halyna hutchins>> that's right. we know hutchins and her young son, they flew down to santa fe immediately in the aftermath of the shooting. there was a private memorial service, alex baldwin was photographed with the pair. he talked about how deeply emotionally impacted he was from this experience, and he also talked about a moving conversation that he had with her husband. take a listen. >> her husband comes to town. her husband, matthew. and i met with him and their son. and he was as kind as you could be. he was as kind as you could be. >> what did you say to him? >> i didn't know what to say. he hugged me and he said, i suppose you and i are going to go through this together. i told him, i said, i don't know what to say. i don't know how to convey to you how sorry i am and how i'm willing to do anything i can to cooperate. >> baldwin also held back tears when speaking about how loved and admired halyna hutchins was by crew and everyone who knew her. he also said he would have killed himself if h

the actor admitting that he was going through a really tough time since the fatal shooting of halyna hutchins on the "rust" set in new mexico. he wished everyone happy holidays saying i'm looking forward to some aspects of this being behind me. >>> tiktok is ending the year on top. it is the most-visited site jumping up from seventh place last year. it took the title from google which was number one in 2020. >>> tesla will block playing video games on its screens while it's moving. it came one day after federal rel regulators announced a probe into it. it will send an update to lock the feature when the cars are in motion. >>> if you need a reminder, christmas is one day away, but some people are still on the hunt for the perfect gift. the clock may be ticking, but you still have some options. christine sloan has tips and ideas for those very last minute shoppers. >> reporter: this morning with just hours until christmas, shoppers are in a rush. nearly 80% of us wait until the last minute, which means shipping is out. >> if that retailer does offer curbside pickup or in-store pickup, i would

it's six weeks since halyna hutchins was fatally shot on the set of alec baldwin's western movie, rust surrounding the cinematographer�*s death have become increasingly complicated. a statement released by local detectives only hours after the shooting, referred to a firearm discharged by alec baldwin. but now the actor himself is giving his version of events. the trigger wasn't pulled, i didn't pull the trigger. so you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never. what did you think happened? how did a real bullet get on that set? i have no idea. someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property. police retrieved hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the film set, including, its thought, other live rounds. they've been investigating reports of dissatisfaction on the part of crew members, who staged a walk—out the day before the fatal shooting. and claims by the woman in charge of firearms safety, hannah gutierrez—reed, whose lawyers have said the gun could have been sabotaged. s

he clearly didn't do that interview to make halyna hutchins' family feel better.e get ahead of the future legal wrangling over her death. i didn't feel like he could possibly come across as a bigger narcissist or a bigger egomaniacal monster. the man who called his daughter a pig when she was young on a voice mail message. the rage machine. somehow he did. hollywood is watching this. in reading the comments on social media about it is very telling. he is a festering boil on the neck of hollywood and he will be lanced at some point. >> dana: he indicated, he basically said maybe my career is over. but at the same time blaming the cinematographer who was the very woman who got shot and died. >> jessica: and at the same time said that when he saw her husband that they embraced and talked out how they are both going through something. he made sure to say what you're going through is worse. yes, you lost your wife and your son has no mother anymore. i found it all -- but we talked yesterday about doing this has dramatic interview was a mistake. it undoes any of the emo

alec baldwin, says he does not feel guilt over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins film, rust. ifeel that, that, someone is responsible for what happened and i can't say who that is but i know it's not me. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. an independent report looking at disorder on the day of the euro 2020 final has called it a day of "national shame" for england. the report's author, baroness louise casey, said there was a series of "very near misses" at wembley stadium which could have led to a loss of life. she said there'd been a collective failure by organisers, security firms and the police which allowed 2,000 ticketless fans, and "drunken thugs", to make their way into the stadium. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is outside wembley stadium. tell us about what this report said? essentially, that it was a near miss amid a perfect storm of all the covid—19 restrictions we had at that time and the fact that england were in theirfirst final time and the fact that england were in their first final in 35 years. baroness cas

they are not even talking about halyna hutchins, the woman who was killed.gesting he intentionally shot anybody. but to leo's point he's hoping to be tried in the court of public opinion and not in the court of law. he knows he needs to be a likeable person. so he will come out and say i didn't do this, i'm not responsible for this. then all his friends in hollywood come out and say alec we support you. this is a very big deal, even though maybe he didn't intend to do it, he was still the person holding the gun. there is some negligence and some variety on his part. for him to come out and do this interview, it felt disingenuous. it felt like a pr stunt and it felt like he was trying to get ahead of something coming up dwownt line for him. aishah: joey, you and i were brought up around guns, we know good gun etiquette. right off the bat there were so many mistakes made. you never point a gun whether it's load or not load. you don't point it at somebody. that's basic gun etiquette. how frustrated are you as a gun owner. you know what happens next. people tart

halyna hutchins was shot file filming a scene. has no idea how the live round got onset. so far no charges have been filed in that shooting. >>> a former trump justice department official this morning has one more chance to avoid criminal contempt charges. yesterday the january 6th committee voted to recommend contempt of congress charges for jeffrey clark. the committee will halt the process if he appears for a deposition this saturday. clark's attorney has already been indicted and he will exercise his fifth amendment rights. >> this is, in my view, a last ditch attempt to delay the select committee's proceedings. however, a fifth amendment privilege assertion is a weighty one. >> clark appeared before the committee last month for a deposition and then walked out before answering any questions. his attorney has cited executive privilege claims by the former president. >>> the omicron variant confirmed here in the bay area. what we know about the case and what you need to know going forward. plus, a look inside the san francisco

his first interview since a gun he was holding on a film set went off — killing cinematographer halyna hutchinaid he did not pull the trigger on the gun. abortion law in america is facing its toughest challenge in a generation. the supreme court has started to hear arguments in a case that could overturn a landmark ruling from 1973 that gave women the constitutional right to abortion. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sienna rodgers, editor of labourlist and tom newton dunn, chief political commentator at times radio. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the mirror for a second day leads with borisjohnson and reports of christmas parties in downing street during last year's lockdown. the paper says attendees enjoyed, food, drink and games until past midnight despite curbs. the prime minster has insisted no covid rules were broken. the times reports the government aims to offer a fourth covid shot to fight against new variants as it makes a two—yearjab deal with suppliers. the daily telegraph has more details on that story —

. >> that bullet killed cinematographer halyna hutchins and injured the director.s cold, which is industry jargon or an empty gun or a gun with blanks. someone put a light bullet into the gun and that person is responsible for what happened. if you want to watch the full interview, alec baldwin unscripted, it is streaming on hulu. >> starbucks is fighting some workers who are throwing attempts to unites. a union vote is underway at three stores in buffalo new york. an ongoing labor board hearing has the coffee chan -- chain asking for one vote. the union prefers store by store voting. starbucks is appealing the voting. the ballots will be counted week. >> a morning money report. there is mixed economic news from the u.s. labor department. here's the good news. this is from the november jobs report. the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% last month, which is lower than the 4.5% the analysts anticipated. it was 4.6% in october. however, only 210,000 new jobs were added last month. that is about 340,000 fewer economists forecasted. the country's labor force is still do

he said he never pulled the trigger that killed halyna hutchins. this was an incredibly interesting interview. it also raises a lot of questions. >> reporter: it certainly does raise a lot of questions. but this was a raw, emotional hour-long interview. alec baldwin described the moment he saw the cinematographer falling to the ground, saying he was wondering if she had a heart attack or perhaps fainted. he said he had no idea, or the idea of a live round being in that weapon was so far from his head that he didn't realize she was shot until nearly an hour later. alec baldwin denying he's at facility in the death of halyna hutchins. the cinematographer shot on the movie set in late october. >> i never pulled the trigger. >> you never pulled the trigger. >> no, no, no. i would never point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger. that's the training i had. you never point the gun at someone and point the trigger. >> reporter: that was aen interview with abc news. >> do you see that? do you see that? she said, yeah, that's good. i let go of the hammer.

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silence about the shooting on the set of his movie "rust" that killed the film's cinematographer halyna hutchinshe was working out a scene determining how to hold the revolver when he let go of the hammer of the gun which somehow had a live round in it and, of course, it went off. >>> plus joe biden is tightening the entry rules for international air travelers as america reports the cases of the omicron parent has been found in five states. the u.s. president laid out his strategy for testing as well as vaccinations. mr. biden said the u.s. will face the new variant without lockdowns and from a position he says of readiness. we'll of course have much more on those two stories in the next 20 minutes or so right here on cnn. >>> now, more countries across the globe of the world are reporting cases of the omicron variant. and germany is taking a major step as we told you earlier in the show to fight the infections driven by the delta variant. unvaccinated people are on lockdown banned from most essential businesses. european officials say the omicron variant could account for half the cases in the

the gun was supposed to be empty. >> reporter: baldwin says he's grieving for halyna hutchins and herre. and there's nothing we can do to bring her back. she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with and admired. >> reporter: attorneys for the film's armorer, hannah gutierrez reed recently telling savannah they believe someone deliberately sabotaged the set by mixing live ammunition into a box labeled dummy rounds. >> the person who put the live rounds in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging this set. there's no other reason you would do that. that you would mix that live round in with a dummy round. >> reporter: it's a claim baldwin says he doesn't believe. >> that's an enormous charge to make that someone came in and did something. for what purpose? what was their motive doing that if somebody did that? it's overwhelmingly likely it was an accident. >> reporter: just hours before the deadly shooting members of the film's camera crew had walked off the set citing poor working conditions and safety concerns. bu

baldwin says he doesn't feel that and he's not responsible for the death of thf cinematographer halyna hutchinsadlines from alec baldwin's interview with george stephanopoulos that aired last night six weeks after the deadly shooting on the set of the movie "rust. the gun that fired the bullet was in baldwin's hands, but baldwin says he didn't pull the trigger. >> you have this colt .45 and you just pulled -- >> the hammers far back as i could without clocking the actual -- >> and you're holding on to the hammer >> how about that, do you see that do you see that? she says yeah, that's good i let go of the hammer bang, the gun goes off. >> the movie's assistant director has also backed baldwin's claims so is what baldwin claiming even possible cnbc's perry russom spoke with a top hollywood armorer to find out. >> guns don't go off without their triggers being pulled. >> reporter: weapons exper steve wolf says the p gun alec baldwin was holding is a single action revolver. >> if you pull the hammer back like this and press the trigger like this, the gun fires >> reporter: wolf says there is anoth

text messages, photos and location data as part of the investigation into the shooting death of halyna hutchins. on the set of the movie "rust. baldwin has previously denied any responsibility nbc news reached out to baldwin's reps, but so far no comment on the search warrant >>> also tonight "sex and the city" star chris noth is facing allegations of sexual assault from two women. the actor, who has made headlines for reprising his role of mr. big on the reboot and "just like that" is denying the accusations. here's gatti schwartz. >> reporter: tonight in the wake of a promotional blitz featuring "sex in the city's" mr. big, sexual assault allegations against the hollywood star chris noth two women accusing him of sexual assault in separate incidents in 2004 and 2015. the hollywood reporter not identifying the women by name but saying both women approached the newspaper independently after seeing recent headlines about noth and the "sex and the city" spin off one of the women said the actor raped her in l.a. when she was 22 saying she went to the hospital and received stitches afterwards. told

alec said last night. >> reporter: in his interview with abc news, baldwin says he was following halyna hutchinsions on where to hold the gun. >> i'm holding the gun where she told me to hold it, which ended up being aimed right below her armpit is what i was told i don't know >> alec should say i'm not comfortable pointing the gun at you because that's a violation of gun safety. is there a position you could be in somewhere off camera where you're able to see the same sight? >> reporter: baldwin's account of not pulling the trigger is being backed by dave halls, the assistant director on set. his lawyer speaking with "good morning america. >> the entire time baldwin had his finger outside the trigger guard. >> most people aren't watching someone's finger the whole time. the only person who would watch someone's finger would be the armorer and she wasn't there. >> i want to make sure i don't come across like i'm the victim because we have two victims here >> reporter: baldwin crying at times. >> and i think to myself this little boy doesn't have a mother anymore. >> reporter: rejecting any respo

abc says he was blocking a scene with cinematographer halyna hutchins when the gun went off.he hammer of the gun and gun goes off. i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off. >> with more on this, nbc's guad venegas. guad, good morning. what else did we learn in this interview? >> he shared specific details about the deadly incident, which as you mentioned, he said he never pulled the triggers. what happened moments before the gun went off. so baldwin said he was holding the gun in a specific angle following halyna hutchins's direction and he added he was also trusting that he had been told it was a cold gun. in addition to saying that he never pulled the trigger, baldwin said even after the incident happened, he had no idea it was a real bullet that had been fired. here's another part of the interview. >> 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. she goes down. i thought to myself, did she faint? the

added he's not the one who put a live bullet in the gun leading to the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins in october. >> the people who watched her daily said her work was beautiful. she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with her and admired -- >> baldwin said it was hutchins herself who directed him to point the gun at her. that they both believed was empty. the incident is still under investigation, and so far no one has been charged. >>> the trump-era policy remain in mexico will restart as soon as monday. the program forces asylum seekers to stay in mexico as they await immigration hearings in the u.s. the biden administration reluctantly announced plans to revive the program due to a federal court order. president biden tried to get rid of remain in mexico, but lawsuits filed by texas and missouri kept it alive. >>> and coming up, an arrest in a murder case. a suspect is in custody for the deadly shooting of the wife of a music mogul. >>> stranded at ikea. why some customers and employees were forced to spend the night at the furni

he told abc news that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed cinematographer halyna hutchins in october. he said someone put a live bullet in a gun but doesn't know how it ended up there. several lawsuits have been filed, but the incident remains under investigation. no one has been charged. >>> the house panel investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol voted to hold a former justice department official in contempt. jeffrey clark refused to answer questions during a recent deposition and failed to hand over documents.da light of a new lette s the committee saying he wants to instead invoke his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. >>> coming up, murder investigation. the wife of a legendary music executive is fatally shot i her beverly hills home. >>> and later, chris cuomo speaks out about his suspension from cnn and explains why he's embarrassed. >>> this is the "cbs morning news." you don't get much time for yourself. so when you do, make it count with crest pro-health. it protects the 8 areas dentists check for a healthier mouth. the #1 toothpast

baldwin was holding a prop gun when it fired a live round killing cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of the movie "rust." baldwin sat down for an exclusive interview with our george stephanopoulos. >> she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with and admired. even now i find it hard to believe that. it just doesn't seem real to me. >> it wasn't in the script for the trigger to be pulled. >> well, the trigger wasn't pulled. i didn't pull the trigger. >> so you never pulled the trigger. >> no, no, no, i would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them, never. >> how did a real bullet get on that set? >> i have no idea. someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property. >> you say you're not a victim, but is the worst thing that's ever happened to you? >> yeah, yeah, yeah, because i think back, and i think of what could i have done? >> in response to that interview a lawyer for the movie's assistant director, david halls, told abc news her client also maintains that baldwin n