. >> hannah gutierrez reed has spent her life watching her father handle and oversee the use of firearms on any number of movies. >> she's been raised around gun safety and all that stuff from when she was a little girl. she's so safe with the guns. the way she handles them, it's just -- i don't have to worry about anything when i got her on the set. >> you trust her on your sets? >> any set. yes, absolutely. >> within days of getting the job on "rust", hannah was posting on facebook about how excited she was to have gotten this job, and she specifically noted, excited to be working with armory and to step into the world of props. before the job started, on september 29th, just right after she had secured it, she wrote on facebook, how [ bleep ] it is that life's been so good lately? i can't help but to feel like i'm about to fall from grace. >> the tensions with the camera crew really started to grow. >> halyna, she didn't look -- she wasn't her usual, you know, calm, focused, cheerful self. ♪ ♪why do you build me up (build me up)♪ butter... cup... baby... up would be the operative word

hannah gutierrez reed, the 24-year-old armorer on the set of "rust" has been at the center of this story to the responsibility of this job, but her father is a legend in the industry. he's telling us she's not to blame here. this morning, for the first time since the fatal shooting on the set of "rust," the father of armorer hannah gutierrez reed speaking out to defend her. >> as a father, are you concerned that hannah could go to jail? >> no. no. the sheriff's department will get to the bottom of this. i'm not worried about that. >> reporter: thell reed who served as an armorer or weapons specialist for films like "tombstone" -- >> i have two gun, one for each of you. >> reporter: -- to "3:10 to yuma." that's hannah on the set with him when she was 10. eventually following in his footsteps. >> she's been raised around gun safety and all that stuff since she was a little girl. she liked film but talked about cameras but started to work with me as an armorer. >> reporter: reed didn't work on "rust" but his daughter did, the second film she was hired on as lead armorer. >> she didn't need

the trail tracing back to thell reed, the father of the film's armorer hannah gutierrez reed. >> i'm ith live ammunition. i trail all the actors so they look like they're really hitting the target when they fire the guns. that's kind of my job. >> reporter: reed seen in the extra for "django unchained" is a veteran weapon's expert, known for his decades of work on film. >> fast draw. as you can see it doesn't take much time. >> reporter: this new search warrant putting a spotlight on his former colleague seth kenney who according to the documents supplied guns and ammunition to "rust." reed saying in the months before "rust" began filming he worked on a different production with kenney. according to the warrant he says that kenney had 300 rounds of live ammunition during a training session with actors at a gun range and left the rank with him and later told him to write it off after he repeatedly asked for the ammo back. kenney's attorneys saying he was never on the "rust" set adding he is fully cooperating with authorities and neither mr. kenney nor pdq arm and prop llc provided live

baldwin says he placed his trust in hannah gutierrez reed.ccording to a search warrant executed this week, the young armorer told investigators she loaded five dummy rounds into baldwin's gun before lunch and a sixth after when the gun was retrieved from a safe. gutierrez reid's attorney says she has no idea where the rounds came from. raising the possibility someone may have deliberately mixed live rounds in a box of dummies in an act of sabotage. >> her attorney has said he believes the set was sabotaged. do you believe the set was sabotaged? >> do i believe that the set was sabotaged? no, because i can't imagine how that would have been effected. i don't know how somebody would have done that. >> reporter: the santa fe district attorney leading the investigation has said she does not believe sabotage is a possibility. >> i know that some defense attorneys have come up with conspiracy theories and have used the word "sabotage." we do not have any proof. >> reporter: according to a search warrant, assistant director david halls, seen in this

and claims by the woman in charge of firearms safety, hannah gutierrez—reed, whose lawyers have saidgation appears to be growing more complex by the day. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. pressures in the social care system are leaving thousands of disabled people struggling to recruit personal assistants, who help them live independently. pas can help out with day—to—day tasks, but with more than 100,000 vacancies in the sector, many people with disabilities are finding it difficult to get the support they need. our disability affairs correspondent nikki fox reports. hello, guys! hello. sam and alex study media at college and are both working towards a career in tv. we have like, a double act. we bounce off each other. ..and finish each other�*s... ..sentences. the 16—year—old twins have spinal muscular atrophy. and for them to be as independent as everyone else, they need a team of personal assistants, or pas. we've only got one at the minute. we've had a struggle with getting carers. so, i think we're still putting out advertisements for getting someone. i mean, if you just put

savannah, we should add we did reach out to hannah gutierrez reed, but we have not heard back from herspective on what alec baldwin had to say from legal analyst lisa green. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> as a strictly legal matter, it's pretty unorthodox for someone to sit down and two a television interview like this while the investigation is ongoing and it's a bit risky >> a little risky, but not necessarily tend of the world. the risk a lawyer would tell alec baldwin about is you're memorializing your event if you want to change any element of your story, you are now vulnerable to a jury or an insurance company or a judge saying which version is true >> yeah, because even minor inconsistencies, someone can hold up the prior interview in a cross examination and try to pin him down >> that's right. on the other hand, baldwin clearly thought that he deserved an opportunity to tell his story, and what a story it is. >> i have to say, he's got lawyers and certainly his lawyers know that it can be risky to do an interview like this, but it's not the only consideration. there's

hannah reed the armorer. >> 24-year-old hannah gutierrez reed, seen here in photos by the dailymail.com, was hired as the film's armorer, in charge of all weapons on set. the daughter of a famous hollywood armorer, "rust" was only her second film in this role. she spoke to the "voices of the west" podcast about working as lead armorer for her first film, before "rust." >> i was really nervous about it at first and i almost didn't take the job because i wasn't sure if i was ready, but doing it, it went really smoothly. >> we spent an hour and a half shooting the pistol, her giving me all her safety instructions -- >> did you think she was up to the job? >> i assumed because she was there and she was hired she was -- she was up for the job. >> and nothing she did raised any red flags with you? >> no. >> the -- this -- this training course you do. what did she tell you? >> she'd say things like, "remember, this is -- this is blank round. so you have to create the discharge yourself 'cause there's no projectile. so if you shot the gun, you go "bang." when we roll the camera you gotta go bang and have the gun -- the

. >> reporter: attorneys for the film's armorer, hannah gutierrez reed recently telling savannah theyby 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. but baldwin telling abc news he had no knowledge of any serious issues on the set and believed the filming on "rust" was going well. >> and so help me god. i sat on that pew right before they called lunch and i said this movie has made me love making movies again. baldwin also pushing back against criticism he

and claims by the woman in charge of firearms safety, hannah gutierrez—reed, whose lawyers have said night for english women 20— zero the highest competitive score and four players scored atarax. but it was particularly a very special night for man cities ellen white was up but it was particularly, special night for man city's, ellen white, who became the lionesses' record goal scorer with a8. well a little earlier i spoke to her and got her reaction to that win. yeah, it was pretty mental. itjust shows how ruthless we were on the night, really, to have four people at hat tricks is incredible, and ifeel really proud of the whole team. what about your record? a8 goals in 101 appearances, so that's a goal every other game, astonishing. you've been playing for england for so many years. what is your goal—scoring secret, if you can divulge it? that's a good question. i wish i knew the answer. i feel really lucky and very proud to represent my country, to have made 101 caps and to score a8 goals. i don't know, i am surrounded by very talented players who have assisted in all of those goal

are also some new details about the hours leading up to the fatal shooting investigators say hannah gutierrez-reedefore the crew took a lunch break once they returned, she admits that she, quote, didn't really check the firearm too much before it was fired. meanwhile, her attorneys are pointing back to those -- how those live rounds got on the set in the first place. >> thank you very much. >> 7:43 right now. how are we looking >> we're looking fairly warm we have the stats in for fall. it's going to pose an interesting question unseasonably warm temperatures the only really cool spot is down through the mississippi river valley 92% of the lower 48 had above average fall temperatures. over 100 cities having their top ten warmest falls on record. and as you move into the northeast, here's a question, does an unseasonably warm fall mean less snow for the winter? in boston, second warmest fall, newark, warmest fall on record, fourth warmest in philly look at this 9 out of 10 winters following a warm fall, less snow 7 out of 10 in newark, 8 out of 10 in philadelphia 9 out of 10 in washington, d.c but

. >> reporter: the attorney for the armorer onset, hannah gutierrez-re gutierrez-reed, says his client has no idea where the live rounds came from and says it was sabotage. >> it's likely that it was an accident. >> reporter: the district attorney handling the case says she does not believe it was sabotage. meanwhile, two crew members have filed lawsuits against the producers, including baldwin, alleging safety concerns. chaims that baldwins and the producers deny. >> i did not deny any safety or security issues at all in the time i was there. >> reporter: he says he's cooperating with authorities. >> the idea that a real bullet was in that gun and come out and kill that woman, that was not even in the realm of possibility. and that's the thing that they must find out is where -- who brought bullets onto the set? >> reporter: baldwin says he decided to speak out because he couldn't wait for the investigation to be completed before telling his side of the story. as for his future, he says he can't imagine doing a movie with a gun in it again. andrew, mona? >> andrea, thank you. >>> a ma

the fbi details extensive conversations with the armorer and hannah gutierrez reed. so far, no criminal charges have been filed in the case >> steve, thank you. >>> let's get a first check of the weather. al is on the road this morning and he's doing a lot of good in a town that really needs it. al can be lending a hand in mayfield, kentucky al, good morning it warms my heart to see you there and know how much you can help today >> hey, good morning, guys our team, our "today" lend he a hand team is here. they've assembled a really amazing array of help and aid for these folks. we're going to get to that in just a bit these folks are looking at the radar right now because we've got some severe weather that could be firing up and we're going to be watching that, as well you can see most of the action is in the east right now the west is firing up later on but you can see heavy showers and thunderstorms now from mississippi making their way on into parts of tennessee and just south of kentucky, and, in fact, we do have a risk this afternoon for severe weather and low t

. >> reporter: according to that search warrant, thell reed, the father of "rust" armor hannah gutierrez reedon set could have been left over from a previous training session he worked with kenney on during a different production. kenney says that's not possible. >> are you confident that pdq did not mistakenly accidentally somehow send live rounds to the set of "rust"? >> absolutely, absolutely. it's not a possibility that they came from pdq or myself personally. when we send dummy rounds out, they get individually rattle tested before they get sent out. so if you have a box of 50 you've got to do it 50 times and at that point you know they're safe to send. >> reporter: and seth kenney tells me he is fully cooperating with this investigation and he expects as authorities have said that really important questions will be answered once the fbi processes the live rounds found on set. he explains that forensic fingerprints on those casings. michael? >> so many questions to be answered. george, tonight we'll hear your conversation with alec baldwin. >> that's right. it will air on the network at

. >> reporter: the film's armorer hannah gutierrez reed telling investigators, according to this affidavitix dummy rounds and did not believe anyone on the film set would be that malicious to bring live ammo onto the set, but in an interview with abc news her attorney and her father an experienced armorer himself s an act of sabota.kepoiby, proty. >>o u lieve sabotage was possible on the set? >> oh, yeah. a lot of motive there. >> somebody wanted to cause a safety incident on set, nobody wanted anybody to be killed. we developed evidence of motive for that, why they might have wanted to do that. why hannah might have been a target and that's all gone to the sheriff so we're asking for that to be completed before any decisions are made on charging. >> reporter: and overnight, alec baldwin taking issue with "newsweek's" coverage. of the details of the search warrant. he tweeted this in fact is a lie. he was referring to "newsweek's" headline that says he requested a larger gun before the fatal shooting. he's clarifying saying that any decisions regarding props were made weeks before producti

. >> reporter: the armorer in charge of weapons on the "rust" set was 24-year-old hannah gutierrez reednt an hour and a half shooting. her giving me safety instructions. >> did you think she was up to the job? >> i assumed because she was there and she was hired she was -- she was up for the job. >> and nothing she did raised any red flags with you? >> no. she said things like, remember, this is a blank round. she'd say to you, when we're done point the gun down, when we're done you give the gun to me or to halls, only those two people. sometimes we'd be on a set that was a very, very cramped set and they wanted people in that room on an as needed basis. if i'm holding the gun and they say, cut, i then hand the gun to halls if she's not there. >> why halls, not hannah? some people have said that only the armorer should be handling -- >> no, no, no. that's inaccurate. meaning, in the protocols of the business meaning hannah to hand me the gun 99% of the time, whatever, the preponderance of the time. when we say cut, if hannah was away from the set i would hand halls the gun. >> reporter:

and claims by the woman in charge of firearm safety, hannah gutierrez—reed, whose lawyers have said thed the investigation appears to be growing more complex by the day. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. a 19—year—old man has been arrested over the death of a teenage girl in hamilton, south lanarkshire. amber gibson, who was 16, was reported missing from her home in the hillhouse area on friday. her body was discovered in a nature reserve on sunday. police scotland say enquiries are still ongoing. everton and liverpool fans united for a minute's applause at the merseyside derby last night, in memory of ava white, the 12 year—old girl who was killed last week. fans also held a banner raising awareness about knife crime. ava was stabbed in liverpool city centre last thursday. a11i—year—old boy has been charged with murder. a judgement is expected this morning, in the appeal by associated newspapers in its ongoing privacy dispute with the duchess of sussex. the group — which publishes the mail on sunday — are appealing against the ruling not to hold a full trial, after the paper reprodu

fell reed, father of armorer hannah gutierrez reed told investigators, seth kenny, who supplied someof "rust." officers searching kenney's prop shop tuesday night finding suspected live ammo. neither responded to our request for comment. >> i think back and i think of what could i have done -- >> there's two gun shots we need two ambulances. >> reporter: when the prop gun was fired, the bullet stuck the film's director, joel souza, and killed 42-year-old cinematographer, halyna hutchins. >> she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with and admired. >> reporter: with no charges filed, this morning authorities are still working to pinpoint who is ultimately responsible. >> that was nbc's miguel al ma al ma kwar reporting. that does it for us. stephanie rhule picks up the coverage after this final break. coverage after this final break. mom, hurry! our show's gonna start soon! i promised i wouldn't miss the show and mommy always keeps her promises. seriously? oh. - what the- i don't suppose you can sing, can you? watch the full story at

and claims by the woman in charge of firearms safety, hannah gutierrez—reed, whose lawyers have saidmore complex by the day. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. there are still thousands of people waking up this morning in freezing cold homes after losing power six days ago, when storm arwen caused widespread damage. welfare centres and hot food are being provided in some places, with energy companies working with emergency services, local councils and the british red cross. tim muffett reports. no power, no water. linda and paul from aberdeenshire have had a grim five days. as time has gone on, i think we have become more ragged and exhausted. no lighting. so it's really been a struggle. slowly this granite building is getting colder and colder. in upper teesdale in county durham, malcolm and sondra are also feeling the strain. i'm riddled with arthritis. i've had two heart attacks. obviously the medication. no heating, no water, no sanitary. we have had to put snow into the pans. community spirit is no substitute for electricity and water, but volunteers are trying to plug the gap

and claims by the woman in charge of firearms safety, hannah gutierrez—reed, whose lawyers have saidern new mexico, and the investigation appears to be growing more complex by the day. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. this is what you have been waiting for, isn't it? we heard earlier about the continuing effects of storm arwen on communities across the country, but when the storm hit there was also an impact on wildlife across the british isles. hundreds of seals were killed when arwen lashed the coastline, but as alex dunlop reports, a handful of pups at norfolk�*s east winch wildlife centre are now getting the help they need. not the most elegant way to have breakfast, but a sort of fish soup in a syringe is keeping these grey seal pups alive. for the next five months, the rspca team here at east winch will be foster parents to these six orphans of storm arwen. it battered swathes of the country over the weekend. mother seals and their offspring separated by fierce tidal waves. the mother's milk is substantial. it's all they have and it takes three weeks for them to wean, so fo

he described e-mail conversations with the armorer there, hannah gutierrez reid that took place before the filming began. he said gutierrez reedm photos of various weapons for the production, and he, quote,ing here, requested a bigger gun the search warrant says investigators believe those emails and text messages are relevant to this investigation we reached out for a statement and haven't heard back >>> the number of people missing after a deadly tornado outbreak in kentucky dropped dramatically the governor there says now 16 people are unaccounted for at this had point that's down from more than 100 yesterday. at least 76 people are now also confirmed dead after the storms, that's an increase of two since the last death toll update and it ties the record for the deadliest tornado ever to hit kentucky >>> a major warning from the airlines a brand-new g5 wireless network could wreak havoc with airlines in the new year. the head of united airlines called on at&t and verizon to slow down the rollout of their service. he said it could delay and even cancel flights and impact hundreds of thousands of passengers the reason well, t

described e-mail conversations with the armorer there, hannah gutierrez reid that took place before the filming began. he said gud agutierrez reedd he requested a bigger gun. they say those are relevant to this investigation we reached out for a statement and haven't heard back >>> the number of people missing after a deadly tornado outbreak in kentucky dropped dramatically the governor now says 16 people are unaccounted for at this point. down from more than 100 yesterday. at least 76 people are now also confirmed dead after the storms, an increase of two since the last death toll update and ties the record for the deadliest tornado ever to hit kentucky >>> a major warning from the airlines a brand-new g5 wireless network could wreak havoc with airlines in the new year. they called on at&t and verizon to slow down the reason well, the faa and aviation experts say the 5g network could interfere with sensitive technology on the planes but, as we've reported here, it's fine in other countries, and the fcc is pushing back. here's kerry sanders >> reporter: cell phone companies have hyped 5g as a major leap in technology, allowing d