now for the first time, we're hearing from the friends of helena hutchins who were there, describingmoment when the gun went off. here's abc's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: on bonanza creek ranch outside of santa fe, new mexico, 75 crew members, 22 principal actors, and hundreds of extras all converged on set with the singular goal of making the western movie "rust." >> the story is about this grizzled outlaw named harland rust. and that was the character played by alec baldwin. >> reporter: alec baldwin was both its star and a producer on the film. >> we're out here making a western. that's classic cinema right there. >> reporter: helena hutchins,ns, 24-year-old photographer originally from ukraine. >> it's a passion for sure. once you get the bug, you can't get out of it. >> "rust" was a big break. it was an opportunity for her to just show how good she was. >> this is a $7.5 million movie. it is the catering budget on a d.c. comics movie. >> they were insisting upon having one person do two very important jobs. the armorer role, taking care of the guns and ammunition, and then they

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

>> reporter: alec baldwin is speaking out about the tragic incident that took the life of helena hutchinn this the set of the film "rust," the low-budget western which he was both producing and starring in. it was the 12th day of a 21-day shoot. >> that day i did exactly what i've done every day on that movie. >> reporter: baldwin preparing for one of his biggest scenes, a shoot-out inside this wooden church. >> i'm handed the gun, someone says "this is a cold gun." >> dave halls? >> in my years hot gun meant there was a charge, cold gun meant there was nothing in there. when he's saying this is a cold gun what he's saying to everybody on the set is you can relax. the gun is empty. >> that's what cold gun means? >> cold gun means there's no charge. there could be dummy rounds. >> reporter: a dummy round looks like a real bullet but is completely inert, containing no explosive charge. baldwin, director joel souza, and cinematographer hen li na hutchins rehearsing the scene. >> i'm holding the gun where she told me to told it, which was aimed below her armpit is what i was told, i don't kn

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

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alec baldwin insists he did not pull the trigger in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. abortion rights in the balance as the united states supreme court hears the most important case in a generation. and amid tensions with china over taiwan: the uss carl vinson finishes its biggest ever annual drills in the region. our correspondent�*s on board. this is the us navy's newest, most advanced and most expensive fighter aircraft. this is its first employment outside the us and their is no surprise it has been sent here. hello. very good to have you with us wherever in the world you are watching. 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 chin

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he said he found it unsettling that they filed lawsuits before hutchins' husband matthew hutchins did. baldwin went on to say he believed it's highly unlikely he himself would be charged with anything criminally. his attorney speaking to cnn disputing the notion that baldwin didn't pull the trigger saying in a statement, quote, guns only fire when someone pulls the trigger, or if someone pulls the hammer back and lets it go. either way, the gun was in mr. baldwin's hands when it fired the bullet and he bears responsibility for the harm that was done. the investigation still ongoing. the focus is very much on how those live rounds ended up on set. at this stage in the game, more questions than answers. christine, laura, back to you. >> all right, lucy, thank you for that. no response yet from attorneys for the two crew members who filed civil suits to baldwin's actions. >>> government shutdown averted. both chambers passing a stopgap bill to extend funding for the federal government through mid february, but there was plenty of drama along the way. party leaders forced to broker a deal

i got to meet matt hutchins last night at event we hosted. your heart breaks to meet the man.nd it just feels like pain and loss for reasons that should never have been. so, i mean, i think alec baldwin must have many, many mixed emotions about this. >> thank you, sharon, thank you, dutch, i appreciate it. >> yeah. >> thanks so much. >>> the omicron variant now in multiple u.s. states and president biden putting out a new plan how to combat a winter covid surge. we'll be right back. we're carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a few questions. and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot and pick up your car, that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way at carvana. ♪ i'm a reporter for the new york times. if you just

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. thank you very much. joining me now, sharon waxman and dutch merrick, a propmaster. i appreciate both of you joining us. 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? >>

." >> 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

matthew hutchins and his son have suffered unimaginable, devastating loss.'m sure they're not ready to deal with a lawsuit right now, but that doesn't mean no one else should pursue their rights. my client has said from the beginning this is more about bringing awareness to the problem and trying to bring about change where these corporations put profits before safety in these movie productions over and over. my client, if the changes are made and awareness is brought, he would settle his case for no money whatsoever. >> how much does your client care about who put the bullet in the gun? >> like everybody, a tremendous amount. i'm not saying all the fault is on alec baldwin. but for him to suggest no fault is on him is absurd. he should have checked that gun. he's the one who held it. he's the one who pointed it. he never should have pointed that gun at a human being. never. whether someone told him incident was cold or not. he bears responsibility. certainly whoever put a live round in that gun, whoever left the gun unattended and didn't follow the chain of

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.

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

. >>> 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.

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ci cinematographer hutchins was killed when the gun went off.erview with abc news, baldwin recalled being told by hutchins to hold the gun out by her armpit. he asked if she wanted to see him cock the gun, he said she did. he has no idea how a live round was put in the gun used in the scene. he was asked if cost cutting measures could have led to a lapse in safety precautions. here's his answer. >> when people say a cut in costs, i don't say this with any judgment or cynicism. spielberg wants to save money. tom cruise wants to save money. everybody who makes movies has a responsibility not to be reckless and careless with the money that you're given. those are men who make movies that cost $205 million. and i'm making movies that cost $5 million. >> the question, though, is were costs being cut at the expense of safety and security? >> in my opinion, no, because i did not -- no, i did not observe any safety or security issues at all in the time i was there. >> costs were not cutback. >>> now, the town of oxford, michigan, is trying to make sense

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

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 successful companies in all of american capitalism — you want big government to intervene to "tame them"? yeah, i don't want big go

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

. >> 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

he is speaking out in his first tv interview since the shooting on the "rust"set, leaving haylna hutchins are looking for any charging decisions. the actor and producer of the f film says baldwin is not responsible. to get more background, here is natasha chen, then joey is with us on the other side. >> two people accidentally shot. >> reporter: for the first time since cinematographer haylna hutchins was shot and killed on the set of the movie "rust," actor alec baldwin described exactly what he thought happened on october 21st. in an exclusive interview with abc news anchor george stephanopoulos, baldwin says he never pulled the trigger on the gun he was holding. >> i let go of the hammer, bang, the gun goes off. >> reporter: he recounted the rehearsal moments before the gungun fi fired, saying hutchins was telling him how to position his hand, holding it just off scene. >> i said, cop the gun? she said yes. i start to cock the gun. i'm not going to pull the trigger. i go, can you see that? can you see that? she says -- and i let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. >> rep

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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

in an interview broadcast on us tv last night, he said he cocked the gun that killed ms hutchins, but. he admitted that his acting career may now be over as a result of the shooting. i sat on that pew right before they called lunch and i said, "this movie has made me love making movies again." i used to love to make movies. idid. you know. now, alec baldwin says he's not sure he'll ever work again after something went horribly, horribly wrong when he was rehearsing a scene, pointing what he believed to be an empty gun at halyna, as she directed him to do. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger, never. that was the training that i had. you don't point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger. even after halyna collapsed, and directorjoel souza screamed, it didn't occur to the actor that a live round was in the gun he'd been holding. he didn't experience what he described as the insanity—inducing agony of that realisation until much later. just as you disbelieved that there was a live round in the gun, you disbelieved that this was going to be a fatal accident. so you didn't

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 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

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

and actor alec baldwin speaking out following the tragic shooting death of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the film set of "rust." he says he was not to blame and his finger wasn't even on the trigger when the gun went off. >> someone put a live bull net a gun, that 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, that they follow this to the ends of the earth. where did that bullet come from? somebody brought live rounds, plural, onto the set of the film. and one of them ended up in that gun. >> let's begin our coverage with those latest job numbers, what they mean. cnn chief business reporter matt egan, senior white house correspondent john harwood, both standing by. matt, there is some good in here, including revisions to prior months, but still undershot, the forecast. what happened? >> yeah, jim. at first glance, this did look like a big dud. just 210,000 jobs added in november, less than half of what the consensus was on wall street from economists. it's also the weakest number of the entire biden preside

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

>> reporter: bold and defiant, alec baldwin insisting it's not his fault cinematographer halyna hutchins was shot and killed. >> i feel that -- that someone is responsible for what happened. and i can't say who it was, but i know it's not me >> reporter: casting aside blame, baldwin telling abc news, the gun that killed hutchins and injured director joel souza went off in his hand while they were rehearsing a scene. >> how about that? does that work do you see that? she goes, yeah, that's good i let go of the hammer bang the gun goes off. >> reporter: stressing he never fully cocked the weapon or pulled the trigger. chaos and confusion ensued. >> 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? >> reporter: two weapon experts we spoke with were skeptical a colt revolver like this one could fire the way baldwin describes. but through his attorney, assistant director dave halls also said he never saw baldwin's finger on the trigger. >> there are some who say you are never supposed to point a gun at anyone on a set no

meanwhile, hutchins was honored at a hollywood event last night. it was her husband's first public appearance since that shooting. and you can watch george's full interview with alec baldwin tonight during a prime-time special at 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central right here on abc. >>> we have new details about the suspect in the deadliest school shooting of the year. authorities are now revealing what was in the boy's journal and what he allegedly said the night before the rampage. this morning, this 15-year-old in a prison issued orange shirt is now charged with murder and terrorism for the shooting rampage at a michigan high school. at his first court appearance authorities charged the teen as an adult, and prosecutors revealed the shooting spree was captured on school security cameras. >> we've had the opportunity to review that surveillance video just this morning, and what's depicted on that video honestly, judge, i don't have the words to describe how horrific that was. >> reporter: the prosecutor describing how the suspect first entered a bathroom wi

he recounted the rehearsal moments before the gun fired, saying hutchins was telling him how to positionust off camera. >> in this scene i would have cocked the gun. i said do you want to see that, she said yes. i take the gun, start to calk the gun, i am not pulling the trigger. just tilt it down a little like that. i cocked it, can you see that, can you see that, and she says -- i let go of the hammer and the gun goes off. >> in moments that followed, complete disbelief. >> everyone is horrified, shocked. it is loud. they don't have ear plugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. i thought to myself did she faint? the notion that there was a live round in that gun did not dawn on me until about 45 minutes to an hour later. >> the attorney for the assistant director says he maintains he didn't see baldwin pull the trigger and baldwin did not have his finger on the trigger. theatrical firearms safety expert steve wolf says why he finds that not likely. >> not plausible. on the single action revolver, when you pull that hammer back, click, click, clic

>> 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

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 said he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed helena hutchins. the letter says, in part, quote the descriptions of rust as a chaotic, dangerous and exploitative workplace are false and distract from what matters the most. the memory of helena hutchins and the need to find modern alternatives to outdated industry, firearm and safety practices. some good news tonight for dungeness crab lovers. the state department of fish and wildlife announced today that beginning next thursday, commercial fishing will be allowed on the coast. between pigeon point and lopez point in big sur. this comes as commercial fishing remains closed around san francisco to protect dozens of humpback whales recently spotted in the area. commercial crab fishing began december 1st north of the sonoma mendocino county line. felt right. enjoy the next couple of dry days because things are going to change rapidly as we get in towards sunday, well saturday night into sunday, monday and tuesday. you heard all about it already. i'm sure the atmospheric river shows up urban areas coul

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

holding discharged on the set of his movie "rust," killing 42-year-olding cinematographer halyna hutchinshe was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with, and liked by everyone who worked with, and admired... ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: director joel souza was also injured by the bullet. baldwin says he didn't pull the trigger of the .45-caliber prop gun while rehearsing the scene, but says he was pulling back the hammer while hutchins worked on camera angles. >> i'm going, "how about that? does that work? do you see that?" she said, "yeah, that's good." i let go of the hammer, bang, the gun went off. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. when she went down he went down and he was he was screaming really loudly. i thought what is he screaming-- what happened? >> reporter: dutch merrick is a veteran movie armourer. >> i was honestly a little startled when i heard the statement that he hadn't pulled the trigger, but the gun fired. something tells me this gun, ifp it operated the way he says, was not functioning the way it was designed. >> there's one questio

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

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

. >> reporter: for the first time, the actor describing the moment he shot halyna hutchins. >> i would never point a gun at anybody and pull a trigger at them, never, never. that was the training i had. you don't point a gun and pull the trigger. >> reporter: baldwin saying he was following hutchins' directions during a rehearsal and never pulled the trigger. >> and i cocked the gun. i go, can you see that? can you see that? can you see that. 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. >> 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. >> reporter: the fbi examining that gun and the ballistics to see if they back up baldwin's story. the d.a. saying it may be early spring before the investigation is turned over to her. >> 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

. >> reporter: for the first time since cinematographer halyna hutchins was shot and killed on the movie he thought happened on october 21st. in an exclusive interview, baldwin says he never pulled the trigger on the gun he was holding. >> i let go of the hammer. bang, the gun goes off. >> reporter: he recounted the rehearsal just moments before the gun fired, saying hutchins was telling him how to position his hand, holding the gun just off camera. >> in this scene, i'm going to cock the gun. do you want to see that? she said yes. i take the gun and i start to cock. i'm not going to pull the trigger. she says cheat it down and tilt it down a little bit. i cock the gun. i go, can you see that? can you see that? then i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off. >> reporter: in the moments that followed, complete disbelief. >> everyone is horrified. they're shocked. it's loud. they don't have their earplugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. i thought to myself, did she faint? the notion that there was a live round in that gun did not daw

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

click, call or visit a store today. >>> the set of the film rust that killed helena hutchins.old. i don't know. we kept on doing this. i am going to cock the gun. do you want to see that? i take the gun and i start to -- i am not going to pull the trigger. i cock the gun, can you see that? can you see that? and i let go the hammer of the gun and the gun goes offer. i let go of the handle of the gun and it goes off. >> at the moment. >> it was not in the script for the trigger to be pulled. >> well, the trigger was not pulled. i didn't pull the trigger. >> no, i would never point the gun at anyone and pull the trigger. that was the training i had. i got countless of people online, you idiot, you are never to pull the gun on anyone. well, unless you are instructed from the cinematographer who tells you to do and she and i thought it was empty. that was not hers and my responsibility. >> you are never to point a gun at anyone on a set no matter what. >> unless the person is a cinematographer who directed you to point the gun at her camera angle. that's exactly what happened. >> t