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alec baldwin is facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter tonight, the 2021 rust movie set shooting. cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed when she was struck by a live round of ammunition that was fired from a prop gun. held by eligible when. the movies armorer, hannah gutierrez, will also be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. baldwins attorney says the actor feels blindsided. and is gearing up for a fight. i want to start with cnn security correspondent, jo...

train operating companies make their "best and final offer" to the rmt union in a bid to break the deadlocked dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. another ambulance strike — this time, in wales — as nurses in england also stage more industrial action. and its 4am in melbourne and andy murray is still playing tennis there. hes into a fit set beside her at the australian open. —— fifth set decider. hello. the actor alec baldwin will be prosecuted over the 2021 rust movi...

Set. its just not even in the realm of something i can imagine at snl. and if it happened, i would stop everything. >> on that point, rob ackerman, theres been a lot made -- and ive heard this phrase tonight -- and ive heard throughout the day about a low budget, non-union film. why thats irrelevant in terms of a teaching lesson in order to -- why the budget so important in this conversation? >> it seems to me -- and dutch can add to this -- he has a lot of experience too. but it seems to me tha...

The other charge is in manslaughter in the commission of a lawful act — that charge requires proof there was more than simple negligence involved in the death, and that is punishable by up to 18 months in jail, and also up to a $5,000 fine. so, alec baldwin has been charged with those two charges, but so has the prop assistant on the set. if any of these three people did theirjob, halyna hutchins would be alive today. the assistant director already signed an agreement for a deadly weapon. thes...

Be used. i know you beg to differ? >> weve done hundreds of thousanding us of movies with firearms with no incidents whatever. we have a long history of safety. and our safety checks have worked. when all of these people violated all of these safety rules, that was the problem. it has nothing to do with the gun. its the people. if we ban real firearms from film productions, one of the problems with knee jerk reactions like this is all its going to do is take the really experienced skilled people...

Supposed to roll. and typically, these jobs are filled, you know, a lot longer lead time. so the fact that they were sort of scrambling around at the last minute to have a prop master. and then, it appears that the person that they did put in the job has very little credits. and the armor -- as -- as you pointed out -- this was only her second, you know, major project. >> its -- i mean, its fascinating that -- that -- i guess, obviously, the -- the -- the refusal to have two -- two assistants. o...

Second, you know, major project. >> its -- i mean, its fascinating that -- that -- i guess, obviously, the -- the -- the refusal to have two -- two assistants. one, a dedicated prop assistant. was basically just a budget concern? >> that was -- um -- neils understanding was that, you know, that they were really looking to be really tight on the budget. this was a low-budget production, and thats -- you know, last week, i spoke to camera operators and other -- um -- staff members of the -- the se...