these were homes, neighborhoods , communities and here and elsewhere. the staggering loss of property is secondary. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective. these past 24 hours have seen more tornado deaths than all of last year. many are just thankful to have survived. mcafee unity. and . thank god we re alive, but also were so devastated by the loss. the whole trailer park behind the building is gone and we don t know where everybody is . we don t know who s alive and who s gone. cnn s nick valencia is enrolling fork, mississippi nick just heartbreaking to hear these accounts. what are you hearing from people? it is and it s just awful to see this and we apologize for having to go live from our satellite phone. but it s a testament how much damage is here. in sharkey county and rolling fork, mississippi felt hours have been heavily damaged here, which is why we re not being able to go live on air. but wh
good afternoon, i m erica hill. we begin with these stunning announcements for many people. alec baldwin set to face two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of his film rust, cinematographer halyna hutchins was, of course, killed. the set s armorer hannah gutierrez-reed also facing those involuntary manslaughter charges. the new mexico d.a. in announcing the charges noting that, quote, no one is above the law. cnn s josh campbell is live in santa fe, cnn entertainment reporter chloe melas and jennifer rodgers joining me in new york. josh, let s start with you. you spoke a short time ago with the d.a. what more did you learn about the charges and evidence? yeah, district attorney mary carmack-altwies told me this didn t come to one single piece of evidence and know that based on the state investigation that cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed by a round fired from the pistol that alec baldwin was holding but the d.a. saying that
top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. the family of the cinematographer killed on the set of rust, said they support the criminal charges that will soon be filed against actor alec baldwin. today the district attorney in santa fe announced that baldwin and the armorer, hannah gutierrez reed will each get two counts of involuntary manslaughter. in october, 2021, baldwin was holding a prop gun when it fired a live round hitting and killing 42-year-old halyna hutchins. a prosecutor says baldwin is being charged for pulling the trigger, and as a producer of the film. i think it was the totality of the circumstances that this was a really fast and loose set, and that that nobody was doing their job. there were three people that if they had done their job that day, this tragedy wouldn t have happened. that s david halls, hannah gutierrez reed, and alec baldwin. if they had done their basic duties, we wou
scott, who would not attack something trump said. don t we also have a responsibility to not only not do it but also to say when someone does it, that that s wrong or we disagree with it forthright and not try to kind of pull out punches? absolutely to i agree with you. one of the things that just shocked me early in trump s presidency was when he would use words like deranged and human scum to describe his enemies, enemies of the state. and i m from a generation when we would address our opponents by something like my right honorable opponent. what a what a fall in just the civility of our nation that was introduced by trump. and i don t think anybody can really justify that. i don t think it helps them at all. i agree with you. yeah, it should be renounced and called out. we re at the top of the hour. i just want to underline one final thing here because you brought this up, and i remember when nancy pelosi said that she prayed for donald trump, and he said, oh, that
During a recent episode of the PBS show "Finding Your Roots," which examines celebrities' ancestral backgrounds, Michael Douglas learned that he's related to Scarlett Johansson.