Baldwin criminal charge, David Crosby dies, Supreme Court search

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Prosecutors plan to charge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter after a prop gun he fired killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set of “Rust” in 2021. The panel discusses the charges both Baldwin and the film’s armorer are facing. Legendary singer songwriter David Crosby dies aged 81 after a long illness, his family confirm. CNN Anchor Bill Weir reflects on interviewing Crosby after the icon’s Woodstock performance.Also tonight: the Supreme Court is still looking for who leaked the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, the San Francisco Reparations Committee proposes a $5 million payment to each eligible black resident, Hollywood’s tragic history of on-set accidents, and can Congress do anything about George Santos?Hosted by Laura Coates. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Cotes, and this is CNN Tonight, and we have stunning
0:11.9	news tonight, Alec Baldwin facing criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of
0:16.9	the movie Rust. Prosecutors planning to charge the star with involuntary manslaughter in
0:22.3	the death of cinematographer Alina, excuse me, Hutchins after she was struck in the chest
0:28.1	by a live round of ammunition fired from a prop gun held by Baldwin back in 2021. We've
0:33.8	gotten in-depth hour on those charges against Alec Baldwin and the armorer on that set
0:39.5	later in this show. There's also some very sad news tonight on the death of a folk rock
0:45.2	icon. David Crosby has died at the age of 81. His family says after a long illness, he
0:52.1	has succumbed. David Crosby is one of the founding members of the birds and Crosby stills
0:57.2	Nash and Young, and his music for so many was really the soundtrack of the 60s and decades
1:03.4	to follow in his genre in particular. And who could forget songs like, well, like this.
1:09.3	I want to bring in CNN's Bill Weir, who interview David Crosby for the CNN documentary,
1:27.9	Woodstock at 50. Also Greg Harris, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1:35.2	Glad to have you both here and lean on your expertise on this icon in particular. I want
1:40.4	to begin with you, Bill, if I can, because you interview David Crosby for the CNN documentary,
1:45.8	Woodstock at 50. Tell me about some of the highlights during your time speaking with him.
1:51.1	Well, it was actually the second time I hung out with Crosby, and he is hands down top
1:58.0	three. He's on my Mount Rushmore interview subject. I just because I'm a huge music fan
2:03.3	of his era, but because he's one of the most honest and open books at this stage in his
2:08.4	life, his whole life at this, when I met him in 2009, you know, around 2005 and then
2:14.4	through the years we kept in touch, he had been through heroin and cocaine addiction.
2:19.6	He'd been in jail in Texas. He'd had eight stents in his heart. He'd had a liver transplant.
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