Former White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci wiped a tear away as he watched the inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden, a new PBS documentary revealed Tuesday.

While the film began with Fauci discussing emerging COVID-19 variants in his home as part of his work, it soon shifted to a scene of Fauci watching Biden speaking at his presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021.

"Today is a combination of so many different things. It’s kind of a diffusion of an incredible amount of pent-up tension and holding back of despair," Fauci said.

As he continued to watch activist Amanda Gorman deliver her poem "The Hill We Climb" and country singer Garth Brooks perform "Amazing Grace," Fauci reflected on his responsibility in navigating the pandemic.

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"The stress of the fact that you’re responsible for something that’s killing a lot of people, 400,000 individual people, people who have seen their loved ones die without even being able to be near them," Fauci said in a voiceover as he was seen wiping a tear from his face while watching the TV.

Prior to the inauguration, the film featured a clip of Fauci speaking to someone on the phone about the administration's plans for an audience for the swearing-in ceremony. Although he did not reference former President Donald Trump by name, Fauci mentioned "the other guy" when discussing a contrast in responsiveness and "ego."

"The other thing to show how responsive he and his group are, they wanted to have 29,000 people on the lower lawn, you know? And they called us together and we argued, ‘Please, literally have a few hundred, not tens of thousands.' And he put his ego aside and said, ‘Okay.’ And they went for a few hundred. Can you imagine convincing the other guy about that?" Fauci said.

This description appeared to coincide with initial reports about the Biden inauguration. At the time, the inaugural committee was "strongly encouraging" people to not attend the event in person with viewing stands no longer available. The Washington Post estimated at the time that only about 2,000 people were planning to attend, including 200 "VIPs." This marked a significant drop from the typical 200,000 attendee average.

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The feature-length documentary was part of PBS’ "American Masters" program and made its debut on Tuesday. According to the film, the crew originally began filming Fauci in January 2021 and continued recording him for 23 months until his retirement in December. 

In another clip from the documentary, Fauci discussed the damage caused by the Trump administration during the pandemic.

"When you talk about all of the different things coming together for a disaster, that’s what happened: A divided country, a president who amplified the division and then a public health crisis — you couldn’t ask for a worse combination of things," Fauci said.

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A previous clip released ahead of the documentary showed Fauci and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser going door-to-door to promote the COVID-19 vaccine in June 2021.

They faced push back from one man who refused to take the coronavirus vaccine saying, "Because when you start talking about paying people to get vaccinated, when you start talking about incentivizing things to get people vaccinated, it's something else going on with that."

"[Your] campaign is about fear. It's about inciting fear in people. You all attack people with fear. That's what this pandemic is. It's a fear, it's fear, this pandemic. That's all it is," the man said.

Alec Baldwin's legal team withdrew a motion to have a special prosecutor in the "Rust" case disqualified after Andrea Reeb willingly removed herself, but it used the opportunity to call out the prosecution for "improper" behavior.

Despite withdrawing the motion, Baldwin did not waive his right to bring up the issue of disqualification in the future, according to documents filed with the court March 21. According to the filing, Reeb sent an email June 9, 2022, to the district attorney saying she wanted it to be known she was working on Baldwin's case as it "might help [her] in [her] campaign."

Baldwin's lawyer, Luke Nikas, called the move by state Rep. Reeb a "further abuse of the system" in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"Rep. Reeb’s prosecution of this case against Mr. Baldwin to advance her political career is a further abuse of the system and yet another violation of Mr. Baldwin’s constitutional rights," Nikas said.

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Nikas noted that a few things done by the prosecution to this point in the case had violated the actor's constitutional rights.

The attorney specifically called out the prosecution for including a firearm enhancement in the original charges, making "improper" public statements and Reeb's "principal role" in the investigation along with the prosecution.

The prosecution made a handful of statements to the media throughout the case, most notably after Baldwin filed a motion to disqualify Reeb and after the DA chose to drop the firearm enhancement.

A spokesperson for the DA told media after the motion was filed that Baldwin's legal team could "use whatever tactics they want to distract from the fact that Halyna Hutchins died because of gross negligence and reckless disregard for the safety on the ‘Rust’ film set."

Baldwin's lawyers argued the statement gave an "opinion on the guilt or innocence" of the actor.

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The filing further accused the DA of implying Baldwin's guilt with the statement made after the firearm enhancement was dropped.

"In order to avoid further litigious distractions by Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys, the district attorney and the special prosecutor have removed the firearm enhancement to the involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the 'Rust' film set," Heather Brewer, spokesperson for the district attorney, told Fox News Digital at the time. 

"The prosecution's priority is securing justice, not securing billable hours for big-city attorneys."

Baldwin's lawyers claimed all of these "improper" statements "threatened" the "30 Rock" actor's right to a fair trial.

Legal expert and former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani explained to Fox News Digital that the judge will likely implement a gag order on the defense and prosecution moving forward.

"The defense has been very aggressive in going after District Attorney Carmack-Altwies, who is already on her heels," Rahmani said. "So, I'm not surprised Baldwin's lawyers are arguing that her statements are prejudicial. I don't expect the judge to do anything other than impose a gag order on the parties and lawyers. That's the usual remedy for out of court statements that may influence potential jurors." 

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The 64-year-old actor was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in January, over a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on the set of "Rust."

Prosecutors laid out their case against Baldwin in specific detail in the probable cause statement released Jan. 31 and obtained by Fox News Digital.

The DA claimed Baldwin's decision to skip firearms trainings, lack of safety meetings on set and negligent handling of the gun show he acted in a way that endangered others.

Baldwin has pleaded not guilty. His next hearing is scheduled for March 27, and a preliminary hearing has been set for May 3.