literally expend millions of rounds of blank ammunition, i say millions, millions with an m that is safe every single day and do it day in and day out without a single injury. that s what i do for a living. we block it out, check and double check. this instance is it an anomaly that we should not compare it doesn t compare with what the standard checks are. yeah. we do it every single day all over l.a. and all over the country. it s extraordinarily sad. you made reference to okay, you know, ana gutierrez s dad, legendary, but, again, we don t know exactly what happened yet involving anybody, whatever decisions or anything just yet. the investigation is still in its infancy. dutch merrick, thanks so much. appreciate it. thank you for having me. all right. still to come, a halloween treat as parents anxiously await vaccines for their young children. the cdc director says go ahead and put on those costumes and enjoy the day safely and
and i know, dutch, you were not on the set of rust when the this happened on thursday, but can you give us an idea of when you have a rehearsal involving a firearm, again, we don t know all the details about, you know, the weapon or whether indeed there were live rounds or if this is an accident as a result of blanks. we just don t have that concrete information, but can you give us an idea at this juncture generally when there is going to be a rehearsal, because i have seen reportedly that this was a rehearsal for this scene, to. what are the steps that might take place before the gun is even hand to the actor? mean, you mentioned the arm oher, but there are quite a few people involved, is that the case, to handle this weapon, double check and triple check before the actor gets it even for a rehearsal? generally speaking the actors will rehears dialogue and won t
the team told her that it was a non-negotiable on housing, and the concern about housing was that the crew members were being housed in albuquerque 50 miles away from the set. that meant very long hours, a lot of drive time, a lot of safety concerns. fred? all right. lucy kafanov, thank you so much. still so many questions. i want to bring in dutch mashic and ask him a few questions. he s the former president of the former entertainment union local 44 and prop master who has worked in the film and television industry for decades. he s currently working on the hbo sires euphoria and hbo is, of course, owned by warner media, the same parent company as cnn. so good to sigh, dutch. hi, fredericka, thanks so much for having me at this really hard time. it is a hard time. i know, especially for helena hutchins family and, of course, the whole family of the