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Its not what somebody says the first time. its what happens when investigators learn more and can go back with different questions. now, here is the statement from her lawyer. hannah has no idea where the live round came from. hannah and the prop master gained control over the guns and she never witnessed anyone shoot live rounds with these guns and nor would she permit them. they were locked up every night and at lunch. and theres no way a single one of them was unaccounted for or being shot by...

Appreciate your time. and its time now for a look at the headlines out of the west coast. the armorer on the set of "rust" is breaking her silence after last weeks fatal shooting. in a statement released by her attorneys, hanna gutierrez reid expressed her condolences and defended her actions, but she says her superiors cut corners on gun safety. joining me now is nbcs emilie ikeda, who has been following this for us. what more can you tell us about what the armorer is saying here. >> reporter...

Clear the freeway before a dangerous scene was done that will also weigh into the investigation. i cant imagine no criminal charges in this. >> martha: theres another woman that have surfaced, sarah zachary a prop master, the fourth person according to what were learning so far that might have handled the gun. so that chain of custody of the gun and who had it, how many people touched it is obviously going to be very important here. there was -- there were people that were not happy about the wa...

Functional, the other two they were investigating. it also included 500 rounds of ammunition. there had been reports of complaints of safety standards on set. he confirmed he had heard those reports and was investigating. the attorney general said, in terms of charges, they may still come but everything remains on the table. earlier i spoke to brook yeaton. he is a prop master and armourer with 30 years experience in the movie industry. hes also a vice president of the international alliance of ...

Of complaints about safety standards on set. he confirmed that they had heard those reports and were investigating. in terms of the attorney general, she said, in terms of charges, they may still come, that everything remains on the table. earlier i spoke to brook yeaton. he is a prop master and armourer with 30 years experience in the movie industry. hes also a vice president of the international alliance of theatrical stage employees union, representing workers in louisiana, mississippi, and a...

>> onset the armor is the principal responsibility of maintaining the safety and proper usage of the firearm. aside from that the prop master is immediate boss and between those two persons they are the immediate responsible persons. >> our bullets and live weapons, guns like this onset? i think when the story can a lot of people at a hard time believing you would have to bullets and ammunition and real guns onset because we were talking a commercial break real guns are different from prop guns....

Thought, because the vice three prop guns, one of those he said was certainly president was also there that functional, the other two day. before mr ghani went home, they were investigating. it also included 500 rounds of ammunition. he said the helicopter should there had been reports take the vice president to the of complaints of safety airport, i thought this was the standards on set. same helicopter. i was na ve, i he confirmed he had heard those didnt think mr ghani would run reports and w...

Paul callan, former new york prosecutor, also dutch maris, a prop master for film and television currently wo. he said he felt pieces of blanks hitting him. he describes the way -- it felt life-threatening, felt too surreal. whats your reaction to how the actor is describing this situation onset? w what does that mean to you? >> when we block a scene, its the armorers job to determine whether theyre looking, where theyre pointing the gun, where is the camera? its entirely common for us to pad th...

There was an enormous amount of bullets on this set. and we need to find out what kinds they were. our first guest tonight was not there but only because he turned down a job on the film. prop master is a hollywood veteran with more than 55 films and tv productions to his credit. he joins us now. neil, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. when did you first have misgivings about this job on the set? >> sort of the misgivings came about when i started speaking to the various powers th...

Members afterwards, and we all agreed how intense that was and how scary and real it was. >> reporter: hudson recounting discussions about an on-set accident that killed a member of "the crow". >> brandon lee dying in 93 came up a couple times between my fellow cast members and i. just, you know, were doing it the same way we did it then 30 years ago. got to double-check, got to make sure. obviously, i think the armorer having been pressed for time as she was, did a fantastic job. >> reporter: n...