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Vigil, fred, and one woman was actually hired as hair drers on the production of the film. she said that she backed out over the last month over contract negotiations but also concerns about safety. one of the biggest things for her, she said, was the fact that the crew production people were going to be housed in albuquerque 50 miles away from santa fe where this film was actually being shot, and that adds to long days and potentially safety concerns, so a lot of worry here, a lot of hope here ...

Something, there is no reason to have live ammo on a set. >> all right. steve wolf, this is invaluable information. you taught us so much. thank you so much. great to see you. >> fredericka, thanks so much for having me today. >> thank you. still to come, ready for rollout. dr. anthony fauci updates the timeline on when young children will be able to get their covid vaccines. plus, emotional testimony from kobe bryants widow. what vanessa bryant revealed about how she found out her husband and...

Steve Wolf, weapons safety expert for films, explains for Rachel Maddow some of the gun prop terminology and tools used on film sets and why on-set safety protocols would require multiple mistakes for someone to be injured in an accidental shooting like what reportedly happened during the filming of "Rust" with Alec Baldwin. 

In place on the film set to ensure that doesnt happen? >> well, theres no reason to have had a firearm that was capable of discharging live ammo on the set. anything that an actor touches is a prop. so if an actor touches their cellphone, you know, it becomes a prop. but when we say prop gun it means that as a gun thats beenmicically modified so you cannot put live ammo into it. only blanks can pit into it. >> okay, were having some issues, steve. go again, sorry. we were having some issues. it ...

Criminally responsible. when we do things in any job we have we reasonably rely upon other people because we operate as a team. in the event it was indicated cold gun, he had no reason to believe it was just that, tchts it was a prop and it would never hurt anyone. so its difficult to charge him. i think moving on from that last point, pamela, theyll look at other people and what their roles, responsibilities and jobs were. and i think you could make the argument clearly there was negligence her...

Disregarded a risk something could happen. whether that translates into criminality, you have to establish really a gross deviation from a standard of care. look, someones dead here. thats horrific. its tragic. it needs to be looked into and investigated to the full extent. but when you talk about criminality, youre talking about another level. i think they will check and see whose responsibility was it, did they do it adequately, were they appropriately trained, what did they do specifically at...

Ready and so forth. what did you make of that. >> thats really scary. i think when someone is new and not sure, thats fine. we all start somewhere. but you work under somebodys tutelage and youll practice until you have mastery. and then the person youre apprenticing under tells you, okay, youre ready to go do this on your own. until then, no, you work with super vision. >> steve wolf, joey jackson, thank you so much. and coming up this hour what leaked documents reveal about facebooks role in...

The santa fe authorities and their investigation and offer mental health services to the cast and crew during this tragic time. joining me now to discuss this a little bit more, cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney, joey skraksen and also steve wolf. hes a stunt coordinator and theatrical firearm safety expert. good to see you both, joey. could alec baldwin or any of the crew members face any legal consequences for the shooting? >> you know, its possible. but lets start with alec bald...

But this has a whole different cast now. halyna hutchins died on the set of that movie yesterday after a prop gun that shouldnt have been able to hurt anybody fired a projectile of some kind which shot and killed her while she was working onset. it is a set that reportedly had labor problems of its own, including a walk-off by some members as recently as yesterday morning before the incident happened. we are learning more tonight, that there was reportedly a series of issues with the prop guns o...

Rules, then the rules mean nothing. its common sense. dont bring live guns onset. dont bring live ammo onset. dont point guns at people that you dont want to put holes into. its not much more complicate the than that. >> steve wolf, professional stuntman, film weapons safety expert, spelling this out in a way that is very, very clear. steve, thank you for helping us understand tonight. i really appreciate it. >> rachel, thanks so much. appreciate it. >> weve got more ahead tonight. stay with us....