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Million. theres not enough deterrence and there is lax safety on -- not on all movie sets and television sets -- but on several. history -- >> -- bring up different issues is that -- as movies have to amp up the excitement and the stunts, then, you see fast and furious. you just saw the mission: impossible trailer with tom cruise doing, literally, death defying stunts. then, the risk level, naturally goes higher. because the audience expectation of yet more thrilling things to see on screen goes...

Because she has also been charged, but also alec baldwin and the responsibility for him and having handled the weapon, to perform a similar safety check that would have been expected at with that armorer -- how do you see it? >> obviously, we teach a class. we do a workshop based on -- rust sort of brought this whole thing to bear. and a big part of the class is to break down the many failings on the rust set. and we have identified about 35 really particular contributing factors. so, when we ha...

Actor on the set, he was also a producer. so, all of the evidence that the prosecutor talked about in terms of totality of the evidence, theres a lot of evidence out there about these safety lapses. the armorer sending text messages saying, she was stretched too thin. we know the armor herself didnt have a great deal of experience. crews walking off the set because of safety violations. and other allegations about safety problems on that set. i think the prosecutors, not just looking at alec bal...

Very intense -- how you referred to helicopters -- that is not what was going on the set. >> true, true, but -- >> hold on, one second. ive got to tell you. this is not going to end today, this conversation. but unfortunately, it has to in tonight. and we are going to carry on -- talk about this very important issue. i thank you both. everyone, thank you for watching. our coverage does continue. (kathryn) now, after this years event, subaru and our retailers are prproud to have donated over two ...

He never pulled the trigger. so, you know, that is the biggest question. and how did live bullet on the set? >> josh, i want to talk about that latter part as well, and well circle back to that, i think its inching about what the family is saying today. versus what they said following that private settlement. well get to that in just a moment. on that point about the trigger, and whether it was actually pulled by alec baldwin. you asked the dea about this very notion, what did she have to say? >...

Well, everywhere after the rust fatal shooting. we will also hear from an armorer who works on the set to give us some for the clarity on what might happen here.

On alec baldwin, but theres another person -- third person who has already entered a guilty plea for a lesser charge. and we should note that the penalty for these, and the proposed sentences, can be up to a 5000 dollar fine, up to 18 months in prison. these are serious charges. and again, it did claim the life of the cinematographer. but there is a lot of reference on this, point catherine, to the idea of the budget on the set and the dea talked about some events and other instances where crew ...

Firearm. that is all you should be thinking about. any ancillary work, i dont think, is a fair expectation. but i think that was most likely happening because of a low budget. because there was not another line, another line item, to spare. >> dutch merrick, rob ackerman, think hes a. much >> -- for having me. >> and up next, hollywoods history, unfortunately, of tragic accidents on set. with two max-strenength pain relievers. ♪ so you can rise from pain like a pro. icy hot pro.

Im not gonna say im gonna say i want them to go to, president-elect to be -- i want that those are the two people who are responsible for what happened. >> alec baldwin is always said that there was a breakdown in the chain of command of safety on the set. and then it began with the armorer, hannah gutierrez reed, then it moves to dave halls the assistant director, and in a statement today, from alec bald mans attorney, because we havent heard from alec himself, this is what alex attorney, luke ...

Actors hands, with a loaded gun that he never expected to be loaded. but you can work your way all the way back up the food chain, from the person that handed it to him, the first ad, who should never be handling a gun, ever -- that is not his job. i ad is like a conductor. they dont play any of the instruments, they just tell them all went to come in on cue. and then you take that back to the armorer, the promise, or the ammo supplier, the producers for the hiring practices -- they are so many ...