injuring joel souza, the film's director. it's a tragedy many say they saw coming. including veteran prop master who told the l.a. times he turned down the prop master job on "rust" calling the production an accident waiting to happen, and warning corners were being cut on safety. >> i impressed upon them there were great concerns about that, and they really didn't really respond to my concerns about that. >> now, cnn has reached back out to rust productions to comment on the allegations presented by the rap, and they referred us back to a statement they had previously put out, which said they had not received any official complaints about safety with props or weapons on the set of "rust." it's also worth noting the state of new mexico also adding they did not receive complaints about safety on that movie set either. >> stephanie elam in santa fe, new mexico, thank you very much. let's get more on all of this. joining us, the chief