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Live ammo should never be on set and it's clear it was. >> how do officials determine whether this crossed the line from a horrible mistake to criminal negligence? >> so the difference between something like a wrongful death claim that could still be brought in a civil court is when you're looking at criminal charges we look at the intent of the possible defendant or the prospective defendant. for crimes you have to have the intent, what we call the mens rea in latin. the idea under the law, you intended to cause the harm. but there are statutes available in new mexico for example, negligent d...

>> it's very unusual, you know what? i'm sorry, we shoot millions, literally millions of rounds, blank rounds in hollywood and we've been doing it for over 100 years. it's a very safe process. we're used to it. we block it out carefully and everyone knows when the gun has a blank because we call it out, hot gun, which you heard cold gun. we call out a hot gun on demand. the last thing before the camera rolls and we get the scene and the armorer is the last one to clear the gun when they call cut. everything is safe as possible. something like this is a major breakdown. there are so many safety...

Talent and back and the armorer should have shown mr. baldwin that gun was empty and cold, if they didn't that's on the armorer. going back to inexperience, that could factor in and the hiring of somebody who's so unqualified or inexperienced could have also led to this. >> makes no sense why on earth would there be live ammunition on a movie set. thank you both so much. we are so all over that breaking news. keeping an eye on capitol hill where president biden meeting with democrats right now. we'll bring you the latest. plus some great news. and hope on the horizon. covid cases and hospita...

Grossly negligent you had no concern about the safety of the people on set. we have search warrants many of them. most of them face to alec baldwin not being an actor in the criminal charge. most go to the armorer. but new cast, new production company and crew came in just the day before, they walked off that set because we heard there were budgetary issues. maybe more towards a civil cause of action, but less maybe towards criminal charges in the case. >> who was the producer of the movie? alec baldwin. they're the ones that decide the budget and cut them. why is the focus only on the assista...

Checked it fully. this is extremely ly unusual. >> it's very unusual, you know what? i'm sorry, we shoot millions, literally millions of rounds, blank rounds in hollywood and we've been doing it for over 100 years. it's a very safe process. we're used to it. we block it out carefully and everyone knows when the gun has a blank because we call it out, hot gun, which you heard cold gun. we call out a hot gun on demand. the last thing before the camera rolls and we get the scene and the armorer is the last one to clear the gun when they call cut. everything is safe as possible. something like thi...