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This. there should be a greater expectation for alec baldwin because he's not just an actor on the film. he's a producer, number 1. a cold gun means there's not even a -- >> harris: there's nothing in it. >> nothing in it. not even a blank in the gun. the biggest question is how did live ammo wind up on this set, who brought it on to the set and who knew about it and who allowed it. one thing i found interesting from the sheriff that of the five rounds of ammo, they discovered blanks, which is powder, no lead, they discovered dummy rounds, which is -- has -- it's meant to look like a bullet, i...

The first one on the case. >> as the man who pulled the trigger and a producer on the movie, does alec baldwin himself face the potential of criminal charges. >> all options are on the table at this point. i'm not commenting on charges whether they will be filed or not or on whom. no one has been ruled out at this point. >> the sheriff also revealed that investigators extracted the suspected live round that he believes killed hutchins from the shoulder of joel sousa, the director of the "rust," and 600 pieces of evidence were collected from the scene, including 500 rounds of ammunition, descri...

A lot more than a few hundred dollars more a day. >> dutch, let me bring you in on this. help me understand. i was talking to bill davis, i'm sure you know that name, another guy who's been in the industry a very long time. and i said, you know, i've always used the term "prop gun." i didn't know that most of the time these are real weapons and you just are swapping out the type of slug in there for a blank instead of a live round. do you think the time has come to no longer use real weapons in making a movie? >> no, i don't. i don't see that coming. we've used real guns in hollywood for more ...

We understand you've got new details about accusations of mishandling guns on a previous film. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, so we know that this movie "rust" was the second time she worked as the armorer in charge of safety. the previous was one a film with nicolas cage called the old way. two crew members told cnn that she was the lead armorer on the set and she quote mishandled weapons, a key grip on the film "old way" told cnn she handled the guns in a reckless manner and urged the assistant director to fire her. he said, quote, there's a universal way to handle weapons on set, an...

Hollywood sets is there should be no live rounds brought into an environment like that. >> yeah, based on what we've heard today, there are certainly some questions that remain to be answered that are really key. i think the sheriff and district attorney were proper in not rushing to judgment or giving opinions as to where the evidence will lead. as you say, geoff, somehow live rounds were on this movie set. we also see from the search warrant affidavit that the armorer said she checked the gun and the gun was stored in a safe until it was handled by individuals that they can't identify the ch...