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Go on, is apparently the phrase to usement but, there are new safety precautions in light of what's happening and the tragedy is unthinkable for the loves ones and family of ms. hutchins. how have you helped in the investigation since you've been brought in and what did you advise the d.a.? >> well, the first thing is trying to get everyone to understand how an active set works. you know, the dynamics, how the unions and non-unions, and the union and non-union show it is operate. the specific roles of the each member on the cast and the crew. and very, specifically, the role of an armorer, an ...

Operate, the specific roles of each individual member on a cast and a crew, and very specifically the role of an armorer, an actor, a producer, prop master, first a.d. on a set. >> and how did you advise the d.a. in terms of -- was there questions asked to you about who you think was responsible, who ought to have been responsible to have a duty of care to what ammunition was present on the set or how it was entered into a gun? >> yes. that was drilled down on very, very specifically throughout the entire investigation. obviously the investigation is continuing on. they did and continue to do ...

Yesterday here in manhattan. but it looks like we have a long legal road ahead and a team of legal -- of legal representation behind baldwin who is hoping to fight these charges. >> all right. gloria, thank you very much. >> joining me now is dutch merrick, a prop master and founder and chief instructor of prop gun safety llc. dutch, appreciate you joining us this morning. just hearing, you know, gloria's reporting, industry professionals have said that it's the armorer and the assistant director who has the responsibility to ensure that the prop gun is safe before they are used. baldwin has b...

You feel like at least the industry has changed its standards and practices or, i guess, strengthened certain protocols? >> yeah, there is definitely more scrutiny on our department, the armorer department, when we handle the guns. armorers work under a prop master. we are all qualified to do that. you know, i work regularly on the show s.e.a.l. team on paramount plus. over six seasons, we have fired 1.5 million blank rounds without an injury. that's one tv show. there is tens of millions of rounds fired. what we do is inherently safe. the challenge is when you are on a show like that where yo...