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Long history but still, a life is a life. >> you're right. of course. and i would like to also say my heart felt sympathies go out to everyone involved in this from the alec baldwin to the poor family of the people that -- the lady, the d.p. that lost her life and the director and all the crew that was involved in it. it's such a tragedy and something that you hope like you said can be avoided by making sure that safety is followed. having said that, yes, one of the things that i have always pushed for and other professional prop masters that i work with who, you know, know exactly how this al...

Reached out to the production company. they have yet to -- we have yet to receive a response. i want to talk to phillip schneider, a movie set property master. phillip, thank you so much for taking time to talk to us. i have to believe that this has been emotional for you. bring us into that moment when you first heard about this. >> well, first of all, i would like to express my condolences to the hutchins family, and i would also like to add that i was on set yesterday, and the entire industry mourns this horrible accident. but it's especially hard on people like me -- prop masters and armer...

Projectile was fired. and half a dozen crew workers walked off to protest working conditions hours before the shooting. in an e-mail to the l.a. times, a union representing the prop masters says the shot was a quite, live single round. baldwin has since tweeted, quote, there are no words to convey by shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of halyna hutchins, a wife, mother, deeply admired colleague of ours. i'm fully cooperating with the investigation to address how this tragedy occurred. and after that, the abc show, "the rookie", reportedly banned the use of real ...

Of weapons and may provide instruction, prop masters are typically in charge of the prop set-up, the stunt coordinator is often responsible for stunt safety, set safety as a whole is also usually the responsibility of the first assistant director. the first assistant director may conduct safety meetings before any stunt. anything involving firearms is typically reviewed and checked before the chute. in contrast, actors are responsible for acting." who dropped the ball, danny cevallos? >> we don't know yet but an investigation will look the a all those people i mentioned in my column. you have ...

Lee, there was supposedly -- supposedly many safety protocols that were upgraded and changed. do you think there still needs to be more? if you look at the history of the entire movie business, i mean, these two -- this is two out of a very long history. but still, a life is a life. >> right. of course. and -- and i would like to also say my heartfelt sympathies go out to everyone involved in this. from the -- you know, from alec baldwin to the -- the poor family of the people that -- the lady -- the dp that lost her life and the director and all the crew that was involved in it. it's such a t...