director. again, breaking within the past few minutes, correspondent matt finn is in los angeles. good evening, matt. good evening, bret. this afternoon the santa fe sheriff was granted a warrant to seize and search alec baldwin s cell phone. court documents reveal investigators will download a digital copy of alec baldwin s phone believed to be an iphone. the santa fe sheriff s office is seeking more information in the shooting death of hutchins. the director of photographer on the film set rust starring alec baldwin. she was shot and killed in october when he fired a gun believed to be a cold prop gun. in a television interview baldwin has since denied pulling the trigger no. one has been charged. the district attorney has not ruled out criminal charges in this case the film s director also shot in the shoulder but he has lord. bret? bret: matt finn we will follow this one. a deadly tornado hit a candle factory in kentucky killing 8
and nikki, i want to ask you about the tragic shooting shooting rather, on the film set rust. what re what are you hearing in hollywood about that and are more people clamoring for more security protocols around prop guns and the like on the sets? well, alex, to answer your question, i am still in shock. i think most of hollywood is still in shock. i mean, the shock waves are still being felt. i think none of us can believe this actually happened. i think one director tweeted out this is beyond comprehension and i think, you know, everybody is looking very closely to the police investigation to see, have them conclude and find out what happen in the chain of command. i mean really, alex, there are really stringent safety measure notice place. there is a safety board in hollywood and i think moving forward, they are just going to be looking to make sure that all those safety precautions are ensured on each and every set. makes very good sense. i know sometimes you have to cut corn
and i think it s time for us to bring states that are violators back under the voting rights act. and that preclearance provision is how it s done. all right, texas congressman, al green, thank you for spending some time with us on a sunday. it s my honor. well, let s go now to some new details on that prop gun shooting that killed a cinematographer on a movie set in photographer. actor alec baldwin has met in person with halyna hutchins during the filming of the independent film rust. and today new calls to a change for safety procedures related to how the film industry handles firearms. msnbc s erin mclaughlin has more on that. erin, to you. reporter: hey, alex. well, we are still no closer to understanding exactly how a live round capable of killing made its way onto the set of rust. this as disturbing allegations have been made against the man
responsible for the film s safety. overnight a vigil held in albuquerque, new mexico, to remember cinematographer halyna hutchins. no one should die on a film set ever. reporter: the 42-year-old was killed this week on the set of the movie rust after super star alec baldwin fired a prop gun that was moments before declared safe. amidst the despair and sadness, the potential for serious legal consequences. days before the tragic shooting the gun in question was involved in other accidental misfires. the l.a. times reporting last week he accidently fired two rounds after being told the gun was cold, meaning not loaded. the same thing yelled at moments before baldwin shot and killed hutchins, injuring the film s director. a crew member telling the l.a. times there should ve been an investigation into what happened, there were no safety meetings, there was no assurance