Much misfortune. advertisers from fortune 500 companies and small businesses need to ask themselves, do they want to continue to invest in a platform that is knowingly pushing out misinformation and hate? that seems to divide more than convene. we ll stay on top of that story for you, of course, as we get more on facebook papers and keep an eye on the share price. now to new developments in the deadly movie set tragedy. the gun alec baldwin fired killing cinematographer halyna hutchins was used with live practice earlier the day. it happened during down time. cnn spoke to its c.e.o. take a listen. that alec baldwin used to tragically shoot halyna hutchins had been used in target practice. they have a lot of down time onsets. you probably know this. there is this pass time that crew members sometimes do is
Supposed to roll. and typically, these jobs are filled, you know, a lot longer lead time. so the fact that they were sort of scrambling around at the last minute to have a prop master. and then, it appears that the person that they did put in the job has very little credits. and the armor as as you pointed out this was only her second, you know, major project. it s i mean, it s fascinating that that i guess, obviously, the the the refusal to have two two assistants. one, a dedicated prop assistant. was basically just a budget concern? that was um neil s understanding was that, you know, that they were really looking to be really tight on the budget. this was a low-budget production, and that s you know, last week, i spoke to camera operators and other um staff members of the the set. and they also expressed that there was some real concerns. there were some real concerns about safety. there were these accidental
Crew that walked off in the morning was replaced by non-union workers. were the people who were being replaced as experienced, as knowledgeable and as careful as the people who were there beforehand? well, cnn has not been able to confirm this reporting. producers for baldwin for rust say they were not aware of any official complaints concerning gun safety on set. they will continue to cooperate with authorities in hutchins death. meantime attention is turning to dave halls, the director of the film. josh campbell reports. reporter: we are learning new details about the person who handed alec baldwin the prop gun on the day of the fatal shooting here in santa fe. assistant director dave halls who was on set that day had been involved in another incident two years ago involving the accidental discharge of a weapon on a set that resulted in an employee recoiling from that weapon unexpectedly taken off. the person was taken away by a
Hollywood has been gearing up to just was shut down for several months during covid. it s gearing up, and the producers are just you know, it s go, go, go, to try to make up for lost time and fill this this whole, you know, plethora of streaming services that have come online in the last two years. so there s there s tons of work for everyone. and in some cases, i think the budgets are are smaller because of the streaming productions. but also, that the crews are stretched a little too thin. yeah. meg james, i really appreciate your reporting. thank you. more now on the precautions that are supposed to be observed whenever a weapon is brought on set. also, what blank cartridges can and can t do to actually harm someone. our gary tuchman went to an expert for answers. two, one. reporter: larry is a renowned motion picture armorer. a weapons safety specialist in the entertainment industry.
Second, you know, major project. it s i mean, it s fascinating that that i guess, obviously, the the the refusal to have two two assistants. one, a dedicated prop assistant. was basically just a budget concern? that was um neil s understanding was that, you know, that they were really looking to be really tight on the budget. this was a low-budget production, and that s you know, last week, i spoke to camera operators and other um staff members of the the set. and they also expressed that there was some real concerns. there were some real concerns about safety. there were these accidental discharges. and also, the the fact that, you know, so many of the crew members were asked to drive more than 50 miles each way a day to go to a set when they were already spending 14 hours a day on set. i m wondering the the prop master you talked to who as you