Genevieve Glass comes to KOAT right after completing her Masters in Journalism from the Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism at the University of Southern California. There, she anchored and reported for Annenberg’s two broadcasts, See it Live and ATVN.
good morning to you on this saturday, october 23rd. it is so good to have you with us. i m christi paul. i m ryan nobles in for boris sanchez. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the tragic accident on the set of alec baldwin s latest movie. court documents obtained by our affiliate koat reveal that before baldwin shot and killed cinematographer halyna hutchins the film s assistant director handed the actor the prop firearm and yelled cold gun, meaning it was safe to use and had no live rounds. three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment tell the los angeles times that several crew members quit days before the incident due to concerns over covid protocol and safety concerns including gun procedures. here s nick watt. i have two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun.
i appreciate you. and i also want to thank our affiliate. one more thing, chris, if i may say something. go ahead, bill. chris, the other factor that nobody is looking at is that one of our protocols is we tell our actors never point the gun at another human being. even when rehearsing, even if you re going to do it, you don t point it at them. even when rehearsing. we have rods that we stick down the barrel and everything. thank you, bill. you re welcome, sir. appreciate the expertise. and thank you, koat, for getting us the search warrant, very helpful. i ll keep going through it and see if there s anything else in there. he mentioned an incident where a young actor put the gun to his head and a blank ended up killing him. most famous or infamous was the death of actor brandon lee, a budding star in 1993, bruce lee s son, filming the movie the crow. and he was killed after being struck by a bullet that was put into a gun that was supposed to just have blanks. now, w