district attorney saying, oh, well, the lynchpin of this investigation is who brought the live ammunition on the set? i beg to differ with her. the focus of this investigation should be on what you just said is what happened on the chain of custody with the revolver that was handling it and who said what and why they failed to look to see whether there s live ammunition. that should be the focus of the investigation. martha: in a lot of situations they have a shield in front of the camera. the people in the line of fire with prop guns. it doesn t appear that that happened either. we ll learn more. thanks, brian. thank you. martha: so coming up, a big interview with the ambassador who negotiated the united states withdrawal agreement with president trump.
yet until we complete a more thorough investigation. the tragedy has left hollywood grieving and reignited the debate about whether real guns and ammunition should ever be allowed on film sets under any circumstances. well, as we ve been hearing sophie long was at that press conference in santa fe and has this update. sheriff adam mendoza began, both of them began by offering their condolences to the hutchins family. now, he stressed this was an ongoing investigation, but he did say to reporters that, to him, the facts were clear. they spoke for themselves. alec baldwin had been holding a functional weapon that fired a live round. he also confirmed they had recovered a lead bullet from the shoulder of director joel souza, and they believe that is the same bullet that killed halyna hutchins. he gave some details of the investigation. they said they had recovered some 600 items from the set of the movie rust, including three prop guns, one of those he said was certainly
guns and ammunition should ever be allowed on film sets under any circumstances. well, as we ve been hearing sophie long was at that press conference in santa fe and has this update. sheriff adam mendoza began, both of them began by offering their condolences to the hutchins family. now, he stressed this was an ongoing investigation, but he did say to reporters that, to him, the facts were clear. they spoke for themselves. alec baldwin had been holding a functional weapon that fired a live round. he also confirmed they ve recovered a lead bullet from the shoulder of director joel souza, and they believe that is the same bullet that killed halyna hutchins. he gave some details of the investigation that s ongoing, saying that they d recovered some 600 items from the set of the movie rust. they includeding three prop guns, one of those he said was certainly functional, the other two they were investigating. it also included 500 rounds of ammunition. there had been reports
that, to him, the facts were clear. they spoke for themselves. alec baldwin had been holding a functional weapon that fired a live round. he also confirmed they had recovered a lead bullet from the shoulder of director joel souza, and they believe that is the same bullet that killed halyna hutchins. he gave some details of the investigation. they said they had recovered some 600 items from the set of the movie rust, including three prop guns, one of those he said was certainly functional, the other two they were investigating. it also included 500 rounds of ammunition. there had been reports of complaints of safety standards on set. he confirmed he had heard those reports and was investigating. the attorney general said, in terms of charges, they may still come but everything remains on the table. in a moment: 0ur bbc exclusive as new details emerge about the fall
onset the armor is the principal responsibility of maintaining the safety and proper usage of the firearm. aside from that the prop master is immediate boss and between those two persons they are the immediate responsible persons. our bullets and live weapons, guns like this onset? i think when the story can a lot of people at a hard time believing you would have to bullets and ammunition and real guns onset because we were talking a commercial break real guns are different from prop guns. that is right. first and foremost alive round anywhere near a set is completely for bitten and should never happen. as far as guns being real it is a term that has been tossed around the last few days and understandably so, people may not know the difference between the two the prop gun and a real gun or two separate things in parlance which a prop gun is used and has an application onset, generally a plastic or