pyrotechnician here in hollywood. she worked with halls on two productions a few years ago, and she described an environment they were a viert of safety concerns to you and i, people not in hollywood, we might not think a lot of. but a blocked fire lane, for instance. a blocked exit from a set. there were issues around open flames. shooting that continued in spite of a medical incident on set. a desire to rush. that was some of what she described including an accidental around there not being proper announcements of guns being used on set. something that is very common here in hollywood. it s supposed to be very clear that a weapon is being used on set. whether or not it is real or fake and blumhouse television, the production company in question here, did respond to nbc news and they tell us all the firearms used on the episode we talked about with maggie were dummy props. meaning, they would not fire. but what we are told by people in the industry is it is all very clear, it is alway
by the way, congresswoman yvette clark of new york and judy chu of california are going to join me live with the latest on the reconciliation negotiations, reaction to this manchin meeting, of course, and their must-haves in the legislation. that is right here at 4:00 eastern. so, we are continuing to track new developments in of course that fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins by actor alec baldwin on a movie set. nbc news is now reporting that dave halls, the assistant director who handed the loaded gun to baldwin, had a history of unsafe practices. that is according to a prop maker who worked with haul. joining me now, nbc news producer, david douglas. daifbtd, thanks for joining us on this. appreciate it. some fascinating and troubling stuff to say the least in some of your reporting. tell us more about what you learned and what else this prop maker told you about david hall s history? of course, yasmin, thank you for having me. her name is maggie. she is a prop ma