November 9, 2021 • 5 mins
Assistant Director On Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' Movie Admits To Gun-Safety Mistakes
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
It's time for donkey other day. Democrat to being donkey
of the day, a little bit of a mixed so
like a dope the other day. Now I've been called
a lot of my twenty three years. That donkey of
the day is a new wife. Wow, donkey today for
(00:23):
Thursday October to the assistant director of the movie Russ,
David Halls. Now, if you haven't heard because you're busy,
it's understandable. But there was a tragic, senseless murder on
the set of the movie Russ when actor Alec Baldwin
accidentally shot dead cinematographer Helena Hutchins. Okay, rest in peace
to her, sending her family healing energy, and won't get
(00:44):
the director on the set of the Western film Russ. Now,
accidents happen, Tragic accidents happened, and this was a tragic accident.
But when you find out these situations probably could have
been prevented. But someone, namely David Halls, was irresponsible. Oh see,
you heard Queen able to do They on the breafat
Club last Hour and she spoke on the safety precautions
(01:05):
and protocol that go along with checking a gun on set.
Let's listen. But the reason why I don't have guns
on my set is because during summer, the proper protocol
was done. The director has to check the gun and
so the armorer has it first. A D has it first,
Assistant director. Everybody looks at and they bring it over
to me to look at. And I remember looking at
it was like, I don't even know what I'm looking
(01:25):
I said, I don't and I and in that moment,
I said, I don't know what I'm looking at. I
can't keep this crew safe. I don't know what I'm
looking at. I had to depend on other people to
tell me if it's safe. Proper protocol is the director
has to check the gun. She said, the a D
has to check it. A D would be David Hall
in this case, also the director would have to check it.
I don't know if the director checked it because in
this case the director got shot. But we do know,
(01:49):
okay that in this case the checking of the gun
did go to David Hall. Well, David Hall dropped the
ball is clear. Not all safety protocols will follow it
on set and David admitted to it. Let's go to
see be see with sheperd spit report police assistant director
who handed Alec Baldwin that loaded gun on the movie set,
admitted to investigators that he didn't check the revolver carefully enough.
(02:11):
Investigators say when they asked the armor about live ammo
on the set, she responded, no live ammo is ever
kept on set. But today the Santa Fe County Sheriff
said it appears it was a real bullet in Baldwin's
revolver that killed the film's cinematographer. It struck her in
the chest, according to investigators, before hitting the director who
(02:31):
was standing behind her. The district attorney says she will
prosecute if there's evidence of a crime, but she says
right now it's too early to determine whether anyone will
face charges. New court documents revealed an interview with assistant
director David Halls and armorer Hannah Gutierrez, who told investigators
that on that day she checked the dummies referring to
(02:52):
the ammunition and ensured they were not hot rounds. She
described locking up the firearms and is safe during a break,
but during lunch, she stated the AMMO was left on
a cart on the set, not secured. Halls told investigators
when Hannah showed him the firearm before continuing rehearsal. He
could only remember seeing three rounds. He advised he should
(03:14):
have checked all of them, but didn't and couldn't recall
if she spun the drum. I mean, you know, one
time is an accident, but this happened before. Guess what.
David Hall was fired in twenty nine when he when
he was an assistant director on the movie Freedom's Path,
a gun unexpectedly discharged and during a sound crew member
the production company Rocket Soul Studios told CNN that I
(03:37):
remember when David said, she doesn't want guns on our
set because he doesn't even know what she's looking at. Clearly,
David Hard doesn't know what he's looking at either. Thank
god the crew member wasn't killed. And at the time,
David Hall was very remorseful for the events and understood
the reasons he was fired. Well, clearly he didn't learn
from that mistake two years ago. The best apology has
always changed behavior. But two years later, David, what did
(03:59):
you change? Okay, what did you adjust? If two years
ago your negligence called someone to get shot in two
years later, your negligence called someone to get shot and killed,
And clearly you are not learning from the lessons life
is teaching you. Okay, I want to know why is
there live ammunition period on these sets? Like why why
are there live ammunition on set at all? For what?
Somebody please call me to the reasons why you know?
(04:21):
I don't know. But David Hall, you got blood on
your hands in a real, real way, al right. The
fact you said you have showed the gun before rehearsal.
You can only remember seeing three rounds, and you admitted
you should have checked all of them but didn't, and
you couldn't recall if you spun the drum. This is
a prime example of when someone's irresponsibility becomes your responsibility
because someone is dead, another is shot, and this isn't
(04:45):
the first time. Is in the first time David has
been a serresponsible and caused something like this to happen.
I'm not here to judge, I'm not here to prosecute.
I'm just here to remind you all of this quote
by George Matthew Adams. Negligence is that the body of
all DK and DKA always starts by showing little signs,
all warnings. There is nothing quite so easy as to neglect,
(05:08):
and nothing quite so difficult as to repair that negligence.
Negligence always carries a high price. It costs nothing to
avoid it. Please let me remind give David all the
biggest he hare heha he ha. You stupid mother, are
you dumb? All right? Well, thank you for that donkey
of the day. That sad, sad case of events, very sad. Alright,
(05:32):
it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
It's time for donkey other day. Democrat to being donkey
of the day, a little bit of a mixed so
like a dope the other day. Now I've been called
a lot of my twenty three years. That donkey of
the day is a new wife. Wow, donkey today for
(00:23):
Thursday October to the assistant director of the movie Russ,
David Halls. Now, if you haven't heard because you're busy,
it's understandable. But there was a tragic, senseless murder on
the set of the movie Russ when actor Alec Baldwin
accidentally shot dead cinematographer Helena Hutchins. Okay, rest in peace
to her, sending her family healing energy, and won't get
(00:44):
the director on the set of the Western film Russ. Now,
accidents happen, Tragic accidents happened, and this was a tragic accident.
But when you find out these situations probably could have
been prevented. But someone, namely David Halls, was irresponsible. Oh see,
you heard Queen able to do They on the breafat
Club last Hour and she spoke on the safety precautions
(01:05):
and protocol that go along with checking a gun on set.
Let's listen. But the reason why I don't have guns
on my set is because during summer, the proper protocol
was done. The director has to check the gun and
so the armorer has it first. A D has it first,
Assistant director. Everybody looks at and they bring it over
to me to look at. And I remember looking at
it was like, I don't even know what I'm looking
(01:25):
I said, I don't and I and in that moment,
I said, I don't know what I'm looking at. I
can't keep this crew safe. I don't know what I'm
looking at. I had to depend on other people to
tell me if it's safe. Proper protocol is the director
has to check the gun. She said, the a D
has to check it. A D would be David Hall
in this case, also the director would have to check it.
I don't know if the director checked it because in
this case the director got shot. But we do know,
(01:49):
okay that in this case the checking of the gun
did go to David Hall. Well, David Hall dropped the
ball is clear. Not all safety protocols will follow it
on set and David admitted to it. Let's go to
see be see with sheperd spit report police assistant director
who handed Alec Baldwin that loaded gun on the movie set,
admitted to investigators that he didn't check the revolver carefully enough.
(02:11):
Investigators say when they asked the armor about live ammo
on the set, she responded, no live ammo is ever
kept on set. But today the Santa Fe County Sheriff
said it appears it was a real bullet in Baldwin's
revolver that killed the film's cinematographer. It struck her in
the chest, according to investigators, before hitting the director who
(02:31):
was standing behind her. The district attorney says she will
prosecute if there's evidence of a crime, but she says
right now it's too early to determine whether anyone will
face charges. New court documents revealed an interview with assistant
director David Halls and armorer Hannah Gutierrez, who told investigators
that on that day she checked the dummies referring to
(02:52):
the ammunition and ensured they were not hot rounds. She
described locking up the firearms and is safe during a break,
but during lunch, she stated the AMMO was left on
a cart on the set, not secured. Halls told investigators
when Hannah showed him the firearm before continuing rehearsal. He
could only remember seeing three rounds. He advised he should
(03:14):
have checked all of them, but didn't and couldn't recall
if she spun the drum. I mean, you know, one
time is an accident, but this happened before. Guess what.
David Hall was fired in twenty nine when he when
he was an assistant director on the movie Freedom's Path,
a gun unexpectedly discharged and during a sound crew member
the production company Rocket Soul Studios told CNN that I
(03:37):
remember when David said, she doesn't want guns on our
set because he doesn't even know what she's looking at. Clearly,
David Hard doesn't know what he's looking at either. Thank
god the crew member wasn't killed. And at the time,
David Hall was very remorseful for the events and understood
the reasons he was fired. Well, clearly he didn't learn
from that mistake two years ago. The best apology has
always changed behavior. But two years later, David, what did
(03:59):
you change? Okay, what did you adjust? If two years
ago your negligence called someone to get shot in two
years later, your negligence called someone to get shot and killed,
And clearly you are not learning from the lessons life
is teaching you. Okay, I want to know why is
there live ammunition period on these sets? Like why why
are there live ammunition on set at all? For what?
Somebody please call me to the reasons why you know?
(04:21):
I don't know. But David Hall, you got blood on
your hands in a real, real way, al right. The
fact you said you have showed the gun before rehearsal.
You can only remember seeing three rounds, and you admitted
you should have checked all of them but didn't, and
you couldn't recall if you spun the drum. This is
a prime example of when someone's irresponsibility becomes your responsibility
because someone is dead, another is shot, and this isn't
(04:45):
the first time. Is in the first time David has
been a serresponsible and caused something like this to happen.
I'm not here to judge, I'm not here to prosecute.
I'm just here to remind you all of this quote
by George Matthew Adams. Negligence is that the body of
all DK and DKA always starts by showing little signs,
all warnings. There is nothing quite so easy as to neglect,
(05:08):
and nothing quite so difficult as to repair that negligence.
Negligence always carries a high price. It costs nothing to
avoid it. Please let me remind give David all the
biggest he hare heha he ha. You stupid mother, are
you dumb? All right? Well, thank you for that donkey
of the day. That sad, sad case of events, very sad. Alright,
(05:32):
it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
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