this is the naval air station in pensacola. but as we know now, one death, shooter confirmed dead and we're still waiting to see how many have been injured. >> bill: went across an hour ago. your heart sinks and you hope for the best. as we sort our way through the facts it was phil keating who came on a few moments ago saying how quickly it moved. we're only an hour into this. as we get more we'll bring it to you. we'll bring on a retired nypd detective in a moment to try to figure out what the base calls were at the moment and what they're doing now and hope to hear from the military to bring us up to date. >> sandra: rob o'donnell is joining us now by phone. if you could weigh in on what we've learned so far is happening at the naval air station in pensacola as one person has been confirmed kill. we await more information. >> 7:25 this morning i received a phone call from a family member who was assigned to naval station pensacola who heard the gunfire and entering the building the gunfire was taking place in. he reached out

military at that naval base in pensacola, florida. he was expected to be finished with that program in august, next summer, august of 2020. and, obviously, before that happened, had a dinner party shortly before this rampage. and at the dinner party, officials are saying he basically was showing videos of mass shootings, something that was obviously deeply disturbing was also here in new york city, visiting museums, visiting rockefeller center. you see the shooter right there, mohammed al-shamrani, 21-year-old second lieutenant in the royal saudi air force. you have various republicans on the hill like matt gaetz pressing saudi officials for answers as this investigation continues. we're expecting fbi officials, potentially local law enforcement, navy officials as well from this base could be there. this will be happening any moment. i think in the meantime, we have jenna ellis from the trump campaign. and if that does not start, let's bring her in, because house intel ranking republican devin nuÑes was talking today about not just t

the blue angels fly out of pensacola. that's why i lived there. i was with the blue angels for a few years. and they are, of course, international celebrities, the blue angel flight team and the pensacola people love the blues and love the navy. they love the base there. and there's a terrific relationship. and there has been for as long as i can remember. this great relationship between the people of pensacola and the navy at a base there. civic leadership there. it's a terrific navy town. and if you are a sailor, it's one of the places you want to be stationed because it's so friendly to the navy, because it's so easy to live there and because the people so very much appreciate you. >> admiral kirby, stand by. cnn's breaking news coverage of this shooting at the naval air base continues with poppy harlow and jim sciutto. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. we do begin with breaking news this morning. i'm poppy harlow in new york. >> i'm jim sciutto following breaking news out of pensacola, florida. there was an active shooter on the pen

we are following breaking news out of pensacola, florida. at least two people were killed when a shooter opened fire at the naval air station in pensacola this morning. several others injured. we don't know the extent of their injuries. what we know is the shooter is dead and the fbi is on the scene at this hour. >> the shoot rer's dead, two of their victims dead, others injured. let's get to victor blackwell in atlanta. what are we learning now, particular ly about the conditin of the others injured? >> we know there are three others according to a spokesperson there in pensacola who were injured. no details on the exb tent of the injuries. we are expecting in about 30 minutes from now, a joint news conference between the sheriff's office and nas pensacola officials to paint a clearer picture of what happened this morning. the first reports we receive d was in the 8:00 eastern hour that there was an active shooter there at the sprawling base. tens of thousands of military and civilian employees there. about 9:00, we got the information that

also based at the naval station in pensacola for five years. tens of thousands of naval aviators have passed through there, admiral, not to mention so many other military personnel. what are your thoughts as you see this unfolding? >> it's devastating to hear this news, particularly on the heels of what happened at pearl harbor. and so it's hard to hear this, and having lived there, my brother-in-law literally lives not far from the base just outside the back gate. my wife went to high school down there. so my thoughts and prayers are for everybody at pensacola. they love the navy. that town has really wrapped its arms around the service. i'm sure the city of pensacola and all the residents are troubled by this. it's also a very important base -- they train naval aviators. it's really dedicated to training young personnel who want to be naval engineers or working on the maintenance crew or air crew. people that fly with the pilots in the planes. so there's a massive training element there and disruption to that, obviously, is going to hurt the

this is a tragic day for the city of pensacola. again, i think the wold rld of base command, the captain, as goes the base soap goes the town and as goes the town so goes the base. a dedeep affinity for the member and women that serve our country every day. a sad day. some of the things you heard, it's a community of gray resiliency. i'miy confident we'll bounce bark and be stronger going through. i'm certainly here in support of everyone and certainly want to thank you all first responders especially the escambia sheriffs that got here, tyke care of neutralizing the threat and all those assists, is ems from escambia and fire and res cute frcute -- rescue from the city, what they do to keep us protected. you never know when you'll have a day like december 6th. thank you to all individuals who serve us every day and take care of us. that's the professionalism you can expect from the city of pensacola and escambia county we we appreciate all those who have come, the governor, the state of florida reached out to all all across the sta

there is a deep affinity and relationship between pensacola and the city of pensacola and the women that work here and served our country every day. this is a sad day but i think some of the things that were said there that you've heard, this is also a community of great resiliency and i am confident that they will bounce back from this day and be stronger as we go through. but again, i am certainly here in support of everyone and certainly want to thank all of our first responders especially the county sheriff's deputies that got here and took care of neutralizing the threat and certainly all of our pensacola police officers that were you assisting, had ems as well as fire and rescue from the city of pensacola, certainly all of our first responders and what they do every day to keep us protected. you never know when you were going to have a day like december 6. sieve again, thank you to all of those individuals who service every day. that is the professionalism you can expect from the city of pensacola and we certainly appreciate all those who have come, the governor and everyone else,

navel air station in pensacola this morning. let's go straight to nbc's morgan chesky in coral gables, florida. bring us up to speed on what transpired this morning. >> good morning. and new details coming in by the minute via the military. they're remaining tight-lipped. what we know at this point in time is there's no longer a threat at the base. authorities confirming that the gunman is dead. however, 11 people are injured, five others taken to a nearby hospital and we know that two people, as you mentioned, have been confirmed killed as a result of this gunman's attack in pensacola. now, reports are circulating that the gunfire was initially reported around 6:30 this morning. we do know there was a rapid response in deploying resources to assess that situation. the gates, the two primary gates to this area were closed until that all clear was given within the past hour. at this point in time, still a lot of questions circulating about the gunman's motive. we do know that he was a male, armed, opening fire repeatedly there, b

serve us every day and take care of us that switch the professionalism you can expect from the city of pensacola asking to be county and we certainly appreciate all of all those who've come the governor everyone else the state of florida has reached out to us all across the state and i we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers please continue to keep thinking about pensacola n.a.s. and the people there and we will bounce back from this thank you if we have time myself or some of the others if there's any question governor as a former member of the navy or on the roster who serve in the police how would you expect this as a family now. well i think that i think the f.b.i. is probably going to brief you guys in due time and i think they're dare leading for it but obviously when you have a foreign national involved you know particularly in that part of the world the investigation's obviously going to be different than if it were just somebody from a local community and and i think you'll see that as things go on. like. here what and. why and why i mean when i you know what the captain a few mo

there's a deep affinity between pensacola nas and pensacola and the men and women who work here. this is a sad day but some of the things that were said there, this is a community of great resiliency and i'm confident that we will bounce back from this day and be stronger as we go through. but i'm certainly here in support of everyone and certainly want to thank all of our first responders, especially those escambia county deputies who got here and took care of neutralizing the threat and all of the police officers who were here assisting. we had ems from escambia county as well as fire and rescue from escambia county and the city of pensacola. all of our first responders, you never know when you're going to have a day like december 6th. again, thank you to all those individuals who serve us every day and take care of us. that's the professionalism that you can expect and we appreciate all of those who have come, the governor, everyone else, the state of florida has reached out to us and we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers. please continue to keep thinking about pensac

jose >> blayne alexander in pensacola, thank you >>> friday's shooting in pensacola is also raising questions about the screening of foreign military students as they train and work alongside u.s. troops. nbc's kathy park takes a closer look at the decades' old practice that is now under review >> reporter: tonight defense secretary mark esper declaring a safety review after friday's deadly shooting at naval air station pensacola. >> yesterday i directed that we look at our security precautions across the services and all of our installations and bases and facilities to make sure that we've got the appropriate degree of security to protect our service members and their families and our communities >> reporter: the announcement at a national defense forum in california this afternoon comes after growing scrutiny over the screening process of foreign military students. >> anybody that comes to the united states to train is or should be is vetted by the department of state, it the department of homeland security, and ultimately us. so we need to relook at all that >> reporter: according to the p

quote, there was an active shooter incident at navel air station pensacola in pensacola, florida, this morning. the base remains on lockdown. the shooter is confirmed deceased and two additional fatalities are confirmed. multiple injured personnel have been transported to local hospitals. we will continue to work closely with law enforcement agencies. jim cavanaugh, do i still have you with me? >> yes, here, steph. >> does that surprise you, what courtney just said? it happens now two hours ago, and the navy doesn't yet know or they're not yet reporting the number of people injured. is that just a precaution, they want to be sure they're reporting it accurately, or does it seem strange to you that they wouldn't know the number this far out from the shooting? >> well, it's chaos on these things when you get there. i mean, just like you experience as a journalist, you experience the same thing when you're a commander there, it's chaos. you don't know where everybody was shot. you're trying to gather that information. you have a lot of people on the ground in an area in front of you where

active shooting situation in pensacola, florida. the shooter is dead. 15 casualties being treated right now at local hospitals. we're going to go back to our regular program. for many of you that is "good morning america." we're tra >>> it's so strange we had two of these shootings on military facilities in one week. so, we'll be watching to see what develops. we don't know why the pearl harbor shooting happened. this case is too early to know as well. as soon as we get more information we'll pass that along to you. that active shooter was killed in pensacola. >> 15 people we know taken to local hospitals. we'll give you more information as soon as we get it. now let's check in with >> it is quiet here in the east bay our east bay neighborhoods. some parts of the north bay. in the south bay, it's quiet. a little sunshine to start the day. it will become windy, cloudy and stormy. a 2, moderate on the scale. a 2 tomorrow also. starting sunday, a prolonged period of dry weather on the way. low to mid 60s today. comfortable temperatures

florida and we are expecting a news conference well pretty soon to be honest from pensacola and we'll bring you that live when it happens. the other headlines indian police have shot dead 4 men suspected of rape and murder police say they were killed when they tried to escape a case that is regarded nationwide protests over attacks on women and at least 3 people have been killed in kenya's capital after a building collapse military personnel are searching beneath the rubble of a 6 story residential building where 10 people have been rescued so far. carter's foreign minister says he hopes for positive results after talks with saudi arabia speaking at a conference in rome shaikh mohammad been out there said talks with the kingdom of god well remember blockades been in place since june 2017 when saudi arabia along with the u.a.e. bahrain in egypt cut trade and diplomatic ties with qatar. to talk about climate change already want to return to that and as many people around the world try to do things differently to reduce their impact on the planet so when they're doing it when others arou

out to us, and we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers, please continue to keep thinking about pensacola and the people there and we will bounce back from this, thank yo thank you. >> i think we have time if they were any other questions. >> is a former member of the corps, former officer, how would you expect this investigation to play out? >> i think the fbi is probably going to brief you guys in due time and i think they are leaning forward but obviously when you have a foreign national involved, particularly in that part of the world, the investigation is going to be different than if it were just somebody from a local community and i think you will see that as things go on. >> can you help people understand the background nature of what this training program is and why someone would have training here. >> the captain if he wants to weigh in on that. >> we have an introduction all training service, students from several different countries that come here, they learn aviation, they become naval aviators while they are here and it is something we've been doing for quite a while and wha

this is at the naval air station in pensacola. this is a live look near the naval air station right now because it is all on lock-down. a lot of police and firefighters are there. the base employs more than 16,000 military personnel. so, there was a mass shooting that happened about an hour ago. we're hearing reports that 10 people were shot and it is confirmed that the shooter is now dead. >>> 6:03. back in the bay area crews are racing to prepare for the rain in san francisco workers are clearing storm drains ahead of the next round of wet weather. >> some of them we know are prone to flooding and we went to get to those now. other ones we will find along the way. we are doing what we can. we have about five or six trucks out doing what we can and we will be out here through the storm. we are here. for doing it. >> people in san jose say sandbags are available at the city service chart on center road and you can also find them at the santa clara valley water district. they are free to pick up but there is a limit of 20 per vehic

blayne alexander for us from pensacola. thank you. >>> that deadly violence at the hands of a visiting saudi national is raising plenty of questions about the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. joining me right now, bloomberg opinion eder and columnist bobby ghosh. thank you for being here. your reaction to that startling new development there. apparently a dinner where the suspect apparently was at. in the days, hours, possibly weeks before this shooting where they were watching mass shooting video. what do you make of that? >> well that is quite astonishing. who calls people home to watch mass shooting videos? who are the people invited would the first question i would ask? did they report it? if you were invited to somebody's house and this is what they wanted to show you, i know if it was you or me, kendis, first thing we'd do is alert authorities. were there other fellow trainees? fellow saudi nationals? if this dinner took place, did they report it up to higher authorities? if not, why not? if so

navy base in pensacola, florida. the fbi says the shooter was 21-year-old saudi air force lieutenant muhammad al sharoni. authorities have not found apparent ties between the killer and terrorism, but the investigation is still in its early stages. one official says concerning materials and online statements have been discovered. they're looking at that. the u.s. navy said the sailors showed exceptional heroism, running towards danger and saving lives. josh qaa kalew watson was 23 from coffee, alabama. hoe memory medicine samer haihham was 19 from st. petersburg, florida. cameron scott walters, 21, from richmond hill, right here in georgia. we still do not know why the killer went on this rampage. but as cnn's brynn gingras reports from the scene, investigators are going to great lengths to find out. >> reporter: and this is a global investigation. there are fbi attaches in saudi arabia and also communications happening with the fbi in washington. we know the joint terrorism task force is contributing, among others.

weapons are not allowed the pensacola naval air station. you are not allowed to bring your personal weapons onboard. the only people with weapons are military security forces. it's also a question how this saudi got a handgun, how it came into his possession, legally purchased, how he got it and how he brought it into a classroom. >> hmm. here's another for you, because the, one of the officials said, yes, we get these international military students. can you just give viewers an idea, barbara, how these training programs work with foreign nationals and what is the background check system for them? >> reporter: sure. well, look. it is foreign military personnel that come into the united states for military training. like -- like others. they go through a serioes of checks for connections to terrorism, illicit activities. there might be any number of things that would red flag them not being admitted into the united states, but i mean, i think it's important to say, hundreds if not thousands of foreign military students have come to the unit

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eva pilgrim from the scene in pensacola. >> reporter: chaos inside a naval air station in pensacola. the mass shooting shocking the tonight, abc news has confirmed the gunman was mohammed saeed alshamrani, a member of the saudi air force in the u.s. for flight training. the fbi investigating terrorism as a possible motive. a tight knit community reeling. >> it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of united states navy. but it did. and it has. >> reporter: the first call for help coming in at 6:51 a.m. >> i have one navy officer shot multiple times. >> reporter: the base locked down. police race to the scene within five minutes. the shooter moved through two floors of a classroom building, an area of the base where weapons are not allowed. >> can i have an update on the possible patient count? >> over ten patients confirmed. >> reporter: the gunman moved methodically through the building armed with a handgun. two sheriff's deputies coming face to face with the gunman, engaging in a shootout. two officers are hit. one shot in the arm, the other in the knee. despi

much of pensacola is the base, much of the base is pensacola. do you get a feeling of how the community is dealing with this, how shaken they are, how they're trying to come to grips with what happened? for so many years they've welcomed all of these foreign students into their community. >> reporter: there's definitely a feeling of just tense emotions here. last night there was really nobody out in restaurants, on the street, just a very somber feeling. the community is grieving. at a vigil today, remembering some of the victims. as you mentioned earlier we learned at least two of them were members of the navy, and all three who were killed were american. one victim's brother posted on facebook earlier today saying that he died a hero. he was a 23-year-old recent graduate from the naval academy, i believe. his name was joshua kaleb watson. and his brother said that in the moments before he died, he was actually able to deliver information to first responders about where the shooter was, and he believes that might have actually have saved some l

we have the resources in place here in pensacola, and the pensacola naval air station, and they are in place, and the personnel there working 24/7 shifts to do ul after all of th to do in the investigations to get them promptly addressed and resolved. i have special agent in charge rachel rojas of the federal bureau of investigation. she is lead on the investigation of this attack. in a few moments, she is going to share with you her description of what is going on and give you a statuss a semtsz of this investigation. we have with us here today a number of folks who are critical and key leaders in the component lead agencies. so my right, we have special agent jim jewel, and miss rojas is to my right, and we have james sparrow of homeland security and investigation, and the master general here of the military who is here to work out on the investigation. i wanted to make a comment before special agent rojas is involved here. beyond the investigation, itself, about what happened and whether to what extent other individuals or organizations were involved in the attack that occurred, we

naval base the suspect who was training at the pensacola naval air station was shot and killed by responding officers two sheriff's deputies were among the wounded. tonight the search for a motive after the second mass shooting on an american navy base this week our team has it covered starting with blayne alexander. >> reporter: the urgent calls came before 7:00 this morning. >> i need to try to find an ambulance or the closest hospital, please. >> reporter: an active shooter inside a classroom building at naval air station pensacola. deputies were on the scene in less than five minutes, law enforcement officials tell nbc news the shooter was mohammed al sham rani a saudi national on base for training. officers engaged him in a gun battle ultimately killing him. >> walking through the crime scene was like being on the set of a movie police say he killed three and injured eight more including two deputies, all rushed to the hospital. >> all these brave warriors who wear the wings come here through for flight training and so this is a dark day for very great place. >> reporter: chief deputy c

reaction to this whole thing. >> i have yet to meet a radical person in pensacola. it's a very rare occurrence anywhere, but here people know each other, almost everybody knows each other because it is still a small town and probably being on the base, he spends most of his time there. so i have not met anyone that knows him or have met him. >> reporter: yeah, so we want to be clear as well as that he was vetted when he came into the united states for this training. his background was also looked into after the shooting happened and, so far, there have been no links to known or suspected terrorists. so that is where some of the difficulty is here, figuring out whether he has links to terrorism groups. so far, there is no indication of that. back to you. >> thank you. >>> as we learn more about the three sailors who lost their lives, the details are heartbreaking. the family of joshua watson is remembering the 23-year-old as a hero. his parents say he was recently accepted to flight school and arrived at the base in pensacola two weeks ago to continue his training to

naval base the suspect who was training at the pensacola naval air station was shot and killed by responding wounded. tonight the search for a motive after the second mass shooting on an american navy base this week our team has it covered starting with blayne alexander. >> reporter: the urgent calls came before 7:00 this morning. >> i need to try to find an ambulance or the closest hospital, please. >> reporter: an active shooter inside a classroom building at naval air station pensacola. deputies were on the scene in less than five minutes, law enforcement officials tell nbc news the shooter was mohammed on base for training officers engaged him in a gun battle ultimately killing him. >> walking through the crime scene was like being on the set of a movie police say he killed three and injured eight more including two deputies, all rushed to the hospital. >> all these brave warriors who wear the wings come here through for flight training and so this is a dark day for very great place. >> repr:of the first to arrive on scene. >> stepping over broken glass you're stepping over bloody broken

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training at pensacola. he was 1 of 20 saudis who were on base of about 200 or so members of nato air forces as well as middle eastern air forces who typically have trained without incident at pensacola. we do know that the crown prince of saudi arabia has said that his country will participate in any investigation and fully cooperate. senator rick scott of florida has called for greater -- full review of these military programs that bring foreign nationals to train with the u.s. with terry on u.s. soil. what i can tell you is that this is an 18 month program and that it is usually the saudi government that would vet their officers, than the state's department would clear these individuals. clearly this comes at a very awkward time with the u.s. sending more troops to the middle east to try to protect saudi arabia from any iranian threats. back to you. ♪ >> hello, everyone. i am one williams, along with emily compagno, jesse watters, martha maccallum, and gregory. it is 5:00 in new york city. this is "the

likewise, the crown prince is devastated by what took place in pensacola. erthink they are going to help out the familiesgreatly. tut right now, they'enve and as you know, i've sent my condolences. itd a very shocking thing, very quickly.e bottom of it >> sreenivasan: this afternoon, the associated press reported that the gunman and others watched videos of mass shootings earlier in the week. and the a.p. also reported that other saudi students on the scene videotaped the shooting. joining us now from pensacola is .ssociated press reporter andan farringt brandan walk me through what it is that your sources are telling of mass shootings.eo screening tewe happened earlier in the ?k by the souter, and they watched videos o actotingts.o that's pretty much sumup at w the source had to say. people who weret t tharty, or at least one perwho was at that party besides the shooter were among those who were outside the building and videotaping as the shooting took place. >> sreenivasan: is the sense that everyone who was at that party is, at the very least, in contact

jeffrey gosch is a facilities manager at pensacola naval base. thank you for joining us. you are on your way into work when this happened. describe the scene. >> and one or two police cars came by with the sirens, that was a 200 yards from the gate and suddenly it was dozens and dozens and dozens of emergency vehicles. racing down we knew something was big time going on. were they followed? >> i believe they were but i certainly would never presume to speak for the navy. i'm just a contractor employee out there and that's my capacity as a complete, employee out there. and i have worked out there for a number of years as a contractor employee and i tell you they take safety very seriously. they trained for it and, no matter where you are on the basis, if something like this happens they notify people. immediately they were locked down and they were safe because of the training. >> some 10,000 people getting to work, it had to be difficult for the first responders. >> lucky for us because of navy boulevard being the main artery, there's very few people coming off the statio

but now the pensacola news journal reporting to victims. confirmed killed in addition to the shooting with 11 others taken to local hospitals to be treated for various injuries, but again the base still under lockdown until they've confirmed that the shooter acted alone so they're still working methodically to clear the base and here's a live shot from one of the hospitals a lot and people had to be rushed to hospitals. >>sometimes hospitals cannot handle that much trauma which is why i would presume the split number of the victims to one hospital and then the other but we have learned grew from 5 injured to 11 injured, so it's gotten worse, this is about 2 and a half hours into the shooting because it happened at 4 o'clock this morning, our. >>and and here's the thing we don't know if the victims were rushed to the hospital or those that were killed. active military personnel or if they the base employs more than 16,000 military personnel a 7400 civilian personnel but there's also a lot of families that live on the base as well in military

navy base in pensacola, florida. the fbi says the shooter was 21-year-old saudi air tpaors lieutenant mohammed alshamrani. he was shot dead by law enforcement after killing three sailors. sources say authorities have not found apparent ties between the killer and terrorism, but the investigation is still in its early stages. one official says concerning materials and online statements have been discovered. and they're looking into that. >>> the u.s. navy says the sailors killed in the shooting showed exceptional heroism, running towards danger and saving lives. we still do not know why the killer went on the rampage. as brynn gingras reports, investigators are going to great lengths to find out. >> reporter: there are investigators here on the ground in pensacola and also communications happening with the fbi in washington. we know the joint terrorism task force is contributing among others. one of the big questions that is still outstanding, what was the motivation of this gunman. that is what investigators are tryi

pensacola. they include ensign joshua watson, a 23-year-old from alabama, airman mohamed hatham, a 19-year-old from st. petersburg if, florida x a third student not pictures, airman apprentice cameron scott walters, a 21-year-old from richmond hill, virginia. the naval air station's commanding officer issued this statement: the sailors that lost their lives in the line of duty and showed exceptional heroism and bravery in the face of evil, when confronted, they didn't run from danger, they a ran towards it and saved lives. navy airman ryan blackwell is one of eight injured survivors in the attack. when the gunman fired through his office door, he reportedly shielded a female colleague with his body. blackwell tells the pensacola news journal, my adrenaline was pumping so much, i wasn't worried about being shot, i was worried about getting us to safety and getting out out of there -- us out of there. the fbi has identified the shooter as mohammed al-shamrani, a 21-year-old second lieutenant from

in pensacola, florida and we start with a fox news alert. terrorism suspected as a motive as the pensacola naval base prepares to reopen later on this monday. brian: the fbi now working to determine if the shooter was part of a larger network. jillian: jonathan serrie joins us live from pensacola, florida as a new report reveals a suspect had deep-seeded hatred for the united states. jonathan, what's the latest? >> yeah. an additional router from the "new york times" saying that the shooter filed a formal complaint against one of his instructors saying the instructor called him a derogatory nickname that embarrassed him in front of his classmates. the fbi says the

conference with that breaking news out of pensacola, florida. three people killed, several others injured following that shooting at a naval air station. the second shooting at a military base in a week. i'm chris jansing on a busy friday morning. sam brock has been closely following the situation there down in florida. sam, for folks who are just joining us, what are the headlines out of that press conference just held? >> you're watching a community trying to come to grips with what it's just witnessed. we heard the gov nr of the state just now talking about the fact that it has been 200 years since this naval station has been opened. there a they're a military town. there's some fluidity in the numbers, but an active shooter situation that started about 6:50 this morning. we know three people have died and the shooter has dead. that makes four deceased, in addition to seven people right now still receiving care in the hospital. we're initially told that baptist hospital in pensacola received eight victims. in short order, we just found out th

navy base in pensacola, the gunman, a saudi national, tonight, more than 300 saudi flight students at u.s. navy bases halted from flying. martha raddatz standing by. >>> and the incredible story of survival tonight. the father and his twin 4-year-old girls crashing down a 100-foot ravine. the 4-year-olds unbuckling themselves from their child seats on their own, crawling through shattered glass and up that ravine to get help. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin tonight with that deadly gun battle right outside new york city, killing a police officer and three innocent civilians trapped inside a store during the gun fight. the two suspects, the gunmen, are also dead tonight. s.w.a.t. teams and heavily armed vehicles rushing to the scene in jersey city, new jersey. police moving through the streets. the attackers holed up in that supermarket. clearing the way for some of those bystanders outside to get out of harm's way. some 30,000 children on lockdown for a time inside dozens of nearby schools, and tonight, that city already mourni

>>> the fbi is investigating the pensacola shooting as an act of terror. why the gunman's time in saudi arabia is being examined. >>> breaking overnight, the death toll climbing after a massive volcanic eruption in new zealand. >>> and his legendary characters defined our childhood. fans around the world are mourning the loss of "sesame street" puppet eeer spinney. >> good morning. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york. six days to the iowa caucuses. we start in the nation's capital, with democrats facing a momentous impeachment finale, as they set the charges against president trump. judiciary committee members will hear the case. party members are questioning whether to include investigations from the mueller report. >> judiciary committee chairman, jerry nadler, confident in his case but cautious about using mueller's evidence. >> do you feel comfortable that this whole thing was directed by the president himself? >> yes. >> you feel you have a rock-solid case? >> we have a very rock-solid case. the case, if presented to the jury, would be a guilty verdict in thre

now, of course, this is happening in pensacola. people here in pensacola say that this town, this city was built around this naval academy and they are heartbroken as to what happened. we're still waiting to find out the names of the people that were killed in this incident. three in total. and others injured. we're told that the fbi is really going by naval protocol, which is to wait 24 hours after the notice of next of kin. but we do know as you mentioned earlier to your viewers at least one person, his name is joshua watson, 23 years old. his family going to face -- calling him a hero. he came to the naval academy wanting to be a jet fighter pilot and was about to do his training. certainly people are hearing that name and are heartbroken. i spoke to one woman not long ago who brought hers daughters out here to lay a wreath for all of those who were part of this, even first responders. she was heartbroken, grabbing her daughters a little closer now. i want to quickly mention before i go that we have two deputies, sheriff's deput

i don't know how many are at pensacola. i expect dozens and not all pilots. probably some air crew and technicians as well. it's really important. this program is very important for our ability to make sure that they can operate the equipment their buying from us safely and effectively and it's not just about being in their national interests they're good at operating these aircraft but in our national security interests they're good at operating these aircraft to conduct operations with the united states and with coalition partners in an efficient, effective manner. very much in our interests that this program continue and that it not be den graigrated by thie incident. i suspect they'll look at the program, review security and vet it. that's appropriate. but it's important for americans to understand why these people are here and why it's important for our national security they are. >> and lean on your diplomatic credentials and listen to something when florida governor ron desantis said this, it jumped out at me. this is hours after the shooting there, an

abc news has learned back in pensacola, alshamrani showed friends videos of mass shootings. later, opening fire onbase, killing cameron waters, mohammed haitham, and joshua kaleb watson. watson's family says the 23-year-old had a sense of duty, even at the end. >> with his last breath, really. he summoned all of his courage and gave a report, a description of the shooter and where he believed his location was. >> reporter: the shooter was able to legally purchase the gun, because he was considered to be an official representative for an ally country, saudi arabia. however, personal weapons are not allowed on the base, but for this shooter, because he was also a student, he would not have been searched because he had a clearance to be here. david? >> all right, stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> next, the supreme court and the issue of abortion tonight. the justices declining to review a kentucky law that requires providers to perform an ultrasound and then show it and describe it to the patient and also to play audio of a fetal heartbeat. there are no exceptions for rape or inc

he was asked about the motive of the pensacola shooter. here is what he said. >> i can't say terrorism at this time. we need to let the investigators and the fbi to do its work. and we'll move on from there. reporter: esper ruled out any large troop deployment despite reports otherwise. >> reports of troops moving to the middle east to counter iran. did that happen? >> no, those are false reports. i don't know where they came from. we deployed 14,000 troops since may of this year. but i'm not looking at any major deployments coming up in the region. >> i hosted a panel with the joint chiefs about how the military needs to pivot away from the middle east. >> our marine corps is built ideally or another desert shield, desert storm. it's not the force we are going need based on the vectors china and russia are going to. we need to helped weight and become a naval expeditionary force. reporter: i asked how they plan to protect u.s. from disinformation and cyber attacks. >> we are already in quon tblict the russians and others. the way we look

., military training on american soil, live in pensacola. all eyes on washington as democrats ramp up impeachment push with another hearing, on top of that, the other big question happening today, what would the ig report and potential fisa abuse reveal about the origins of the russia witch hunt. the nativity scene turning into political commentary, "fox & friends first" start right now. ♪ heather: good morning to you, you are watching "fox & friends first" on monday morning, i'm heather childers, thanks for starting your day or ending with us, we do begin with the fox news alert, terrorism suspected as motives as the pensacola quay naval base prepares to reopen today, fbi now working to determine if the shooter was part of a larger network, jonathan joins us now in pensacola, florida, as you report reveals the suspect had, quote, deep-seated hatred for the u.s. good morning. >> yeah, they are looking at social media postings of this suspect and also this morning the new york times reporting that the shooter filed a formal complaint agains

navy base in pensacola, the gunman, a saudi national. tonight, more than 300 saudi flight students at u.s. navy bases halted from flying. martha raddatz standing by. >>> and the incredible story of survival tonight. the father and his twin 4-year-old girls crashing down a 100-foot ravine. the 4-year-olds unbuckling themselves from their child seats on their own, crawling through shattered glass and up that ravine to get help. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin tonight with that deadly gun battle right outside new york city, killing a police officer and three innocent civilians trapped inside a store during the gun fight. the two suspects, the gunmen, are also dead tonight. s.w.a.t. teams and heavily armed vehicles rushing to the scene in jersey city, new jersey. police moving through the streets. the attackers holed up in that supermarket. clearing the way for some of those bystanders outside to get out of harm's way. some 30,000 children on lockdown for a time inside dozens of nearb

station in pensacola now a terror investigation. hundreds of federal agents working around the clock to determine if gunman mohammed alshamrani had help in carrying out his shooting spree. >> our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone, or was he a part of a larger network? >> reporter: authorities say the gunman's saudi classmates are being kept on the base and cooperating with questioning. alshamrani, a member of the saudi air force, in pensacola as part of a pilot training program. military bases now on alert, but authorities emphasizing there's no known danger. >> the community is safe and there is not any immediate, direct threat of any additional terrorist acts at this time. >> reporter: officials tracing the gunman's footsteps, claiming he and several classmates made a recent sightseeing trip to new york city. sources now telling abc news they're investigating classmates' claims that alshamrani watched videos of mass shootings in front of friends at his home just days before the carnage. they believe it serve

the fbi now says it's investigating the shooting rampage at the naval station in pensacola, florida on friday as an act of terrorism. the gunman, identified as a 21-year-old saudi air force officer, was shot and killed. the fbi says he carried out the attack with a legally purchased handgun. three sailors were killed in the attack. a motorcade took their bodies back to the naval base today, and people lined streets to pay their respects. david begnaud is in pensacola tonight. >> we are as we do in most active shooter investigations, work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism. >> reporter: the shooter was 21-year-old second lieutenant in the royal saudi air force, mohammad alshamrani. he was a naval flight officer in training here. there. >> are a number of saudi students who were close to the shooter and continue to cooperate in this investigation. their saudi commanding officer has restricted them to base, and the saudi government has pledged to fully cooperate with our investigation. >> reporter: the associated press has reported that the shooter held a dinner party

abc news has learned, back in pensacola, alshamrani showed friends videos of mass shootings. later, opening fire onbase, killing cameron walters, mohammed haitham and joshua kaleb watson. watson's family says the 23-year-old had a sense of duty, even at the end. >> with his last breath, really, he summoned all of his courage and gave a report, a description of the shooter and where he believed his location was. >> reporter: the shooter was able to legally purchase a gun, because he was considered to be an official representative for an ally country, saudi arabia. however, personal weapons are not allowed on the base, but for this shooter, because he was also a student, he would not have been searched because he had a clearance to be here. david? >> all right, stephanie ramos, who has been on this for days for us. stephanie, thank you. >>> next, the supreme court and the issue of abortion tonight. the justices declining to review a kentucky law that requires providers to perform an ultrasound and then show it and describe it to the patient and also to play audio of a fetal hea

nas pensacola is one of the navy's most historic bases. it employs more than 16,000 military and 7400 civilian personnel. >> certainly this is a tragic day for the city of pensacola. nas is an incredibly important part of our community. >> reporter: there's no word yet on a motive, whether the gunman had a gripe, or if the shooting was terror related. >> president trump addressed the shooting at the start of a round table meeting today. >> we have a lot of great people looking at it and interviewing people in depth, and it will be a report, and the report will come out very soon. >> the president also personally expressed his condolences to the families of those killed and wounded. >>> taking a live look at the nation's capital where the white house is again making it clear it will not cooperate with impeachment investigators. in a letter to the house judiciary committee chairman, the white house lawyers said quote house democrats have wasted enough of america's time with this charade. the white house has repeatedly rejected invitations to

just this morning in pensacola, florida. the king said that the saudi people are greatly angered by the barbaric actions of the shooter. and that this person in no way, shape, or form represents the feelings of the saudi people, who love the american people so much. so that was just given to me by the king of saudi arabia. and i can tell you it's a horrible thing that took place. and we're getting to the bottom of it. all of the investigators are there now. and they're studying it very closely. and terrible thing. and our condolences go to the families. and to everybody involved, including the wounded. we have some badly wounded people also. and we have to extend our condolences to them. and we'll be working with them all very closely. so i just wanted to let you know that was from king solomon. and today, we are here to talk to some of the very hard-working citizens. >> the president goes on to talk about an economic matter, which we will keep an eye on. but the president did say in response to a question about whether he t

at the pensacola base. we also understand that there is more money in the defense budget this year to expand the foreign national training program. so that's something that we're going to be asking defense chiefs about here. we also know that the shooter posted online or somebody on behalf of the shooter posted on his twitter account a will and testament, if you will, after the attack in which he criticized the u.s., calling it a nation of evil, criticizing the u.s. for its support of israel. that will be something that the fbi is looking at in the days ahead, but the fbi is the lead investigator in this terrible shooting at pensacola. neil. >> jennifer, was there in i go -- anything in his better than two and a half years that would telegraph behavior like this? >> well, it's not clear. i mean, we have this tweet, that social media tweet, but the question is, again, was that posted after the attack? when was he radicalized? that's something that investigators will be looking at. was he radicalized before h