As of last night the fbi did not want to get into the investigation details, but said that we could expect more to be released about him today. As you mentioned, the shooters uncle spoke to cnn saying that there was nothing to indicate that his nephew might carry out this attack. He said his nephew is 21 years old, described him as likeable and exceptionally smart. He did also say to cnn that saudi arabia needs to get to the truth of this, and that if his nephew is guilty, he will be accountable before god. Now, a couple of Law Enforcement sources did tell cnn that this is Saudi National Mohammed Al Shamrani and authorities did say that he used a handgun in this incident. He was killed by a couple of deputies who exchanged gunfire with him. Those deputies were injured themselves but are expected to be okay. They are among the eight people wounded in this situation being treated right now at Baptist Health care. Thats in addition to three others who were killed. Now, the fbi wants to fo
Questions about motive and security. They comp in the wake of a deadly shooting on a u. S. Navy base by a member of the saudi military. Also this hour, refusing to cooperate. The white house issues a strongly worded letter to lawmakers considering impeaching donald trump. And out of control, raging bush fires in australia and firefighters working desperately to put them out. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Were coming to you live from atlanta where its 4 01 in the morning. Im Natalie Allen and this is cnn newsroom. Thank you so much for joining us. We begin with the investigation of fridays deadly shooting at a u. S. Navy base in pensacola, florida. The fbi is trying to determine why a gunman shot and killed three people. The attacker, identified as Saudi National mohammed al sharani was training at this base with other Foreign Military personnel. He was killed in a shootout with deputies. Investigators say it is too early to draw any conclusi
Good evening. Im erin burnett. Out front tonight the breaking news no defense. President trumps legal team will not participate in house impeachment proceedings. Democrats had offered the president and his team the chance to attend the hearings, ask questions, raise objections, request consequences, and make a closing statement. But trump said no. Minutes before the deadline tonight yes or no, defend or not, white house lawyer Pat Cipollone sending a authority twoparagraph letter writing in part, quote, your impeachment inquiry is completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fund mebl fairness. Well, nadler fired back saying having declined this opportunity he cannot claim the process is unfair. House Intelligence Committee adam schiff weighing in saying the white house said they wanted open hearings, not closed, and then they didnt want those. Then they said they wanted to participate in the proceedings and now they dont. All they want is to hide the presid
Desperately to put hundreds out. Its all ahead. Welcome to viewers in the u. S. And around the world, were coming to you live from atlanta, georgia, 5 00 in the morning. Im Natalie Allen and cnn newsroom starts right now. Thank you so much for joining us. Our top story, the fbi is trying to determine why a gunman shot and killed three people at a naval base in pensacola, florida. The attacker identified as Mohammed Al Shamrani was killed in an exchange of gunfire with deputies. Authorities say he was a member of the Saudi Air Force and was training at the base. Investigators say it is too early to draw conclusions about what led to the attack. We are not prepared at this hour to confirm what may have motivated the shooter to commit this horrific act today. There are many reports circulating, but the fbi deals only in facts. The investigation is global in scope, as you can imagine. Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has more about that. This is a dark day for a very great place. Repor
The ground in pensacola following it all, jacqui, fbi was very clear that they dont want to jump to any conclusions, they dont want to point any fingers unnecessarily, they did not answer questions about whether the shooter mohamed was maybe selfradicalized part of a larger terror group or even if ideology was a factor here but they did say theyre operating under the presumption that this was act of terror because that allows Additional Resources to identify and eliminate any other potential threats to the community and they say theyve determined that this time that there are no additional threats, so that is the information that they gave, they said that theyre looking at whether ideology was a factor, the jttf and we know that he purchased glock 45 that he used in this attack, we also learned more about what the saudi government is doing to cooperate in the investigation. There have been report that is 10 saudi students being detained on questioning and we learned today that the saud