associates, people who knew him and there have been a lot of questions swirling about his fellow saudi classmates. some of whom he associated with. i asked about that specifically. we ve been told they are being restricted to parts of base. there were some who are close to him being restricted to parts of base. so far they are cooperating with this investigation. now, i did follow up and ask if there were other students, other americans, others under the same conditions being restricted to parts of base. didn t get answer to that question. one thing we tried to hone on is reporting from sources, pete williams and the investigative team, talking about the fact that the shooter hosted about three of his students the week before that shooting to have a dinner party and watch videos of mass shooting. a very disturbing tidbit of information. they wouldn t go into that. they would not confirm whether or not that happened. more specifically, whether any of those students knew about this attac
today, we are here narrowly focused on conductling additional interviews of the witnesses, base personnel and the shooter s friends, classmates and other associates. our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone or was he a part of a larger network. we currently assess that there is one gunman who perpetrated this at a tack, and no arrests have been made in this case. there are reports that the fbi is looking for or unable to find certain individuals, but i can report that the fbi is working side by side with the u.s. navy and they have confirmed to us that they have 100% accountability on all
single national and international and domestic partner to investigate every lead. it is true that the saudi government has offered to pay the victims of the families for their losses? i am sorry, that has not come to my attention as to what the saudi government has paid or not paid. i have told you that the saudi government has pledged their cooperation and their commitment and they have done so to this date in helping us with the questions and the investigative leads that we need to do with the shooter and the classmates and the associates. thank you very much. do you believe that he acted ale loan loan alone at this point? okay. there you saw the members of the fbi and the homeland security and didn t give a lot of detail, but saying that there is a large investigation under way and certainly a global one as indicated by the questions and answers there. and in addition, the saudi students on base at the time, s of whom have reportedly were
our community. let s go to nbc blaine alexander. i was listening to you ask money questions there. i imagine it s a little bit of a delay until you get the answers because we didn t hear them. reporter: absolutely. there were a number of questions i asked, that some of my colleagues in that room asked that we did not get answers to. they said it was still part of the ongoing investigation. chief among them would be exactly what else do we know about this shooter? one thing i think they said during this news conference that was major and worth focusing on is the fact that their main goal is to confirm whether this gunman acted alone or is part of a larger network. you just made the point and played the sound to the effect that there is one gunman in this situation and no additional arrests have been made. we do know right now they are asking questions of a number of people. they re investigating, talking to his classmates, his
where it was purchased and what state? i will not confirm the state, but it was florida and .009 and glock model 45. model 45. and can you tell us about the level of cooperation of the saudis that you have detained, and are they still in your custody? again, they are not in our custody. they are not in our custody. a lot of the individuals that were on base are cooperating with their saudi official government, and they have been instructed to follow their commander s leads. they are on base and continue to assist us in answering our investigative questions. this gentleman has not asked a question. are you investigating the shooter s background in saudi arabia and you have agents working with the saudi arabia authorities on the ground there? we are working with every