international students from nas pensacola. this is a large investigation and we have not completed every interview. we will continue to set up many more interviews over the next coming days, but this is not indicative of any danger to this community. this is an active and ongoing investigation, and we are seeking those facts and in order to do so, we are conducting these interviews. once again, our investigation has not led us to any information that there is a credible threat to our community. however, as always, we encourage you to keep an eye out for each other. especially after a tragedy like this one. if you see something, please say
believe knowing everything that i know that the community is safe and there is no immediate direct threat of any terrorist kt a acts at this time. at this time i will turn it over to special agent rachel rojas. good morning. thank you, everyone, for being here. thank you for being patient. i know that you had told me two days ago and i do appreciate your patience, but i as said earlier from day one, this is our chance to get it right. i am going to take my time to make sure that i get the information out here as quickly as i can, but i need it to be accurate. so i am special agent in charge of the jacksonville division, and i represent here in pensacola. my name is rachel rojas, again, for those i have not met. it is nice to meet you all today. thank you, again, for your continued efforts to responsibly cover this tragedy and get the
the moderates, and they came forth with several of them with the op-ed in the new york times about their national security backgrounds and their concern about the national security of the united states, and nowimperiled it, and we have to look out for those individuals and the entire country in trying to get as much support as possible on this issue, and this is the best way to do it with a concise report on foreign interference and our national security. congressman steve cohen in a very busy time, and i am grateful for your time on weekends with alex witt. just for you, alex. i appreciate that, sir. now we go to pensacola, florida, and that is where the fbi is going to begin the news conference of the events at the pensacola naval air base. i commit to the families of those killed and wounded that there would be relentless effort, and that the effort would be 24/7, and i am here today to report to you that is
story right. my goal today is to convey the facts about the investigation, and my goal here is to make sure that i give you the most accurate and timely information and reported accurately in the media. today, we are in the third day of investigating this horrific attack at nas pensacola. that took the lives of three innocent victim and forever changed the lives of eight others who are thankfully, thankfully recover iing from thr injuries. last night we confirmed that the shooter has been identified as a 21-year-old second lieutenant in the royal saudi air force who
opening up fire on a classroom friday killing three and inju injuring eight. and blayne alexander has been covering this since friday in pensacola. and so, we have new information, but still plenty of unanswered questions, right? absolutely, alex. those are some of the things that are going to be asked. this is first time that we will get a chance to ask questions of the fbi officials since friday evening, and so we have a number of questions. since friday, we have learned a good deal of information about the shooter mohammad al sharmani. and some of it through our colleagues through their law enforcement sources, and we have been learning disturbing details about the hours and days leading up to the event. they were able to confirm that he hosted three fellow saudi students and invited them over the his home for dinner where he showed them videos of mass shootings, and we know that these were people who he used to