Reopening this week. The crowds on beaches. Packed bars and restaurants. Leading to questions about being cautious, keeping a safe distance. And tonight, americas big three automakers back online. What some workers shouted at the cameras. Some saying they should not be returning to work. Others saying its the risk they have to take to get paid, to put food on the table. Tonight, the images. The temperature checks. Other measures inside those factories. And the numbers out of texas. After reopening, its the biggest oneday spike in cases over the weekend. There is news tonight involving secretary of state mike pompeo. President trump firing the Inspector General at the state department. The president late today saying secretary pompeo asked him to fire the ig and so he did. Pompeo now saying he did not know he was under investigation by the ig. Martha raddatz standing by. That deadly terror attack at a naval base in florida, and what we now know. Federal authorities now revealing the sus
Joshua Watson was killed during a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Dec. 6, 2019. The Naval Academy graduate from Enterprise, Alabama, had just reported to Pensacola two weeks prior to begin training as a Navy pilot.
The families alleged that the shooter told fellow Saudi air force trainees about his plans ahead of the attack on Dec. 6 in which three U.S. service members were killed.
terrorist-related as the community grieves and remembers those victims. here s chief sheriff s deputy chip simmons speaking at a vigil earlier today. there were dozens and dozens of military policemen, navy personnel, sheriff s deputies and other ones that were showing the greatest love you could show, they were risking their life for others. eric: jacqui heinrich has is the very latest at this hour. reporter: well, eric, the fbi has so far refrained from calling this a terror investigation, but within the last hour they said they have resources from both the joint terrorism task force and the criminal investigative division looking into this. the biggest question that looms right now is whether the shooter acted alone. the associated presses is reporting ten saudi nationals are being held at the base for questioning. they also say mohammed saeed al-shamrani hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where they watched videos of mass shootings. one of hose saudi students was
recording the shooting from outside the building as it happened according to the associated press, and two other saudi students watched the shooting happen from a car. al-shamrani was one of a few hundred foreign pilots who train at pensacola each year. right now the department of defense has more than 5,000 foreign students from 153 countries training with the military on american soil. saudis have been training at pensacola since the 1970s, often sending trainees from the royal fam which has, in the past, created some worry that those students should not fail the pilot training. several lawmakers are calling for a review of that program and its screening process. mac s per concurred mark esper concurred, but canceling the program altogether could hurt our allies. we have allies and partners and our adversaries don t. so my biggest concern would be that we would walk away from those key relationships, from folks that we know we need when