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Lieutenant in the royal saudi air force opened fire in a classroom building on friday. he was killed in exchange of gunfire with two deputies. there was a dignified transfer last night for his victims, joshua kaleb watson, mohammed sameh haitham and cameron scott walters. now, law enforcement is looking into the shooters recent time in saudi arabia. and the presidents relationship with the saudi kingdom is back under the microscope. nic robertson is live for us from riyadh. give us the latest. w...

Saudi students who are doing the long military training courses in the united states routinely take. the family told us they didnt see a chiaange in his behavior. and the saudi officials will have a very, very keen will and desire to find out what was on this young mans mind. thats the key to all of this. was he motivated by terrorism? or was he motivated by something else or could it be a combination of both? and that is whats under way here, as far as we know at the moment. again, the saudis, ...

Joshua kalew watson, mohammed sameh haitham and cameron scott walters. nic robertson is live for us from riyadh. nic, whats been the saudi reaction? >> reporter: well, the reaction, again, overnight, was a phone call from the crown prince, second in command after the king, if you will, to president trump, to say an absolute commitment from the saudis to support the investigation -- to support the u.s. investigation into mohammed alshamrani. what does that mean on the ground? what does it look li...

That the u.s. is pat chosturing get behind to the table. >> indeed, a flammable situation. >> we are hearing from saudi arabia. saudi arabia, weighing in after days of keeping quiet on the missile attack on that huge oil facility. nic robertson is standing by in riya riyadh. nick, what are they saying? >> they say that the investigation continues. they are inviting u.n. and international experts to join that conversation. theyre saying this was an attack on the international economy. saudi arabi...

Tweeted that the saudis are totally denying all this. once again accepting their denials. >> the president spoke to the crown prince of saudi arabia today. do we know much more about that conversation? because also, secretary of state mike pompeo was in riyadh today, and then was heading to ankara tomorrow. >> thats right, the president tweeted he spoke with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman while he was with the secretary of state mike pompeo there in riya riyadh. and that essentially ...

The rumor report coming out. >> cnns sam kylie is live in riya riyadh. what more do we know this morning about the meeting that secretary pompeo had today? >> well, the secretary visited first with king salman, who is the elderly head of state here, who had already handed over most of the reins of power to his son, crown prince mohammed bin salman. that was a 15-minute meeting. he was attended also by the saudi foreign minister who went with him where he met mbs, mohammed bin salman, the real po...

Relatively liberal wonderland or permissiveness compared to riya riyadh, for instance. >> compared to riyadh, yes. but we cant generalize and say that beirut is a place where sexual expression is encouraged. >> her books are banned in many countries in the region. she is regularly threatened the rape, stoning and murder. she is culture editor of lebanons biggest newspaper. >> yesterday i had my first tv show about sexual freedom and you cannot imagine how many hells doors are opened just because...

People here dont seem to be writing christie off entirely because of the scandal. he clearly went from being an aggressive front runner to somebody that has a serious negative. >> absolutely, as evidenced by his latest poll numbers, pretty much in terms of his popularity, reduced by half. kasie hunt, many thanks from sin city. enjoy yourself, thank you. president obama is in the air right now, en route back to washington following his five-day trip through europe and saudi arabia. the presiden...