Elements of Robert Muellers report in the final articles. We knew and thats why i said its a conscious vote. Good saturday morning to you. Top of the hour now. Im victor blackwell. And a im amara walker in for christ a kristi paul. Three people were killed and several others injured when a man started shooting in a classroom in pensacola, florida. I want to get to cnns natasha chen about the latest. What are we learning about the gunman and any details on a possible motive. Reporter well, the fbi was specific about not wanting to talk about any possible motive, at this point. At a press conference they gave here last night, they talked about the fact this is a large crime scene and they have a team that has been working overnight to process the evidence there. They did say that its possible they may release more information about the shooter today. More people are dead, including the shooter, after an attack on a Pensacola Naval base by a member of the saudi military. Officials are working to determine the motive. Theres going to be a lot of questions about the individual being a Foreign National, being a part of the Saudi Air Force and to be here training on our soil. Two Law Enforcement sources tells cnn the shooter has been identified as mohamed al shamrani. President trump relaid a message from the king. The king said this person in no way, shape, or form represents the feelings of the saudi people who love the American People so much. Reporter he was part of an Aviation Training program on base and weapons are not allowed. Eight others were injured in the attack that began just before 8 00 a. M. Eastern time in a classroom building on base. Among the wounded, two deputies from the Sheriffs Office who exchanged gunfire. The two deputies that engaged the suspect, one was shot in the arm and one in the knee. Reporter the fbi is leading the investigation and authorities cautious its still in the early stages. This doesnt happen here. It doesnt happen in pensacola. It doesnt happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the United States navy. For now, were here to pick up the pieces. The Defense Department confirms with cnn that al shamrani had been here for more than two years. He would have finished the training in august of 2020, back to you. Natasha, before we let you go. What is the status of the base now . We know throughout the day on friday it was closed. Is it still closed . Reporter well, were trying to confirm exactly what the situation is. I know that late yesterday through the Naval Air StationFacebook Page they were announcing in waves how people could come back on base, if they lived there. So in the Late Afternoon period, i saw a post about allowing residents back from the west end main gates. It looks like most people are back at home, if they do live there. Well confirm what the official security situation is with the base today. All right. Natasha chen with the latest. Thank you so much. We get to james gagliano, retired fbi supervisory special agent. On the phone with us, good morning to you. I want to start with the investigation and how this investigation will look a little different than what were used to seeing because this person is a Foreign National and this is a military installation. Give us an idea how it will look different. Caller sure. First of all, good morning, guys. I got to tell you, this is not i think, for the american public, many people are surprised to have Foreign Nationals that work with our military. I served in the United States army, and the same thing. We had Saudi National officers that were going through our training and doing maneuvers with us. This is is a common thing. We do it with our partners in central america, we do it with partners in eastern europe, we do it with partners around the globe. In this instance, you had a saudi officer who is going through basic naval Aviation Training. Hell have access to the training, hell be working with his u. S. Sponsors. This particular individual had been in the country for two years, victor. So had time to get roots in the community and understand the nuances of the base and, you know, this is a base with 17,000 uniformed personnel and 6,000 civilians. So absolute tragedy this happened. I was struck last night in listening to rachel, a special agent in charge of the jacksonville office. She was very careful and measured. They didnt want to release his name last night. They have still not made a declarative statement leaking it to terrorism. Theyll cross the is and dot the ts. Im assuming well hear Something Else by way of another updated press conference. This is a man who had been in country for two years. Very familiar with the base and the nuances of the base, as you said. What struck out to me was the fact that the weapons are not allowed on the base and somehow the suspect was able to bring a gun on to the base. Can you talk about the security regarding that. Also, does it say this must have been a planned operation . Caller sure. Well, theres a little difference in Naval Air Station than, say, an army post where i was assigned over the course of my military career. If you have an infantry post, you have rifles and things like that. This being an Naval Air Station, there probably would have been limited weapons use. They have them. Theyre secured in an arms room. The only people allowed on post with weapons are armed Law Enforcement personnel like yesterday the brave sheriffs deputies, and then usually military police and sometimes the Naval Criminal Investigative Service folk. Youre in the allowed to carry a personnel weapon on post. If youre stationed on post, you have yours secured in an armory or an arms room. So, really, for this to happen. This individual, as we know, secreted a handgun with additional magazines on to post. How did he do that . You go through security. If you have a badge, you dont get your trunk searched. Thank you so much for helping us understand from military and Law Enforcement perspective. Good to have it, james. Caller thank you, guys. Were learning that three members of the Minnesota National guard died thursday after their blackhawk helicopter crashed during a routine maintenance test fight. According to the cnn affiliate, wcco, a may day call was put out an hour and a half after it was missing. The u. S. Army Aviation Center is sending investigators to determine the cause of the crash. No participation. The white house said it will not send anyone to the hill to defend President Trump and the impeachment hearings. Why they say the entire thing is a waste of time. Plus, a temporary win for the president from an unlikely source. Supreme Court Justice ruth bader ginsburg. And the latest on a storm that is bringing a trip l threat to the west. 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They rejected an offer from democrats to present any type of defense for President Trump during the house process. Yeah. In a stronglyworded letter. The white House Counsel called the proceedings baseless, reckless, and a charade. Joining us now is kristin holmes. No one expected the white house to participate. So no big surprise here. Reporter thats right. We have to keep two things in mind. While President Trump and republicans have been saying this process is unfair because the president doesnt have representation, at the same time, we have seen the white house stone wall these investigations over and over again. They will not turn over certain documents, they will not allow some of their aids to testify. So, again, youre absolutely right. Its not a surprise they arent going to participate in the process. I want to read you part of this letter here from the white House Counsel. You mentioned it is strongly worded. This said adopting articles of impeachment would be a reckless abuse of power by House Democrats and would institute the most unjust, highly partisan, and unconstitutional attempt at impeachment in our nations history. Now right after that, this letter quoted the president saying we want you to hurry up in the house and move this over to the senate. That was something President Trump has tweeted. The reason being they believe this process is going to be much more friendly in the senate. Republicans that, is, because the senate is run by republicans. One thing i want to note here, while all of this is going on, democrats are having some of their own issues in drafting some of these articles of impeachment. This has been something weve been watching very carefully. Here is what it boils down to, again, articles of impeachment. Those are the charges brought against the president. There is a group of moderate democrats who were voted in in swing districts who want to be careful, want this to be a narrow scope. What theyre concerned about is whether or not democrats are going to try and include any elements from the Mueller Report into this. So take a listen to what two of the moderates had to say. I was against going through with impeachment. So with the understanding im not going to entertain any hypotheticals, i was very serious when i came out and said that. Very serious. I think we need to stay fo s focussed on ukraine. When we wrote the oped it was about ukraine. Thats what im ready to vote on. We heard some of the moderates are frustrated with the process because they havent been able to get a read from the speaker on what exactly those articles are going to include. It will be fascinating to watch. One person i spoke to said there could be a situation where democrats split the vote. They would vote yes on some of these articles but not on all. Thats not something the speaker would want. They want to show a sign of unity, at this time. I have to ask because were expecting to get the articles as early as next week. Do we know what the republican strategy is going to be . Well, it depends on which part of the strategy you want to talk about. So, theres the strategy on the ground. Behind the scenes strategy. I talked to several republicans who are aids on the hill who essentially told me theyre not going to change their strategy among members. Theyre going to keep unifying them. Theyll keep having weekly meetings. Keep trying to attack the white house here. Now the other part of the strategy is what theyre going to do in the hearing. We have heard from representative doug collins, who is a big advocate of President Trump. Hes a Ranking Member on the judiciary committee. He sent a letter saying they wanted about eight witnesses. On the list is adam schiff, hunter biden, the unknown whistle blower. We know democrats said they will not call those people as witnesses. So well have to see how this plays out. All right, kiersten holmes, i appreciate your reporting. Thank you. Well bring in crystal hayes, u. S. Correspondent for usa today. The moderates who are concerned about potentially broadening the scope of these articles of impeachment, how persuasive are they . Take us inside this disagreement within the democratic office. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knows the perils for these moderates. They are the folks who flipped districts and gave her the speakership. So shes been keeping in close contact with those vehicle folks. And the whole caucus. She knows where the caucus is on this. Shes going to be careful, i think, as this moves forward. You know, its not even just moderates. A number of more progressiveleaning folks said the same thing. They want to keep it sort of close with the focus on ukraine because it is what democrats say is their best case forward. Thats going to be such a huge discussion as things continue. Especially over the next week. We could see a draft of articles of impeachment as early as this week. Thats the expectations. So we read a little bit of the letter that came from the white house, but we got this letter that was released from House Republicans. They sent the wrong letter to chairman nadler asking him to call, among others, house intel chairman adam schiff, anonymous whistle blower, hunter biden. Highly unlikely the democrats will do that, understandably. What are the signals, though, coming from the senate that potentially would they be on a witness list . Can they get a majority of republicans to want to call the bidens or others on this list . So far the senate has even some of the president s closest allies kind of signalled no, which is interesting. And, you know, you can probably see it shift a little bit. Weve seen a lot of pressure on quite a few members of the senate, including lindsey graham, which is the South Carolina senator in a close ally of the president. Last night, the president s son was tweeting about him wanting to get adam schiff, the house intelligence chairmans phone records. Well see a lot of pressure on the senators. Usually the senate is kind of this simmering down from the house. The house is kind of known as a boiling tea kettle and the senate is where things seem to cool down with the partnership and the impeachment inquiry, its pretty clear the president wont want to see that. He wants to see partisanship and, you know, things more geared toward a republican trial. More about biden, the whistle blower. Right now senators dont seem too keen on bringing in those folks. You brought up senator graham, he and two others, senator grassley, and senator johnson, all three republican chairmen, they requested documents from the National Archives and the state department to try to get to the bottom of the potential ukrainian influence or interference in 2016. In is from their joint statement. Is said the inquiries unrelated to a uncorroborated theory that ukraine was behind the hack of d. C. Servers. U. S. Intelligence officials and special counsel robert mulerss investigation found that russia was responsible for the dnc hack. And certain reports of collusion and the interference involving ukrainian officials have not been sufficiently examined, and the few answers that have been given are inadequate. Is this what it will be . Its a forecast what we can see happening in the senate trial along with biden. I think theres going to be a huge focus on him and, also, this as things move forward. Which is exactly what trump wants. In the senate, Mitch Mcconnell will be weary of a number of moderates including susan collins, lisa murkowski, and mitt romney. Mitt romney, in particular, has been, you know, kind of the leading force against the president in some regard on this ukrainian scandal. And, you know, even w