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Mark esper delivering the keynote address at the reagan national defense forum today. the event held at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california, and our jennifer griffin is there. jennifer? >> reporter: arthel, our own bret baier sat down with the defense secretary and asked him about the recent shooting in pensacola, florida, and what the motive might have been behind the saudi aviation student firing and killing three americans. here's the defense secretary, mark esper. >> no, i can't say it's terrorism at this time. i think we need to let the investigators, the fbi...

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 lawm...

Show. thanks to my panel. thanks to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot, we hope to see you right here next week. ♪ arthel: new developments in the deadly shooting at a naval base in pensacola, florida. the gunman, a saudi aviation student, reportedly hosting a dinner party to watch mass shoot ing videos in the days before the deadly attack. hello, everyone, i'm arthel the neville. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's news headquarters." eric: i'm eric shawn. you know, that ambush killed three and injured eight ohs. it happened yesterday morning. two of those killed were serving in ...