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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 shooter's recent time in saudi arabia. and the president's relationship with the saudi kingdom is back under the microscope. nic robertson is live for us from riyadh. give us the latest. when this first happened, there was a quick phone call from the king, king salman, to president tru...

Saudi students who are doing the long military training courses in the united states routinely take. the family told us they didn't 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 man's mind. that's 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 what's under way here, as far as we know at the moment. again, the saudis, short on details. and i think if we look at what they've done in the past, in terms of investiga...

Joshua kalew watson, mohammed sameh haitham and cameron scott walters. nic robertson is live for us from riyadh. nic, what's 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 like? we don't have details about it. we know his family will come under scrutiny because he returned...

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. they're saying this was an attack on the international economy. saudi arabia is trying to get a building of support. not just having the united

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. >> that's 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 what mohammed bin salman reiterated to mike pompeo he reiterated to the president. the president sa...