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Nationals. reporter: earlier reports indicated mohammed saeed alshamrani didn't have ties to other terror sore yaightss. but reports are that he gathered with other saudis in the days leading up to the shooting and watched videos of other shootings. he was one of a few hundred foreign pilots that train at pensacola each year. the department of defense has 5,000 students training with the military on american soil. the defense secretary says the screening process should be reviewed. >> clearly something went wrong with the vetting that goes on between the saudis, the state

Shot and killed three people before a deputy shot and killed him at a pence co-sla naval base. the motivation for the shooting is unclear though it's being investigated as a possible act of terror. the act causing the defense department to review the screening process for foreign nationals. joining us now, dave leaf leventhal. dave, thanks for being with us this evening. ever since the jamal khashoggi killing there has been an uneasy alliance between the united states government and the saudi government. this shooting is not going to help. >> it won't help at all. one could argue that the comp...

By not only the people who were around him, but his chain of command. >> colonel, as you know, we have about i'd say 5,200 foreign nationals in this country in the u.s. for military training. give me a sense of what sort of screening process they go through to go to this sort of training? >> well, we rely almost entirely on the home countries for vetting these people. we have the capability to vet them ourselves and we do spot check them from time to time, but clearly that's insufficient. the most important thing here is not the vetting, i think, but the fact that he was in this country for al...

Welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. we've got 30 more minutes to go and much more news to bring you so thanks for staying with us. first the headlines. the defense department says it will review the screening process for foreign students after a deadly shooting at a navy base in pensacola, florida. the gunman, a member of saudi arabia's military, shot and killed three people. he was training at the station with other foreign troops. the white house has rejected an offer from congressional democrats to present a defense for president trump in the impeachment inquiry. a letter f...

Deputies, the suspect was killed in a shootout. he was one of a few hundred foreign pilots who train in pennsylvania each year. the saudi kingdom in the past is relied on the us to train its military, the program is drawing scrutiny. mark asper calling for a review of the screening process. the department of defense has 5000 foreign students from 153 countries training with the us military on american soil. the dod noting those students are vetted before coming to the us, donald trump said he spoke with the saudi king who condemned the shooting and pledged full cooperation in the investigation...