captioningns soredy wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, december 7: an update on the shoot ngpe ansacar signature segment, scotland eyes an opportunity for independence as great britain heads to the polls. xt on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:d bernd irene schwartz.r sue and edchenheim iii. lthe cheryl and pmilstein family. rosalind p. walter, in memory of george o'neil. barbara hope zuckerberg. corpate funding is provided >> we try to live in the moment

to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you mae most of today. mutual of america financial soup. retiremevices and investments. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private e.orporation funded by the american peo and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. ereenivasanod: goni tothere are new details emerging thouy ude t saofficer who killee and wounded eight others at the acola florida naval air station yesterday morning. severaoffials idenfied the gunman as second lieutenant mohammad saeed alshamrani, a member of saudi arabia's litary who was enrold lein and h alshamranipened fire in aiff's d to the scene reportedly killed the gunman in a shootout.

one of the victims was idenfied today as 23-year-old joshua kaleb watson. in a facebook post, watson's brothegwrote that "after be shot multiple times, he made it outside and told the first response team where the shooter was. he died a hero." joshua watson was a recent naval academy graduate. leaving the white house this afternoon for events in florida, toniresident trump told reporters saudi arabia's king plans to "help families" and that the investigation i continuing. >> i spoke with the king of udia arabia. arabia.devastated in saudi place, whether it's one person or a number of people. and the king will be involved in taking care of families and loved ones. he feels very strongly. he is very, very devastated by what happened, what took place. likewise, the crown prince is devastated by what took place in pensacola. erthink they are going to help out the familiesgreatly. tut right now, they'enve

and as you know, i've sent my condolences. itd a very shocking thing, very quickly.e bottom of it >> sreenivasan: this afternoon, the associated press reported that the gunman and others watched videos of mass shootings earlier in the week. and the a.p. also reported that other saudi students on the scene videotaped the shooting. joining us now from pensacola is .ssociated press reporter andan farringt brandan walk me through what it is that your sources are telling of mass shootings.eo screening tewe happened earlier in the ?k by the souter, and they watched videos o actotingts.o that's pretty much sumup at w the source had to say. people who weret t tharty, or at least one perwho was at that party besides the shooter were among those who were outside the building and

videotaping as the shooting took place. >> sreenivasan: is the sense that everyone who was at that party is, at the very least, in contact now with local authorities? are there any of those people who unaccounted fo? reporter: i'm told that-- whether it was people at that party or pple who weren involved ihe videotaping, i'm not sure, but i am told that there are some saudi students that are unaccounted for. >> sreenivasan: there had not been any indication between the dinner partynd now? none of those people that were there saw this thing, thought, hey, you know what? this i prtytrangete, lliomeone. >> report: apparently not, but i do not have that level of detail. >> sreenivasan: are concerned that the students that were videotaping this were in on this? is there any sen that this was a larger plan? t >> reporter:e person i spoke with had that sense the official does believe that, based on briefings the official

received, that this was a planned event. >> sreenivasan: now, is there any idea what td inividual who perpetrated this has been doing the entire time that he has been he united states? because we heard that he had just reported for classesr for the courses that heas taking not tooong ago. >> reporterwe're still waiting to get more information on that. the f.b.i. is being veryut cautious abohat it's revealing in this casbecause is still an active investigation. they have said in news briefings that they don't want to reveal details that, you know, mayd other people who are possibly involved in this. very little has come out from official sources on whos he wa, why he did this, and anyone else who may have been involved. >> sreenivasan: the why he did this, the motivation, you have folks like governor rick scott

saying, hey, thisan act of terrorism. e f.b.i. has not called it that yet. is that correct? >> reporter:hey have not, no. again, the f.b.i. is being very careful. ehey're assuring us that th details will come outbut because they're still ac providing much detail about what they know. yes, there is speculation by nator scott and terrorism. but officially, they're not saying that yet. >> sreenivasan: that's right, senator scott, not governor. let me also ask what is-- i guess the climate like on the campus there, or at least the people who would be goinghere i know this is a saturday now, but are people concerned about their safety going back there? i mean, this is a milyitar campus. >> reporter: i dle't think peop are concerned about going back there. we can't get on the campus right now. live there, work there, or haveb officiiness there on to

the base. reporters, you know, people who are just part of the public and are curious are being turned away. you know, people areng bei checked on the way in and the waout. i can tell you the mood in towa ohat bse is very important t this town, this comunity, and, you know, peohee rarnned.e thnd is ki of the life blood of pensacola, and, you know, particularly having the blue angels based here, the people who work there, who serve there are very near and dear to thisun commy. and people are stunned. people are shocked. you know, you're seeing antp ouring of support. you know, i talked to a woman today who, you know, gave blood. a lot people have beegiving blood as a way that they feel like they can help too, yu know, do something to help the victims and the people who serven this

base. >> sreenivasan: i know we have another sort of press conference coming later this evening. any indication on what they're kely to present? >>eporter: that's a good question. i'm anxious toee it. again, they've bee very tight-lipped about the investigation. i hope they provide more details of why this happened, who this person is. you know, there are a lot of questions that have yet to be answered. >> sreenivasan: all right, associated press' brandan farrington jning us via skype from pensacola tonight. thanksmu >> reporter:nk >> sreenivasan: the housey judicimmittee released a report today detailing the constitutional grounds for presidential impchment. staff for the democratic majority on the committeepa authored the 5 report, which addresses the history and purpose behind the impeachment process. democrat members of committee

are meeting this weekend behin closed doors to draft formal articles of impeachment against president trump, which the house could vote on as earlys next week. an american graduate student was freed today in a prisoner swap with iran after being held for more thathree years. xiyue wang, a 38-year-old student, was conducting research in iran when he was arrested in august of 2016 and charg with spying u.s. officials denied the charge and a u.n. human rights panel found that iran had "no legal basis" for the arrest and detention. wang was flown out of tehran on a swiss government plane and was met in zurich by the state representative for iran, brian hook, this morning. in exchange, the united states iranian scientist convicted of violating american trade sanctions against iran last year. pacific gas and electric announced a $13.5 billion ofttlement late yesterday with victims of some he deadliest fires in recent cafornia history.

p.g.&e.'s use of out equipment and negligenceas esen blamed for multiple f including the 2018 camp fire, whh kied 85 people and destroyed the town of paradise, and the 2017 wildfires in northern california' country that killed at least 41 people.mu thibillion-dollar settlement is key to p.g.&e.'s plan to exit chapter 11 bankruptcy and is cill subject rt approval. in france, yellow vest activists marched through paris today to protest changes to the country's national retirement syem. the marches were mostly peaceful, but police used tear gas against some demonstrators o threw projectiles. mass strikes began on thursday against president emmanuel macron and the government's planned resign of france's pensn system. the protests disrupted public transit and left tourists and lines and near-empty trainbway stations. iraqi officials said today that 25 people were killed and more than 130 others were wounded overnight during continued anti- government demonstrations.

unknown gunmen drove through a city square in baghdad and opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators. adding to the chaos, electricity was cut to the square, sending protesters fleeing the scene to seek shelter in darkness. last night's attacks came only hours after the united states placed sanctions on the leader of an iran-backed militia group that is accused of beingehind attacks on the protesters. >> sreenivasan: thunited kingdom goes to the polls on thursday for what's been billedm as tt important general election since the end of the second worldar. the conservative prime minister, boris johnson, is hoping to get a big enough majority in pamerlnt she can finally make brexit happened. one of the most passionate battlegrounds in this election is scotland, where not only does the majority oppose brexit, but so nationalists are pushing for scottish independence from the u.k.ho

weekend special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from edinburgh. ♪ >> reporter: graduation at st. andrews, scotland's most venerable university. it's the momenwhen students reach life's launchpad. in this election, many scots are also hopinfor lift-off. >> it's not overstated when people say that this is a historic election. >> reporter: brad mackay is a professor of strateg management and vice principal of st. andrews. >> the outcome of this election is going to have a msive impact on the future of scotland, on the future of the rest of the u.k.-- indeed,n the future of the e.u.-- for many, many years to come. >> and we are gaered here for one simple purpose, and that puhtose is to demand the rig to choose a better future for our country. ( cheers ) >> reporter: the issue of britain leaving the european uniohas been incredibly

divisive, and some experts believe that the etional wounds may take more than a generation to heal, and fear ultimately lead to the break-up of the united kingdom. here in scotland more than anywhere else, this election is being framed in terms of a battle between independence and aying in the united kingdom. the scottish national party, the snp, wants to secure a second independence referendum to determine whether the country should leave the u.k. and becomt an independetate. in order to have a chance of a second bite at indep the nationalists and other opsition parties need to muster enough parliamentary seats together to defeat prime minist boris johnson's conservatives. the snp is despete for otland to stay in the e.u. nicola sturgeon is the first minister of scotlandom semi-autonous government.

>> a vote for the snp on december the 12th is a vote to escape bret. it is a vote to put scotland's ture in scotland's hands >> reporter: but if the conservatives win a clearex majority, br will go ahead, scotland will remain in the u.k., and dreams of independence will have to be put on ice for years because the nservatives won't allow a second referm.n steprr is defending the parliamentary district of e irling, which he won in 2017. he represents thnservative party, which opposes scottish independence. >> why would you break up the most successful political union in the history of the world? why would you break up t united kingdom family? for what purpose other than some ideological obsession, which frankly has no basis in reality? >> reporter: 800 years ago, when the scots were at war with the english and led by king robert the bruce, the military wisdom of the day was "control stirling and you control scotland."

today, the parliamentary seat >> the other one, put it on there. >> right. >> y two have got that side, and just move from each other. >> right. >> if you need a new sheet, i'll come over and give you one. >> right. >> reporter: this is a seat the conservatives have to last time around, th a wafer-thin majority. their only realistic opponents are the nationalists, the snp. >> this is how the seat will be won.'s oing to be won vote by vote. and that means a lot of time spent on doorsteps havinti convers witheo pgoine. ote for your worst enemy >> my worst? i don't have a worst enemy. i am... i am for shho. independence. maybe more the heart. >> if you had said to me that one a jig down this road. of reporter: undaunted, kerr goes in pursuit other potential supporters. >> forward. forward and upward.nly not goino i mean, that's the narrative. t wisho plant in people's mind >> reporter: alyn smith is the snp candidate opposiphen

kerr in stirling. >> there's no good news in brexit.ll it'shades of bad. and that's why i want to go to the use of commons and to meet these points and try to win these arguments. so long. >> bye-bye. >> pleas to meet you. >> i know i might vote for you.. >> the u.k. is not one state. the u.k. is four countries that inmprise a state. and the trouble that some of the people who are in charge of the u.k. right now have never actually taken the time to understand what our perspective actually is. >> reporter: that perspective is laid out in an snp campaign video. >> right now, scotland is being dragged out of europe against r will. it's a brexit we never voted for forced on go by a tory rnment we never voted for, ame govern led by a prime minister whoseriorities are not ours. >> reporter:nihat prime mier, of course, is boris johnson, who opposes a second vote on brexit as well as a second vote on scottish independence. >> do we want another refereum? >> no! that's why this manifesto is ot aptly... so aptly named.

we don't want anr referendum on scotland. we don't. and we rule it out because why? because we don't want to destroy the most scessful political partnership of the last 300 years. >> reporter: boris johnson i core messageto get brexit done, to honor the outcome of the 2016 referendum on european union membership. early in the scottish campaign, he toured a distillery making scotland's national tipple, buoyed by the bank oand's assessment that his proposed brexit deal with europe would ease economic uncertaiy. >> what the governor of the bank of england said quit wrightly is thn we get brexit done, it investment and confidence into the u.k. economy. and that's what i'm saying to people. >> reporter: scotland used to be the fiefdom of the labour part its leader, jeremy corbyn, is promising the most radalis socialt program in generations. the nationalists say a coalition with labour is possible if corbyn guarantees a second independence. but corbyn says, if elected, het

won't agree t, at least not right away. >> no referendum in the first term for labour government cause i think we need to concentrate completely on a investmeoss scotland. the issue is the needs of the people of scotland, and a labour government in westminster would be in a position to deliverat >> reporter: but most pollsters agree that if any partoing to be buried in scotland on election day, it is labour. t mark diffley says the nationalists he replaced labour as the party of scotland'sorking class. he's been studying the ratings of johnson, corbyn, and scottish first minister sturgeoin >> the primeter is particularly unpopular in... in scotland. he has a satisfaction rating of something like minus 60 or minuh 70; mr. corbyn about the same, whereas the first minier's tends to split themidd. reporter: back at st.ewan brexg anxiety. thuniversity worries about attracting the best

international talent and of losing european grants for research projects. the vice principal says scottish entrepreneurs doubt the prime minister's brexit confidence. >> well, scottish business is ve concerned. the e.u. is a huge export market for scottish businesses. but also, when you think about supply chains which are integrated across the u.k. and the e.u. and you think about atacting even skilled labo and different types of labor for businesses, it's of...t's of tremeous concern. >> reporter: pro-scottish dendence historian lesley orr says england is responsible for creating barriers, particular the supporting more restriive immigration policies. >> you know, scotland's piration is to be a... a progressive, outward-looking, inclusive nation, you know, kind of rooted in civic nationalism.c anally, one of the issues that scotland has that diverges from england is... is the hostile environment that is the currenntme pyol

'sth to keep people out, to exclude people. >> reporter: polls show that young people are driving the independence movement, but entrepreneur harry turner is going against the tide. he's hesitant about investing more in his catering business because of economic uncertainty. in this election, his vote will go to a party that opposes scottish independence. scotland went independent, i if would... i would move to england because i'm that... i'm that worried about the economic >> reporter: such views are music to the conservatives. pollster mark diffley: >> in terms of the outcomen december 13, the conservatives may do slightly better than one may have predicted a little while ago.ep >>ter: in stirling, voter john macmillan has no time forep scottish idence. >> it would be a ridiculous thing to do. it wouldn't... emotionally, would sasfy some people, but sensibly it's absolutely

ludicrous, and very much hope that we won't be given the rpportunity to hott anhe referendum. referendums are supposed tmake decisions. we made the decision last time, and that's the way it should stay. >> it's just so hard. so many people want the best for scotland, and yet we can't get it because we're overruled by englan >> now is the time to choose a new path for scotland. >> reporter: the snp's alyn smith hopes that new path will lead to a winning alliance with the labour party. >> we'll use that to build common cse to stop brexit. we'll build common cause to make clear that it scotland's choice to ha a referendum. and how people want to vote in that referendum's a wider question. >> reporter: his opponent, stephen kerr, dreads the labour into the prime minister'sving official residence in london. t t man should be nowhere near numr ten downing stet. almost within weeks, our country would be in a financial crisis

as confidence seeped away, a capital fled the country because the manifesto that labour are standing on is a venezuelan recipe. >> reporter: this has been the most bitter election in decades. the next government will need to build bridges. because of brexit, that may be. imposs >> sreenivasan: for continuing coverage of britain's on, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: we will have more on the investigion of the pensacola airbase shooting on r and online, and we will preview the coming impeachment hearings with specialje corresponden greenfield tomorrow on the broadcast. that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. i'm hari sreenivasan. have a good night.g. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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