PBS NewsHour

December 7, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, December 7, a U.S. official says a Saudi officer watched mass shooting videos before his deadly rampage at Pensacola’s naval base, and Scotland eyes an opportunity for independence as Great Britain gets ready to head to the polls . Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Scotland is a key battleground in Brexit-dominated election

10m 46s

Britain will go to the polls on Thursday in what’s being viewed as a historic election. The country voted in 2016 to leave the E.U., but Brexit opponents in Parliament have thwarted successive Conservative governments from achieving that aim. As Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries again to advance Brexit, Scotland will play a key role in deciding its fate. Malcolm Brabant reports.

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    Gunman watched shooting videos before rampage

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    A Saudi Arabian military officer who shot and killed three people and wounded eight others Friday at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida had watched videos of mass shootings with other Saudi nationals just a day before the rampage, the Associated Press reported Saturday. AP reporter Brendan Farrington joins Hari Sreenivasan with more on the new developments.

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