Since joining CBS News in June 2008 , Skamenca has covered hurricanes in the South , wildfires in the West , drought in the nation ’s heartland and blizzards on the East Coast . His assignments have put him on the front lines of the 2016 , 2012 and 2008 presidential campaigns , the Mexican drug war , the shores of the Gulf of Mexico slickened by the 2010 BP oil spill , the aftermath of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting attack and subsequent trial of Major Nidal Hasan , as well as the 2014 Fort Hood shooting . He has also reported on such major events as the 2015 American Sniper trial , the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak , the 2013 West Fertilizer Company explosion in Texas and the 2012 Aurora shooting in Colorado
2014 Fort Hood shooting
2014 Fort Hood shooting
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