Obama to meet with families of shooting victims

On Dec. 2, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27, opened fire on employees attending a holiday party being held inside a conference room at the Inland Regional Center.

Obama’s administration said the media event would be an opportunity to assess progress made in the past year, and set priorities for the year ahead.

Obama’s visit to Southern California was added to his previously scheduled trip to Hawaii, where he and the first family will celebrate Christmas, as has been their tradition during his presidency.

This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed. Obama doesn’t plan any public appearances while in California.

The massacre, just two weeks after almost 200 were killed in a series of coordinated attacks in Paris that were also said to be inspired by Islamic State, has driven Americans’ concern over terrorism to levels unseen since after the 9/11 attacks. “Tomorrow is all about grieving together and comforting each other”.

Mr. Earnest said Mr. Obama will meet with each of the families in private. Amanios even traveled to D.C.to attend Obama’s 2009 inauguration.

“His presence itself is comforting”, he said.

The visit comes one day after the man accused of buying the rifles used in the shooting was charged with a trio of federal crimes. “It doesn’t bring her back”. Enrique Marquez Jr., 24, a former neighbor of Farook, was arrested Thursday and charged with providing material support to terrorists, making false statements in the acquisition of firearms and fraudulent procurement of an immigration visa. Marin Austin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.

Shuttering the terror detention facility at Guantanamo also remains a top Obama priority, officials said, despite roadblocks to such a move inserted into the current budget deal that is expected to be passed and signed into law next week.